Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

It is almost Stooge panel time again. In the next couple of days, I will be
updating the panel page and we will start taking your orders. There have
been many changes.

1. Dave and I have reworked the entire process so that long delays in
delivery are avoided. We will take orders for about 3 weeks here in May.
Painted metal will be delivered to the printer around June 1 (metal is
already cut and with the painter). The time slot for our work has already
been reserved with the printer. So, there will NOT be excessive delays this
time. We will have panels back in our hands by July 1 for quality
inspection, drilling, and shipping. So, if you have new DIY designs you are
interested in for this run, you need to be getting with Dave.

2. The pricing structure has changed, partially because of a set up price
increase from the printer (and he is still dang reasonable). In the past
panels had a fixed price. So, panels that were printed in large quantities
subsidized those printed in small quantities. The new prices will reflect
actual cost and panel prices will vary depending on how many of each are
ordered by the group as a whole. The details will be on the web site.
This new structure makes is easier for us to fill the many requests for DIY
panels.

3. Dave and I run the panel part of Stooge, Inc. as a partnership. However,
the Larry division of this partnership has taken on many new products. In
addition to brackets and flat rails, cables and hopefully soon cabinets are
taking more and more of my time. Therefore, more of the panel work will be
handled by Dave in the future. They are, after all, his brainchild. I will
still be taking the orders for now. However, you will get your invoices
from and send your money to Dave this time.

4. For the first time, we plan to offer two panels aimed at replacing
existing MOTM front panels. You may have seen some list discussion about
additional outputs for the MOTM-120. And, a new panel for the MOTM 320 will
make use of the extra space by providing 4 additional complementary outputs,
Shape CV attenuation, and a high range switch making it easier to use as a
VCO. It is our hope that small add on PCBs will be made available for both
of these feature add ons. However, at the very least, plans will be
provided by us or the person submitting the circuit add-ons to build these
on small protoboards.

The concept of the new panel is that you will have proper front panel
graphics for these modifications and still retain your original panel should
you ever choose to return your 120 or 320 to unmodified condition.

I'm sure there is more. But, my brain is tired from a 17 hour day at my day
gig.
Stay tuned.
Larry