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Luckily, she got the joke...

I've got a small handful of Protorig kits available again. There will be more later on, and possibly some available at smallbear in the near future. Also, I will be releasing a "Junior" version of the Protorig in a few days. It's the same basic thing but a small PCB and no parts kit. So, you can build it to whatever size you need.

I've fallen into a real pattern over the last several years: by the time the last quarter of the year rolls around I hit maximum burnout for the year. Then once the holidays are over I gain "burn-through" on a whole new set of ideas and renewed energy.

Coming in late January (these projects are completed and ready for release):
- Prognosticator - the Stereo Memory Man.
- Skoolie - the negative ground version of the Tourbus (I gave it a different name to avoid confusion).
- Current Lover 2023 - this updated layout allows you to build the Mistress with either MN3007 or MN3207 and up to 15v operation (MN3007 version).

- I also have two other analog delay designs in the pipeline which I hope to release in the next few months. One of them is a 1 second analog delay.

Coming in 2023
- A new slate of updated VFE projects with Peter's new SPS switching and updated layouts. More on this later.
- Obviously, more new mbp projects and probably a few updated ones.
- I will finally be moving my workshop into the new space (still my house) which is about 4x bigger. This is going to allow me to do many new things and expand the range of services/products I offer.
- The new website and store will drop in the first half of the year. This was actually supposed to happen at the end of 2022 but things happened.
- There may be some genuine madbeanpedals kits coming.

Prognosis
2022 was an extremely challenging year for mbp. In the end, I pulled the lowest amount of sales going all the way back to 2011! There are a lot of reasons for it which I won't get into here (because it's not important to the actual community) but I've resolved to turn this around in 2023, or else. I'm also branching out a bit and doing more design work for other pedal makers and companies. Can't say anything about that now but I'll fill you guys in later when there's something juicy to report.

It's getting a bit late in the year and no one has mentioned it on the forum so far. Is there enough interest for a BOTY contest? We've done one for like the 8 years in a row I think. But, if people are too busy or not interested I'm fine with that. Let me know your thoughts.

All here: https://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?board=103.0

Get stuff, give stuff. Let's get in the spirit.

Several projects have been restocked: Tourbus, Polytrog, Kompromat, Mangler, Glasshole, Glitchee, and Total Recall.

Notes:
- Tourbus has been updated to rev.1. The notes on the (minor) revision are on pg.1. I do not have any Tourbus Bonus Packs yet but I expect to have some more in the next 10 days. New boards are purple. Also, I was able to reduce the price a bit.
- Polytog will no longer include the 10k multi-trim but I have provided a link to the Tayda part you can use. It's only about $0.28.
- The Total Recall and TRXPN boards are now separate items (since I think most people are building the TR with the Xvive 3005 repros by this point). The prices have been adjusted accordingly.

I expect to have a few new projects to release sometime next week and then a few more before the end of Oct. A few projects are still out of stock and those should be available at the end of the month. I'm still not sure when the VFE projects will be available again but I will work on that ASAP.

I did a revision to the Archibald project to correct some minor issues with the initial release version and it is now available in the mbp store. The doc has been updated accordingly. 

It's been a long time since I've had a regular discount sale, so here we are! Everything is stock is discounted. This is going to help me push through to get all the stuff I have yet to release for 2022 which is still quite a bit.

The Fraudhacker (based on the BF-2 flanger) project is now available in the store. For the discerning swirl lover.

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[To sign up: just post in this thread that you plan to attend by Saturday afternoon (Aug. 13th). I will use your forum email to send the Zoom invite on Saturday night or Sunday morning. If you want to use a different email for the invite just PM it to me.]

Following up on this topic, I'm hosting the first mbp Zoom meeting. All members are welcome. I'm hoping to get 5-15 participants. If this is successful I plan on making this a monthly thing with different times to accommodate those in different time zones.

Date:  Sunday Aug. 14th @ 7-9pm Central Time
Agenda: Format is open but the general idea is to just talk about what you you are working on, answer questions you might have about mbp or anything related to DIY, talk about the pedal industry in general and just get to know one another a bit better. I will host and maybe guide us through the discussion but that's about it. It should be a pretty organic conversation.

I've done many of these types of calls with Function F(x) (like hundreds) and believe me, it is always a good time. So, even if you are a bit shy (as a few people mentioned in the other thread) and don't want to participate much you are welcome as an observer. One promise I can make is that you will be glad you participated. I actually have a fair amount of social anxiety myself so take it from me, you'll enjoy it.

To sign up: just post in this thread that you plan to attend by Saturday afternoon (Aug. 13th). I will use your forum email to send the Zoom invite on Saturday night or Sunday morning. If you want to use a different email for the invite just PM it to me.

I'm really looking forward to it!

This is not instructional. Just a screen capture of a design session. Nothing was pre-planned here. I just hit record and "improvised" (same with the music).

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Image says it all. I have a batch of pre-tested genuine 3260E for the Mostortion project. You can order the board with or without it. I'm working on short demos of each project today so I will update this thread when those are up.

I've been thinking for several months I would like to set up a weekly "office hours" open-call Zoom session. This would be a chance for anyone to check in, talk about what they are working on, or work through build problems (for anything, not just madbean). I would host but all would be welcome.

What do you guys think? I could actually budget for the basic "no time limit" hosting package which would be a lot better than killing the call after 40 minutes (that's the free version limit). But, I'd like to get some feedback before I spend madbean funds on it.

R16 and C16 (100k and 100n, resp) were missing from the lists. I've corrected this and re-uploaded the documentation.

What are people using for laser printed water slide decals these days? It's been a long time since I used those for artwork. Or, any particular alternative that you use and can recommend.

For Father's Day, my wife got use tickets to see Trail of Dead in Nashville in Aug. I think this is only the second time they've been here since we moved from TX. Anyway, TOD is one of my all-time favorites and I was thinking about building a pedal for the lead singer/guitar player Conrad and giving it to him at the show. But, I'm not sure what to build. I'm thinking fuzz maybe.

Suggestions are welcome.

Fri-Sunday I'm doing a "free" shipping weekend.

USA orders $10 and up: free shipping
Outside USA orders $10 and up: reduced shipping ($10 instead of $15)

Also, the Bonus pack and Protorig will be back in stock tomorrow.

New Accessory Day. Picked this up a couple weeks ago before I went out of town thinking it might be fun to have a little quiet playing option. I'm really surprised at how good it sounds. I modded most of the stock presets (they are not that great) and dialed in some really decent tones. Turns out it's also pretty good for bench testing on my Protorig when I need to test out builds but everyone is asleep. I think it might be okay for some quick tones for DAW recording too, but I have not tried that yet.

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