I'd very much second this sentiment towards the issue. Shannon, in all honesty what you're asking for is something that you should just have custom built, there's almost no market for 9 strings with FF's compared to say the 7's or 8's. Sure a few people would buy them, but the cost of making them and actually having enough people to sell them too probably wouldn't be worth the trouble. I'd rather just see more base colour options, pup configs and hardware choices on existing instruments.
Oh I agree. I just noticed that Rondo started making the 9s. I was sure if people on here started demanding it heavily from Kurt, but if people are going to do that route, some multiscale options should be introduced to put out a more quality product. For me, I'm still a 7 player who dabbled here & there with an 8. That's more than enough for now...