Question: Worst piece of gear you've ever owned?

Like other folks here, I've also had a few SS Peavey amps. When you're young, dumb, and broke you buy what you can afford.

The Classic series amps were great though. I've still got my Delta Blues.
 
Behringer something-something.

Danelectro DW-1 Dan-O-Wah, the most useless POS in wah history. That was the worst $15 I've ever wasted at a pawn shop.
Oh, and fuck those useless "60's Rock" and "70's Funk" buttons along the side.
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Since I own all the guitars I have been gifted (thanks Mom) or bought not any of them.

I'd have to say my first amp which I bought before I had an electric (a friend let me borrow one of his). It was a cheap SS Yamaha that I paid $40 for. The good part of it was when I finally got my own electric (like 10 years later) I still had that amp and solid it for $50 :thu:
 
Yet another Peavey. A friend from HC took the black widows out a Peavey Renown, ask if I wanted the guts. I said yeah, and made a headshell for it. Unlike some other Peavey stories here, never had any problems with it. I don't think you could kill it if you tried. Loud as fuck too. Problem is, it just doesn't sound good. Not even that much of a problem we play bass through it.
 
Other than the oftentimes mentioned 1964 Fender Mustang...

I'd have to go with my Roland Juno-Gi. Not that it was a pile of complete shit, but the limited sound manipulation that required extensive menu diving and the very lightweight all plastic build didn't exactly warrant a $1,200 street price.

It had a shit ton of pretty good to even great presets, but real synth players don't use presets.

The construction always made me very sketchy about gigging with it.
 
Late 90's Fender Hot Rod Deluxe.

It used to pop, crackle, spontaneously switch channels, buzz (completely interrupting notes) & fart in the bass notes. Playing G# would cause the amp to hum in G# or something like that- some kind of noise only when I played G# or something anywhere on the neck.

Brought it to an amp repair guy, whence it suddenly worked fine, & they couldn't find anything wrong with it. I brought it home, & it all started again.

When I moved I had it shipped to me, which cost me $90. I sold it for $150, & went back to using my old Super Reverb, which I have never had a single problem with.

The whole experience made me wary of owning any amp with printed circuit boards.
 
A 70s Earth amp with a transistor front end and 4 6L6 output. Monster cleans and god awful overdriven sounds. It got replaced with a Traynor 20W tube amp.

Magical sounds from that amp. Wish I still had it:cry:
 
I forgot the 30watt crate bass amp I bought in Panama. Hardly any volume at all out of it, even mostly cranked it couldn't have gotten me in trouble in the barracks. I tried once to plug in headphones and it never switched the loudspeaker back on. It was stuck in headphone mode. I figured I'd get it fixed some day, then just didn't GAF.
 
Mark Wein said:
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What's awfull about them?
I played around with the distortion booster (a friend of mine had one borrowed for a while) and I remember thinking it sounded pretty cool.

I don't think I've had really crappy gear, although my first amp and electric guitar didn't stay with me for long.
I had a DOD Tech4 (I think that's what it was called), a small multi-effect when I got my first electric. I guess the toahnz were not outstanding, but it did what I figure it supposed to - let a beginner get to know different sounds and effects.
 
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