Ranking The BEST and WORST Guitar Gear 2024

[@TaylorDanley]

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[@ikmultimedia]

This channel should be God Tier. Thank you! \\m//

[@barryprosser1370]

Hell yes it should

[@SteeleMusic574]

Agreed

[@danshack4607]

Ok but, EXACTLY why do I need to install something for my pc, like system files to be able to download amplitude? It’s just crazy pls fix it I don’t want to have to mess about since I don’t really trust myself to 😅

[@RandyLeonard-t1x]

WERDDDDDD!!!!

[@adamstein9333]

Ik multimedia! Support Your customers. Stop robbing people. Back Your Used gear. Have Customer service and Consumer Wise assistance. Awful! With the potential to be ions Better. TONEX and Monthly pay. No. Go Positive Grid! Go Nembrini! Go THU, Go GE Labs!

[@Tmh3rd]

Thanks!

[@jwalker2685]

I am also upset with how you smashed that Wish guitar, man… please consider wearing safety goggles the next time you smash one so that you can protect your eyes from any flying debris!

[@iamthew1zard]

you had us in the first half not gonna lie

[@scottyknows]

Awesome list man! Just picked up your pedal. Cant wait!

[@TaylorDanley]

@@scottyknows thanks dude! 💪

[@Demonik44]

good move ! it s amazing

[@dennis4113]

6:54 The MLC SubZero AmpKnob is god tier for me because I got it for free lol. I think it was a holiday deal or something. It’s good for like the occasional standard or drop D type rockier stuff as opposed to the usual extended range low tuned chuggy Death Metal amplifier plugins

[@brrblack497]

I bought the UA ANTI because of your review. Thank you for all your content.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@brrblack497 no problem 🥳 thanks for watching!

[@kevinainscough6839]

I got a few of my pedals watching your video so i dig you put your favorites of the year in here.

[@barryprosser1370]

Gotta get that driftwood pedal. Great video dude

[@TaylorDanley]

@@barryprosser1370 thanks! 🥳 yeah it’s a good one!

[@evangibeau4489]

Thank you for affirming my HR Flex Prime purchase. Your video was what made me what to consider the unit in the first place, and I could not be any happier with my purchase. In my opinion, there’s nothing better for the price. I just hope they support it longer than the MX5 (sincerest condolences to all the MX5 users 😭). Thanks for all the great reviews Taylor. Here’s to another year of channel growth, and growth for your own company!! Cheers from Michigan, happy holidays 😁🤘

[@TaylorDanley]

Totally agree. I know for the most part people loved the MX5, but that is the big complaint on Headrush. But... AT LEAST THEY HAVE AN EDITOR NOW (for prime at least) 😅

[@Kalsten]

I have been following your channel for a while. I love it! :) Happy new year!

[@drakeshotplays]

do you have any advice on reviewing gear by chance and Happy New Year!

[@TeeGaddy314]

YESS i love the ideas that get discussed in discord become a reality!! can also agree with the Devil being where it is. i use it for literally anything i do be it classic rock, metal, punk, etc. can dial it in for pretty much everything!

[@TaylorDanley]

@@TeeGaddy314 💪💪💪 this was a really good one that I’ll probably do more of in the future. Plus I’m way late to the tier list party lol

[@Demonik44]

Got my devil pedal and i really agree with the category you putted it in !..!

[@Bob48]

YEA...love these ones..!! Thanks and have a great New Year. PS...I have a Moore GE200...exactly as you said..no support or 3rd party goodies for it either.

[@TaylorDanley]

Hey Bob! Yeah, the "just keep releasing things" is not my favorite business practice. I don't like it when bands do it with music either TBH!

[@dalejacksonmo]

I completely love this channel and honesty you create...like you i absolutely love my MT15....so sweet...Also really dig the Amped Roots you recommended i try. ..actually decent computer tones...help me understand software vs real amp better...still prefer my 6505ii or MT15 on my Mesa Traditional slant for tone and feel....but computer is nice on my KRK Rokit8 monitors.. For quieter practice....Appreciate you and your channel brother

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks for being here! 🥳

[@IWearShaqs]

Always enjoy your videos! They're as educational as they are fun! 🎉

[@leftofzeroofficial]

Not that my opinion carries any weight but i cannot agree enough about the Firefly guitars. I have an older model that doesn't have the stainless frets and that thing absolutely rips. I did upgrade the pickups but honestly I've not seen any reason to swap anything else.

[@donniesimmons3630]

Great video

[@brian1749]

I love the Synergy stuff!

