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

the VFE Standout. wasnt even sure mine was working cause it does next to nothing, but im told thats what makes it so great or something :dunno:
 
70 Mach 1 said:
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
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I’d be pretty shocked if GC paid you $2k for a used Rambler—that’s what they sell for
 
I've never followed the hype train but I will say the single most disappointing piece of gear I have ever owned is the Mezzabarba Trinity.

Absolute work of art in terms of construction but goodness, what a clunker of an amp "for me".
 
DanTravis62 said:
Although I agree about the dc30 and slo
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Everything I listed is a high quality piece of pro gear that does what it supposed to. They're not overhyped, they're just good. They may not match your personal preference (I don't prefer the MkV or pre-BAD SLO myself) but they're far from over-hyped. Their "hype" comes from consistent use by serious players in most cases across decades. That's not hype, it's just good gear.

Monster cables is a good call-out though. A measurably defective product that breaks a lot.
 
Rackman said:
Everything I listed is a high quality piece of pro gear that does what it supposed to. They're not overhyped, they're just good. They may not match your personal preference (I don't prefer the MkV or pre-BAD SLO myself) but they're far from over-hyped. Their "hype" comes from consistent use by serious players in most cases across decades. That's not hype, it's just good gear.

Monster cables is a good call-out though. A measurably defective product that breaks a lot.
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No, I was talking about Carvin amps.


Unless they were supposed to be the bees knees in the 70s when I wasn't alive, they have always been second rate and loathed - therefore they don't count as hyped.
 
BeZo said:
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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They are horrible mud. The only application I can think of is if you have a guitar with massive treble response, lol.

I bought a bunch in the late 90's cause they were highly touted, even a speaker cable for my Marshall rig. All the cables were dead within a year of normal use, and the speaker cable, which I always treated with kid gloves, died too. Good thing I caught it immediately but I couldn't believe how poorly they were made. When I went to George L's it was like night and day when all my high end was there. I basically had to re-EQ my rig because the monsters were cutting so much treble response.
 
For me Bare knuckle pickups and Naga Viper. BKP's just sound kinda weird ro me. And I guess treble boosts just aren't my thing maybe?
 
DanTravis62 said:
No, I was talking about Carvin amps.


Unless they were supposed to be the bees knees in the 70s when I wasn't alive, they have always been second rate and loathed - therefore they don't count as hyped.
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They grabbed some steam with the x100B and the MTS but yea.... awful.
 
Godlyke pedal power supply straight up died within 2 days. I got a replacement for free. Same deal died in a few days.
Done with those forever.
SNARK pedal tuner crapped out after 5 months. Never again with that.
I have a rechargable SNARK clip-on. So far so good w/ dat.
 
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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You’re bringing the lulz. Honk honk, goose got me tickled, and subsequent replies kept me laughing.

Gear that had fallen short for me: Hipshot. I know I’m a minority on this, but I have multiple Hipshot products, and all of them are fine and preform okay. Everything from Hipshot I have, however, there are similarly priced products from other brands that I like way better.

The 2nd thing is my love/hate for headless guitars. Love the form, the ergonomics, lightweight etc. But every headless I’ve owned (still have 2) and the ones I’ve tried, all fairly expensive guitars: They all have this strident directness that is just not pleasant to me. I can get decent tones, but the directness (don’t know another descriptive that works) is always there. Maybe more of a feel thing, but it makes my balls itch.

If anyone else perceives the same thing with headless guitars, and have found a headless design that doesn’t have that characteristic, I’d love to hear about it. I’d love for a headless to have a chance at being one of my favorite guitars, but so far, the direct feel thing has been a negative for every headless I’ve played.
 
I didn’t like a single thing about the Wizard MTL Mk2 I bought several years ago after seeing them hyped to hell and back. I think that was the biggest high-dollar amp purchase disappointment I ever had.

The Revv Generator Mk3 and KSR Colossus were also disappointing but cost much less. At least I was able to return the Generator Mk3 immediately. The Colossus I bought was an early revision, so I had the owner send it directly to the factory for upgrades. It took a year of bad communication to get the updated amp back, then when I first plugged into it the input jack fell out. Thankfully they sent a replacement but I had to fix it myself.

