What is the worst musical gear related purchase or trade you have ever done?

mystixboi1 said:
Interesting. What didn't you like about the Carvin? From my experience, they play well and sounds pretty good. I only sold mine because they felt stiff
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The wood was fine, it was everything else. The hardware was shit, the wiring was sloppy, and overall I just didn't like it. Bought for $800, sold for $600.
 
Modern Saint said:
Ditto I that.

However if you still had it, it could be modded and the death cap taken out of circuit as well. Mod is just cord and some soldering
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This was about 1993-94, before I even knew of the mod and history of Fender amps. I had an old Super Champ that was my main guy.
 
Way back when I didn't know any better, I bought an Indiana guitar that was an Ovation copy off Craigslist. I bought it at a neutral site and totally missed the warped soundboard. Fortunately, I didn't pay much, but it was money just thrown away.

I also bought a powered mixer, years ago, and didn't realize how much better things could have been until I recently upgraded to a mixer and power amps.

Oh, and I passed on a Roland J-120, and bought a Behringer V-ampire half stack instead, for the effects that it had. thwap0
 
Some kind of cassette recorder from Musicians Friend that was supposed to be used for my guitar practice. I lost the instructions and couldn't get it to work. I also bought a mike stand that was defective. I was incredibly depressed and didn't do anything about it.
 
surfsteve said:
This was about 1993-94, before I even knew of the mod and history of Fender amps. I had an old Super Champ that was my main guy.
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I too did something similar, I traded for a Champ II. Then sold the Champ II later and it was great sounding.
 
Some real POS Encore electro acoustic I picked up not long after I started playing. Didn't know enough at the time to realise that the neck had been repaired (badly at that). Wasn't a huge amount of money but I stripped a few bits off and did a Pete Townshend impression with it.
 
Ordering a guitar from Hello Music because it was listed well below the average price. I waited forever (even though it was listed as "in stock" when I ordered). They would not cancel the sale or let me buy something else from them with the money because it was "special ordered". I ended up buying the same guitar elsewhere as I needed it for a gig, then selling the HM guitar at a slight loss when it finally arrived. :annoyed:
 
I left behind a 60's Magnatone amp at a house I moved from because I thought I had no use for it. Dumb.
 
Selling my 1970s Tobacco Sunburst Gibson Les Paul Signature (less than 100 were made), to buy a "more metal" guitar, when I graduated college. I got sick of the guitar I bought (a Gibson Q4000) within a couple of years - it was nowhere near as unique, or flexible sound-wise, as my old Les Paul Signature.
 
I bought a Fender Cybertwin when they first came out. Paid about $1200 for it. Sold it for about $600 a couple of years later, and was happy to be rid of it.
 
Prages said:
I bought a Fender Cybertwin when they first came out. Paid about $1200 for it. Sold it for about $600 a couple of years later, and was happy to be rid of it.
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The CyberTwin sounded cold and sterile. The CyberDeluxe actually sounded decent. It was really weird.
 
GilmourD said:
The CyberTwin sounded cold and sterile. The CyberDeluxe actually sounded decent. It was really weird.
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It was my first modelling amp, and I think the knobs that actually turned themselves when you switched patches sold me on buying it.

Then Lino bought a Vox Valvetronix and it sounded so much better than the Cybertwin that I was disgusted every time I played it.
 
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