[@StephanAndreMusic]

I'm not sure I've seen any other people do a tier list of their own reviews... Very smart move tbh! A good way to summarize the year, and then send more traffic to the videos you've made of the higher tier items. PS: I want to request a review of a somewhat out-of-pocket guitar--the Yamaha Revstar lineup (Element, Standard, Professional). John Browne of Monuments made a review which sent me down a rabbit hole of reviews... Oddly his was one of the only reviews demonstrating the Rev's metal/overdriven tone capabilities. I ended up with a Revstar Standard, and it's now one of my most prized possessions/favourite guitar. The build quality VS price point on the Rev Standard seems.... illegal. In a good way.

[@TaylorDanley]

You will now lol. In all honesty, I always try to do some sort of recap video like this at the end or beginning of the next year. This year I just decided to do a tier list instead. TBH, it worked out great because I'm constantly getting asked "what do you think of X now that Y time has passed?", and this is a really efficient way to address all those questions at once without making dedicated videos! Interesting guitar, I've never heard of it, but if I get the right opportunity to I will!

[@ronnywebster7391]

This just reminds me of all the gear I'd love to get if money and space weren't factors. I do want to get a Devil pedal eventually and look into a firefly guitar for something.

[@Margilio5150]

Agreed 100% on your comment about product segmentation from Ampero and Mooer

[@needsLITHIUM]

the VHD pedal has a full 2 channel preamp pedal version, and the same company also makes a 300 Watt solid state amp.

[@AManIsNoOne67]

By the way, some of us beginners are old and are better at fixing things than playing things. Just saying. I live in Portland and I'm in the market for a pointy guitar if you've got any that you're sick of. I want to try something I can angle up and straighten out my wrist, it might improve my playing, haha. I would trade 1 or 2 or 3 or more of my guitars for a pointy one. I've got a new black JS22 7 string that I installed red Fishman Fluence open core moderns in so it looks like a stovetop with 2 hot burners, but now it's too good for my apartment/practice amp. It needs a real amp. I would trade that as well. You get partial credit for turning me into a gear junkie.😎👍

[@AuntAlnico4]

Pretty sure my EVH Wolfgang exotic top series guitar has a Floyd Rose special on it and it's perfect so I don't get all the hate on the Floyd Rose trems that are on $1000 guitars as well as $300 guitars but either way no matter the price of the guitar my Floyd Rose trems both work great !

[@Demonik44]

would love to see you try the Mooer Baby Bomb 30 !

[@needsLITHIUM]

The JS11 is also great because it's HIGHLY VALUABLE as mod/upgrade platform. 2 point trem, 2 hum, 3 way toggle, full size pots. Also, there is a JS12 model with 24 frets that is similarly spec'd and priced.

[@TJEvans98]

my only comment is that the Headrush Core can do all the stuff that the Flex Prime can do, with the software, the superclones, cloning plugins, etc. Headrush provided every Prime/Core owner with free access to the revalver software with the 4.0 update that coincided with the release of the Flex Prime...I know that opinions are based on personal usage, but I use the Core for guitar, vocals, and backing tracks, with the "practice tool" feature. The Flex Prime doesn't have the I/O to support all of that. I actually wished that they had released a "Flex Core," as well, that was similar, but didn't include the expression pedal.....kinda HX Stompish, with cloning tech.

[@PeterBerberich]

27” is pretty common for a baritone. What scale length would you have preferred?

[@rainadun4085]

My begginner guitar was a used Ibanez RG570 that i paid 175 bucks for at a pawn shop in 1997 (i miss the original wizard neck)

[@JacekF-z]

I had the Friedman IR-X and did return it. Just couldn't dial it in to produce anything that sounded better than the digital modelers I already had. Tubes don't make that much difference any more. It was not bad though. Didn't like the boost in it vs an actual TS9 or something like that. I think the TS9 circuit they included in the IR-J would have been a better option for the IR-X IMHO.

[@TaylorDanley]

I didn't like the built in boost that much either. TBH, probably not my favorite boost circuit for that amp since it's already so mid-rich.

[@vintageswiss9096]

@20:38 - people have a big misconception about amp wattage... i have a 20w Peavey Vyper that hits 124dB... I'm not sure many people need more than that without just mic'ing it up anyways, lol 😂

[@odie5268]

I grabbed the Audiority Solidus Randy 250 to try to capture some of that Randall solid state goodness and its damn good. I was looking at the SNK randall copy but now that I have that plugin it seems to scratch the itch. A steal at full price but it is on sale for cheap right now (what plugin isn't on sale right now tbh).

[@martyreid9870]

So Taylor, where on the list would you put the Fender TMP?

[@TaylorDanley]

@@martyreid9870 🧐 probably a highly recommend… possible good but not for me. I actually like it a lot for a number of reasons!

[@MegaLundquist]

😮what about the Kemper Profile Player?

