Most disappointing amp

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Erock said:
one of my fav settings. If you want to sound like a produced album in the room, it's hard to beat IMO. :love:
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Ya . It sounds like a recorded tone that’s been processed . Which I want sometimes
 
Techdeth said:
Ya . It sounds like a recorded tone that’s been processed . Which I want sometimes
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it's a great sounding amp, there isn't much to dislike about Diezel. I think the only amp I was a bit underwhelmed with, was a Fokker, but it wasn't really aimed at what I play either.
 
Erock said:
it's a great sounding amp, there isn't much to dislike about Diezel. I think the only amp I was a bit underwhelmed with, was a Fokker, but it wasn't really aimed at what I play either.
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Ya it’s a diffent one
 
Metalhex said:
Yes I did the same thing by turning the treble all the way down. I got it to it's most usable form possible to my ears, but after weeks of playing that amp, then plugging back into any other amp I have, the difference was night and day and realized those Kettner amps just can't be saved. It's possible speaker swap might help it but then might fuck myself over on other amps' tones that I have dialed in already.
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YEP. I thought it was something about me or my setup. I went through several different speakers and wish I still had several of those on hand in a way but hey that's the way she goes! I was blessed enough in the end that, after hearing my story, Sweetwater actually took the amp back (Good ol' Chuck!) and gave me full store credit well after the warranty period expired. (Yes the amp went back and forth for that long for multiple repairs, etc). That's when I took the leap on the Rivera and got the amp that really is perfect for me in so many ways.

Makes me feel good to know it definitely wasn't just me.
 
glpg80 said:
I’ve played a lot of shit over the years. The only amps to stay are ones I’ve built or tuned. The other is a blue stripe III++ Coliseum.
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Its kind of funny, but I have noticed that I have built, modified, or fixed almost every piece of gear I own. From modding or building tube amps, to tons of pedals, to fret levels on guitars. I have very few pieces of gear I haven't touched in some way.
 
I had an OG Tremoverb 2x12 combo that I loved but sold due to the weight. Many years later the Roadster came out and I decided to dive into the rectifier world again. What a piece of tonal bovine excrement! Couldn't sell it quick enough... This one broke the record for shortest ownership, lasted two weeks... I tried the Road King and it was a similar turn off. I did like the Triple Rectifier though...
 
Fusionbear said:
I had an OG Tremoverb 2x12 combo that I loved but sold due to the weight. Many years later the Roadster came out and I decided to dive into the rectifier world again. What a piece of tonal bovine excrement! Couldn't sell it quick enough... This one broke the record for shortest ownership, lasted two weeks... I tried the Road King and it was a similar turn off. I did like the Triple Rectifier though...
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The channel switching relay of doom in roadster and road king amps is one of the most obnoxious repairs i've ever had to do, and I've had to do half a dozen of them

I don't know why the fuck they would design it like that. Just live with the pop when it changes channels instead of having hundreds of amps out in the wild that are "broken" that make no sound whatsoever because people just assumed they were bricked
 
I saw that original ad for the Bogner Helios and thought “finally Bogner made an amp exactly for ME” and sold my beloved 20th Anny XTC 6L6 to finance the purchase.

I knew 5 minutes in I had made a horrible mistake.

The Helios is a very good amp, and I love Bogner, but it was easily the most disappointed I’ve ever been.

It was very metal-panel and contrived with the switching (lack thereof) and I could get some of the way there with the JTM30 mode but that was just a bandaid.
 
MrWoodchuck said:
There is also the mistake of driving gain too high which makes any recording muddy, especially when double tracking. Hitting just at the point saturation begins will be so much punchier but is also harder to play so have to hit the strings harder. How you attack the strings makes a bigger difference than any amp in reality.
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It’s why practice and touch make every amp sound better.
 
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I don’t think I’ve owned anything that was massively disappointing. But I do remember the first time I played a Friedman (Small Box) And that was no damn good. I would consider revisiting one, but I don’t have high hopes.
 
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