OK, so I went back through my emails from the VFE indigogo campaign and the recent ones from Peter, and this is how things look to me:
The pedals offered in the original indigogo campaign from earlier this year were re-designs of the original VFE pedals, but now built using Peter's new "Studio power & switching " circuitry. Some pedals would require a complete re-design to use the SPS system, and the redesign would occur over time and may not be compatible with all the old designs.
The indigogo campaign sold out, and these are the pedals we have been receiving over the last month.
Many of us, including me, contacted Peter in the last month or so and asked if there were going to be any extra pedals offered for sale.( I was looking for a Merman to go with the Standout I ordered during the indigogo deal ) His reply to me was "no, not at this time, but I will add your name to a waiting list in case I decide to build a few more"
Then just yesterday I receive an email that included the above link to the VFE website and details about a final run of pedals.
Below is a cut and paste of the text from that web page in Blue, with my comments added.
Due to high demand - and to fund building my own personal VFE pedalboard - I am offering one more run of pedals to be finished before the end of 2020. To keep the build process simpler, there are no custom color options this time. The color schemes you see below are all that is available. OK simple enough. He wants to streamline the process by limiting the cosmetic options available for each pedal. No problem.
I only have parts & time to build a maximum of 100 more pedals before the end of 2020. Pedals will only be listed AFTER the new circuit & graphic designs are 100% finished (several are still in development). I believe what he is saying here is that pedals will only be made available to purchase on the page linked above when the individual pedal models have been adapted to the SPS circuitry and the single cosmetic design has been finalized for each pedal. I believe he is still working to adapt some older designs to the SPS circuitry, but the pedals that are, or will be listed for sale on this web page for this last run are the same new SPS pedal designs that shipped recently from the indigogo campaign.
I should note that many of the new designs run optimally with current draw between 100-150mA. Some can take over 200mA (Rocket EQ + reverb pedals), and some take much less (Alpha Dog + Fuzz Duo). Some of the new SPS circuit designs use a charge pump to up the internal working voltage, and they consume a lot of current. Something to be aware of and plan for if you are thinking about buying these pedals.
I've already PayPal'd him the cash for my Merman, but anybody on the fence about the pedals offered in this run could just email Peter and get the lowdown from him. His response times can vary, but he has replied to every email I sent him.
I probably would have preferred a blue Merman with silver knobs, but at this point I'm just happy to be getting one before he shuts the door for good.
