I am getting really tired of pedal reviews that start by saying things like "it's really high quality because it weighs a lot."
Why does everyone believe that a plastic housing equals junk but a metal housing equals quality or durability??
For years I used a plastic Arion stage tuner, throughout the entire decade of the 1990s. Hundreds of rehearsals and gigs, always thrown into a metal ammo box after every show. It has been stomped on, kicked, thrown, and dropped down entire flights of concrete stairs. It STILL looks pretty much like new and the only reason I got a new tuner around 15 years ago is because the input jack no longer holds the cable plug firmly so if it gets bumped you can lose your signal. It functions perfectly and if I cared to do so I could replace that input jack and keep using it forever.
I'm sure we have all had pedals that stopped working for one reason or another (faulty switch, broken pot, etc.), but has anyone ever actually broken a plastic-cased pedal? (Running over it with a van does not count!)
Why does everyone believe that a plastic housing equals junk but a metal housing equals quality or durability??
For years I used a plastic Arion stage tuner, throughout the entire decade of the 1990s. Hundreds of rehearsals and gigs, always thrown into a metal ammo box after every show. It has been stomped on, kicked, thrown, and dropped down entire flights of concrete stairs. It STILL looks pretty much like new and the only reason I got a new tuner around 15 years ago is because the input jack no longer holds the cable plug firmly so if it gets bumped you can lose your signal. It functions perfectly and if I cared to do so I could replace that input jack and keep using it forever.
I'm sure we have all had pedals that stopped working for one reason or another (faulty switch, broken pot, etc.), but has anyone ever actually broken a plastic-cased pedal? (Running over it with a van does not count!)
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