All The Smorg Things - The Official Smorg Pedalboards Update Thread

dindude · July 2015

I'll use this thread for any relevant Smorg related updates.

Hopefully starting with the launch of the website! It's all ready to go, so looking to be live in the next 24 hours.

As a bit of a fun pre-curser to the website - here's the official trailer!

Cheers for now........

GIJoe · July 2015

Problem - Please contact Support

dindude · July 2015

GIJoe said:

Problem - Please contact Support

Hmmm, just tried it on wife's device and it worked ok. Hasn't been uploaded long so maybe that's why.

Edit: Just twigged, you're referring to the web address - yes, not live yet, will post when it is.

markslade07 · July 2015

Good work sir! (Video works fine for me). Will keep a watch for the website

GuitarWorkz · July 2015

I am really interested in getting a few of the GRAB600 boards, will you have prices up on your website when it goes live, and will I be able to order them directly from your website?

dindude · July 2015

GuitarWorkz said:

I am really interested in getting a few of the GRAB600 boards, will you have prices up on your website when it goes live, and will I be able to order them directly from your website?

Yes prices will be up on the website but I'll PM you in the meantime with a few more details. Cheers

dindude · July 2015

Meanwhile, dumdedumdedum :-\"

Slight technical issue with my web host provider.............hopefully resolved soon. I should have commisiond @digitalscream for the technical stuff!

digitalscream · July 2015

dindude said:

Meanwhile, dumdedumdedum :-\"
Slight technical issue with my web host provider.............hopefully resolved soon. I should have commisiond @digitalscream for the technical stuff!

What's up? PM me if you think I can help...

dindude · July 2015

digitalscream said:

dindude said:

Meanwhile, dumdedumdedum :-\"
Slight technical issue with my web host provider.............hopefully resolved soon. I should have commisiond @digitalscream for the technical stuff!

What's up? PM me if you think I can help...

Cheers Lee, it's an issue at webhosting end which they are loooking to resolve so all should be good. Thanks anyhoo.

dindude · July 2015

www.smorgpedalboards.co.uk is go!

Big thanks to @digitalscream for helping me overcome some genuine technical difficulties - this place continues to surprise at how friendly and helpful it is!

Have kept it nice and simple for now and will develope the website as the Smorg range grows.

Any genuine feedback on what could be improved / developed on the website would be appreciated - the joy of doing everything yourself is that ammendments and updates can be done very quickly!

Already on my list:

A few small alignment/font issues when viewing on mobile sites.

Better pics within the Grab page.

In the meantime - until the end of August there is a 10% discount on pre-postage prices for Grab boards (board only or package) for any fretboard member with a post count of 100 or more. PM me through here, rather than the website, to get the discount.

I'll also do a good deal on any custom size requests for fretboard members, and also look out soon for the option on a couple of pre-production boards from the upcoming Tier range!

Cheers

digitalscream · July 2015

Happy to be of assistance, mate

Excellent stuff on the discount for regulars, too.

Drew_TNBD · July 2015

Good luck with this dindude!

John_P · July 2015

Site looks great! Good luck and hopefully lots of orders start piling in

markslade07 · July 2015

Looks great....and it's even got a pic of my board on! Good luck sir!

guitargeek62 · July 2015

One change perhaps?

"Because of the large surface area underneath a Smorg, velcro is a successful (and non-temporary) way of securing a power supply."

Should that be either temporary, or non-permanent?

dindude · July 2015

guitargeek62;723028" said:
One change perhaps?

"Because of the large surface area underneath a Smorg, velcro is a successful (and non-temporary) way of securing a power supply."

Should that be either temporary, or non-permanent?

Good spot that man, thank you

ThePrettyDamned · July 2015

Hoping to buy a smorg board from you soon

something a bit bigger than the grab boards.

Very exciting to see this take off, especially as it's been going since.. Music radar? Iirc?

dindude · July 2015

ThePrettyDamned said:

Hoping to buy a smorg board from you soon something a bit bigger than the grab boards.

