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Come on man, give me a break, it's Christmas.

I'm already going to be up till 4 a.m. to get a module finished so some sweet Mom can 
surprise her son on Christmas morning (true story, no BS).

I'll get with you as soon as I can. If your an impatient person, then buying a modular will 
only frustrate you. These instruments take lots of patience and persistence to get the 
benefit from them.

Anyway, Merry Christmas to all, I hope everybody gets at least one thing they actually like.


--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, amnesia <amni56@...> wrote:
>
> now if i could just get Grant to return my messages he will have a sale  :-)
> 
> I called him from Australia and got his machine also emailed him, when 
> we did chat earlier in the year ,he seems like a very nice guy, and I 
> understand he is a one man show , so i do hope he can get to me before 
> i  spend the money on something else :-)
> 
> Ross
> 
>  
> 
> drmabuce wrote:
> >
> > Hi cray
> >
> > congrats on your sudden good fortune.
> > Paul has done a very thorough job of answering your questions. i'm
> > just chiming in with a couple of comments of less substance..
> >
> > >
> > > > It would be the best idea if I could get the woggle in a Eurorack
> > silver
> > > > faceplate I know it would be wide but it would be the best option for
> > > > me.
> > >
> > > ...I'm going to gently suggest that the good doctor has plenty of
> > work on
> > > his schedule with orders from the normal production line, and maybe
> > not so
> > > much time or energy for one off projects in alternate formats? I'm just
> > > saying. Grant has been very clear that the panel process and costs are
> > > the biggest expense and (I think) hassle of the entire process.
> >
> > Amen,
> > Panel/mechanical specs are the real devil in the details. Grant has
> > standardized on his format in an effort to make his mostly
> > one-guy-with-a-soldering-iron production methodology work -consistently-.
> > The question of how much of a client-base that format gains or loses
> > him is, IMHO, moot, because it is entirely his prerogative. If there's
> > one aspect of the goings-on at Wiard World Headquarters with which i'm
> > intimately familiar, it's the prolonged pain that Grant endured
> > learning the hard lessons in balancing the commercial viability,
> > personal satisfaction, innovation, and practical efficiency implicit
> > in his choices for how to make a Wiard.
> > Paul's 'gentle suggestion' is right on target. Custom work is
> > expensive for everyone in the transaction. It costs the supplier in
> > time, material and opportunity cost and it disrupts routines that
> > generate the efficiencies of a production process. Keep in mind that
> > when Grant is not occupied making modules he's inventing new ones that
> > may be even cooler than the ones we already want. In accepting a
> > custom order Grant must weigh-in the cost of what won't get done in
> > order to devote time to the individual project. In order to keep
> > Wiard going, Grant must pass his best guess at the cost of all these
> > factors to the client in advance and when he guesses wrong , at least
> > so far, he has ended up most often with the short straw.
> >
> > My observation is that even among veteran, experienced synthgeeks,
> > very few realize that panel, pots, knobs and legending are some of the
> > MOST complicated and expensive components of a module and the process
> > of making one.
> >
> > i realize that the charge of hypocrisy can be leveled loudly and
> > legitimately at me on this issue, since i have plunged myself in hot
> > water before for declaring that form-factor is a non-issue and that
> > 'the synthesizer is BEHIND the panel'
> > But i realize that this is true only from my individual DIY
> > perspective. It is indeed a trivial thing for me to grab my trusty
> > ball-pean and bash a Wogglebug PCB off it's standoffs behind the panel
> > and remount it in some scratchy lucite with banana jacks. But it is
> > only trivial because i am providing my own labor, time, and planning
> > (too often in exactly that exact order!)
> > It is a very different kettle of fish to try to factor such ad-hoc
> > flexibility into a PRODUCTION process. Grants decision to cling to his
> > form factor is not some arbitrary fiat, it is a lesson that was
> > 'etched on his shoulders by the lash of experience'.
> >
> > By far, the best way to get Wiard in custom formats is to get the
> > rework done somewhere other than in the professor's basement.
> >
> > >
> > > If you want to build one, see here:
> > > http://diy.czmok.de/Group-Buys.66.0.html 
> > <http://diy.czmok.de/Group-Buys.66.0.html>
> > >
> > > > Anyway if thats not a possibility I plan to get
> > > >
> > > > 2 x WFC (or one WFC and one Classic VCO)
> > > > WoggleBug
> > > > Borg Filter
> > > > Sequentizer
> > > > Envelator
> > > >
> > > > Id love owners opinions.
> > >
> > > That'll make a big beautiful noise :) I'm not sure you can go wrong
> > with
> > > ANY six modules from Wiard.
> >
> > i agree with Paul on this too
> > your compement of modules looks well-thought-out and should equip you
> > with some pretty formidable firepower. The sequantizer envelator combo
> > is (IMHO) especially potent
> >
> > best wishes,
> > -doc
> >
> >
>