What's the guitar-related thing you bought and never used?

[PorkPieGuy]

I have this weird fear or phobia of buying things just to turn around and never using them. I know of people who have dropped a lot of money on [you name it], maybe use it once, and then into the closet it goes...until forever.


I think for me, I bought one of those $1 elastic capos. I think I used it once or twice, saved my money, and went out and bought Kyser (before I knew about Shubb).

Have you ever bought anything guitar-related, maybe used it once (or not at all), and never used it again?

[zmf]

Originally Posted by PorkPieGuy

Have you ever bought anything guitar-related, maybe used it once (or not at all), and never used it again?

I usually do that with a set of strings.


But seriously, a manual tuner winder I bought threatened to lacerate headstocks, so it goes unused.

[Chedeng88]

A Boss Looper pedal.

[Sonics]

Originally Posted by Chedeng88

A Boss Looper pedal.

+1
I'm an old head, but I was inspired by the looping brilliance of Randolf Arriola. So I ran out and bought a Godin and a Boss RC-300 loop station last year. The RC-300 user manual is *THIS* thick. I looked at it, scratched my head and concluded it would probably be wiser to devote that 'learning curve' to learning music.

The Godin though...that I love.

[valleyguy]

Glass slide, thumb pick, and yes, also an elastic capo (I used to use one in the 60s!). Capos have come a long way.

[Long Jon]

Haha ! Yeah, looper, forgot I’d got one o’ them m’self til I saw you other guys

Oh ,, and a vocal harmonizer too .....

I found I’d “won” both of them on eBay after forgetting I’d even bid.

I may be getting a bit forgetful

[jaymarsch]

I have a slide that sits waiting for me. Somewhere along the line I had planned on teaching myself slide guitar. It was much harder to get a good sound then I thought. Decided to go back and practice fingerpicking instead. At some point I will give it another go.

Best,
Jayne

[reeve21]

I've got a couple of pricey thumb picks and some finger picks.

I pull them out once in a great while, and remember quickly that I'm never going to be comfortable using them....

[HodgdonExtreme]

Slide

Haven't touched it, except to remove from the package. When my instructor and I get into open tuning stuff, I suspect I'll get a little use out of it...

[rokdog49]

Thumb pick and a slide.
What was I thinking?

[Mrbirdog]

Thalia capo

[bizango1]

Gibson Les Paul.

[Brucebubs]

Spider capo.

[Mike@bc]

Gorilla Snot!

[Pitar]

Polish. Bought it in 1973 with a D-35 but never used it. It was Martin guitar polish. I still have it somewhere around this place. Roomed with another player who used it a lot. Stuff stank.