Your #1 worst buy ever

[sgmypod]

M-Audio Black Box - what a POS!!!

what even after the v2 upgrade?

[geoffrey]

Mine was a SWR Mo' Bass Head and the cabinet they sold with it.  It was muddy, cr@ppy sounding and the effects were totally digital sounding and sterile .  Drove like 500 miles round trip to buy it too!  Just not my type of sound... Back to my Marshall SLP 100 or Traynor YBA1 for bass...

[Alex]

A Japan RG550 EX.
I thought it make me a better soloist. Wrong thought. It took me embarrassingly long to realize that
a) superstrats don't agree with my general body shape somehow (in the higher frets)
b) superthin & flat necks are not for my hand
c) I don't need a tremolo at all.
d) stock Ibanez pickups are cr@p and you always end up replacing them (= extra costs)

I sold it after almost an entire year in which I had extensively played it at band practice. It had acquired quite some scratches till then and all in all I lost quite a lot of money in the deal.

[Spitfire]

A Japan RG550 EX.
I thought it make me a better soloist. Wrong thought. It took me embarrassingly long to realize that
a) superstrats don't agree with my general body shape somehow (in the higher frets)
b) superthin & flat necks are not for my hand
c) I don't need a tremolo at all.
d) stock Ibanez pickups are cr@p and you always end up replacing them (= extra costs)

I sold it after almost an entire year in which I had extensively played it at band practice. It had acquired quite some scratches till then and all in all I lost quite a lot of money in the deal.

i had the exact same guitar (in silver) and i loved it, but the neck warped so i got rid... i miss it sometimes.. but i dont think it would suit me nowerdays.

[Stevepage]

Mine was an Ibanez USA Custom RG. It had a really nice Music Of The Spheres graphic (a rare graphic from a rare line of guitars) but the playability and tone were god awful.

The entire guitar was dirty, everything metal was a bit rusty and smelled funny. The bridge was screwed beyond belief, even after fitting a better condition Edge Trem and locking posts, it still didn't stay in tune. The pickups were cr@p (even the Paf Pro).

I found out after a week of having it that the neck wasn't the original neck. It was a RG750 neck, not a USA custom neck like it was advertised.

I sold it in the end luckily I didn't lose out on too much money.

If I had played it at the shop, I wouldn't of bought it. But I bought it from Guitar Village over the internet just on looks alone. I really regret buying it.

I sold a really really nice limited production RG for it, biggest mistake ever. I just hope I can find one again some day.

[Transcend]

Seymour duncan invader

dark flabby and just downright awful

couldnt get a tone from it that was useable for anything

[Antag]

Seymour duncan invader

dark flabby and just downright awful

couldnt get a tone from it that was useable for anything

Damn.  You've reminded me of something even worse than my answer on page 1  :(

Duncan SH5 Custom.

Had one installed in my trusty Gibson FV in 1995, in the days before I realised that it was a fairly simple thing to change pickups.  It was/is an utterly appalling pickup - replace the word "dark" with "weedy" in your post above & it would exactly describe my experience with it.  Made a nice guitar sound hideous.  I hated it with a passion, but was too stupid/lazy/tight to just bin it for an SH6 Distortion (which I've always liked BTW).  Once I discovered BKP, it got a Miracle Man instead & now it's a nice guitar to listen to again... :)

[MrBump]

Seymour duncan invader

dark flabby and just downright awful

couldnt get a tone from it that was useable for anything

Damn.  You've reminded me of something even worse than my answer on page 1  :(

Duncan SH5 Custom.

Had one installed in my trusty Gibson FV in 1995, in the days before I realised that it was a fairly simple thing to change pickups.  It was/is an utterly appalling pickup - replace the word "dark" with "weedy" in your post above & it would exactly describe my experience with it.  Made a nice guitar sound hideous.  I hated it with a passion, but was too stupid/lazy/tight to just bin it for an SH6 Distortion (which I've always liked BTW).  Once I discovered BKP, it got a Miracle Man instead & now it's a nice guitar to listen to again... :)

... what did you do to get the word "answer" as a link?  I can see the html, but is there a button or insert tag that does it?