[@Zwidawurzn]

After this demo i'm kinda impressed by the MiCreator microphone.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@Zwidawurzn dude it’s so sick lol. I actually messed up the audio on this (bad cable maybe) but the mic sounds stupid good 😂

[@Mr.Goldbar]

the Friedman IRX is beyond god tier :)

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

I have also thought about downsizing to the MT 15..... WAY loud with that huge transformer and has an awesome note clarity even with the high gain. I'm kinda broken so my monster tube amps and shit are just getting to be too much especially for rehearsal and a miced cab live anyway.

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, it's nice being able to carry around an amp that's annoyingly loud 😂

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

@TaylorDanley yeah I am thinking about that and my Dark Terror as a dry mix amp, those tones would blend well

[@StivO2005]

Pls... make a Peavey Ultra vid

[@orphanuprising]

You say things funny. 10/10

[@doctoribanez]

You had a busy year

[@TaylorDanley]

@@doctoribanez I know, this wasn’t even everything I made videos on 😆🫠

[@p4fizzle]

How do you connect a pre amp pedal to a tube amp? Sorry I'm a noob

[@TaylorDanley]

Go into the effects return from the output of the preamp pedal.

[@p4fizzle]

@@TaylorDanley Ok thank you I willl try that, I tried one through the front and on "clean" amp channel and it sounded like ass. But my clean channel is ass so I wasn't sure if that was the problem

[@adamstein9333]

Um, I’m a Mesa, Engl, Fan. You put them together like 5150 are in Family. Personally the JSL , XXX or Ultra Lead Plus are superior to 5150s. Mesas Rectifiers are God Tier. Without a Boost (though prefer a TS 808 in front). I am super interested in the Synergy System. Randall Modular Amps ARE God Tier. Diablo not so Much. You know what Taylor? Have You done a Proper shootout Dual Rectifier Vs 5150. No EQ in the loop Glenn! Fricker!

[@frankcunnigham220]

You should have reviewed the jack white triplecaster, I know it’s not in the same genre, but it is an insanely different guitar.

[@Captain_Hellas6991]

Please review a Jackson Monarkh

[@TaylorDanley]

I'd love to, we'll see what happens next year 🥳

[@SkeleBi]

Thanks for the good video Do you have any opinion on Addictive Drums (specifically the metal pack) compared to something like the krihm or trivium drum plugins from bogren digital? I've not been able to find someone who has done a comparison between them. I currently use addictive drums and I'm happy with it but would like to know if there is something better for metal before I pull trigger on something like bogren (as I would like to expand and try something new) Also addictive drums don't need kontak where as a lot of other drum plugins do (not sure if this makes much difference)

[@TaylorDanley]

@@SkeleBi I’ve never tried them, but the Krimh drums are cool! (Only ones I tried)

[@jimsimmons2674]

I am still watching your video but i did not see the IK Multimedia Tonex One Pedal?If it is not in your review why did you leave it out?

[@TaylorDanley]

@@jimsimmons2674 it’s in there! I put it on god tier

[@cycomiles4225]

"You want a guitar that you can actually play". The age of cheap and crappy nylon string guitars your parents buy because "you gotta learn this first" is finally over. The children have finally been saved.

[@TaylorDanley]

🤣 actually now that I think of it, THAT was my first guitar. A nylon string hunk with a 0 fret. *core memory unlocked*

[@cycomiles4225]

@@TaylorDanley Mine too, got it when I was 15, id try to fight the guitar but it just wasnt happening, that thing was killing me so I learned to play when I bought myself a Yamaha Pacifica at the age of 25....thats how good it was. High action, big ass neck, sharp frets...the only reason I didnt burn it because my parents bought it.

[@poopoo-qz7sw]

Pink sweater good but not for me 😊

[@frankcunnigham220]

I like hitting the like button! It’s easy and it’s true!!!

[@TaylorDanley]

@@frankcunnigham220 💪💪💪

[@TonehengeProductions]

So authentic the headstock broke KILLED me dude haha!

[@kamikaze1213]

That lichtlaerm audio gear tho. Already bought an Aquaria 😊

[@TaylorDanley]

@@kamikaze1213 it’s good!

[@ultimatescalerc7151]

I sent my flex prime back, that thing sounds aweful. That thing cant touch Tone X. Get two Tonre X Ones and slap vol pedal inbetween them and yuo have a fully and highly functionall MFX modeller board basically. First one is your amp and boost and the later is your IR and wet FX. Like $400 bucks you got something that can compete with $1000 plus modellers. You can do MIDI with it, you can set scenes using the set up mode. The Tone X One is highly functional once you get to use to it. Graat job Ikmultimedia!!

[@Tmh3rd]

I love the MEH row! Rofl!

[@walterleonsuarezusuga340]

gracias por poner el nano cortex en ese puesto quizas suene excelente pero muy limitado y no digo por el sonido por el software por q de seguro abran actualizaciones pero el resto total decepcion y por el costo gracias por poner a ampero en ese lugar por q ire por esa y espero q hotone ampero escuche tu sugerencia

[@Demonik44]

i absolutely need a prometheus and the hatchet

[@TaylorDanley]

The move is to buy a heavy hatchet to hold you over while you wait for the Prometheus to be built 😆

[@Demonik44]

@@TaylorDanley great idea !

