Gear woes

menamestom

My advise of the day, a reliable working setup trumps everything.  I’m currently waiting for power supply 3 from the US (Truetone CS7). It could finally power my HX stomp but that’s cutting out and going back in it’s own right.  Just had a £300 bill for my Princeton.
Gear can have running costs, but if you have a good stable setup don't be in a rush to change it for the latest things.  My gear has now let me down at multiple gigs and session guitar gig.  Shit happens, but I think of the reliable old board I had with great effects.  But mainly I think about it’s reliability.  Something my choices have led me away from. 

Truetone have been great, as have Anderson's for returns.  I feel like I’m backed by manufacturer and supplier.  But it’s such a faff diagnosing sporadic intermittent faults.  Kills it.  Puts me off.

So sometimes you have got to stay with what works. As Stephen Stills said ‘ love the one you're with’

Might get another Zoom G3.  That unit did nothing but be great.  That filter delay was divine.  But I fucked it off because it was a zoom and I’m a dick. It worked.

So thoughts, anybody had a rabbit hole that has led to pain?

AntonHunter

I felt the same about my DL-4 with intermittent faults, regardless how much I liked the sounds, or how much people reassure me it was a one-off, it's put me off.

Interestingly, a friend of mine had a Trutone power supply die recently too. Which is worrying, as I bought one on his recommendation. Hmmmm...

ecc83

As you say Tom, 't'appen but if people cannot make a reliable power supply in this day and age they either don't care about the punter or are incompetent. It is VERY BLOODY MATURE technology!

I do however blame the customer in many cases, They are chasing the most bells and whistles but for the least buck, something has to give.  PRESENT company excepeted of course!

Dave.

skunkwerx

Yeah.. I started playing.. my problems began. Haha.