Backers, hi! I have SO many updates!
Forrest's signed books are on the way! He has signed these with a fine-tipped sharpie. I have been watching these most precious cargo wend their way through the UPS tracker from San Antonio, to Fort Worth, to Mesquite, Texas. In 2 days, this says, they will arrive at CrowdSupply's warehouse in Portland.
However, what this means is that not everyone is getting the same kinds of potentiometers. Some of them will have longer shafts, and other people will get ones with shorter shafts. We are going to try not to mix & match, but to keep everyone getting matched sets if possible. Some of them will have round bodies, and some of them will be more square. The square ones look "pretty good" on the silkscreen, but they do deviate (by hiding) the traced footprint. This is the best I can do for right now but it does mean we stay on schedule. If it is an issue for you, let CrowdSupply customer service know right away and we will fix you up.
Speaking of schedule — Bay Area Circuits are mid-production RIGHT NOW. (How cool is that?) Adding to the excitement somewhat, I have been working with some folks including Bay Area Circuits on a possible blog post about the process of getting these made, and am excited that we're going to have some professional photographs taken of this part, by the same Noel Von Joo, who acted as Director of Photography in my crowdfunding video. He's a pro, and I'm looking forward to seeing his work.
Bay Area Circuits, who have been working like champions, are slated to complete production and ship these to CrowdSupply on September 30 — which is the same date as the nominal ship-out date for the campaign. So that means that orders will be getting actually sent out just slightly later than that date (perhaps by a week or two at most). Again, please email CrowdSupply customer support if that might be an issue at all. We don't have a lot of magic, but we might have just enough to fix 1-2 shipping dates if those dates are critical for anyone.
This is a minor thing, but it's now decided that you will also be receiving rubber feet in the kit that you can stick on to the Circuit Boards or on to the ash stands to give them more traction.
A bouquet of alligator clips.