Pretty close! Nice little wooden box to hold battery and some electronics:
This is from the prototype run. We're getting that box a tad smaller for the first production run. First run has screws for the battery clamshell:
Subsequent runs may have something different. power switch with LED for battery function:
Just flashes once to confirm the battery is good. It's all made in-house. It's not for active instruments of course, it's for a simple way to get the benefits of a preamp (higher output, isolate capacitance of cable, frequency response of guitar not affected by volume) in a all-in-one package. Of course you can put a Blaster onboard and use any cable you want, but for those those that have vintage instruments where modification isn't desirable or large collections where it's impractical this is a good option. 12 foot is $375, 20 foot is $395 retail. These will be available from our authorized dealers and on our webstore. We tried it with a variety of passive guitars and basses. What I observed was a notable increase in gain. On Tony's Seagull acoustic with piezo pickups, there were suddenly lows and the highs were pleasant sounding. It was a huge difference. On Jack's Gibson bass (tuned BEAD), what was once muffled sounding, was still deep, but there was definition and some of the transients in the attack were preserved. There's more basses and guitar visiting us today. I'll post reactions here.
