Gear you just cannot get along with, despite numerous attempts?

[anomaly]

Dual Rectifiers. Always sound like ass when I play them.

Throw a boost in front, od-808, ts9, sd-1 etc...

 

[anomaly]

Amplifiers with a mystifying array of switches, dials, and buttons. I mean, you're the amp designer, buddy, just make it sound good. I want to play, not tweak for hours.

You'd hate a Mesa Mark IV, lots of dials and shit on that amp.

 

[anomaly]

G12T75's
5150/6505's

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

Strat shapes
Les Paul shapes
V30's
Rectos
Green tube screamer pedals
Passive pickups

Simple

 

[DanTravis62]

What’s your go-to axe configuration?

Les Paul

 

[BABMusic]

You'd hate a Mesa Mark IV, lots of dials and shit on that amp.

That's why I love the Mark Iv. Can never have too many options as far as I'm concerned. Pendrode, Triode, Class A, Mid Gain, Harmonics, Simu-class -- I never get bored of it because of all these switches.

I went to GC over the weekend and played a DSL 100 with 3 different guitars, and they all sounded like muddy crap. That amp was either defective or it needed new preamp tube.s

 

[311boogieman]

I can only think of 3 things really

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I've tried 5 or 6 times and I just don't gel with the compression and it seems there are too many features I'd never need including that red mode. I suppose a 205 on orange would suffice but at that point, I'd rather have something else.

 

[Sick Michael]

Any Telecaster and any Les Paul
And Celestion 75 watt speakers.

 

[Sick Michael]

And guitars with no headstocks. haha

 

[McLeanAB]

I've had the Triaxis twice and couldn't get it where I hoped it would go... years later got the Mesa Mark V:25 and almost shit my pants it sounded so good. Just got the V:35 and feel like I have an amp that I'm not supposed to have. So good....

 

[DanTravis62]

I've had the Triaxis twice and couldn't get it where I hoped it would go... years later got the Mesa Mark V:25 and almost shit my pants it sounded so good. Just got the V:35 and feel like I have an amp that I'm not supposed to have. So good....

The triaxis is really good, but it is also INSANELY annoying to dial in

Like, I'm pretty sure it drove one of my buddies into a psychotic break

 

[BABMusic]

G12T75's

I can understand this. Finding the right amp for them can be difficult.

I never found the Triaxis hard to dial in, but I don't like how it goes in increments of .5. Sometimes, you want to dial in .2 or .3 instead of .5.

 

[Rising Farce]

You'd hate a Mesa Mark IV, lots of dials and shit on that amp.

I feel like Marks almost get a pass, since they've been around forever and everything makes sense once you've read the (typically very detailed) instruction manual. The IV is pushing it, though.

The amps that really incite my ire are the ones with 19 bright caps, 27 mid-shift settings, 12 different clipping diodes, eight voicings, etc. An amp shouldn't be a science project.