Robert Libutti
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Title says it all. I'm sure lots of us have this same issue. In your mind, "OH, I'll try it out. If I don't like it (use it), I'll sell it. I got a good deal, I'll make out in the end." With my band, modern-ish metal, that practices infrequently, plays out a fraction of that, I look for gear that 'gets me there fast' so we can just play. But I also have the GAS, so it's that constant quest. Two pieces spring to mind for me. Both bought to try to fill specific needs.
1) Metal Zone Waza. I use an HX Stomp into a power amp into a 412. I love it; no amp in the room issues or IRs to deal with. It sounds great. But we play in such janky rehearsal spaces that change every time; rental, drummer's house, bassist's house. Clean too loud at one place, EQ off at another (not cork sniffing off, like, lost in the mix because of a standing wave or something). My thought was to try the MT-2w and just use that right into the power amp. Just use the power amp clean (good enough for our needs) and then kick on the distortion with a pedal. Quick hands on adjustments and I can get it sounding really great. Then I A/B with the Revv or Soldano or Friedman model and there it is. (Note, I did try the Revv G4 pedal and thought the HX sounded better). The full amp models just have MORE, I'm sure it's the power ampl portion of the model. So yeah, screw it, just use the HX amps. So I have no real use for the MT-2w. Sounds bad into my Orange, I get sounds I prefer from the HX, it doesn't add anything that's missing like a fuzz or OD. But the MT-2 can have a good sound and looks cool (something about the visual I dig), but not a good enough sound that surpasses anything else I have handy. I try it out 823498324 times, and it always comes off the board. But I can't let it go.
2) PRS SE Mark Holcomb Seven sting in the natural wood finish. We mostly play drop C, but have one song where we drop to a low A. The idea here was, when we do play live, we're the short set band, so save tuning time since dropping to A is enough to destabilize the tuning on all strings, can put that song anywhere in the set without messing up the rest. I can play all of our songs without any fiddling around. Plus that A is handy for writing other songs. I've had the guitar for about a year, got a killer deal. It's pretty, well made, plays great, sounds good...I never use it. I think my 6 string SG sounds better for all of the drop C songs because I can fret cleaner and get tighter chugs (don't have to try to miss the A, get more even pressure). For the A songs I don't have to try to miss the C when doing the octaves and can get tighter chugs without that muffled C. I pick it up from the rack and it's like, wow, this is a nice guitar...get over here Les Paul. But I can't sell it.
Anyone else struggle with good gear they don't use but can't sell?
1) Metal Zone Waza. I use an HX Stomp into a power amp into a 412. I love it; no amp in the room issues or IRs to deal with. It sounds great. But we play in such janky rehearsal spaces that change every time; rental, drummer's house, bassist's house. Clean too loud at one place, EQ off at another (not cork sniffing off, like, lost in the mix because of a standing wave or something). My thought was to try the MT-2w and just use that right into the power amp. Just use the power amp clean (good enough for our needs) and then kick on the distortion with a pedal. Quick hands on adjustments and I can get it sounding really great. Then I A/B with the Revv or Soldano or Friedman model and there it is. (Note, I did try the Revv G4 pedal and thought the HX sounded better). The full amp models just have MORE, I'm sure it's the power ampl portion of the model. So yeah, screw it, just use the HX amps. So I have no real use for the MT-2w. Sounds bad into my Orange, I get sounds I prefer from the HX, it doesn't add anything that's missing like a fuzz or OD. But the MT-2 can have a good sound and looks cool (something about the visual I dig), but not a good enough sound that surpasses anything else I have handy. I try it out 823498324 times, and it always comes off the board. But I can't let it go.
2) PRS SE Mark Holcomb Seven sting in the natural wood finish. We mostly play drop C, but have one song where we drop to a low A. The idea here was, when we do play live, we're the short set band, so save tuning time since dropping to A is enough to destabilize the tuning on all strings, can put that song anywhere in the set without messing up the rest. I can play all of our songs without any fiddling around. Plus that A is handy for writing other songs. I've had the guitar for about a year, got a killer deal. It's pretty, well made, plays great, sounds good...I never use it. I think my 6 string SG sounds better for all of the drop C songs because I can fret cleaner and get tighter chugs (don't have to try to miss the A, get more even pressure). For the A songs I don't have to try to miss the C when doing the octaves and can get tighter chugs without that muffled C. I pick it up from the rack and it's like, wow, this is a nice guitar...get over here Les Paul. But I can't sell it.
Anyone else struggle with good gear they don't use but can't sell?
