Pedals you bought that you returned or listed on eBay in less than 24 hours ?

Telejester

Boss DS1 many moons ago, put in front of amp, played and had serious wtf moment and realised why I got it so cheaply. Listed on eBay in record time. Mxr dyna comp, wondered where my tone went and was checking to see if anything wrong with amp. Returned same day I got it. Joyo us dream, did full on high gain and that was pretty much it. Within 1 hr had a headache and saw its one trick pony characteristic, took it back for refund same day I bought it.What about you and reasons for getting rid of those pedals.

lasermonkey

I bought a Line 6 Verbzilla which was returned within 24 hours due to the distortion issue I could hear. I bought it mainly for the Octo (shimmer) setting and at the time, it was pretty much the only game in town.

I noticed an unpleasant distortion which came in almost a second after a signal was present. It was more of a harsh crackle than an overdriven sound. I remember Googling it, so see if it was a known issue and didn't find anything at the time. Checking back now, it seems that it is, so I guess I must have been amongst the first to notice it. Some people don't notice it at all, but once you do, you can't not hear it.

I ended up replacing it with a Behringer RV600!

meltedbuzzbox

Fredric effects weasel stomp.I think that was relisted within 15 mins of trying it.
I've returned another pedal as it was broken on arrival

mike_l

Does not compute.......

Return?

Sell?

I tend to keep pedals........

timmysoft

EHX xtortion. Dogshit

Gassage

I have listed things before they've arrived. Honestly.

gubble

EHX Holy Stain

Boss CS-3

2 Forgettable Behringer Pedals (I can't remember what)

TC Electroinics Mojo Mojo -seriously detested this pedal, it sounded awful

Can I include an amp in this with the terrible Marshall MA50H ?

cj73

EHX LPB1. Got it, realised it was an acronym of Let's Put Blanket ... Sent it back

Teetonetal

Well, I tend to at least give pedals a go, but ones I instantly didn't like, got shot of fairly quickly and never changed my opinion of are:

Red Panda Context Reverb

Old Blood noise endeavours Procession Reverb

TC electronics Chrona Chorus

Providence SOV-2

JHS Colorbox

nickb_boy

I often enjoy pedals that put up a fight and need taming, but 24 hours with the Recovery Effects Bad Comrade V1 proved too much. I just couldn't find a use for the chaos that came out of that pedal so had to flip it.

Teetonetal

@nickb_boy, I keep nearly buying that pedal, but I keep managing to talk myself out of it. I had a MWFX judder for a while, fun, bonkers but ultimately IO had no use for it..

Heartfeltdawn

@Teetonetal The Procession and the Black Fountain got the same reaction from me... 

Teetonetal

Heartfeltdawn said:

@Teetonetal The Procession and the Black Fountain got the same reaction from me... 

My issue with the Procession was that it didn't work in the way I wanted and therefore didn't do what I wanted/hoped it would do. I have similar issues with the special FX section of the boss dd500. I like the idea but those kinds of sounds are so specific that it's more luck if they just happen to nail what you want. If they don't then that type of effect is pretty much unusable.

guitarfishbay

Zoom A3. Well my unit had noise issues, but since I didn't really love it I decided just to return it instead of getting a replacement.

not_the_dj

Wampler Dual Fusion.

I don't think I actually listed it for sale that quick, but I'd certainly decided that for the price it wasn't worth it and that I'd be selling it.

babysnake

lasermonkey said:

I bought a Line 6 Verbzilla which was returned within 24 hours due to the distortion issue I could hear. I bought it mainly for the Octo (shimmer) setting and at the time, it was pretty much the only game in town.

I noticed an unpleasant distortion which came in almost a second after a signal was present. It was more of a harsh crackle than an overdriven sound. I remember Googling it, so see if it was a known issue and didn't find anything at the time. Checking back now, it seems that it is, so I guess I must have been amongst the first to notice it. Some people don't notice it at all, but once you do, you can't not hear it.

I ended up replacing it with a Behringer RV600!

This ^^ except rather than try the RV600 decided I didn't want a shimmer effect.

Some other collossal failures for me have been:
Radial Plexitone
Lovepedal Cot50 (the pcb version)
Wampler Plextortion (orange version)
Mesa Throttlebox

But it all boils down to Pickup/Pedal/Amp synergy.....I feel pedal manufacturers should be forthright about this issue, we guitarists waste so much time/money/effort....I paid £250 for the Plexitube but it made my beautiful sounding amp sound like a pos....the Plextortion was even worse (in my rig)

Majorscale

Never listed or returned pedals within the OP's timeframe, but the pedals that I've bought over the web that, even after extensive pre-purchase research, I didn't like from the first play include: 

TC Flashback delay

Neo Mini Vent

Emerson EM-Drive

Budda Budwah

MJM London Fuzz 2

Red Panda Context

Adrenalinn 3

TC Nova System

Mission Engineering VM-Pro

ThorpyFX Muffroom Cloud

All of these are highly regarded pedals with many satisfied users so it goes to show that there's no substitute for trying something within your own rig, what works for others may not work for you or your rig. Luckily we have the ability to easily buy and sell gear so trying stuff out is practical.

DesVegas

There have been one or two where i've thought "uh-oh" when switched on for the first time but i always give them more than 24 hours, on account of me getting rid of many, many pedals that i could use quite happily now

Dopesick

Mr Black Thunderclaw

Could not get on with it at all. Then again I was using it with an Orange and they don't gel well with flat out distortion pedals.

Winny_Pooh

I've not gone through loads of pedals that quickly.

Boss OD-3: a good drive for chordal players but missed the mids needed for thickening the unwound strings for lead.

BintyTwanger77

I took an El Capistan back to the shop the next day, but only because I have a Timeline already and thought "what the f*** am I doing buying an El Cap as well". It sounded great.