If everyone keeps buying clones, there will be no incentive for people like cmog, Paul C or other innovators to put the time and money into new designs. At that point there will be nothing new to clone. Just my opinion.I found out that it was a copy of the CB long after I bought it.
FWIW, I owned a crunchbox years ago and hated it. Could have been the one I had, or possibly the guitar, pickups, or amps I had at the time.
In fact, I would never had bought the AC if I had known that.. but im glad I didnt.. awesome high gain brown sound. Herman's clips sold me.
The AC is different than the CB, so they are not exactly identical. Presence knob is good enough reason to buy one over the other imho.
Id like to have more flexibility with this exact circuit and if the Super is better in this regard over the AC, then I will be "supporting the original manufacturer".
Best pedal wins kind of thing. Loyalty has NOTHING to do with it.
Just look at the people playing through the Jan Ray.. they just want the pedal, and loyalty falls off when the tone comes into play for 95% of all musicians.
You are correct, I was off topic. Didn't mean to derail thread. I should not have posted that here. I will delete it if you wish.Nothing we can do about it though.. this happens in a thousand different places and is part of the whole shebang. Double edge sword and there is a creative flip side that fuels the progression of technology as a whole. That said, I dont LIKE the idea that the innovators take a hit.. I for one would HATE the idea that someone is ripping my great ideas off.. but even builders will learn how to expect this and milk it for what its worth. Its been happening from the 1st pedal/amp forward if you look back. Some of the incentive is the pure enjoyment of the creating process.. not the covering your ass down the line part. Anyways.. this is all off subject if you dont mind.
I've had to fix both... without going on a tirade on the questionable business practices of a certain company, go with the MI Crunch Box. They designed the damn thing.
All overdrive and distortions pedals are clones of something else nowadays. The Crunch box is not original, they copied someone else.