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At the very least the drives aren't. The fact people kept assuming they are is probably part of the reason Digitech dropped the Hardwires and moved to their current model of releasing different things as DOD and Digitech.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I love the look of the Hardwire series...but then again, I've always liked the look of the standard Boss stomp boxes!
Unfortunately for Digitech if you visit YouTube and look at the demos of the Hardwire drive pedals you see hundreds of comments from hundreds of idiots about how they'll "never buy a digital drive regardless of how good it sounds". I think digitech learned earlier than most that no amount of marketing material or factual information can stop silly "fake news" from travelling around the internet!
With regards the switches I can only assume that people assumed they were either cheap knockoffs like Behringer pedals or that they couldn't possibly be true bypass unless they had a shitty switch like some dude in his mom's basement was using on his $800 point to point fuzz pedals. My memory is a hit hazy but weren't these pretty much released at peak "has to be hand wired, has to be true bypass, has to be boutique" nonsense time?
The CM-2 was/is an awesome pedal
To add to the list both my POG2 and Boss DD500 cost a shedload more now than when I bought mine.
Tuner>CM-2>SC-2>CR-7>DL-8>Supernatural
I always felt they they are what Boss pedals should have become. Better sounding, switching, options, reliability. However, Boss have, to their credit, upped their game recently.
Hilarious how the Boss Fender pedals have shot up.
I used to have the deluxe reverb one, which sounded ok but the design was kinda flawed. I struggled to sell it when I got rid of it. Think I got 50 quid for it in the end in top condition.
Brilliant, ingenious pedal but quite faff-tastic to set sounds up. I'm sure you could do the same things far more simply with modern digital gear.
As for the Fender pedals, I had one on extended loan back in the day - entirely 'meh' imo - so if they are mad money now then that's, err, mad