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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: bucketshred on October 17, 2011, 05:28:26 PM
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So, we all fawn over our own and each others new gear here on the forum, but what items of gear do you most regret buying/selling to date?
For me:
1. Selling/swapping my HBE Big D for a Boss Noise Gate when I was skint and playing in a metal band.
2. Buying a Fender Light Ash Strat. It just sounded thin and tinny, even with BKP's. Put me right off Fenders to date.
Yours?
Paddy
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I regret buying loads of amps for various reasons, but I guess my most notable loss has been my Gibson DC pro (gold top double cut with trapezoid inlays). That was a cool geetar
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selling a boss DM-2 and an Ibanez AD-80.... to fund buying a Boss DD5.... :?
it was about 1995 i think, and i needed tap tempo, figured setting up the DD5 was easier than using both the analogue pedals set to different delay times.
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I regret selling:
Hamer Vector
Ernie Ball/Music Man Axis Sport
Edwards "Jeff Beck" Les Paul
Pete Townshend Signature SG
Orville by Gibson LP Goldtop
Hamer Eclipse
1964 SG Special (don't regret selling, just that I didn't get a better price for it)
.... and several others
I regret buying:
PRS Singlecut Satin Standard
Tokai Love Rock Goldtop (1954 LP style)
Tokai Love Rock II
Fender Classic Player '50s Strat
"Rat" modified Harley Benton amp
DigiTech GNX4
Lots of other things which I bought on the spur of the moment then sold at a loss. :(
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Sales: I swapped a Gold Top Les Paul with humbuckers built by a local luthier for another Gold Top with P90 because it sounded better unplugged. I figured that guitar would sound even better with humbuckers - wrong ... the first one sounded much bigger. Should have kept it.
Purchases: Diezel VH4 bought used. Turned out to be the wrong amp for me. Traded it in later. Should have bought a Bogner XTC in the first place.
Modifications: had a MusicMan RD 65 112 which sounded OK. Was talked into a modification which should have made the amp a bit brighter so that it cuts better in the band. Sounded like a f***in mosquito after the mod. Traded the amp in later.
All in all not too bad for 30 something years playing.
Cheers Stephan
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I've just gone though my (rather large) past and present gear list and there's not one item that I regret buying or selling. Every piece of gear I've owned has helped me work out what works for me.
No regrets :)
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Not having enough money to buy all the shite that I want!
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I regret selling my JVM
Regret selling my 1990 PRS Standard
Regret selling my limited production RG for another RG that turned to out to be pretty fire wood.
Regret part exchanging my Gibson Gothic V
Regret swapping my Laney VH100R
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Esp guitars x3
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Regret selling my Laney GH50L and an Ashdown Mag300 combo.
Regret buying a PODXT and the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem. The Duncan preamp is so horrible that it's still for sale at the music store I sold it to. 3 years have passed and no one will even spend $80 on it. Saw it last week and laughed.
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Doing a trade of my Sovtek Mig50 for a JCM900... what was I thinking?!
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3 pieces for me :( ....... I sold the following
'65 JTM45 in excellent condition
Ibanez AR300 mint
'92 Gibson L.P '59 R.I Flame top built by Tom Murphy himself for NAMM '92, said to launch the Historic series.... AWESOME
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Both my regrets are sales
1982 Ibanez Rocket Roll...
MIJ Jackson Kelly
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Dohhhhhh.... double post
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I regret selling my JVM
Ner ner!
Closest thing I have to a regret is my, afterwards lews 89 RG560. Nothing special about that in and of itself, but it was a niec guitar, played beautifully and generally a keeper. Until I used it in part-ex for my pittbull CL. I adore my CL, and dont regret it, but I miss the guitar.
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Well I don't have a lot of gear so my only regret would be a crybaby wah. Not as versatile as I thought
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I regret selling:
Ibanez Jem FP '89 (with Vai's curtains on it, great bedroomguitar :lol:)
Yamaha SG700 (very heavy, though pristine tones, lots of sustain)
Peavey Tweed 4x10 (cleans really good, overdrive could have more punch/dynamics)
Rivera R55 (speaker could not handle the lows, should have replaced that one...)
Acoustic G100T-amp (my first expensive tubeamp sounded not bad at all and sort of collectible now)
Fender Princeton Reverb II (collectible now, great 18 watt amp).
I regret buying:
Yamaha SG500 goldtop (Taiwan I suppose), nowhere near the old SG's.
