Introducing: The Custom Shop Online Store

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so where does the IM1 designation fit in to the whole frankenstein thing?

'I'm' the 'one' maybe?

I'm the one, the one you love
Come on baby, show your love
Hey! Give it to me
 
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I'm a tad confused. I just looked at the IM1 and Brobucker and by chance the description has both with an alnico V magnet - but under the options there is only one radio button for magnet type and it's selected for Alnico II. So what's up with that?
 
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My understanding is the IM1 is the closest pickup SD can sell to the EVH Frankenstein pickup, which they make for Fender. Main difference is a degaussed A5 instead of A2, and maybe wound slightly different to compensate?
 
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I'm a tad confused. I just looked at the IM1 and Brobucker and by chance the description has both with an alnico V magnet - but under the options there is only one radio button for magnet type and it's selected for Alnico II. So what's up with that?

Yeah, I'll call Derek and change those, I know the BroBucker is Alnico V, will need to check with him on the IM1.

EDIT: IM1 is Alnico II.
 
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WTFOMGBBQ! This is the coolest thing EVER! Who do we need to thank for this? Also, will the CS reps. taking the orders from customers get back to someone that some options may not result in good sound/tone? I'm sure there may be a wind/over-under wind/magnet option that may have dissatisfactory results. Would someone at SD notify the potential customer and offer a different suggestion? Or would said "bad" options be omitted from the selection screen? Or is it going to be "you picked it, it's your fault"?

I know you can't always idiot-proof the world, but in this case, you guys know what may or may not work.
 
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And we EU residents are left with our shady, incompetent and in bad faith importers, which BTW want Custom Shop prices for a short-legged Seth, and have ridiculous mark-ups.

Don't you believe me? Have a look here:

http://crismusic.com/dettaglio.asp?pid=4365

€ 570,00 for a CS set, which is $ 745.00 at today's Exchange rate.

What a wasted opportunity to change all this!

So, don't expect any additional business from EU residents, specially NOT more single-coil orders from the italian side, which is ALSO the FENDER importer.

Wanna know why, you do the math, Derek.

I get that, but first things first.. Those CS prices you have, are not reflective of northern Europe. Thomann and the danish importer can get them at much better prices.

And second, the reason why they cant ship to Europe is due to ROHS. Of course, they don't want to screw the importers, but the EU will put its big fat finger down, if we try to officially buy non-ROHS pickups, and Duncan ships them direct. Call Berlusconi, he should be able to sort the EU out ;)

Why not just get a US forum bro to buy them for you and ship them to you?


I think this is awesome. :) Will check it out... Perhaps its time to get a white Strat and throw an AH-1 in it Jake style.... :D
 
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Now I gotta know:

what is the brobucker exactly? is it a jb/custom or what is it?


can I order something completely different or is what I see what I get?
 
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I'm getting a display/draw issue where the base price and model name are on top of each other.

SDCS.jpg


Vista Home 32-bit I.E. 9
 
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What are the limitations of shipping to South Africa?
The only place I know of to get Duncan's locally is a store I'd rather chop off my own feet than shop at.... And importing them through an importing site practically doubles the price...
 
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I'm getting a display/draw issue where the base price and model name are on top of each other.

SDCS.jpg


Vista Home 32-bit I.E. 9

Same here using Windows 7 64-bit and IE 10. It displays better in compatibility mode. Not perfect, but better. It's also OK in Chrome and Firefox. It's most likely an IE specific issue (surprise surprise) and needs to be coded to adjust based on that.

This isn't the first time I've come across these types of issues with new SD site roll-outs. There really needs to be a better handle on testing before pushing to the live environment.
 
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Yeah, it's an IE specific issue that I'm still working on, likely fixed in the next couple days.
 
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What are the limitations of shipping to South Africa?
The only place I know of to get Duncan's locally is a store I'd rather chop off my own feet than shop at.... And importing them through an importing site practically doubles the price...

There are no limitations as far as I know, we do allow shipping there.
 
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And second, the reason why they cant ship to Europe is due to ROHS.

Actually, it's not RoHS, it's WEEE. All SD pickups are RoHS-compliant. But shipping directly to end users in the EU would make SD the "Producer" and as such liable for disposal responsibility.
 
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Actually, it's not RoHS, it's WEEE. All SD pickups are RoHS-compliant. But shipping directly to end users in the EU would make SD the "Producer" and as such liable for disposal responsibility.

Bah. I had a once a year moment where I actually felt intelligent.

Bottom line: The EU is responsible. Not SD :)
 
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