Waste of money

stimpsonslostson

There's a plethora of "innovative" guitar stuff out there. Some good, some not. 
What's the thing that stands out for you as being utterly useless or simply not worth the money? 

I started this thread as I fitted my pink SG jr with Dr Neon coloured guitar strings. 
They looked good but sounded terrible, felt worse and after two songs the coating was coming off in chunks.
 Complete waste of money. 

crunchman

Expensive straplocks when you can buy 12 of the Grolsch style washers for £2.99 on Amazon.

stonevibe

Boutique clones of old effects pedals, remade in brightly coloured or industrial looking cases. Limited edition pedal colours are also a great example of bullshit marketing

octatonic

Jazzmasters.

Alnico

Fast Fret.

Always has been.

ThorpyFX

stonevibe said:

Boutique clones of old effects pedals, remade in brightly coloured or industrial looking cases. Limited edition pedal colours are also a great example of bullshit marketing

People like to collect special pedal runs, whys that bullshit marketing?

munckee

I love my 335 (harley benton!) why are gibson 335s so expensive when they are seemingly made from sh1ttier wood than everything else, and some of its hollow anyway.

octatonic

munckee said:

I love my 335 (harley benton!) why are gibson 335s so expensive when they are seemingly made from sh1ttier wood than everything else, and some of its hollow anyway.

Because the raw materials are a small part of the cost of the guitar.
It is mostly labour and tooling.

meltedbuzzbox

octatonic said:

Jazzmasters.

Shut it you slag :-p

earwighoney

Elixirs

Gagaryn

octatonic said:

Jazzmasters.

Heathen! It does surprise me that they have became so popular in the last 5 years though.

Jack_

Lessons.

You can just buy more gear instead.

Rocker

Excessively ‘aged’ or artificially roadworn guitars 

munckee

octatonic said:

munckee said:

I love my 335 (harley benton!) why are gibson 335s so expensive when they are seemingly made from sh1ttier wood than everything else, and some of its hollow anyway.

Because the raw materials are a small part of the cost of the guitar.
It is mostly labour and tooling.

Agreed, my harley benton was £100 though, change the pickups, tuners and bridge and they are pretty similar (in my opinion of course!)

stonevibe

ThorpyFX said:

stonevibe said:

Boutique clones of old effects pedals, remade in brightly coloured or industrial looking cases. Limited edition pedal colours are also a great example of bullshit marketing

People like to collect special pedal runs, whys that bullshit marketing?

ThorpyFX said:

stonevibe said:

Boutique clones of old effects pedals, remade in brightly coloured or industrial looking cases. Limited edition pedal colours are also a great example of bullshit marketing

People like to collect special pedal runs, whys that bullshit marketing?

'Limited Edition' is a marketing ploy. 

Does the same but comes in a different colour makes people desire it, I think that this is a waste of money especially when there is a price hike.

Just my opinion.

Collectors make their own rules, nothing to do with my opinion that, they are all obsessed more often than not, and so will pay money for the slightest variance.

ThorpyFX

stonevibe said:

ThorpyFX said:

stonevibe said:

Boutique clones of old effects pedals, remade in brightly coloured or industrial looking cases. Limited edition pedal colours are also a great example of bullshit marketing

People like to collect special pedal runs, whys that bullshit marketing?

ThorpyFX said:

stonevibe said:

Boutique clones of old effects pedals, remade in brightly coloured or industrial looking cases. Limited edition pedal colours are also a great example of bullshit marketing

People like to collect special pedal runs, whys that bullshit marketing?

'Limited Edition' is a marketing ploy. 

Does the same but comes in a different colour makes people desire it, I think that this is a waste of money especially when there is a price hike.

Just my opinion.

Collectors make their own rules, nothing to do with my opinion that, they are all obsessed more often than not, and so will pay money for the slightest variance.

fair enough, i guess i was trying to state.... if people didn't want it, it wouldn't happen.

impmann

The constant quest for "vintage accuracy"

stonevibe

impmann said:

The constant quest for "vintage accuracy"

Yup and improved 'boutique versions'


More people collect than play guitars. Which sustains the market. But most vintage accurate CS guitars go to collectors.

midlifecrisis

any amp at all that isnt a boss katana

HAL9000

Built-in effects (other than reverb) on amplifiers. Rarely never sound as good as a pedal.

p90fool

It's funny, Elixirs have literally changed my gigging life for the better and saved me a fortune, and I have to use straplocks on my Les Paul because it won't fit in the case with the strap attached. 

So the innovation which is most useless to me is probably girls' hairbands around the headstock.