Ibanez Les Paul-copy (impulsive buy, not much mojo)
Gibson MIII (didn't like the pickups after all)
Fender Vibrosonic (wasn't reliable)
Koch Multitone 2x12 combo (lots of gain, but not much tone, clean channel good, drive ok, highgain-ch. pfff...)
T-Rex Mudhoney - overdrive + boost
Cool Pedals Dirty Devil: drive + boost
and more pedals
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I don't really regret selling anything. Couple guitars I wish I still had but I prefer what else I bought with the money.
I regret wasting money on a Triple Rectifier. Total foolishness on my part. Didn't try it out enough beforehand than wasted a load of money modding and sticking ODs and boosts in front because I believed people telling me it'd do sounds it didn't.
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I don't really regret selling anything. Couple guitars I wish I still had but I prefer what else I bought with the money.
I regret wasting money on a Triple Rectifier. Total foolishness on my part. Didn't try it out enough beforehand than wasted a load of money modding and sticking ODs and boosts in front because I believed people telling me it'd do sounds it didn't.
Ouch thats an expensive lesson :S
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Not buying a Gibson 335 for £400 when I had the chance.....
Mind you - I did get my 89 LP Standard for £700, so it sort of evened up a bit....
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I regret buying a Hamer Sunburst with Floyd and not the vintage Les Paul I could have had instead back in 1989.
I regret selling my Soldano Atomic 16 Combo.
I regret trading my Budda Superdrive 30 combo for a Bogner 4x12 + cash. I regret getting the Bogner Cab, just didn't like it.
On the other hand, all those things lead me to where I am today with very reduced but fine gear, and I am in a truly happy place tone wise.
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selling this:(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/Necrite_ist_Krieg/100_1198.jpg)
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I regret selling my Gibson Les Paul Special.
I regret buying a Budda Bud-wah and I also regret buying a Boss DS1.
In twenty or so years of playing I'll settle for that.
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I regret or should I say miss
70's 50w Hiwatt and matching 4x12 (dont miss lugging about)
Fender twin (dont miss same as above)
Fender Supersonic
May regret selling my plexiglass
maybe my Gibo dc
I regrett Buying
Line 6 guitar
ltd al600
I regret not buying
a weird but wonderful overwater guitar (only ever seen one since)
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I regret selling my Marshall JTM45 (or at least selling it too cheap) back in 1998
Sounded great and it was in such great condition too
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/amps/jtm45002web.jpg)
Also a 1969 Sound City 4x12 with very old celestion speakers too
I also regret selling an original Ibanez Iceman PS10 Paul Stanley guitar in 1988
I regret buying a Wampler Pinnacle 2 pedal that was an experimental variation & wasn't the model I was supposed to get and was noisy and pretty much unusable.
I suspect other ones may be ok , but they sold me a dud, and ignored me when I complained, so it was a big regret.
As I am really happy with my gear these days though I need to get over it and chalk it up to life experience...
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I only have two regrets. Selling my CS Strat and my CS Esquire. I'm sure I can find some equivalents to replace them one day though.
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I suspect other ones may be ok , but they sold me a dud, and ignored me when I complained, so it was a big regret.
That is almost worse than having the shoddy gear in the first place. I really hate non existent/can't be bothered customer service. Some places don't seem to care that it drives business away, particularly nowadays with the social media world we live in.
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Here's one I regret NOT buying.
A Gibson SG Standard in korina. It was a limited edition of 500 in the early '90s, not particularly expensive but I didn't have the money at the time. You never see them for sale nowadays.
Looking at these pics, the timber doesn't look that great - and it appears to have a weird "sandwich" body like a '70s Les Paul. But I just liked the idea of a korina SG.
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/126607560_o.jpg)
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/126607650_o.jpg)
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That looks ace Philly! The body looks slightly different to what I see as SG standard - not sure why though!
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the only one i really regret is a 1988 Gibson Les Paul junior pro in nuclear yellow that i traded in for a Les Paul Custom. i've never seen another like it, and it was a lovely guitar to play, lightweight and vibrant. i went back a week later to see about buying it back and it was gone :(
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I regret selling my '67 Plexi in 2006 for £1600, it was SO nice - was perfect at any volume, just the sweetest tone ever. I could cry thinking about that amp, but I was skint - really skint :(
Sold my Epi Japan LP junior a couple of years back for a little more than I paid for it, but it was a gorgeous guitar - should have sold my Tele instead, but I stupidly thought that I should keep the Tele as it offered more tonal options across the range of guitars I owned. I still have the Tele, its a great guitar, but my heart is with Gibson-type guitars.
