fiddle edge special

[musemeup]

Hello all,

I am a new member and am just curious if anyone's got any updates on the fiddle edge special --price, time frame or any other details more than welcome!!

Best wishes,

Phil

[richclough]

There’s loads on the forum - do a search on ‘fiddle’.
Cheers,
Rich

[purpleorange]

Are you asking about the fiddle edge dobro or the sand blasted version?

[musemeup]

Jun 16, 2022 6:40:35 GMT purpleorange said:

Are you asking about the fiddle edge dobro or the sand blasted version?

The special, according to the page [https://michaelmesser.co.uk/michael-messer-fiddle-edge] is the sandblasted version, yes.

I have seen the posts and clips of the 'ordinary' fiddle edge, but I am wondering about the details that are not listed about the special version (such as the ones I mentioned in my first post).

Any info welcome!

[Michael Messer]

Hello musemeup,

My apologies for the silence, but I have Covid and have not been awake for much of the past week or so.

Everything MM Fiddle Edge related is running behind schedule. This is due to problems with each stage of the release of this new model. Firstly I had to recall and replace all the ABS hard cases because I had three guitars badly damaged in the first mail out of them to customers. So for safety I am now shipping them in brown and grey hard foam zipped cases. Secondly, there has been a shortage of cardboard and the people that manufacture my bespoke shipping boxes could not supply me with any boxes. Oh....then we had a strings delay because of wire shortages, and then to just put the icing on the cake, our sandblasting expert, Derek, had a stroke last week and is in hospital. Luckily not too serious, so he should be back on the job soon. Oh and of course, then to really cap it all I went down with Covid on June 7th and am still not recovered. It has knocked me clean out of action and I have been quite ill, which when you run a one man operation, as I do with MM Guitars, puts everything on hold. Darn Covid, if anyone tells me it's just a minor bug that is overrated by the media they'll get the wrong end of my tongue!

Oh....and I also just heard that my guys in Shanghai might be shut down again on yet another lockdown! Phew.....what a world we inhabit.

I hope that explains to you and to everyone else what is happening with the new MM Fiddle Edge.

Shine On
Michael

[Pickers Ditch]

Thanks for the update Michael - the anticipation is ramping up.

You have my sympathy. Get well soon.

Best, PD

[snakehips]

Wow, I wasn't expecting you would have had such a bad time with Covid, considering vaccinations and Covid variants now that are less deadly.
It just goes to show WHY we all need to still do our best to avoid getting Covid .... STILL (and not just for ourselves but for to reduce the chance of passing it on to someone who might fare less well - we still have personal responsibility to protect others too).
You never know IF you will be one of the unlucky people who get worse symptoms than what is much more common (mild, or virtually no symptoms), EVEN if you have had your vaccinations AND boosters.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

On the sandblasting front, I thought Dave King was doing that ?
Maybe I misunderstood - as he is doing the set-ups anyway !

All the best.
Still enjoying my MM Fiddle-Edge !

[musemeup]

Dear Michael,

many thanks for your detailed reply; got ya loud and clear. Bad timing all around!
Wishes for a speedy and full recovery (to you and Derek) -- i went through it last year and it knocked me out cold for 2-3 weeks, too...

Stay safe and take care,
Phil