Very exciting to see this take off, especially as it's been going since.. Music radar? Iirc?

Not quite that long, although it probably feels like it!

It was almost exactly a year ago I started getting some Smorg branded boards out there, they were the plywood core flat boards and I still stand by the design as a pro quality board, but it was very hard to make them stand out from the boards offered by the UK flightcase companies and the like.

I also found that most customers wanted to put the power supply underneath.

That's when I went about designing Smorg v2, and they seem to be going down well so far!

Looking forward to you joining up, one of the upcoming Tier range might suit if you're looking for bigger than a Grab.

digitalscream · July 2015

dindude said:
It was almost exactly a year ago I started getting some Smorg branded boards out there, they were the plywood core flat boards and I still stand by the design as a pro quality board, but it was very hard to make them stand out from the boards offered by the UK flightcase companies and the like.
I also found that most customers wanted to put the power supply underneath.

In a way, I prefer the original boards because of the customisability - that riser you made does make them stand out from the crowd in my opinion.

However, our bassist has that one now, because he was using one of my ghetto boards and wanted something more "pro"; since I have a Grab 600 now, there was no need to hang on to it.

Of course, that means I'll probably have to have one from the Tier range too at some point, if only to complete the set

dindude · July 2015

digitalscream said:

In a way, I prefer the original boards because of the customisability - that riser you made does make them stand out from the crowd in my opinion.

However, our bassist has that one now, because he was using one of my ghetto boards and wanted something more "pro"; since I have a Grab 600 now, there was no need to hang on to it.

Of course, that means I'll probably have to have one from the Tier range too at some point, if only to complete the set

Well you never know, I might resurrect them one day. The aluminium riser was a partial influence for this new style.

And I'll put you down for serial number 2 for the Tier range

GuitarWorkz · July 2015

Cool website, I'll be ordering a few of the Grab600s off of you in the next few weeks hopefully.

IanSavage · August 2015

Good work Daniel, hope it takes off - as a quick heads-up, there's a typo on the 'Custom' page ("The more you deviate from the Smorg norm the more expensive it is, for example,
a custom length Grab will be more cost effective than one that lso has a different depth.")

EDIT - personally I'd use a semi-colon instead of the first comma too to make it scan a bit better

dindude · August 2015

IanSavage;725790" said:
Good work Daniel, hope it takes off - as a quick heads-up, there's a typo on the 'Custom' page ("The more you deviate from the Smorg norm the more expensive it is, for example,

a custom length Grab will be more cost effective than one that lso has a different depth.")

EDIT - personally I'd use a semi-colon instead of the first comma too to make it scan a bit better

Cheers Ian, much appreciated

dindude · August 2015

Got the site looking clean on the iPad now as well, was looking a little ropey on some mobile devices.

Thanks all for taking the time to look at it and proof read it.

Now to get it out to the wider world!

Also have a Twitter account if anyone's interested in joining my current two followers! @Daniel_SmorgPB

dindude · August 2015

http://www.guitar-bass.net/

Smorg have made the News section, great support from @chrisv, thanks!

chrisv · August 2015

No worries @dindude!

Fez · August 2015

Website favourited and it looks great. The question is how long will my current board hold out?

dindude · August 2015

Guitar & Bass Magazine just tweeted this pic of a Grab400 on their test bench - let's hope they like it!

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/dindude/1796d1e9ddd5e035366ccb6012726992_zpsivnvj5yk.jpg

dindude · August 2015

A Tier is born!

For now this will be the Daddy of the range, the Tier600 - overall dims 600mm x 330mm with room underneath for any of the popular power supplies.

This one's going off to an early adopting forumer.

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/dindude/ad6446c714eb74dbb72998a97db738f1_zpsuqm0thhb.jpg

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/dindude/7361a1bd119feb550e6cb2503c5aa820_zps6gcv9hvy.jpg

ThePrettyDamned · August 2015

ThePrettyDamned · August 2015

Looks absolutely bob on.

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