Reiep
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Tech 21 Sansamp Tri AC. I couldn't get any decent sound with it... not a single one.
Ancient Alien
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Every Gibson LP I've bought including custom shops. Pure crap in the hands.
All the Engl amps I bought.
And a few 5150's
All the Engl amps I bought.
And a few 5150's
zee1usa
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Line 6 Flextone HD2 1100 ----> $110
Motu 2408 1000 ----> $100
Motu 2408 1000 ----> $100
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joepete77
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Mesa stiletto head. When they first came out I read up on them and their catalog gave a description making it sound like my ideal amp as I thought it was going to be able to cop marshall type overdrive tones. I was wrong and it basically collected dust untill I finally found a buyer for it on ebay and took a hit just to get rid of it. They really do have a great writer for their advertisements and product descriptions. It had plenty of switches and options for settings and it did several different tones as stated, it just didnt do any of them great. I ended up going back to my old modded marshall jmp as although it did basically 1 trick it did that trick very well.
K-mark5
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mhenson42":3duh34pn said:
I've had 3 caparisons.. first a dellinger 2 in pro black, second was a custom Evergrey Henrik Danhage black walnut Horus (whorehouse) maple FB+ EY, and the last- Horus HGS walnut MF..
they all sounded like paper.. the sound was just.. not full no matter what amp i tried with them.. i dunno, i am not a les paul guy so i am not searching for ultra full wide tones, but this was like.. my ibanez RG470.. to much money for a little music you know
so I know how you feel..
mboogman
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I bought a "cheng" Paul (Les Paul Supreme chinese copy) guitar a few years ago. I figured, how bad could it be. Absolutely Terrible! 
That's how bad it could be. I sank about $300 bucks into it for new hardware, and it still sucked! Oh well. That's one lesson learned the hard way. 
That's how bad it could be. I sank about $300 bucks into it for new hardware, and it still sucked! Oh well. That's one lesson learned the hard way. 
Erock
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yep, a big +4 to the Recto Pre. Hated that pre direct, which is the reason I bought it, and hated it thru every poweramp I tried except the 2:100. It's a different animal thru the 2:100.roadifier":2lofyfnr said:Thats one of the rigs my dad uses with his recto pre, and it sounds amazing! But I have been trying to record stuff with it and it sounds like crap. WHen I use it with my mesa 50 power amp, it sounds a little better but not much, since it doesn't have negative feedback in the power section... I will have to spend another $600 on the power amp...Mark Day":2lofyfnr said:Lol. I loved my Recto Pre with a Mesa 2:100, a Zakk O/D and two Mesa 4x12"s
Mark
The Caparison hate is beginning to worry me, I just made a trade for a Dellinger 7. Wish I had saw this thread first.
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stompboxfreak72
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Dual rec head. I fought that amp for years back when it was vogue and I blew so much money on tubes and pedals to boost it with. Uggghhn.
Guitars ? Ibanez prestige 3120. I got a lemon that could hold standard tuning. It went flat after one song. Utter crap that gtr was.
Guitars ? Ibanez prestige 3120. I got a lemon that could hold standard tuning. It went flat after one song. Utter crap that gtr was.
mightywarlock
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Some Digitech pedal. I bought it on ebay. plugged it in the very 1st time and it went up in smoke.
never even got to hear what it sounded like and couldn't return it (this was a long time ago).
There's been a whole string of bad purchases over the years, but that one i remember and have never bought anything digitech since.
Had a Recto pre as well. The clean sounds were wonderful recorded direct. the dirty...well, let's just say I couldn't sell it fast enough.
Maybe a zoom 505 pedal from years ago? that sucked. or maybe a Gibson BFG? I had dreams of that one being great, only to sell it a couple of days after getting it.
or maybe the Engl Powerball I traded my Stiletto II for...that was a bad trade.
And on and on...
never even got to hear what it sounded like and couldn't return it (this was a long time ago).
There's been a whole string of bad purchases over the years, but that one i remember and have never bought anything digitech since.
Had a Recto pre as well. The clean sounds were wonderful recorded direct. the dirty...well, let's just say I couldn't sell it fast enough.
Maybe a zoom 505 pedal from years ago? that sucked. or maybe a Gibson BFG? I had dreams of that one being great, only to sell it a couple of days after getting it.
or maybe the Engl Powerball I traded my Stiletto II for...that was a bad trade.
And on and on...
srinivassa
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No regrets.
All though, I do reserve the right to sell a few things. Like a couple of Behringer stompers. They really were "Cold as Ice." Any signal that passed through them got an arctic shiver.
I think biggest regret would be Vox VT15. It's good, and it would be a good pick up and go amp. ...for someone. Not me though. I think I've grown past modelling in my current snobbery.
All though, I do reserve the right to sell a few things. Like a couple of Behringer stompers. They really were "Cold as Ice." Any signal that passed through them got an arctic shiver.
I think biggest regret would be Vox VT15. It's good, and it would be a good pick up and go amp. ...for someone. Not me though. I think I've grown past modelling in my current snobbery.