Mark.

[Antag]

... what did you do to get the word "answer" as a link?  I can see the html, but is there a button or insert tag that does it?

Mark.

I do it manually (not aware there's a simple shortcut):
Find the post you want to link to
Right-click its link -> properties (notice how each post in a thread has its own link)
Copy the URL to clipboard
Hit reply or quote where you want to reply.
Type [ u r l = (without the spaces of course!)
Paste the URL, then ]
Type answer (or whatever word you wnat the link to display)
Type [ / u r l ] (again, without the spaces)

[geoffrey]

Another epic fail of mine came from an overseas ebay buy.  I bought what I thought was a lawsuit Ibanez SG Custom.  Turns out that only the neck and pickups were from that era.  The body was some cr@ppy knockoff or maybe even homemade.  It plays and sounds great, but I am donating it to a local charity.  I have other better guitars and it's nice to do something to help others.
G.

[Johnny Mac]

^ Sure is. I gave a epi away to someone once. I was never going to play it so why not.

[jibidy]

I bought a peavey V-type (ebay) hoping that for a korean made guitar it would be good and help me learn to shred. I played it for around a year tricking myself into thinking it was really cool before realising that my I actually prefer my old Epi SG. I even bought miracle men for it which made it a bit nicer.
But the worst thing about it was that the top string was pretty much unplayable because the nut or bridge didnt line up properly and it kept slipping off the neck and made me look like a completely shitee player!

[FELINEGUITARS]

Duncan SH5 Custom.

Had one installed in my trusty Gibson FV in 1995, in the days before I realised that it was a fairly simple thing to change pickups.  It was/is an utterly appalling pickup - replace the word "dark" with "weedy" in your post above & it would exactly describe my experience with it.  Made a nice guitar sound hideous.  I hated it with a passion, but was too stupid/lazy/tight to just bin it for an SH6 Distortion (which I've always liked BTW).  Once I discovered BKP, it got a Miracle Man instead & now it's a nice guitar to listen to again... :)

I do wonder if it had been wired wrongly - either by the tech or worse still at the factory.
Reason I say is for it to sound so weak and the SH6 to sound ok is strange without the miswire

A bit like finding a Cols Sweat thin and the Miracle Man just fine

But glad you found joy with the BKP in the end in the V

[Antag]

Duncan SH5 Custom.

Had one installed in my trusty Gibson FV in 1995, in the days before I realised that it was a fairly simple thing to change pickups.  It was/is an utterly appalling pickup - replace the word "dark" with "weedy" in your post above & it would exactly describe my experience with it.  Made a nice guitar sound hideous.  I hated it with a passion, but was too stupid/lazy/tight to just bin it for an SH6 Distortion (which I've always liked BTW).  Once I discovered BKP, it got a Miracle Man instead & now it's a nice guitar to listen to again... :)

I do wonder if it had been wired wrongly - either by the tech or worse still at the factory.
Reason I say is for it to sound so weak and the SH6 to sound ok is strange without the miswire

A bit like finding a Cols Sweat thin and the Miracle Man just fine

But glad you found joy with the BKP in the end in the V

Well, it couldn't have been the way the pickup was wired into the guitar - when I put the MM in I just did a straight swap of the connections & the MM sounds like an MM should.

But perhaps there was something wrong with that particular SH5 - I also got a Full Shred (SH10?) neck & it totally overpowered the bridge.  I was so disappointed I actually stayed late in the office to phone SD about it.  The guy I spoke to told me "No WAY should a Full Shred neck have more power than a Custom bridge".  I never followed it up though....

Anyway, you'll meet my FV one day - I'm going to put a VHII neck instead of the FSn  :)

[Antag]

Reason I say is for it to sound so weak and the SH6 to sound ok is strange without the miswire

A bit like finding a Cols Sweat thin and the Miracle Man just fine

This exactly why I've been reluctant to get a CS bridge BTW...