... you should realize that anyone who has the skills to develop your widget commands a high hourly rate.
For now I can only speculate on the time it'd take to develop the widget and what the hourly rate would be.
I'd appreciate if you could give me a ballpark figure for both.
1) Is this a product that would be marketed, or will it be a "one off" for your use only.
It will start as a one-off, used with the prototype of the Perspex version of the 5 guitars that will be shown at the **broken link removed** (May 8-9, London UK).
Whether it will stay a one-off or not depends on the demand for the Perspex version of the guitar body.
2) Is there an established business who would market it.
The idea is that it wouldn't be marketed by Delta Guitars but would be offered as an option when choosing Perspex as the material for the guitar body.
I would only consider hiring myself out for an established business who intends to market a product.
I guess that rules you out then, as the business is not yet established and would probably only market the product as an add-on. :-/
It's just my preference. For one thing, too many individuals have big ideas, but flake out once they learn how difficult things can be.
I have already spent a considerable amount of time and money (relative to my purse anyway) to develop the Delta Guitar-Kits concept and have received quite a lot of positive feedback for both the "Ghost" (the name of the actual guitar model) and the concept itself.
I don't intend to give up any time soon but curved-balls tend hit you when you least expect it.
- I have designed the guitar
- I have designed and started making the website (still in early-beta stage)
- I have designed and made the options form on the website
- I am working in collaboration with an established UK guitar maker (**broken link removed**) and a UK pickup maker (Catswhisker Pickups).
- I have 4 of the 5 guitars on order for the festival
- I'm in contact with QD Plastics, a Scotish company and posssible canditate for producing (machining, routing and polishing) the Perspex bodies
- etc etc ...
For another, I seek to be in business for myself, and need to build a portfolio of products that are targeted to market.
Things are moving pretty fast: at the end of December 2009 I started designing a guitar body to use with an old favorite guitar neck of mine.
Less than 6 months later I will have a small stand at the Guitar Nation 2010 Festival.
You will appreciate I haven't had the time (this is not my full-time job) to think about all the different case scenarios, including hiring a skilled electronician to develop a specific widget for a specific version of the guitar body.
My point is your portfolio could end-up containing photos and videos of a Perspex "Ghost" in action. I personally think it could be a welcome addition to any portofolio.
But obviously both parties, you(?) and I, would first have to agree on the terms of our collaboration.