Lastly, the 50w Silver Jubilee head I had back in the early 90s - it was my first valve amp and sounded amazing. The other Silver Jubilee amps I've had since never had the sweetness of the first one. I was into bl00ze at the time and sold it for a '63 Twin - also a great amp, but I'm not arsed about having the Twin back, whereas I'd crew off my left bollock to have the Jube back :lol:
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The Silver Jubilee is on my list of amps that I really want to try out one day!
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Man one of my biggest gear regrets is NOT buying a 50w Jubilee. A friend had three up for sale and two mates and I were gonna get them but I couldn't find quite enough so one of the others bought two. I've managed to borrow it a couple times but I wish I'd gotten it proper.
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a Silver Jubilee should be on my list of amps to build - I'll put it on my white board for a some-day project.
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Sold my Epi Japan LP junior a couple of years back for a little more than I paid for it, but it was a gorgeous guitar
I suppose the only upside is that you made a profit on it... they do still show up on eBay occasionally, there was one a couple of weeks ago in fact.
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I regret buying a Washburn MG70 in 1995 as it's given me trouble since 1997. Haven't used it for 11 years now.
I regret not buying a Japanese Boss heavy metal HM-2 pedal for $50 as I just gotten an MT-2 metal zone. 16 years later I want one and I don't use the metal zone nowdays.
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I don't really have any major regrets. Seen in hindsight I should have picked out a different first guitar than the Ibanez RG I chose. I have bought a few pedals spontaneously which I have moved on immediately or which sits in the dark doing nothing. Maybe I should regret byuing two cheap strat copies, but they have really turned me on the strat sound so I don't really regret those buys.
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I regret not buying a fender baritone jaguar :(
(http://www.google.dk/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile_mojo_data/4/5/3/2/453232/pics/_c162971_image_0.jpg&sa=X&ei=3j6dTq-OEvOM4gTkzKC5CQ&ved=0CAsQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNH1sTDBPABViZa-l598CE3_38C6TA)
I REGRET SELLING:
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Such a wonderful guitar :( But i needed money for my drivers license back then :( :( :(
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regret buying:
MIC Hamer Vector (a perfectly nice guitar which I never play)
regret selling:
Roland TR-707 drum machine
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Regret selling:
Mesa/Boogie Studio preamp, rackmounted: I was too 'green' at that point and didn't realize well enough how good a piece of equipment that was. Sold it to fund a Line 6 Pod 1, no less.
Regret buying: maybe that Line6 Variax 700. I grew to dislike it, just didn't work for me in the harder rocking things.
Nowadays, if I like something I very rarily sell it :)
-Zaned
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Regret buying: Vigier Excalibur Custom (£2800 for a guitar with a nut cut so poorly the strings had cut into the headstock)
Regret Selling: Fender mex richie sambora strat (1st really good guitar, never thought i'd have the money to replace the rusted floyd, now i spend that much on pups)
I also regret selling my Signature Les Paul, but i found it (or its evil twin) on ebay and bought it again
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My major regret was letting go of a Boss DC-3 Digital Dimension chorus pedal. I got twice what I paid for it, but I didn't even really need the money at the time; just a stupid spur-of-the-moment decision that I've regretted ever since. It was easy to get a nice distinctive tone with that pedal and I've never found another chorus that worked as well for the sounds I'm after.
On the other hand, I resisted the temptation to sell my 50w Silver Jubilee head for four times what I paid shortly after I got rid of the DC-3, even though that money would have been very handy at the time, so the lesson obviously served me well.
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I have lots of regrets:
Dunlop Slash Wah - overpriced piece of junk
Ibanez RG550EX, made in Japan and all.... not my thing. Lost a lot of money on that one.
Selling my cheap Ibanez strat which had a much more vintage flavor than the RG and a lovely, well-sized maple neck. That guitar was just much more worth than its price tag suggested.
Buying a Vox Valvetronix. No matter how many awards guitar magazines give them, it is a horrible amp. Dark, muffled and overly bassy with far too much gain.
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Mines going to sound a bit mental, but I had a beautiful Maison superstrat in the early 90's that had a gorgeous birdseye maple top. It was a real looker and (from what I remember) played really well. It wasnt a particularly expensive guitar, but I've been trawling the internet for a while to find another :(.
