OT: What piece of gear do you hate the most?

the gray area · Post by **the gray area** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:51 pm

Errrrr....what is it with you guys & the bad monkey OD pedal? I don't use mine all that much but quite like it. Certainly it's not in the 'Hate it ' bracket, that space is reserved for a certain Blackstar HT dist pedal that had been modified by a monkey....probably a bad monkey....

Icarus · Post by **Icarus** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:15 pm

the gray area wrote:Errrrr....what is it with you guys & the bad monkey OD pedal? I don't use mine all that much but quite like it. Certainly it's not in the 'Hate it ' bracket, that space is reserved for a certain Blackstar HT dist pedal that had been modified by a monkey....probably a bad monkey....

You know how having a love-child or children from a secret affair used to be cool until the kindergarten cop ruined it by having loads? Same story with the BM.

Sort of.

Long story but I'm sure someone will happily fill you in.

Randy Bass · Post by **Randy Bass** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:34 pm

Wendigo wrote:Tara Reid.

+1

I don't like plastic dirtboxes at all.

nguideau · Post by **nguideau** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:52 pm

Randy Bass wrote:
Wendigo wrote:Tara Reid.
+1

I don't like plastic dirtboxes at all.

Ddjembe Mutombo · Post by **Ddjembe Mutombo** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:13 pm

Bandeapart wrote: I don't think there IS a good way to use it.. it's an annoying piece of gear, period. Just like auto-tune, it's just awful no matter how you use it.

Auto tune is an incredibly useful tool in moderation. Practically every album released by an indie or major label in the past couple years has auto tune on it. The thing is, they use it so slightly that you can't even hear it.

Icarus wrote: You know how having a love-child or children from a secret affair used to be cool until the kindergarten cop ruined it by having loads? Same story with the BM.

Sort of.

Long story but I'm sure someone will happily fill you in.

Who are you???

...I'm teh parteh poopah.

Icarus · Post by **Icarus** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:04 pm

Ddjembe Mutombo wrote:Who are you???

...I'm teh parteh poopah.

i've had that in my head all afternoon, its driving me crazy now! I'm even thinking in an Arnie voice.

kolson1985 · Post by **kolson1985** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:37 pm

I can't stand coffin cases.

everdrone · Post by **everdrone** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:56 pm

weird hipster bands that use tons of guitar looping and guitar noise, or sooo much distortion for teh heavy metal that you cant even hear the guitar notes. that just is not music to me; kinda like my love/hate relationship with rap and dance musicz.

Borderline Productions · Post by **Borderline Productions** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:31 pm

Loopers, especially when they are used when you can't get a band together to play your stuff.

Bandeapart · Post by **Bandeapart** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:00 pm

Ddjembe Mutombo wrote:
Bandeapart wrote: I don't think there IS a good way to use it.. it's an annoying piece of gear, period. Just like auto-tune, it's just awful no matter how you use it.
Auto tune is an incredibly useful tool in moderation. Practically every album released by an indie or major label in the past couple years has auto tune on it. The thing is, they use it so slightly that you can't even hear it.

I can't stand even when people use it in "moderation". It makes things too cleaned and polished... if you sing a little flat, learn to sing. Besides little mistakes are the soul of an album, when you go and make everything precise and perfect, it sounds like awful mainstream shoite.

handyandy · Post by **handyandy** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:10 pm

More hardware than gear but I have a special hatred for floyd rose tremolos.
All things line 6 also!
Oh and those rockstar games, even air guitar has more dignity.

kolson1985 · Post by **kolson1985** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:36 pm

Good gear for bad bands. I can't stand when you see a bad band open for a band you WANT to see and they're using thousands of dollars worth of equipment to pump out some really bad tunes.

Tango · Post by **Tango** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:46 pm

Strats <shudder>

Tango · Post by **Tango** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:47 pm

Ooooo and Line 6

Ddjembe Mutombo · Post by **Ddjembe Mutombo** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:23 pm

Bandeapart wrote: I can't stand even when people use it in "moderation". It makes things too cleaned and polished... if you sing a little flat, learn to sing. Besides little mistakes are the soul of an album, when you go and make everything precise and perfect, it sounds like awful mainstream shoite.

I bet you like a few albums that have used auto tune and you don't even know it. I personally don't use it, but I know somewhere down the line, I will have to.

Most producers are more concerned about the performance and feel opposed to the actual note. They know they can always go back and key in the right note and make it sound believable, but they can't go back in and add emotion.

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