We've made a few changes to the local distribution of Wudtone. Previously, Dingobass purchased, received, stored, bottled, packed and sent all Wudtone orders. You would have noticed that when you ordered a kit with Wudtone, the Wudtone was shipped separately.
Now, Wudtone is warehoused at Pit Bull Guitars HQ (my Unit in Highgate). I will be doing the bottling, gassing, packing and then delivering the product to Bones, who lives around the corner from me. I can do this every day, so we will still maintain our 24 hour turnaround on orders (in stock).
Dingobass will still be our resident Wudtone expert and be mixing custom colours and generally offering great support for the product. Bones and I will just be doing the labour, which will mean DB can focus on building body blanks, bodies and the other great services he's offering.
Now, this is all good news, because, by shipping the Wudtone with the kit, we will save a lot of money on Postage; savings that we can pass on to you guys.
Also, we're expecting a new order from Wudtone next week and we're trying a new shipping method, which we think will also save us a lot more money.
I haven't worked out what the savings will be, I need to receive the shipment and do the final costings, but I'm expecting it could be at least a few bucks per item.
Finally, unlike Wudtone.com and BYOGuitars.com, who charge separately for it, we had been including Silver and Gold Highlights in the price of our Wudtone kits, mainly because our eCommerce software didn't allow us to charge extra for "options". This meant we were losing money by giving this away when we paid extra for it.
I've now removed that option from the Wudtone kits, but you can add either of them as an extra item for $5.25.
So, in summary, if you buy a Wudtone kit with gold or silver highlights today, you will actually be paying more than you would have yesterday. However, when I do the final costing next week, I am hopeful that you will actually be paying the same or even less than what you were paying. Hope this makes sense.