things you bought that didn't work out for you

[Passinwind]

i can't get if of it as i have no idea where it is LOLOL

i have a nice quality tripod that i have used every so often with a super smooth video head, which i prefer to a ball head for photography.

Do you ever post your birding pics in the wildlife threads in OT? I only do very rudimentary point and shoot stuff, mostly in my own yard, but I really enjoy it.

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

i can't get if of it as i have no idea where it is LOLOL

i have a nice quality tripod that i have used every so often with a super smooth video head, which i prefer to a ball head for photography.

For wildlife a gimbal head is really great and preferable to a ball head. I use a ball head in certain situations but generally my gimbal head gets the call. I rarely use a monopod but mine has a Wimberly monogimbal head which works pretty well for a monopod head.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

I hate to admit it, but for me it was a custom Fodera I ordered in 2017 from them. Sometimes things happen that you haven't seen coming I guess.

 

[P. Aaron]

I bought a really nice Stihl weed whacker, gasoline. What a pain in the arse. I should have bought a battery powered one. What was I thinking?

I love my Stihl lawn gear. The more powerful leaf blower, the weed-whacker, and my new favorite; the extending chain-saw tree branch trimmer.
Expensive? Yes.
When getting a tree-pruner to your house is about $700.00. A $900.00 Stihl tree-trimmer is cheap.

 

[Jon Draffan]

Same here. First pair gave me vertigo. Took 'em back the same day and went with lined bifocals. I had NO trouble acclimating to those. The optician cuts-in the reading lens (bottom) a mm or so lower to compensate for my height.

Riis

Height is DEFINITELY not a problem for me at 5’6” lol

 

[Jon Draffan]

I hate to admit it, but for me it was a custom Fodera I ordered in 2017 from them. Sometimes things happen that you haven't seen coming I guess.

Whoa! Let me learn from you (because I could totally see me doing ). What was it that made you decide to go for it? And what was the feeling when you did get it and started using it?

(I promise you that the answers to the questions above are thoughts that I’ve had 30 times over 35 years… Just in case you thought you might try to be embarrassed,)

 

[pcake]

Whoa! Let me learn from you (because I could totally see me doing ). What was it that made you decide to go for it? And what was the feeling when you did get it and started using it?

(I promise you that the answers to the questions above are thoughts that I’ve had 30 times over 35 years… Just in case you thought you might try to be embarrassed,)

i'm not the poster with the fodera nor have i ever owned or played one, but some nicer basses i owned briefly didn't live up to my imagination for a variety of reasons, none of them quality.

i once ordered a custom acoustic guitar from a builder, and while almost everything was what i asked for on paper, there were a number of disappointments. ironically the wife of the husband-and-wife owned music store that agreed to sell it on commission for me ended up loving it so much she bought it for herself, and she was used to dealing with the best. so it wasn't actually a bad guitar - it just wasn't right for me from the sound to the looks to the feel.

 

[Old Blastard]

How long has it been since your last confession?

Awhile. Apparently "I've been very bad, Daddy," isn't how you start it off

 

[Giffro]

Quick Lok Musician Seat. I'm sure climbing on and off that thing gave me hemorrhoids lol

 

[FilterFunk]

I hate to admit it, but for me it was a custom Fodera I ordered in 2017 from them. Sometimes things happen that you haven't seen coming I guess.

At first glance, I read "Fedora" instead of "Fodera," and I was thinking, "You got a custom-made hat that didn't fit?"

 

[Jon Draffan]

i'm not the poster with the fodera nor have i ever owned or played one, but some nicer basses i owned briefly didn't live up to my imagination for a variety of reasons, none of them quality.

i once ordered a custom acoustic guitar from a builder, and while almost everything was what i asked for on paper, there were a number of disappointments. ironically the wife of the husband-and-wife owned music store that agreed to sell it on commission for me ended up loving it so much she bought it for herself, and she was used to dealing with the best. so it wasn't actually a bad guitar - it just wasn't right for me from the sound to the looks to the feel.

Oh yes. I have purchased not one, not two, but THREE Drake Custom basses that weren't the right thing...at the time. I think one of the challenges (for me at least) is that the "right" bass can be moving target based on my current preferences, band I'm in, physical changes, etc…

There is a Modulus, and a Rob Allen Mouse in the wake of my instrument turnovers too Oh yeah, and an Ibanez ANB205. Sheesh! I forgot about so many!

 

[el jeffe bass]

Pretty much every bass that didn’t have a P pickup

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

Pretty much every bass that didn’t have a P pickup

So instead they had "ickus"?

 

[MJ5150]

I bought an iPhone a couple years ago after using Android devices since 2009. It was nice, but it didn't work out for me. I returned it the next day.

-Mike

 

[sovereign_510]

a hardware synthesizer. i much prefer software- cheaper, takes up less space and you can download plugins easily

I love my Stihl lawn gear. The more powerful leaf blower, the weed-whacker, and my new favorite; the extending chain-saw tree branch trimmer.
Expensive? Yes.
When getting a tree-pruner to your house is about $700.00. A $900.00 Stihl tree-trimmer is cheap.

those electric leaf blowers are a real life saver. less heavy and less loud than gas. some of the guys at work prefer gas because it's more powerful, but i reach for the electric one every time

 

[el jeffe bass]

a hardware synthesizer. i much prefer software- cheaper, takes up less space and you can download plugins easily

I’ve kinda wanted a hardware synthesizer in the past but I have found that I can scratch my synth itch with a midi keyboard and the myriad of virtual synthesizers on GarageBand. All of the fun without any of the programming headaches

 

[sovereign_510]

I’ve kinda wanted a hardware synthesizer in the past but I have found that I can scratch my synth itch with a midi keyboard and the myriad of virtual synthesizers on GarageBand. All of the fun without any of the programming headaches

i have a midi keyboard with 61 keys and it's really nice. it's got the knobs and faders too which i really like

 

[Heiwa]

Every audio interface I bought, since I don't have a dedicated place to install it and leave it connected, and I'm not attracted or interested in working on DAWs.

 

[bassdude51]

things you bought that didn't work out for you​

Current Samsung cellphone. Over kill. Does everything but brush my teeth. Have to live with it. (Cellphones, in the top 10 list of all-time worst inventions! IMHO)

 

[P. Aaron]

a hardware synthesizer. i much prefer software- cheaper, takes up less space and you can download plugins easily

those electric leaf blowers are a real life saver. less heavy and less loud than gas. some of the guys at work prefer gas because it's more powerful, but i reach for the electric one every time

I've used an electric Craftsman in the past. I got no relief moving from Michigan to Texas as leaves fall at an even greater rate in Texas. The lawn is a bit bigger as well, and I have to bag leaves in TX. In MI, we just raked 'em to the curb & public works took them away.
Yeah, gas motors are a bit more work, and noisy BUT, they clear volumes faster.

I did discover that slightly wet leaves seem much more compliant to blowing the direction one wants them than when they're dried out. However, they still weigh a bunch in the bags.