Pedal that does the COT thing for less dough?

[imjustadrummer]

I miss the sparkle and treble boost my COT 50 Gold provided to my rig.

anything else out there that emulates that treble boost?

What I liked, in particular, was that the treble boost seemed to stay there even with my guitar volume rolled back... nothing else has done that for me.

Guitar is a McCarty

[aquadog]

I haven't played anything else that will do exactly what the Cot does. The closest thing I've come across is Sean's balance pedal (now called the mini v).

It's a little bit different but similar - into a cleaner amp (or with low output pickups, like a strat), it will give a really nice, chimey clean boost up to around 10 or 11 o'clock. After that, it will hit your amp really hard, driving it into overdrive and giving off a sort of fuzz like od - hard to describe, but it's really incredible. When you roll your volume knob back, it keeps the treble boosted, maybe even a little more so than the cot.
A bit of a different flavor, but it sounds even bigger than my cot50. Also, when driven harder with humbuckers, it'll give up the overdriven goods much quicker, but still clean up incredibly well

[iggs]

Bümbox Büst ... sounds amazing, handwired, TB ... I have one and it rocks for exactly that!

Scott has them:
http://www.axeandyoushallreceive.com/biglist.htm#bumbox

[imjustadrummer]

aquadog,
I have a BBB"07, but find that it doesn't have the treble boost qualities of the COT especially with the guitar volume knob backed down...

[aquadog]

Originally Posted by imjustadrummer

aquadog,
I have a BBB"07, but find that it doesn't have the treble boost qualities of the COT especially with the guitar volume knob backed down...

I'm talking about the balance/mini V. The BBB'07 is a germanium fuzz with a bias knob for different flavors of fuzz

[-DC/AC-]

I would look at the HAO Rust Driver. It's got one knob for volume and a 3-way switch for Bright, Normal and Warm so you could use the Bright setting for more sparkle and more treble. It's also not too expensive ($170) so I would give it a try if I were you.