Bye

Posted in Uncategorized on April 15, 2014 by plutoneium

Dear Friends

I am writing to notify you that Plutoneium will cease business as of May 1st 2014. At this date, we will take no new orders, and will cease product support to existing customers for repairs/replacements for faults reported within 14 days of this date. After this, sadly, we cannot provide any further interaction and the business will close.

Plutoneium has been a labour of love for us for the past 5 years and continues to make a profit, however, with the departure of one of our key partners back to the United States (family reasons), there is no longer sufficient time for those of us remaining to be able to continue the business and give it the attention it really needs to thrive and grow more, given all of our other life priorities here in Singapore. With the bandwidth we have now, we are really in a very reactive mode and struggle to build and ship even the smallest orders.

I would like to thank each of you – all of our customers and dealers, for your interest in buying/selling our product and helping get us known around the world – it really exceeded our expectations – the support and help I got from the effects community in getting established. I am sorry that we will no longer be able to supply you.

The company IP is up for sale (rights to name, designs, inventory) – if any of you are interested in persisting the Plutoneium brand, please let me know and we can discuss a very reasonable deal – if not, that’s also OK, we will be disposing of everything, ceasing operations and hope to treasure our memories of the wild ride we had from the day we dreamed up the design, through the day the first unit rolled off the production line, through the time we got our first order of 100 units and many other key milestones during the journey and thrill of running our own business selling a product we made with our own hands that people actually wanted around the world.

Kind regards, best wishes

Ed

Tunesmiths–great tunes, great wah

Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2013 by plutoneium

Here’s a great board shot from the guitarist of Tunesmiths – you can hear some of their great songs here:

Derby City -  https://soundcloud.com/the-tunesmiths/derby-city

Troublemaker – https://soundcloud.com/the-tunesmiths/troublemaker

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Thanks to bryce

New Australian dealer

Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2013 by plutoneium

We are delighted to announce that Pro Guitar Shop in Australia has now joined the Plutoneium family and have both kinds of Chi-Wah-Wah in stock – the Guitar and Bass versions. You can check their website here http://proguitarshop.com.au/effect-pedals/plutonieum.html

They also have a Facebook page listing all their cool gear on sale here

All the best Steve and Pro Guitar Shop folks and welcome to the family!

New US dealer website

Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2012 by plutoneium

We’re very excited to announce Mika Brands Inc. as a new partner of ours in the United States who will be selling Chi-Wah-Wah online. They have put up an awesome website which you can check out here: https://www.chiwah.us that features some beautiful photography as well as online purchase/transaction capability.

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Welcome Mika to the Plutoneium family!

Plutoneium Chi-Wah-Wah featured in Premier Guitar Magazine

Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2012 by plutoneium

Very exciting for us to be featured in Kevin Bolembach’s column ‘State of the Stomp’ which is a regular spot in Premier Guitar magazine.  Kevin loved the wah and you can read his full thoughts on it here.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2012/May/Raising_the_Bar_of_Wah_Design.aspx

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Some quotes:

“every so often a daring maverick grabs the wheel and steers the industry in a decidedly forward—if not slightly off-center—direction”

“every single aspect of the Chi-Wah-Wah screams quality”

“I believe Plutoneium has successfully raised the bar of wah design and I suggest other manufacturers take note. “

Ebenex is now the dealer for Singapore

Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2012 by plutoneium

Pleased to announce that longstanding pillar of the Singapore guitar and effects community Ebenex has become an official dealer of Plutoneium products in Singapore.

www.ebenex.com

This is exciting for us as Ebenex is 100% committed to providing the best experience for players looking to grow the sonic palettes of their gear setups by stocking a wide variety of brands and products and allowing unlimited testing of gear on premises prior to making decisions without sales pressure.

David (the owner), Derek and co. in the Store at Bras Basah Complex are some of the nicest and most helpful staff in a music store anywhere and we are pleased that they are representing us.

They stock both the guitar and bass versions – please drop in on them at: 231 Bain Street, #04-47/49, Bras Basah Complex, Singapore 180231, tel: 63452053

How to swap out the circuit board of a Chi-Wah-Wah

Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2012 by plutoneium

CWW Bass reviewed in Guitarist Magazine (UK)

Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2012 by plutoneium

Click for larger version. Very pleased that this was picked up by the UK guitar press – thanks to ‘RN’ (Roger Newell?) for doing the review and giving us this vital exposure!  They even did a short video demo in the Guitarist Vault (their online digital content repository now that the CD has gone the way of the dodo).

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New dealer promo, Feb 2012, and uh, hot shots…

Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2012 by plutoneium

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For the month of February we are offering the following for new dealers. Please contact us at info@plutoneium.com to discuss them.

Order of 10 or more units, get 1 extra unit free.

Order of 20 or more units, get 1 bronze limited edition unit.

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Chi-Wah-Wah bass will start shipping from September 1st 2011

Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2011 by plutoneium

We are pleased to announce that the long-awaited Chi-Wah-Wah Bass units will start shipping out to our dealers from September 1st 2011. Please check here for your nearest dealer: http://www.plutoneium.com/buyinfo.aspx or send us a mail at info@plutoneium.com if you wish to become a dealer.

Housings during one of the assembly stages:

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More exciting pictures and updates over the next couple of days.

Thanks

Plutoneium Guys