- Published: 16 December 2019 16 December 2019
Happy Holidays, Everyone!
We want to extend our best wishes to all our friends and family for a safe and happy holiday season. 2019 has been a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to even more in 2020!
We’re going to be on “holiday time” until January, so expect delays in Customer Support response times until then.
This time of the year tends to get hectic with holiday parties, social and family events, and the inevitable year-end crunch to complete 2019 goals. That’s certainly true here at GT. The past couple of weeks have been very productive. We’ve had several new modules almost ready for some time, and were finally able finish them up. You probably already saw the announcements for our Warthog and Black Pearl modules. We also finished up an overdrive/distortion, a flanger, another chorus, and a phaser. We have an original design bass module that we just couldn’t quite get finished before the holidays, so it is slipping into Q1. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for announcements about all these new modules, beginning in January.
Between soldering sessions, we were able to get three more new module designs ready for board manufacturing. They include a Swedish-style metal distortion module in a couple of different configurations, a sweet pre-amp tone enhancer that might become one of your “always on” effects, and a very good flanger. We also dug up an old vintage drive pedal that needs to be revived. Not sure why we haven’t built this one before, it’s great. We should have the design completed and boards ready in Q1 along with these other three.
Q1 and Q2 will likely see a shift of focus from new modules to working on our website. With around 230 different modules comparing to some 260+ pedals, and another 8-10 on the way, we think we can take a short break. We’ve needed to improve the website for some time, but seem to always find something, well, more fun to do. I think this time we’ll actually do it. There is some missing and messy content that needs attention. We’re also hoping to at least get a start on demo videos. As you might imagine, with some 230 modules, getting demo videos together is a gigantic task. But the job never started is the one that takes the longest to complete, so time to get crackin’!
That’s where we’re headed for the next weeks and months. We’ll provide updates along the way.
Cheers,
Bill