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

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reignman454 said:
Do tell... Never owned one. Had a very early Prototype Marshall he modded into the SLO circuit but had the dagnalls etc still... That's one I actually wish I had back.
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It was the most I have ever spent for an amp and it sounded absolutely pedestrian. Maybe it was because I had a diezel next to it. But either way, It was gone fast.
 
DanTravis62 said:
Boss Katana - the cleans sound great. the distortion sounds like a can of bees. if you have one use pedals for gain. Please. Especially if you're playing with my band.

Dimarzio Super Distortion - HONK HONK HONK HONK

Dimarzio Tonezone - *more geese noises*

Friedman BE100 - I mean it technically sounds good, but jesus christ man if I wanted that tone I could dial it up on my kemper. That's not to say dave isn't a talented designer; I love the dirty shirley/sister, the naked, phil x amp, etc. It's just too smooth and too refined and too much like a recorded amp sound. Marshall sounds aren't supposed to be polite. That sound can work well for lead tones but for rhythms I'm sorry but I hate it.

Revv Generator 120 - probably the only amp I bought, played once or twice, and immediately listed on reverb - sterile, lifeless, probably the most boring 3000 dollar amp I've ever heard in my life

Bogner/Line 6 alchemist - fucking YUCK

BKP warpig - sterile, no high mids

BKP nailbomb - sterile, no high mids, sounds congested

I reserve the right to list more, these are just the first few that came to mind.
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Dost thou slander the great Larry DiMarzio's creations? The Dubbel Kreem Brotherhood shall not abide such lunacy!
 
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Boss Katana 100 watt Combo.

Everyone was saying how great they were, stupid me bought one without trying it out first. What a piece of shit. Sounded like cardboard.
 
tallcoolone said:
I like those pickups in the neck of a LP. Clear, no mud. Good for riding the guitar volume. Def not good for chug
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Agreed as well. I've got them in a L5 and they do exactly what they're supposed to do.

Frankly some of the answers here are laughable. SLOs are not overhyped. BKP are not overhyped. Neither is the DC30 or the MkV. You may not like them, but that's different. Carvin amps are overhyped pieces of shit designed to separate fools from their money and nothing more. The difference should be obvious.
 
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Idk

Maybe the Eventide Timefactor? Not that it was ultra hyped, but knowing about the prestige of the Eventide name I figured it would be awesome

In the end I thought it sounded okay but fairly generic, didn't really like the interface all that much and also occasionally when I would power it on it would boot in a glitched frozen state
 
Hmm... Probably the Duncan Custom. Not enough midrange or aggression to it. Too polite IMO. I still got one in a guitar and I always wonder "what happened to my tone" when I use that guitar. Maybe I'll learn to like it?
 
carr rambler. I cant say its bad its just not what i had in mind. No blues warmth to it. No Chunk
My blues deluxe, Pro Revs and music man 65 smokes it

im seriously thinking of selling it to GC. I bought it b4 the price hike so even if the give me 2K id be happy

this is what happens when you buy gear based on hype and sound clips only
 
Rev Amps- Jack of all trades, master of none.
Eminence Karnivores- Soft and murky in comparison to a V30.
EVH Stealth- A shining example of generic modern high gain guitar tone.
 
Rackman said:
Agreed as well. I've got them in a L5 and they do exactly what they're supposed to do.

Frankly some of the answers here are laughable. SLOs are not overhyped. BKP are not overhyped. Neither is the DC30 or the MkV. You may not like them, but that's different. Carvin amps are overhyped pieces of shit designed to separate fools from their money and nothing more. The difference should be obvious.
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Although I agree about the dc30 and slo
 
Monster Cable

Holy hype. They were supposed to be amazing and have this big bass and last forever. They broke and when I replace them with something else, my tone improved. They have the worst capacitance of any cable on the market. Total tone suck.

I once did a shootout between a 21' Monster Cable Studio Pro, a 25' Mogami Gold, and a 30' D'addario American Stage in a recording studio. The producer swore by his Monster Cables. We ran the guitar into a clean amp with the cable being the only difference. The 30' American Stage was clearer than the 25' Mogami, and the Monster sounded like mud. Imagine if they were all the same length.
 
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