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The thing is both the P1 & G2 are modded Big Muff circuits. That's not knocking Pete for that but when it comes to invention or circuit wizardry his demonstrable examples are based on personal taste and hold no more merit than the guys who came up with the Musket, the Black Pharaoh or the Swollen Pickle.
Let's be honest about Pete Cornish. He went and still goes to a lot of trouble to protect 'his' circuits from even being seen. This could be because he genuinely believes his creations are unique (which clearly he should/would know otherwise), could be that he thinks his design tweaks are perfecting flawed designs or more cynically could be to hide the fact that they in fact tweaked/modded designs.
He's obviously fully aware that his previous designs are 'heavily borrowed' as he went to the trouble of inserting this in the advertising spiel of the CC-1
My new Crunch pedal, which has taken over a year to perfect, is now available to order.
The CC-1™ is not a variant of any existing product but a completely new and original design.
Now he could be telling the truth and the CC-1 is indeed utterly unique. Baring in mind no-one has seen one I personally would hold fire before betting my house on it.
I've said before that's Pete's stuff is completely worth if it is perfect for you. It holds resale value really well, and is likely to go up when he croaks it. If it makes you happy, makes you feel more confident about your playing then like any piece of equipment it's probably worth the value if you can afford it.
Lastly what I will say as somebody who used to be a guitar tech and has built numerous boards up for touring bands as well as toured myself, that @Drew_fx is spot on -
The most important factor is that if stuff goes tits up it can be replaced, or you have a spare. Regardless of how bomb-proof any pedal claims to be things still go wrong. At one stage we were even removing beloved Klons from boards 'just in case' due to the shortage of them and seeking out reliable clones for artist who could easily have afforded the originals.
As an example one band had two guitarist using Mesa V-Twins. The lead guitarist used two on stage and had one spare, knowing he could get through a set with just one. One night the switch went on one V-Twin so he carried on with just the one. The faulty one was switched out for the spare the next morning. The absolute priority was then to get the bust one fixed so a spare was in place for that night's show. It was a simple fix but there's no point in having to send something back directly to the builder to have him say that it's going to take a couple of weeks to fix or six weeks for a new one.
With all respect Drew, you have to smile at statements like this....
If it is that simple, why aren't there a dozen clones out there ??? PC pedals are surely one of the most ideal to clone... Hard to get hold of, mythical status, expensive to buy new. Klone em, sell em, bingo !
It reminds me of that geezer on here recently selling his 'Bat' G2 clone or something... Better than PC, superior parts etc etc. Went down like a one legged man in an arse kicking competition...
No, imho, PC pedals are quality, unique (in many ways), expensive and at times overhyped maybe. But please, there's not some hidden conspiracy going on here. Buy em, love em, enjoy em. Or choose something cheaper, and let us others who are idiots, doctors, lawyers and fooled enjoy our dellusion too...
Quite frankly other pedals out there are more desirable, simpler to build and easier to shift. Otherwise believe me, people would.
Pro level is pro level. If a pro player loves the sound of a particular piece of kit, they'll use it. Pro players are not necessarily swung by cost - they don't need to worry as much.
Loads of people thought the alpha drive was a solidly built boutique box of pro level drive. I agree, but there are some cornish clones out there. That dude was shot down because he came on here advertising, saying he'd improved it, and info was found online suggesting he'd only just started building kit pedals very recently - not because people think cornish are magic. I've read posts from people who have cloned a Cornish muff and they usually say it's a really nice pedal.
Ultimately, they're all just electronic parts in a box, and that's something any electronics dude can make. And I think cornish charges a fair price for his kit.
If it was cheaper, he'd be so popular the waiting list would be years, and he would be churning out as many pedals as possible per day. I suspect he also still builds boards, switching kits, rack stuff etc for touring musicians and that's going to be where a great deal of his income is from, the pedals are likely a cherry on top to give us mere mortals a taste of stardom.
But then I don't think there is any such thing as a "best" pedal for anything. If you want to sound like a certain guitarist, using his kit helps a lot. I like sounding like John frusciante - he uses a boss ds-2. Internet wisdom says the boss ds-2 is a shite distortion pedal. Best judge pedals on there own merits I think.