THANKS, I'll update that errored link

I'll make sure to use the youtube tag next time (last time I think I tried video, I didn''t realize there was a specific youtube tag

I ordered a Railboard, 12-str, on Nov 30 2021 and yesterday I got informed that it will be ready for delivery "one or two months after we have received the new aluminum we are awaiting".

That indicates an assembly time of one to two months. The main bottleneck seems to be stocking up on parts.

Perhaps not quite as clear as that?

It may only indiate a one to two month assembly time if your Railboard happens to be the only (or at least first) Railboard in the queue for the batch of new aluminium?

Also, stock bottlenecks presumably only come into play if they exist at the point when the instrument reaches the head of the order queue?

It seems likely that the reason for most of the 2 years or more wait between order & completion is simply the number of instuments ahead in the queue?

All just speculation, of course. The only certainty is that a Stick (or Railboard) is ready when it's ready...

Just to be clear, I think we were looking at assembly time (not delivery time) ie the time for the assembly operation itself in the project flow.

Fair comment.

However, it's still the case that we simply have no idea. There are way too many unknown factors, so I stick (no pun intended) with "It's ready when it's ready".

yeah, I'm looking more at process control/improvement perspective [was involved with that in a former life...hm now that I think about it, still involved with it, but in a different capacity] . Not as a customer waiting for delivery but regarding navigating transitions and longevity of the Chapman Stick.
I would really hate for Chapman Stick to become a non-viable "there once was this..." blip in history
or become Behringer Stick

If so, it's great that they are selling well.

ageed! Death to videodrome....

My $0.02:

Every day we have Stick Enterprises available to us is a blessing. Some day it will disappear. This is inevitable. Nothing lasts forever.

The Stick, and the business built on it, was the personal vision and passion of one guy. It's amazing that Grace (see what I did there?) and the team have kept it alive. And it's a tribute to all of us that we continue to support it, and one another. This is a close-knit community and that's what makes it wonderful.

Make no mistake: This is a very small niche in a very big world. After decades, most people are still astonished that such a thing even exists.

It is precisely because of this closeness and small scale that I am doing all I can to future-proof my investment. I'm grabbing every physical asset I can, while I can. Books, DVDs, extra strings, all of it. When I'm ready I fully intend to do the same with the highly perishable knowledge and skills of those who lead the community. I've already taken the first small step with the recent Brooklyn seminar.

Events like this, too, won't always be there. Make hay while the sun shines.

I'm of an age where all I really need to do is guarantee that I can enjoy and learn from this amazing instrument for another 15 or 20 years. By that time I might, just possibly, have reached a level of proficiency that elevates me above sheer embarrassment.

With the advent of the railboard, one would think a lot of the production would be straightforward for that product. It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s some bottleneck like anodizing them properly. With emg making the pickups now for the railboard, that’s the only thing I can think of though. I’m likely showing my ignorance at this point though [emoji81]. as someone said we’ll likely never know what the bottleneck is for railboards. I live down the road from them. I’d probably do rough assembly of ‘em part time if that helped [emoji1783]

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