Don't hold your breath, Pappywatts - here's the email I received from Thomann about the expected arrival date of 21st of January (my order has only been in since early December - I waited till I thought all the issues had been ironed out 
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"I've just checked this with our guitar dept. again, and they had bad news for us: the supplier Line6 has delayed the delivery of their guitars again!
Currently, they confirmed delivery for mid of February, but said at the same time that it might even shift until March...
Very bad news - I'm so sorry!
Can you wait so long, or do you want to cancel your order?
In regards to the pickup switch problem: I've forwarded this question on to my guitar specialists and am waiting for their reply.
As soon as I have it, I'll let you know per email."
To all the Canadians and those waiting in the USA - I know how you feel. The rest of the world is trying to wait patiently for one of these. I'm not cancelling my order, BTW.
To those in the USA who have one that has had to be sent back - the rest of us are hoping that Line6 can sort this out for you ASAP - we've all got a fair amount of expectations and $$ tied up in this, and it's a reasonable leap of faith for all of us.
To those in the USA that have one that works well - you don't know how lucky you are - please keep posting pictures, videos and soundfiles to keep the spirits of the rest of us going - we need to keep re-selling ouselves every day that we're going to get something special one of these days. Please put lots of good photos of the JTV-59 TSB up - that's what I have on order........if it sounds as good as it looks it will be worth it.
To Line6 and Rich: I get it - I understand what you're dealing with. I'm a Regional Marketing Manager within Asia-Pacific for a 52Bn USD top 20 Fortune 500 company (not blowing my trumpet - that what I do), and I understand/work with the complexities of OEM, component sourcing, logistics, product launch, Gantt charts out the wazoo, globalization and factors beyond your control. I deal with a business unit that literally gives sight to the blind - if we don't deliver, surgery does not happen and people don't see. Upset customers does not begin to cover it.
Your new product pipeline is strategically sound and I'm sure you will get 60% of your sales from products designed and made in the last 2 years (which is the ideal), but you appear to be at the mercy of your 3rd party suppliers - maybe some vertical integration would help (cash flow is probably not great post GFC, but you've been brave in your direction so far).
Launching the JTV, the HD500 (I'm still waiting for this too - hopefully this month), and the DT50 in a short space of time (as an integrated approach, too!) is the kind of thing I'd expect from a global market-leader - you deserve congratulations for this. Keep both the R&D and QA/QC flowing (fix the '59 switch asap) and you will give the big 'F' and big 'G' a real run for their money.
Kind regards,
BB
. It also might be interesting to see who is waiting for what and from where. I'll go first:
I'm not sure whether Sweetwater will have enough guitars from the initial shipment to include mine, but I'm hoping.........
. Heck, I even got excited when Sweetwater put up pictures of the 59BK, and the 59CS but I did notice that they didn't post pics of the 59TS. Guess those babies are in demand. I almost went with the tobacco sunburst myself but the wife said she liked the black one better and, well married guys will know why I ordered that one.
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