> Heh.  Other (valid) points aside, I think you underestimate the
> difficulties of making something "indestructible."

Oh, I know exactly why they're known as "stomp boxes" ;-))

Barring a direct lightning strike, most devices can be made
more than reasonably robust. More so than those perhaps
built to a cost. They should at least be able to stomach an
accidentally reversed battery

Going back to the Dunlop Wah, the circuitry is basic, the
construction is basic. Sold here for NZ$260, way more than
the price of the competition, yet there's no engineering in it
to make it "special". Given that this one was made in China
that's an awfully attractive mark-up if you're part of the Jim
Dunlop estate

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