glpg80
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5150 III any revision and axe fx. Played both before buying and without the hype train they both sound anemic.
What is the piece of gear you have been most disappointed in trying or purchasing?
Mr. Willy
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Killer Kali ++
This was the amp that solidified my learning curve that more gained-out amps aren’t my thing. This amp had a ton of gain and was super focused, but it had no meat or body. Just laser focus and tons of gain. I know a lot of guys dig this amp, but it was not for me. It reminded me a lot of a JVM 410 I had not long after it. Both sounded and felt very similar. I’ll take a stock JMP/JCM or Superlead any day over those type amps.
This was the amp that solidified my learning curve that more gained-out amps aren’t my thing. This amp had a ton of gain and was super focused, but it had no meat or body. Just laser focus and tons of gain. I know a lot of guys dig this amp, but it was not for me. It reminded me a lot of a JVM 410 I had not long after it. Both sounded and felt very similar. I’ll take a stock JMP/JCM or Superlead any day over those type amps.
vultures
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Same. Been through 2 Uberschalls and one XTC. The Uberschalls didn't have enough balls or gain, not as much as I thought it would. It felt tight, but very sterile. XTC is.. alright.
Other amps I hated.. Omega Granophyre was disappointing, might as well have no bass knob. Badlander 100 sucked, not the "boosted modern recto" it was marketed as, my Rev G had more balls, which I sold to buy the Badlander
. SLO30 felt like a wimpy dick little baby amp.
peterc52
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Gower josè. No balls - at all.
GOHOINC
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I think I learned the most when I got my first "boutique" amp, a soldano SL-60. Up to that point I had only had a Gorilla, a Peavey Bandit 65, and a Marshall JCM 900 model 4500. It was easy to get the gain I was after at manageable levels with the marshall. When I first turned on the SL-60 I thought, where is the gain? That thing needed to be LOUD to sound even halfway decent and still didn't have the gain of the marshall. I was surprised, perhaps disappointed, but mostly surprised...
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Snave
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CAE 3+ preamp. That one Megadeth album and internet hype led me to believe it would be a monster, but it was just kind of buzzy and loose in both overdrive channels. The CAA OD100 Standard Plus sounds much better.
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kurtsstuff2003
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I've been disappointed with gear many times over the years but the one that comes to the forefront..Splawn..I listened to many demo/video's etc and thought....these might work so, I ordered 2 heads (Quickrods) and 2 4x12's and couldn't stand them! The lesson learned way back then?..Do not buy anything just because it sounds good in a video..lol!
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SoooRad
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CAA OD100 - it wasn't bad, but it wasn't leaps and bounds better than the H&K Switchblade I was playing at the time. (IE, it wasn't any better at all)
Marshall JCM 800 2210 (1983) - Very quiet! Didn't sound bad, but just sort of gutless.
Marshall JCM 800 2204 (1985) - I didn't really get a chance too really crank up the master too much, but it just sort of sounded bland for me, I don't think I would seriously revisit a 2204/2203.
Marshall JCM 800 2210 (1983) - Very quiet! Didn't sound bad, but just sort of gutless.
Marshall JCM 800 2204 (1985) - I didn't really get a chance too really crank up the master too much, but it just sort of sounded bland for me, I don't think I would seriously revisit a 2204/2203.
pjastper
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Mine was a Splawn Quickrod 2006. I played one of the 3 preamp tube models at the music store and it was great. I ordered one and received one of the first 4 preamp tube models. It was a very sterile and stiff playing amp. Not at all like the one I demoed.
anomaly
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Had the exact same experience with the Mark III. I hated the high end frequencies of it, but i could hear some potential in it, so I tried out a IVb and fell in love with that amp. I've had it for many tears now.
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st96p9ak
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Really? That’s the only pedal of my board that will take my amps into a certain sonic characteristic that I love. And I have a KSR Eros too which, after being praised by somebody I trust, seemed to completely make any of my amps sound thin. I must say that’s about the worst $240 I spent recently.
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Devin
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My buddy bought the KSR Ceres preamp pedal (which seems to get a lot of hype) and struggled to make it sound even halfway decent. I tried it myself at his band practice (i was filling in on bass while they found a permanent replacement) and it just felt and sounded like a cheap old SS amp
He sold it pretty quickly
TX6Strings
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My list of disappointments:
Bogner 101b - What a mess
Bogner Shiva (greenback) - No bottom end on the gain channel, great cleans though
PT100 - Amazing clean but weird gain channel that sound’s nothing like a Marshall
DSL - Cool green channel but the red channel had no bottom end
AxeFX IIXL+ Still trying to sell this damn thing
Celestion CB H75 - Really harsh top ends
Bogner 101b - What a mess
Bogner Shiva (greenback) - No bottom end on the gain channel, great cleans though
PT100 - Amazing clean but weird gain channel that sound’s nothing like a Marshall
DSL - Cool green channel but the red channel had no bottom end
AxeFX IIXL+ Still trying to sell this damn thing
Celestion CB H75 - Really harsh top ends
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MusicIsLife
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Marshall JVM410h: I really wanted to love this amp. There are some good tones in it, but for 4 channels with 3 gain modes each, not nearly enough. At least some of the published mods appear to have been intended to address gripes similar to what I had, but I also may not have been Marshall's target for that model. Perhaps bettter for modern metal players??
Hughes & Kettner Triamp mkII and mkIII: too processed and compressed sounding. I'm not the right person for that sound.
Hughes & Kettner Triamp mkII and mkIII: too processed and compressed sounding. I'm not the right person for that sound.
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I don’t like anything under 100 unless it’s a 50 watt or Marshall or a D60. Those two still got the 100 watt feel at times
Metalhex
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I tried some Krank amp head like 15 years ago at a Sam Ash and couldn't get it to sound good for my high gain tastes. It was the first and only time I've ever seen one in the wild.
It doesn't help that I probably didn't know how to dial in that amp also.
It doesn't help that I probably didn't know how to dial in that amp also.
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Candiria
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The Eros is a specific type of boost. Mainly for 8 strings and similar low tunings, or making an amp like a dual rec djenty.
I had one of the prototypes for a little while, but didn't wind up buying one because it's not my style.
Mr. Willy
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I hated the JVM410h as well. It really only had two sounds in it, and both were anemic, imho.
kmanick
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Landry LS30
It wasn't a bad sounding amp but I could never get it to sound "how I wanted or needed it to.
" I tried different tubes, and 10 band EQ in the loop. it had no "Kerrang" to it at all
Bill gets some in his videos , I don't know what he has going on in his shop.
The other guitarist in my current band also had one ( we figured small light, sounded great in the videos)
he got rid of his as well for the same reasons.
I so wanted to like it but it was just lacking certain mid frequencies I was looking for (found them in my Splawn)
It wasn't a bad sounding amp but I could never get it to sound "how I wanted or needed it to.
" I tried different tubes, and 10 band EQ in the loop. it had no "Kerrang" to it at all
Bill gets some in his videos , I don't know what he has going on in his shop.
The other guitarist in my current band also had one ( we figured small light, sounded great in the videos)
he got rid of his as well for the same reasons.
I so wanted to like it but it was just lacking certain mid frequencies I was looking for (found them in my Splawn)
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st96p9ak
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i am struggling...lol...i want to keep it...but i don't play the 8 string enough, nor do I have a Mesa Recto, i do have a 5150 and a Mark iii now which i think this pedal does not suit, as it i believe sucks out too much low end.