Code001
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Erock":19wssky8 said:yep, a big +4 to the Recto Pre. Hated that pre direct, which is the reason I bought it, and hated it thru every poweramp I tried except the 2:100. It's a different animal thru the 2:100.roadifier":19wssky8 said:Thats one of the rigs my dad uses with his recto pre, and it sounds amazing! But I have been trying to record stuff with it and it sounds like crap. WHen I use it with my mesa 50 power amp, it sounds a little better but not much, since it doesn't have negative feedback in the power section... I will have to spend another $600 on the power amp...Mark Day":19wssky8 said:Lol. I loved my Recto Pre with a Mesa 2:100, a Zakk O/D and two Mesa 4x12"s
Mark
The Caparison hate is beginning to worry me, I just made a trade for a Dellinger 7. Wish I had saw this thread first.
My Dellinger 7 doesn't sound thin to me.
https://soundcloud.com/code001/blackout- ... reamp-test
boost
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Dean Z Hollywood from the 80's. Plywood with a painted fretboard. But it had a locking trem on it so I HAD to have it. Kinda like a Kahler, but not. No springs fit it so it slowly kept creeping up as they wore out in a matter of months. You could also see the layers of plywood through the white finish. Not a good guitar, but it looked cool and that's all that really matters isn't it?
university81
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Rockett Flexdrive -- no matter how i set it, just didn't like the grain of gain or how it worked with my amps
Bugera 333xl - actually not a terribly bad amp for the money, the tone doesn't really cut or have presence, and through my own idiocy scratched my car with the cardboard box when it arrived...and it lasted all of 2 days after that before i put it back up for sale
some cheap peavey predator - neck was ok but the rest was just bad - electronics - harsh tone, get what you pay for i guess , i gave it away to a good home at least
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and some impulse buys or stuff which weren't necessarily bad equipment, but stuff that i didn't really need or more specifically the money loss in reselling
Bugera 333xl - actually not a terribly bad amp for the money, the tone doesn't really cut or have presence, and through my own idiocy scratched my car with the cardboard box when it arrived...and it lasted all of 2 days after that before i put it back up for sale
some cheap peavey predator - neck was ok but the rest was just bad - electronics - harsh tone, get what you pay for i guess , i gave it away to a good home at least
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and some impulse buys or stuff which weren't necessarily bad equipment, but stuff that i didn't really need or more specifically the money loss in reselling
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Even Bigger D
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Two Mesas come to mind - a Nomad 55 and a Mark V head. I've still got a Tremoverb and a Express 5:50 combo that I like OK for what they are.
I had a Lexicon G2 that was rendered useless live by the massive volume spike when changing between patches with a volume control effect. Too bad - the reverbs were OK.
A G&L ASAT that had very marginal fretwork
A VHT 2150 - never liked it one bit.
A Gibson ES-137 Custom that sounds incredible but plays pretty bad. If I recorded a lot I'd keep it.
I had a Lexicon G2 that was rendered useless live by the massive volume spike when changing between patches with a volume control effect. Too bad - the reverbs were OK.
A G&L ASAT that had very marginal fretwork
A VHT 2150 - never liked it one bit.
A Gibson ES-137 Custom that sounds incredible but plays pretty bad. If I recorded a lot I'd keep it.
oldmanmetal
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Owned just about every Mesa ever made, except the Mark V. Always disappointed me. The only one I ever liked was the Coliseum Mark III.
Hands down the most disappointing amp was the Dizel VH4. Sterile and lifeless, wanted to like it, sold it and bought a VHT Pitbull UL, a HUGE improvement. No matter what I did that thing would not respond or give me a usable tone. Still makes me mad thinking about how much I spent.
Distant second was a Komet 60. All my vintage Marshalls killed that thing. Another money pit.
Hands down the most disappointing amp was the Dizel VH4. Sterile and lifeless, wanted to like it, sold it and bought a VHT Pitbull UL, a HUGE improvement. No matter what I did that thing would not respond or give me a usable tone. Still makes me mad thinking about how much I spent.
Distant second was a Komet 60. All my vintage Marshalls killed that thing. Another money pit.
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Tone Zone
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Code001":yv2y04yp said:
I did the same......what a p.o.s. Besides that, a Marshall TSL 122 combo back when they came out was probably my worst.
Dimebag11
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Laney VH100R
Metlupass2
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threadkiller
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mightywarlock":32kslg0f said:
I'd have to disagree about the Zoom 505. I bought a 505II for $55 because I needed to cover a wide palate of sounds with my cover band and I was strapped for cash. Sure, it sounded mediocre but it got me through for 4 years along with a couple of other pedals until I finished school and was able to afford to upgrade. Now, I'm a total snob and and wouldn't be caught dead on stage with it but at the time it worked and I managed not to break it somehow.
thiswaythatway
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Mark Day":ivqyvi5k said:
Funny you say that. My last Les Paul Custom was a 68 Reissue and it had a hump in the neck right around the 6th or 7th fret. No matter how i adjusted the truss rod i couldn't get rid of it. And after watching both the Anderson and Suhr factory tours they both let their necks settle for a month in case they bend. I can easily see Gibson putting quantity over quality and just throwing their guitars together. I've seen more than a few complaints about humps or warped necks on Gibson.