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Mine has got to be a Gordon Smith tele biggest load of rubbish ever produced. It looks rubbish ands sounds it too!
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regret buying:
MIC Hamer Vector (a perfectly nice guitar which I never play)
regret selling:
Roland TR-707 drum machine
I have a TR-626 you can have for the cost of shipping iffn that would ease your pain.
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regret buying:
MIC Hamer Vector (a perfectly nice guitar which I never play)
regret selling:
Roland TR-707 drum machine
I have a TR-626 you can have for the cost of shipping iffn that would ease your pain.
If he doesn't can I take u up on that offer
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One I slightly regret giving away, a 1986 Squier strat which was heavily pimped out in the pickup department. This was back when Squiers were made in Japan and higher quality than US Fenders. I know someone who bought an identical one and kept it in absolute mint condition but he's not selling yet. I need to throw money at him.
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Oh yeah, all the S*ym**r D*nc*n pickups I ever bought!
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Regret buying :
- any Ibanez I've ever bought. I always bought high range models and was consistently let down by them.
- Mesa Boogie DC5. The most useless amp I've ever owned.
Regret selling :
- Marshall Silver Jubilee 50w 1x12 combo. What was I thinking...
- Gibson Explorer
- two great early nineties Les Paul Studios
- MIJ BC Rich Mockingbird
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My biggest regret was getting talked into buying a Hiwatt 100 watter. The amp itself was lovely, but you honestly couldn't get it up past 2 without killing people.
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My biggest regret was getting talked into buying a Hiwatt 100 watter. The amp itself was lovely, but you honestly couldn't get it up past 2 without killing people.
Same with my ancient Sound City 120 ... unless I start playing football stadiums in the near future it's pretty much mothballed. If it was 50 Watts it'd be the greatest power amp ever made.
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My biggest regret was getting talked into buying a Hiwatt 100 watter. The amp itself was lovely, but you honestly couldn't get it up past 2 without killing people.
yes the 4x12 didnt help
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yes the 4x12 didnt help
True, true
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forgot selling my Gibbo DC with upgraded p90's
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I regret selling:
Acoustic G100T-amp (my first expensive tubeamp sounded not bad at all and sort of collectible now)
That's interesting. That amp could have easily gone on my regret to buy list - just forgot to add it. That amp was the textbook case of an unreliable amp. Mine stopped working after a gig at the next rehearsal - no sound. Check to make sure everything is plugged in correctly - still no sound. After a while smoke signals, causing a three month tech hospital stint and a € 250 repair bill (blown output transformer and collateral damage). After that I traded this amp for an "old" Marshall with my bandmate who wanted to use this amp as a backup to his other G 100T. Man, he really needed it. If any of these amps survived a gig that was a remarkable incident. Mostly the channel switching stopped working but in a way that the amp kind of played "in between the channels". Really nasty. What pieces of cr@p.
Cheers Stephan
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I have a new biggest gear regret.
Opening Daves new PRS thread :wink:
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I regret selling:
Acoustic G100T-amp (my first expensive tubeamp sounded not bad at all and sort of collectible now)
That's interesting. That amp could have easily gone on my regret to buy list - just forgot to add it. That amp was the textbook case of an unreliable amp. Mine stopped working after a gig at the next rehearsal - no sound. Check to make sure everything is plugged in correctly - still no sound. After a while smoke signals, causing a three month tech hospital stint and a € 250 repair bill (blown output transformer and collateral damage). After that I traded this amp for an "old" Marshall with my bandmate who wanted to use this amp as a backup to his other G 100T. Man, he really needed it. If any of these amps survived a gig that was a remarkable incident. Mostly the channel switching stopped working but in a way that the amp kind of played "in between the channels". Really nasty. What pieces of cr@p.
Cheers Stephan
Haha that's funny. Mine served me seven years without any problems. Just changing tubes. It was way more realible then my Rivera that had a transformer failure.
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I regret selling my JVM
Ner ner!
Closest thing I have to a regret is my, afterwards lews 89 RG560. Nothing special about that in and of itself, but it was a niec guitar, played beautifully and generally a keeper. Until I used it in part-ex for my pittbull CL. I adore my CL, and dont regret it, but I miss the guitar.
haha I miss that amp :-p
My biggest regret was selling a transitional Vibrolux Reverb - Silverface cosmetics,Blackface innards that I got for £300 and passed on like an idiot, ARGH
hmmm I've got shot off loads I wish I hadn't. Off the top of my head...
