September 19,2009

After a six month break, we've resumed production of the Wattson Classic Fuzz, our reproduction of the legendary Shin-ei FY-6. After six months of letters and emails from our customers and dealers, we're thrilled to be back at work!

Sh*t happens! It's the nature of business. When it happens, you have to deal with it, and come up with a plan for moving forward. In our case, the sh*t was a trademark dispute with another pedal manufacturer. Legal disputes are part of doing business, but they can be especially difficult for a small business like ours. We weighed our options, and finally decided that the only rational way to keep going was to change the name of our product and get back to work while we dealt with the legal stuff. You can read the sordid details here.

We want to reassure you, our valued customers, that the Wattson Classic Fuzz is identical to the product we were making before - the only thing that's changed is the name. Well, it might also be a few micrograms lighter, owing to a little less white paint on the logo silkscreen! ;-)

The break also gave us a chance to reorganize and consolidate the Wattson Classic Electronics workshop. If we get a chance, we'll try to post some pics of the new shop layout, just in case you'd like to see where your Wattson Classic Electronics product was born!

So, we're building pedals as fast as we can, and restocking our dealers. All of our dealers have had reserve orders in place for months. In order to be fair, we're shipping partial orders to each dealer in "round robin" fashion, so that each dealer will get some pedals in stock as quickly as possible. Check your dealer in the coming days and weeks to see if they've received some pedals. Click the "Products" link at the top of the page to find a dealer near you.

Regards,
Jim "The Amp Surgeon"