Jinx <joecolquitt <at> clear.net.nz> writes:

> 
> > 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.

You would be surprised to know how many people on this planet deserve the name
'lightning strike'.

> They should at least be able to stomach an
> accidentally reversed battery

Lead acid battery too ? ;-) What about mains direct input ?

> 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

I wrote before that the 'chrome' sells more products than the technology. But -
just try to sell that item to an engineer without a schematic and a reasonable
track record and other things 'artisty' people don't really care about.

Peter




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