Bravewood Esquire
Daves old 86/87 Kramer Baretta
Hamer Studio with Crawlers
Hamer Studio P90 goldtop thing
Hamer Californian with Nailbomb
Fibenare Basic Jazz
Fibenare Superstrat
PRS 513
EBMM ASS in a rare finish
Briggs Saturn thingy
MDVs VHT CL
VHT Deliverance
Battered to shiteeee black '90 Ibanez 560
MDV's white Ibanez 560
the two Ibanezes along with an RG1527 I got for £280 really rocked my world, actually (and took me back to being 16 haha) and made me look at my buying habits. I was having so much more fun actually playing the guitar and was much more comfortable than all the boutique exotic stuff. Weird, huh?
Anyway, the only electric I've had for the last 7months (which speaks volumes in itself) is my Daemoness which is just stupidly godly and perfect. There are a few things I fancy, though. I keep my eyes on eBay for a fairly priced minty Ibanez Proline in pearl white or baby blue and an Ibanez 540P. I'd love a second Daemoness too.
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Doing a trade of my Sovtek Mig50 for a JCM900... what was I thinking?!
Don't know, but the JCM900 was my first "real" (read "tubes") amp and while the "clean" channel wasn't that bad, I definitly don't regret the day I finally sold it :lol:
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Well, I've had tons of "oh shite" moments with my Mesa 2c+...
about ten-ish years ago, I bought a Marshall DSL 50 combo at a guitar center. They also had that Mesa in there, and they were both going for $750 (obviously, the c+ was used). I picked up the DSL thinking getting a new amp would be better, etc (lol) and when I got home, I googled the c+ and all the praise it got, blah blah. SO, I returned it the next day and got the c+ instead.
It's been a love/hate relationship with that amp for the longest time, but now it's ALL love. I took out the amp and made a ghetto-ass enclosure for it and bought a 4x12 for it (sounded pretty good, I suppose). I sold the combo it came in with the speaker for $200 (bahahahaha) to some guy I knew. I don't feel bad about karma at all, because that dude is a HUUUUUGE douche.
Fast forward some more, and I'm thinking of selling the amp. I can't ever get it to sound the way I want it to. I decide to try to make it work some more, and I get a Port City 2x12 (super awesome). The sound is much better, but still not ALL the way there. Bought a Rane PEQ (best EQ for an amp, ever) and DAMN, that really brought shite to life.
About a 6 months ago, I managed to break the tube socket while I attemped to install some THD Yellowjackets (sounds super dumb, but the pins were too big for some reason). As I call Mesa to figure out where to repair it, they tell me that I can send it in to be looked at by Mike B. himself, AND that I can upgrade to Simul-Class / EQ if I want.
So, I did. Now, my amp rapes things. I suppose this is a story of what COULD have been my biggest regret, but it panned out for the best :p
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Good to hear about the Mesa is happening now. I never got on with Mesa's. Must be me. :)
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Good to hear about the Mesa is happening now. I never got on with Mesa's. Must be me. :)
Nope, it's not you. It's me as well... I love the tones other people get from them, but I sound like a muddy undefined mess through them.
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Well, I've had tons of "oh shitee" moments with my Mesa 2c+...
about ten-ish years ago, I bought a Marshall DSL 50 combo at a guitar center. They also had that Mesa in there, and they were both going for $750 (obviously, the c+ was used). I picked up the DSL thinking getting a new amp would be better, etc (lol) and when I got home, I googled the c+ and all the praise it got, blah blah. SO, I returned it the next day and got the c+ instead.
It's been a love/hate relationship with that amp for the longest time, but now it's ALL love. I took out the amp and made a ghetto-ass enclosure for it and bought a 4x12 for it (sounded pretty good, I suppose). I sold the combo it came in with the speaker for $200 (bahahahaha) to some guy I knew. I don't feel bad about karma at all, because that dude is a HUUUUUGE douche.
Fast forward some more, and I'm thinking of selling the amp. I can't ever get it to sound the way I want it to. I decide to try to make it work some more, and I get a Port City 2x12 (super awesome). The sound is much better, but still not ALL the way there. Bought a Rane PEQ (best EQ for an amp, ever) and DAMN, that really brought shitee to life.
