What are the WORST hyped pieces of gear you've owned..

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BeZo said:
Anything Carvin made. Those amps were all hot garbage, even if some of them occasionally sounded decent. They were all poorly made and unreliable. I would rather play Line6 stuff.
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I remember buying their V3 head when it first came out, the full size one. What a POS 😂 went back within a few short miserable days 😂
 
Guymanndude said:
Bad Cat Lynx combo. I was so excited to get that thing. Hasn’t worked a day since I got it in late February. Sent it in for warranty repairs and it came back with new problems. Absolute nightmare that just won’t end
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Sounds like my experience with HK Grandmeister 40. Thing was in the shop constantly and the company themselves did some really dirty shit to me throughout the process. Never again.

I got mine from SW. I talked to Chuck about it and told him the story. He took the amp back although it was past the return period and gave me a full credit back.

I then spent that credit on what ended up being my desert island amp - my Rivera Clubster Royale Recording Top.

Went through hell to get to my heavenly amp.

Definitely a blessing in disguise.
 
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BeZo said:
Anything Carvin made. Those amps were all hot garbage, even if some of them occasionally sounded decent. They were all poorly made and unreliable. I would rather play Line6 stuff.
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That is so sad to hear. I always wanted their stuff when I was a teen. Had a buddy who had the V3 head when I was younger and thought it looked so cool. This was years before I would get a tube amp, I was digital/SS all the way due to 'bang for my buck'and having every feature possible.

He ended up selling the V3 and getting a Fractal I think and he used that for years.

I always hated the way his digital rig felt and sounded, but he loved it.

I think part of his love for the digital was due to how poor the V3 was.

I remember that was when I kept hearing about different pre amp pedals and drives and EQs to stack, etc, and I never did anything like that but he was constantly going through them.

He sold the Fractal, I cant recall what he uses now but man he struggled with that Carvin head for years and years.

He was convinced it was awesome but could never get it to sound as such and eventually was happier when he moved it along.
 
Yamaha THR series. My work gave me one for my bench to use for testing with repairs and I was so glad it finally crapped out after 3 months.
 
PBGas said:
Yamaha THR series. My work gave me one for my bench to use for testing with repairs and I was so glad it finally crapped out after 3 months.
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This is one I was excited about. When i played it, let's just say it was a massive let down
 
Music&Chaos said:
Sounds like my experience with HK Grandmeister 40. Thing was in the shop constantly and the company themselves did some really dirty shit to me throughout the process. Never again.

I got mine from SW. I talked to Chuck about it and told him the story. He took the amp back although it was past the return period and gave me a full credit back.

I then spent that credit on what ended up being my desert island amp - my Rivera Clubster Royale Recording Top.

Went through hell to get to my heavenly amp.

Definitely a blessing in disguise.
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I absolutely loathe the grandmeister and tubemeister

I'm a big fan of the Triamp series, and I loved the duotone, puretone, and a bunch of other H&K stuff

So I thought the meister amps were gonna be the ultimate home practice amp

....holy shit

I literally own a 100$ joyo bantamp that I think has better sounds AND is more reliable for that purpose
 
From top of my head:
Petrucci wah
Friedman BeOD deluxe
All the REVV distortion pedals
Fulltone OCD
 
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