May Update - Temporary shutdown (late May/early June), Riffmaster compatibility, new guitar update

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Temporary Shipping/Order Suspension in late May/early June

We have a lot going on right now and rather than spread ourselves too thin and risk dropping the ball or just not delivering for our customers we are going to temporary “turn off” sales and shipments on the website for a few weeks. During this time we’ll be:

  • Retooling the workshop to improve our ability to 3D print parts for the Strum Fixes and the upcoming custom guitar we’re working on (more on this below).

  • Taking care of some family visits and other obligations.

  • Continue to refine the custom guitar design and do testing.

  • Work on a website structural update we’ve been putting off :)

  • We will provide customer support during this period (via email).

Currently we plan on being closed from May 21st until June 13th.

Riffmaster Guitar/Strum Fix Compatibility

I was finally able to get my hands on a PDP Riffmaster guitar and try putting a Strum Fix in it. The good news is that the SFP2 (Strum Fix 2) and SFP4 (Strum Fix 4) fit into the strummer slot, but it requires some small spacers and a new adapter* (similar to the Jaguar guitar adapter). Unfortunately the Strum Fix 3 does NOT fit — the switches are just a little too tall to fit (it can be made to fit by doing some filing/sanding on the guitar though). The installation procedure is very similar to the other guitars.

* The spacer/adapter set for the Riffmaster is now available on our store!

Custom Guitar Progress Report

We are making good progress on the design of our own custom guitar! I’m still not ready to publish too many details as we are still working on the design and parts selection, but we have a mechanical designer coming on board next week to finalize the design and help get the first prototypes produced. So far we haven’t run into any major issues, the main problem has been finding good reliable sources for some of the parts (i.e. supply chain issues).

Later next week I expect to release more information and some preliminary pictures (CAD renderings), so stay tuned!

— Scott P [owner/Byte Arts]