Your #1 worst buy ever

[Sjusovaren]

Jackson KV2. Just felt wrong and I lost a lot of money when I sold it.. Extra bad since I chose to buy the guitar instead of getting a driver's license.  :x  :(

[Antag]

Jackson KV2. Just felt wrong and I lost a lot of money when I sold it.. Extra bad since I chose to buy the guitar instead of getting a driver's license.  :x  :(

Damn, you must've been unlucky :(  I love my KV2.  Actually, I love pretty much anything with Jackson on the headstock that was made in either Japan or US :)

Or was it because you found you didn't get on with the shape once you'd had a chance to play it?

[Sjusovaren]

Jackson KV2. Just felt wrong and I lost a lot of money when I sold it.. Extra bad since I chose to buy the guitar instead of getting a driver's license.  :x  :(

Damn, you must've been unlucky :(  I love my KV2.  Actually, I love pretty much anything with Jackson on the headstock that was made in either Japan or US :)

Or was it because you found you didn't get on with the shape once you'd had a chance to play it?

Lots of things. :P The neck felt uncomfortable (hated the finishwork done on it), didn't like the Duncans on it. Plus the shape was awkward to get used to sitting down, yeah.  You live, you make mistakes, you learn from them.  :D

[JDC]

*posted in the wrong thread doh!*

[JamesHealey]

Splawn Competition
Gibson Les Paul Standard

Two biggest wastes of cash on the planet

[Jonesy76]

Gibson EDS-1275

Brought it at a bargain price from eBay......owned it for 3 weeks and that was including the 1 week I had it on eBay myself.  What an utter total piece of shitee! 
Got Bob Johnson of Legra to build me my doubleneck which is testament as to how damn good a doubleneck can be if it's built properly by a decent luthier.

[dheim]

Splawn Competition
Gibson Les Paul Standard

Two biggest wastes of cash on the planet

gibson les paul standard? was it a faulty model or did you discover you hate les pauls?

[dheim]

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've got the same problem with ultra-thin necks... maybe it's the way i wrap my hand around the neck instead of just pressing slightly with the last articulation of I finger... it's just not my stuff. i'm not a shredder and never will be... floating bridges are the biggest problem of all... many years ago i thought they were cool (even if i took off the bar everytime), but then discovered quite soon that something you just don't use isn't worth the pain of restringing, tuning and sometimes just getting a plain sound when doing fast rhythms... later i found that FR and similar bridges kill the sustain too and force my right hand in unnatural positions, so i tend to run away when i see them! i still have got an ibanez with an edge pro or what they did install back in 1997, but i got it locked and changed the locking nut with a normal one... it took a bit of luthier work but now it's definitely better!
recently i bought another ibanez S but the new bridge is really another world... restringing is still a pain in the arse but it's very comfortable to play.

[Dazza1004]

Splawn Competition
Gibson Les Paul Standard

Two biggest wastes of cash on the planet

I remember when you got the splawn how stoked you were with it

[Jonny]

I think everyone is like that with someone new. The perception that something bought is obviously what they want so see everything of it to be good.. and slowly realise it isn't, lol..

[SG Thrasher]

Ah yes, the dreaded honeymoon period where you fall into a deep state of denial and then it suddenly hits you that it's an absolute waste of money and it's too late to return it to the shop.

[Jonny]

Ah yes, the dreaded honeymoon period where you fall into a deep state of denial and then it suddenly hits you that it's an absolute waste of money and it's too late to return it to the shop.

I actually noticed I said someone, but I meant something. But reading that I think I'll keep it as it is, lol

[Philly Q]

Ah yes, the dreaded honeymoon period where you fall into a deep state of denial and then it suddenly hits you that it's an absolute waste of money and it's too late to return it to the shop.

I actually noticed I said someone, but I meant something. But reading that I think I'll keep it as it is, lol

Freudian slip?

[hendrixfan]

not guitar related but my worse buy ever was my last car 3grand 4 days after getting it the engine blew  :lol:

[Alex]

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've got the same problem with ultra-thin necks... maybe it's the way i wrap my hand around the neck instead of just pressing slightly with the last articulation of I finger... it's just not my stuff. i'm not a shredder and never will be... floating bridges are the biggest problem of all... many years ago i thought they were cool (even if i took off the bar everytime), but then discovered quite soon that something you just don't use isn't worth the pain of restringing, tuning and sometimes just getting a plain sound when doing fast rhythms... later i found that FR and similar bridges kill the sustain too and force my right hand in unnatural positions, so i tend to run away when i see them! i still have got an ibanez with an edge pro or what they did install back in 1997, but i got it locked and changed the locking nut with a normal one... it took a bit of luthier work but now it's definitely better!
recently i bought another ibanez S but the new bridge is really another world... restringing is still a pain in the arse but it's very comfortable to play.

Exactly; I like my fretboards to be a bit curved. But the tremolo was just... never really used.