The worst sounding amp you’ve played through?

Triple Rectifier head through an ENGL cab at conversation volume. Using a first-gen Line 6 Variax. It sounded horrible and really accentuated the piezo ‘plink’ sound that was layered over the tones on those guitar models.
 
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I had one of Crate's first digital model amps back in the early 2000's. The thing was SO bad! I think the model # was the DXJ112.
 
crispsandwich said:
I have seen live players with Spider amps and they sound great! Definitely operator error 😉.
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Either that or our ideas of sounding great are wildly divergent.

At the time I was used to playing through my 1965 Super Reverb or my Fryette Sig:X. If you think the Spider amps sound great in comparison we definitely have different tastes in tone and feel.
 
Stratzrus said:
Either that or our ideas of sounding great are wildly divergent.

At the time I was used to playing through my 1965 Super Reverb or my Fryette Sig:X. If you think the Spider amps sound great in comparison we definitely have different tastes in tone and feel.
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i played with a friend who had a spider, and even with the treble dimed and bass off that damn amo was still dark AF.
:LOL: i think they figured inaudible was better than terrible sounding.
 
metropolis_4 said:
That was my first big amp!

I thought it sounded amazing because the only thing I’d ever played before to compare it to was my little Crate GX-15 practice amp :LOL:
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It sounded ok in the shop and I convinced myself that modelling was the future. I used it for one rehearsal with my band and immediately realised it wasn't loud enough. It sat in my spare room for years until I gave it to one of my friends who had some bad luck and had to sell all of his gear. In his scenario it was better than nothing.
 
SillyOctpuss said:
It sounded ok in the shop and I convinced myself that modelling was the future. I used it for one rehearsal with my band and immediately realised it wasn't loud enough. It sat in my spare room for years until I gave it to one of my friends who had some bad luck and had to sell all of his gear. In his scenario it was better than nothing.
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I had similar thoughts when I bought mine.

“This amp is like getting 30 amps in 1!!!”

That seemed like a way better deal to my young self than just getting one amp, haha.

I love that one of the “amp” models in it is a Fuzz Face :LOL:
 
Half the amps I've ever played through were the worst sounding amps I've ever played :rofl

Tops has to be my 2nd amp, a Crate CR-110, but, we are probably talking about "real" amps, not Gorillas, right?

I've played a lot of bad amps, but I must say, the Valveking was the one that pissed me off the most. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't THAT, lol. I can still remember the look on my own face when I played it, and that was a LONG time ago :rofl
 
FrankyFire said:
The Ironheart 60 has a very specific sound to it in my opinion. Cold but not with a lot of bite. I think it suits heavy music especially for rhythm guitar and low tuned stuff. But the clean channel is boring and it could use a more aggressive gain sometimes. It's probably possible to get that using the right pedals, but haven't yet figured the one yet.
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You described it pretty well. It's neither Marshall-bite, nor 5150 agression. I never played a real Recto, but from the sims I played it feels close to that: Rather fat and cold and not usable for metal without a low-cutting boost.
 
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