About a 6 months ago, I managed to break the tube socket while I attemped to install some THD Yellowjackets (sounds super dumb, but the pins were too big for some reason). As I call Mesa to figure out where to repair it, they tell me that I can send it in to be looked at by Mike B. himself, AND that I can upgrade to Simul-Class / EQ if I want.
So, I did. Now, my amp rapes things. I suppose this is a story of what COULD have been my biggest regret, but it panned out for the best :p
I agree, Mesas totally rape shitety douche ghetto ass.
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Good to hear about the Mesa is happening now. I never got on with Mesa's. Must be me. :)
Nope, it's not you. It's me as well... I love the tones other people get from them, but I sound like a muddy undefined mess through them.
Plus that I'm tweaking way too much to find the sweet spots. And I don't like the dirt and girt, at least for what I play.
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That's one thing for sure... It took me what seems like forever to learn how to tweak this amp. I'll try to put up some recordings at some point!
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Sold my beloved Diezel Einstein, Eventide Timefactor, Analogman Chorus etc to by an Axe Fx & power amp. While its great at recording the Diezel is MY sound.
Sold the Axe Fx and financed another Einstein, of course every time you buy and sell you loose in the transaction. So it's just my guitar plugged into the Diezel now, will deffinately buy another Timefactor at some point.
The grass is definately not always greener over the fence
Martin
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Sold my parts strat to Brow and wish I kept it cos I bet it only needed a good setup to play nice.
And I'm finding my SG really picky about pickups, not sure if that's a regret as such though as it's a nice guitar. Seems to "choke" with higher output ones like the stock 490t and the Pig 90 I tried, just doesn't sustain very well and feels really hard to play cleanly. MQ neck sounds good so thinking of a full MQ set, but Riff Raffs in an SG just seem more right!
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Sold my parts strat to Brow and wish I kept it cos I bet it only needed a good setup to play nice.
And I'm finding my SG really picky about pickups, not sure if that's a regret as such though as it's a nice guitar. Seems to "choke" with higher output ones like the stock 490t and the Pig 90 I tried, just doesn't sustain very well and feels really hard to play cleanly. MQ neck sounds good so thinking of a full MQ set, but Riff Raffs in an SG just seem more right!
I feel that totally. My SG has always worked great with any pickup, surprisingly, whereas my Voodoo LesPaul is super-picky. It doesn't make sense!
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Yeah it's really annoying. My Pearl sounds awesome with any pickup and sustains forever. The SG seems to have good unplugged sustain but it just sounds weak plugged in.
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I have rarely sold gear but two regrets I do have. A guild B301 bass years ago and giving away a great Epiphone acoustic that I would love to have back one day.
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So, we all fawn over our own and each others new gear here on the forum, but what items of gear do you most regret buying/selling to date?
When I was 14 (way back in 1981) I bought my first tube amp for dirt cheap, an old italian "Dakota" head and cab. I left it in the last squat I lived in when I was 19, and never cared. Until I remembered it a few years ago. The cab was cheapo, but the amp had a really nice vintage vibe when cranked up, and I whish I'd been more careful. Too bad.
I also owned a JV Telecaster for a few weeks in the mid 80s and sold it for peanuts to a friend that just lost his guitar. And there was this early EHX Deluxe Mistress that I got for 20FF (£2, yes) and left to a friend... And that old TC Electronic OD/Booster I lost in a relocation.
Well, at least I still have my '81 TS9 - that I don't use anymore.
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So, we all fawn over our own and each others new gear here on the forum, but what items of gear do you most regret buying/selling to date?
Well, at least I still have my '81 TS9 - that I don't use anymore.
I cherish my 1981 TS9, but don't use it much lately.
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I could write a list as long as my arm of gear I chose not to buy & regretted afterwards.
However, of the gear I actually owned, the biggest regret is selling my Fernandes FR120, one of the nicest playing guitars I've ever had. I px-d a Charvel & a Kramer to get it (the £729 RRP was a lot of money in 1988). It had a great neck, looked fantastic & had a really clever locking trem system that locked the bridge in place when you swing the arm down so that if a string broke, the guitar stayed in tune (it was a bitch to restring though).
It's one of those things I periodically search the internet for, and if I found one in good condition I'd hand over a grand without a second thought, more probably...
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Regret part exchanging my Gibson Gothic V
That Gothic V must have been cursed or something: I px'd two nice guitars for it & an amp that I never got on with.