> > But just think... now they get to sell another one for $150!
> 
> ...or they have lost him as a customer, and everyone he can tell
> about it, henceforth.  Shortsighted and ultimately fatal if the word
> spreads far enough!

That's a valid point Howard, but the thing with a Dunlop Wah, like
Microsoft as Bob mentioned, and other "names" is that it's THE
wah to have if you want to sound like your particular hero or have
aspirations to be a hero yourself (and what 16yo doesn't). No, it's
not difficult to make a wah pedal that's indistinguishable from a
Crybaby, and indestructible to boot, or jeans that wear just as well
and look like $500 Levis, but you know what people are like.
Although a name these days doesn't always mean they are the
quality they once were. I had a guitarist friend who I made effects
pedals for, and if I made an "authentic replica" of a classic, he
wanted it authentic. No new-fangled silicon for old trusty germanium
etc. He was a real pain in the arse sometimes he was ;-) And he
never became a hero (but he did play in and make a record with
Russell Crowe's first band so he's a little more of a guitar hero than
I ever became)

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