MOTM

I spent several hours going over all of the current (as of today) kit orders.
This does include the MOTM-485 GX-1 VCF (more on that later) and the '510.

The rather shocking number is that the number of kits exceeds ***500***. Now,
about 150 of those are 480/485/510 kits, which leave about 350 kits of the
"shipping now" category.

Good news #1: there are almost 40 FFB kits on order, so that can proceed. Good,
because *I* wanted one :)

Bad news #1: only 27 GX-1 VCFs on order. I know it's rather difficult to order a
VCF without samples. Mike Marsh will have a unit in about 10 days to start the
process. My "break-even" here is 32 kits. If some folks are fence-sitting,
please feel free to order before July 1st. Has a MOTM filter ever let you down?
:)

Good news #2: my new kit prep assistant is doing a great job. 3 months until
baby comes, so I'm loading her up big time :) She finished prepping 1000 jacks
today, and I gave here all the 1M log pots for MOTM-800 kits to prep. Then she
starts in on the 'real' MOTM-510 kitting. The initial run is 60 kits. There are
53 on order right now. So, there are 7 'slots' in this first batch (hint hint).

What does all this mean in terms of delivery?

Well, it means that for the *12 weeks* AFTER July 1, the ONLY thing shipping is
backlog. Period. Orders placed after July 1 will have to wait a MINIMUM of 8
weeks. The goal is to "over kit" on the popular kits (like the '190) so that
orders placed after Nov. 1st are shipped in *2 weeks*. But, in order to 'get
there', I have to place a 'freeze' on new order delivery and flush this backlog.
New order gladly *accepted* any time, but with the 8 week lead time.

Tomorrow I log the assembled backlog and schedule those poor suffering folks
some time in this 12 week 'freeze' as well.

I guess the 'bright' side is the MOTM module backlog exceeds the total module
output of Buchla.

Paul S.