I’ll also mention the Friedman BE 100 Deluxe, although I should have given that one more time. My first impressions were bad though.
 
I definitely wouldn't consider Carvins to be hyped. That said I never have problems getting some great tones out of my OG Legacy. But yeah, they are good at a certain cheap price otherwise fuck no.
 
GuitarVacation said:
The 2nd thing is my love/hate for headless guitars. Love the form, the ergonomics, lightweight etc. But every headless I’ve owned (still have 2) and the ones I’ve tried, all fairly expensive guitars: They all have this strident directness that is just not pleasant to me. I can get decent tones, but the directness (don’t know another descriptive that works) is always there. Maybe more of a feel thing, but it makes my balls itch.
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Makes sense since there is nothing past the nut resonating. I find it's like decking a strat trem vs floating it. There is a directness in the sound when the trem is decked. This holds true in the pedal steel world too, as guys buy the headless steels to save space when flying with them. They just don't sound as lively or resonant.
 
Mike Oxhuge said:
I definitely wouldn't consider Carvins to be hyped. That said I never have problems getting some great tones out of my OG Legacy. But yeah, they are good at a certain cheap price otherwise fuck no.
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I think the OG Legacy may be the one Carvin amp that has more majority respect. Kind of a 1 trick pony for thickish tones (are the cleans good?), but that 1 trick it does well, if you like that type of thing.

I’ve had a Carvin X100b for a long time, but it’s only good for a knock around tube amp. I can get decent tones, especially with pedals, but there is no situation where it sounds better than my favorite amps.

I use it mostly as an effect return power amp with Synergy. Even in that application it’s goofy because the damn active EQ is after the effects return input. You would think that would be great for extra tone sculpting, but it’s a goofy/weird EQ, and it the best you can do is try to dial it to be less intrusive LOL.

Good for practice, and if I had to take an amp to the bar and Roadhouse, I suppose it would fill that role.
 
DanTravis62 said:
No, I was talking about Carvin amps.


Unless they were supposed to be the bees knees in the 70s when I wasn't alive, they have always been second rate and loathed - therefore they don't count as hyped.
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Vai was hyping them pretty hard for a while :confused:
 
VonBonfire said:
Makes sense since there is nothing past the nut resonating. I find it's like decking a strat trem vs floating it. There is a directness in the sound when the trem is decked. This holds true in the pedal steel world too, as guys buy the headless steels to save space when flying with them. They just don't sound as lively or resonant.
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Very interesting, never heard about the same effect with pedal steel. That says a lot ref it being inherent to the design.

On one hand, I think my wish for headless guitars not to have this is not practical. I have a Holdsworth headless sig, for instance. Giant flat neck almost like a classical, and then a tiny chambered body. It’s closer to a telephone pole in design than a guitar LOL.

I have this unrealistic wish that some outside the box luthier will figure something out that can offset this, but you right, it’s down to very real elements that are inherent to the design.

Oh well, I’ll just shut up and be glad I can play a Les Paul or 335 which is comparatively tone on clouds and pillow haha.
 
GuitarVacation said:
I think the OG Legacy may be the one Carvin amp that has more majority respect. Kind of a 1 trick pony for thickish tones (are the cleans good?), but that 1 trick it does well, if you like that type of thing.

I’ve had a Carvin X100b for a long time, but it’s only good for a knock around tube amp. I can get decent tones, especially with pedals, but there is no situation where it sounds better than my favorite amps.

I use it mostly as an effect return power amp with Synergy. Even in that application it’s goofy because the damn active EQ is after the effects return input. You would think that would be great for extra tone sculpting, but it’s a goofy/weird EQ, and it the best you can do is try to dial it to be less intrusive LOL.

Good for practice, and if I had to take an amp to the bar and Roadhouse, I suppose it would fill that role.
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It has one of the best clean channels ever, and the lead channel if you run the bass and mids around 9 o'clock, treble at 1 o'clock, presence dimed gain at 1 o'clock or less does a good Marshall impersonation. Also it is loud as fuck but with careful knob turning can sound decent at lower volume as well.
 
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