Your biggest gear regret...

[fltlll]

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

[Telerocker]

Good to hear about the Mesa is happening now. I never got on with Mesa's. Must be me.  :)

[Sancho]

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.

[Frank]

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.

[Telerocker]

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.

[fltlll]

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!

[Gooby]

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

[_tom_]

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!

[Alex]

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!

[_tom_]

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.

[38thBeatle]

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.

[BigB]

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.

[Telerocker]

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.

[Antag]

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...

[Antag]

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.