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Yes - there are 4 potential fees regarding imports: VAT, which is only paid for one country, ie. the UK when importing. Excise duties, which relate to booze & fags. Customs duties (tariffs), which are applicable to goods produced outside of the EU. Courier fees charged for them paying the above on your behalf if the shipper hasn't done the admin.

Yes - there's a table/area set out for that; I've previously bought a cab at one of the bashes.

I very much hope that I am right and you are wrong on this occasion! 🙂

I think that page is incorrect or misleading; if the item is manufactured in the EU it is subject to the "Rules of origin" (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-proof-of-origin-for-your-goods) as per the free-trade deal. It appears to muddle gifts versus purchases. It's explained in this Which page: https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/online-shopping-do-i-have-to-pay-vat-import-and-handling-costs-ajPOC6A5brEA, which states:

Then there's no import duties.

I've been watching old Benny Hill shows on one of the TV channels; they vary between cringe and hilarious...

Ah - where's it being manufactured?

Ok - £600 UK, so roughly what I was thinking; if it saves a couple of days configuring and replaces a couple of controllers then it could make sense.

Pickup mod and then they've put a muting foam on it.

Fortunately, Ric bass copies are reasonably easy to spot; there are one or two craftsfolks who can make a near-exact copy, but all of the others are identifiable and the current Chickenbackers are a joke. Fendres are a minefield; the company did so many variations over the years and decals are readily available; I view every Fender for sale as a fake unless proven otherwise. I wouldn't call myself a Gibson aficionado, but I'm guessing hands-on a Les Paul might give some hints. There are anecdotes of folks re-purposing sunbursts as goldtops in the 70s.

Yes, it looks great. The matter of pricing will decide whether it sells well or not; if it's too high then it simply won't be viable for many people to buy, whereas if it's nice and low it'll attract more buyers. On the flipside, the business has to make a profit or it isn't a business, so the selling price has to cover costs plus give a return. Presumably there is a business model which maps out the costs, including R&D, manufacturing, advertising, sales, distribution, taxes, and so-on; the selling price will be somewhere above where their graph crosses break-even. The sales model will either be sell-many cheaply or sell fewer at a premium price. Since this is a niche product, I'd be doubtful of large volume sales, so it'll presumably have to be a premium price.

A Workingman - that sounds interesting!

Hey - the demonstrator in the vid pronounced it "Medium"!

To quote Steven Tyler: You have to spend a lot of money to look that cheap.

Though the text says it, selling it with the upbranding (unauthorised use of trademarked logo) is still illegal.

Yep - the description suggests that and the BA-115T is it. In its favour, the green carpet sets it off nicely, doesn't it?

I suspect not, but this is the next-gen controller! 🙂

That is a good point about the usefulness of isolated MIDI outputs.

This is the pre-release phase, so I guess the responses are being collated and reviewed.

Thanks - I meant the number of messages which can be assigned to a button press. Oh, so it is a sequencer - hmmm, there's a thing. So you could use it to trigger sounds (or lights) without needing a keyboard. (Years ago I had a pedal with a siren button which we used at the appropriate point on Jailbreak - still got that pedal!)

It really is - this isn't some poor soul who has lost his way this is calculated and unremorseful recidivism.

My impression is that it is indeed the user interface & ease of use (though I'd still want to use a PC to configure it rather than learn another UI); specs-wise I don't know the limit on the numbers of items which can be controlled, whether memory is upgradable, and so-on. My inclination is to view it as a natural progression in the evolution of MIDI switch controllers. That's not a negative thing, BTW; continuous improvement is a good thing.

I can't say its "easy" to make your own? I'm not sure the "sequence" of commands here is the same as a sequencer; I think that the "sequence" here is more about controlling MIDI devices parameters, perhaps in order, rather than triggering notes. As mentioned, I could see myself using one of these to control settings/select patches on a number of devices; heck, if I changed my switcher from the Quartermaster to a MIDI-capable one, this could be the only unit required on the floor and the pedals themselves could be on a shelf in a rack.

Let’s leave the code there and see if it splits into two products on its own. So, it does need effort. Actually, I don’t think it’s a particularly good idea anyway, though.

You have to implement the functions to support the split and activation , you have to do two manuals, you have to run two product streams, you have to test both. None of that takes zero effort.