Another Exciting Update!
over 5 years ago – Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 01:05:51 AM

Dear Backers! Here’s another exciting update! 

We are working overtime to finish all of your top quality OMB guitars and devices. 

Ori,  one of our engineers is in the guitar factory working with the teams. We had a few days delay regarding finishing the guitars and 90% are ready and they look amazing. Here are some more exciting photos from the manufacturing process. 

The first parts of the plastics are in our hands and are being assembled as we post, and the other parts will be here by the end of January. As we are, as last updated, getting ready to finish and ship in February. 

Our engineers approved all of our latest fixes (see our last update regarding the switches) it took them a few days longer than planned but it was very important everything will be done right. Our latest fixes gave incredible results of accuracy and smoothness, much more than we imagined.

Our electronics manufacturers received our final approval to produce everything and will probably finish part one by the end of January and part two till mid-February. Immediately afterward we will assemble plastics, conduct the last QA, pack everything and ship to your door. 

Have a great weekend, 

Benzi Thee 

OMB CEO

An up Close Look on Your Guitars!
over 5 years ago – Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 12:16:35 AM

We're happy to say that 2/3 of the OMB guitars are after paint and waiting for assembly of electronics. We are looking forward to completing them all by January 8th. They look and feel incredible. 

Important Updates & Estimated Delivery Dates
over 5 years ago – Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 07:06:00 PM

Dear Backers,

Here is our periodic update on where we are today. We will continue to share information and update on our ongoing progress, of course if there is something significant, we will share it right away (that means good news 😊)

The status as of today is:

Pedal - final product and components have been approved and manufacturing has begun.

All plastic parts have been injected and are being shipped to us. They are supposed to arrive in our offices about the same time the electronics should be ready. 

Packaging and charging cables have arrived and are waiting patiently to be put in the box and shipped 😊

We expect to start shipping beginning of February.

The shipping is going to be express delivery done by DHL door to door via air.

OMB Add-On kit:

We are waiting for the PCB with the new components to arrive. We should be getting them this Sunday (December 23rd). Once we get them, we are going to run tests for about a week to ensure stability. If everything is as expected, we will give the green light to go into production. 99% of the components (besides the new ones being tested) are already here so the assembly should not take too long. The plastic parts have been injected and are being shipped to us as we speak. 

Here too the packaging and charging cables have arrived.

if everything goes as planned, we are expecting to ship mid-February.

The shipping is going to be express delivery done by DHL door to door via air. 

OMB Built in acoustic guitar and OMB built in electric guitar:

According to our manufacturer, the guitars bodies should be finished by January 8. One of our engineers is in the factory overseeing this to ensure everything goes according to specs. 

The electronics for those guitars will go through the same process as the OMB Add-On kit.

Expected shipping date is also mid-February.

At the same time we are working to perfect our app. As you can see in the video: 

Add more sounds, beats, bass lines etc. this is an ongoing task Which we’ll keep going also after the app is released for many years.

Once again,

Thank you for your patience.

Hope to have more news coming up soon! 

Happy Holidays! 

Benzi Thee 

OMB CEO 

Updates from the Factory
over 5 years ago – Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:17:57 AM

Dear Backers,

I would like to update you that I, along with two of our engineers, just returned from a trip to the guitar factory. The great feeling of accomplishment where I see that our dream and our team’s efforts are coming to life is truly exciting.

I know many of you are disappointed by the delays in our delivery. Please take a minute to read through some of the obstacles we have been encountering as we believe that our decisions to postpone shipping were made in good faith and in your favor.

To be more technical, during preparation for manufacturing our QA tested and re-tested all the components. Our QA found that some of the parts we used for our demo and prototype, even though they worked, did not give us best results in mass production, here are a few examples:

1. Switches – We use an electronic component called a switch. The switches we used ensured resistance of 0.6 Ohm which worked perfectly for us, however after ordering all the switches, and even though we used authorized suppliers, we found that they were not stable for our standards and randomly gave us different results. Random measurements sometimes showed higher resistance, the outcome being that for some of you it would work and others it won’t. Obviously, we did not want to release such a product. We were required to search for new switches, threw away the old ones and ordered new ones that have higher dependency and lower resistance levels.

2. USB Port - We found out after the PCB was fully designed and ready for manufacturing, starting in 2019 the European Union forbids the use of the mini USB port we intended to use. The new requirement is a type C USB Port. Since many of you are from that region, we needed to change the design of the boards to match the design of the port output and the plastic design accordingly. Here too the result was changing the PCB and the design of our plastic moldings.

3. Heating – After continuous and rigorous testing in different environments, we found one of the components, in very hot areas, does not behave as it should and gave unstable results. We replaced those components with higher grade components to assure that those of you that live in hotter climate don’t suffer from degraded performance.

These are just 3 examples of some of the many challenges we encountered.

As much as we want to deliver and to see you enjoying OMB products, we want to make sure you are getting quality products that last longer and do not cause problems after just a few months.

Saying that, we are close to delivery, however, I hope you understand after many unexpected drawbacks, we do not want to give a final date until we actually see everything is ready.

We are aware that you are all anxious to get what you paid for therefore we are doing our utmost to deliver without compromising on quality.

It is hard to imagine that just last January a small start-up with a dream to add color and wings to musicians, launched a Kickstarter campaign, won Best Guitar Innovation In Namm 2018 by Music Radar, and with your enthusiasm and support, we are now just a few steps from shipping. I would like to thank you again for your trust and ask for a bit more patience, I can guarantee it will be worth the wait.

Sincerely & Happy Thanksgiving,

Benzi Thee

CEO

OMB Guitars

The OMB app Tutorial + Updates
over 5 years ago – Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 12:44:26 AM

Hey everyone! 

 We know you are all waiting for a shipping date. Unfourtnaly - All of the OMB items will not be sent before Christmas as we are experiencing unexpected delays in the factory (I'm writing this from China while working hard with the staff).

We are working day and night that you guys will get a 100% product. We promise you will Immediately fall in love with it.

As promised, Here's a first tutorial of the OMB app! Which will be released two weeks prior to shipping. Take the time to check out all the amazing features - as we are already working on another hi-fi video, and in the next few days, we will post a tutorial for the pedal.

Thank you for all your support! 

 Benzi Tee, 

 OMB CEO