[@barryprosser1370]

Hell yeah 🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪

[@TaylorDanley]

@@barryprosser1370 🥳🥳🥳💪

[@krisrhebergen]

The problem with people recommending junk guitars for beginners is that they’re getting them something more likely to make them quit

[@TaylorDanley]

Yes, I agree fully!

[@bjpearce3415]

Mmm, a video so long and good imma have to put a bubble bath on for this🙏

[@TaylorDanley]

@@bjpearce3415 BUBBLE BATH TIME 🫧

[@HaileyLovesDeath]

@@bjpearce3415 Yooo same, will probably finish the video before my bath has filled up

[@karlblanchette5217]

If you buy a Fesley guitar, put a one star review and say that the setup is trash or whatever. They will send you another one and you don't have to ship back the first one. And I even asked for another model and they accepted. They both have trash setup but if you are open to adjust action and stuff, it's an ok guitar.

[@MaximusAdonicus]

Sounds illegal, bro! I'm calling the police 👮🏼‍♂

[@TaylorDanley]

@@karlblanchette5217 that’s hilarious, but I actually donated the guitars they sent me to a local charity. I didn’t go into it much here, but there’s a full video on why I think they’re not a great company.

[@Meekzzz87]

As an amazon employee those fesley guitar problems in definitely an amazon issue

[@illumindonnie]

LETS GOOO

[@ScreaminT81]

Man I so badly wanna grab that Devil pedal of yours. Sadly, I’m in Canada and that’s gonna immediately ruin my wallet. The conversion is garbage. Other than that, this has been one of my fav videos the last few days. Gotta get you to 100K!

[@TaylorDanley]

@@ScreaminT81 totally understand that. Thanks dude! 🥳

[@xanderjones6239]

JUICY

[@billallengo]

1.There better be a Flying V in this list. (Non-negotiable) 2. Rule one is all the matters. Pressing play:GO.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@billallengo 😆 I don’t think I had any flying Vs in 2024

[@billallengo]

@Surprisingly it was the first item in the video on your list actually. Kinda crappy one but I’ll give you a pass.. 🤘🏽You still have 2 days to buy one. I’d like to try a new Solar V I’m interested

[@TaylorDanley]

@@billallengo oh yeah, I’m stupid. I try to forget about that guitar I guess lol.

[@SteeleMusic574]

Oh that HD 8 😮‍💨🫡 I upgraded from the Apollo Twin as well.

[@TaylorDanley]

People don't believe me! I think they're awesome. I need to check out the new update though!

[@SteeleMusic574]

@@TaylorDanley No Doubt.

[@1hunnidT0kes]

And hour ago is wild 😹❤️

[@erwocoolis9451]

Worst guitar gear for 2024? LTD guitars, Jackson guitars. All of them. And Ibanez gets a warning, could become worst next year. Knotholes in ebony fretboards and maple necks, frets cut too short, filler used for faking, tremolo sockets(!) falling out of the plate immediately, high saddles, loose necks...whatever you can imagine going wrong with a cheap guitar, they have it...but in the 1600,- to 2000,- Euro range.

[@MaximusAdonicus]

Wth, man?! I bought a cheap ass Jackson JS12 and a similar ESP featured on Taylor's video: I'd rate both a 9/10 on the immaculate workmanship scale 👌🏼 But both were setup by the shop as included in their deals. You are wasting money buying +1000€ guitars! With cheap ass guitars u are getting worth for ALL ur pennies! 🤩

[@bwloawesome]

Putting the headrush prime core at recommended tier and the flex prime at god tier doesn't make any sense. They both use the same software that you talk about.

[@-ljk-]

Dude I know those cameras are cool, please turn off the auto centering. Distracting

[@needsLITHIUM]

I've said this before - the Wish guitar is just a Glarry, but shittier. Smash it all day, it was wasted wood the second it came off the assembly line. It shouldn't have been made.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@needsLITHIUM yeah, I unmade it lol

[@SteeleMusic574]

Do I see Donnie Darko? 😂

[@TaylorDanley]

@@SteeleMusic574 yes. Well, actually Frank… but yes.

[@SteeleMusic574]

Ha👏👏

[@WalterEVera-px5ko]

Super Meh!!!! Ha!!!

[@roarzilla]

only 370 views in 30 minutes? fell off.

[@bxnr_]

Omfg this shit was never funny shut uuuuuuppp Also everyone who says this really acting like they could get 1 view in an hour

[@Dr.RojoMcDelly]

@@roarzilla these dumbass comment fell off. Look for attention elsewhere. You know. In real life.