#309762 - 03/05/2008 20:37
FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
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emax
new poster
Registered: 09/05/2005
Posts: 13
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Hi folks, I'm selling my aluminium NewFace fascia. It has a light scratch which I've highlighted in some of the photos.
See here for more details:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130219862436
Thanks.
Mk2a
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#309774 - 04/05/2008 02:53
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: emax]
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Attack
addict
Registered: 01/03/2002
Posts: 481
Loc: Florida
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I really want this. Will you ship to the US?
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#309780 - 04/05/2008 06:36
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Attack]
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emax
new poster
Registered: 09/05/2005
Posts: 13
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Hi there,
I've just answered a similar question on the auction. I will ship to the US but need to get a quote for the postage first.
I'll also have to adjust the auction settings to allow international bidding.
Keep an eye on the aurction and I should get these issues dealt with in the next few days.
Regards,
Euan.
Mk2a
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#309781 - 04/05/2008 06:52
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: emax]
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emax
new poster
Registered: 09/05/2005
Posts: 13
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Ok, you should now be able to bid from abroad. Let me know if this is not the case.
Regards,
Euan.
Mk2a
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#310122 - 13/05/2008 20:42
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: mlord]
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zoom
new poster
Registered: 07/08/2005
Posts: 20
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wow! nice winning bid!
Edited by zoom (13/05/2008 20:42)
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#310123 - 13/05/2008 20:47
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
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Attack
addict
Registered: 01/03/2002
Posts: 481
Loc: Florida
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Yes, I will soon have a nice replacement NewFace. 
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#310125 - 13/05/2008 21:26
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Attack]
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Charles Beer
new poster
Registered: 05/11/2007
Posts: 37
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you beat me out at the last 5secs!!
Does anyone have one they would part with? I would pay the same price.
I would even pay a borrowing fee to borrow someones NewFace for reproduction. I happen to work at an Aluminum manufacturer and could easily get this done.
If nobody will sell or let me borrow one, then I guess its to the drawing board. That just takes alot more time and effort and work is busy.
If anyone can help let me know. I've been wanting to get the ball rolling on this for awhile.
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#310155 - 14/05/2008 10:47
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Glen_L]
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emax
new poster
Registered: 09/05/2005
Posts: 13
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When I bought my Empeg, it came with two of these NewFace fascias, the recently-auctioned aluminium one and a black one.
I have the original fascia as well and will likely put the black one up on eBay shortly once I get the chance to photograph it.
I'll keep you guys posted!
Mk2a
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#310161 - 14/05/2008 14:09
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Attack]
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Charles Beer
new poster
Registered: 05/11/2007
Posts: 37
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you beat me out at the last 5secs!!
Does anyone have one they would part with? I would pay the same price.
I would even pay a borrowing fee to borrow someones NewFace for reproduction. I happen to work at an Aluminum manufacturer and could easily get this done.
If nobody will sell or let me borrow one, then I guess its to the drawing board. That just takes alot more time and effort and work is busy.
If anyone can help let me know. I've been wanting to get the ball rolling on this for awhile.
Where are you located? I would be willing to load mine for a small discount on a few more new ones. Well once I get it
Sent you a PM
Thanks!
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#310216 - 16/05/2008 00:27
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: emax]
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tictac
new poster
Registered: 31/05/2007
Posts: 2
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Please let me posted and PM me if you put one on ebay I've been waiting for one of these for years as well
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#310659 - 29/05/2008 20:39
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Boelle]
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webroach
old hand
Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
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has any got any luck with reproduction?
Quite a ways back, I was very close to putting out a new aluminum fascia which would take the original buttons (and Greenlight's buttons, of course), but after I had put nearly two thousand dollars into the project, producing prototypes and trying different approaches such as laser and water cutting, someone else came up saying they were gonna produce some too. I decided it wasn't worth the expense to continue working on the project, seeing as the potential market wouldn't (in my opinion) support multiple manufacturers, so I scrapped it. I can only speak for myself, but I think it'll be hard to get anyone to produce them again unless there's some sort of guarantee that they won't have to spend thousands of dollars to, in the end, be just one of the people trying to market to a very small audience.
Dave
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#310704 - 30/05/2008 17:09
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Boelle]
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webroach
old hand
Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
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btw... never listen to people saying that they wan't to produce it too, not before they can put one in our hands
I can understand that, Boelle, but you still have to consider, the production of something like the aluminum fascia for someone like me (i.e., I don't have all the equipment, etc.) is a pretty big investment of time and, more importantly, money. I'm not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. My partner (on the project) and I discussed continuing the project when the other person's plans were announced, ad we decided that we couldn't risk spending any more money on it in light of the risk of only selling a few.
Who knows, maybe someday.
Dave
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#310735 - 31/05/2008 01:18
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: webroach]
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FireFox31
pooh-bah
Registered: 20/09/2002
Posts: 2356
Loc: East Coast, USA
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But the other person's plans fizzled. Could yours be brought back to life? Could your progress be sold to someone else to continue it?
Hm, I guess there's kind of a curse on the NewFace. 303 made it than vanished. speedy bought the design and was going to make it, than vanished. webroach, don't vanish on us!!
I'm always so tempted to try another one of these money-hole projects. But if I do another one, it will be replacement stock handles. Not glamorous, but necessary.
- FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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#310757 - 31/05/2008 13:42
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Boelle]
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mlord
carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 9841
Loc: Canada
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There's enough of them for sale at any point in time, that I really doubt it would be worthwhile for anyone to build new ones.
We just keep trading the existing 4000 (?) units amongst ourselves over time, like a game of musical chairs. Whoever has the most at the end, wins. 
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#310789 - 31/05/2008 20:09
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Boelle]
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JBjorgen
pooh-bah
Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 2485
Loc: Chandler, AZ
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I'm guessing that Patrick probably still has pcb layout and parts list, but couldn't release them without permission from Sigmatel who, as far as I know, owns the intellectual rights to them.
Also, I'm certain that if another run were going to be made, they'd want to address some of the shortcomings, like 100mb or gigabit ethernet, USB 2.0 master, sata hard drives, more memory and faster processor, video output, etc..
You can see where it would quickly get prohibitively expensive. I'd be much more interested in Sigmatel open sourcing the player software so it could be ported to work on standard pc hardware.
Edited by JBjorgen (31/05/2008 20:11)
~ John
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#310791 - 31/05/2008 20:45
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
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tman
carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 4312
Loc: UK
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The licensing for the software is complicated. From what I can gather, the IP has been split up and its all kinda hazy about where and who exactly owns what. Basically, not going to happen anytime soon. The code is still used as well I believe.
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#310796 - 01/06/2008 00:18
Re: FS: NewFace Brushed Aluminium Fascia with clear buttons
[Re: Boelle]
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tman
carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 4312
Loc: UK
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A lot of the parts used were hard to find even when the empeg was in full production. After this many years it'll be nearly impossible to find large quantities of them.
The empeg software going open source just isn't going to ever happen.
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