HOW DARE YOU DISS MY 8 STRING JACKSON YOU INFIDEL DISLIKE UNSUBSCRIBE YEAH THE GUITAR DIDNT EVEN COME WITH A MANUAL BOOKLET AND WAS JUST IN A BOX WITH 2 ALEN WRENCHES AND THERE IS LIKE NO WARANTY BOOK LIKE WITH EPIPHONE BUT THE GUITAR BUILD QUALITY IS BETTER THAN BC RICH THAT I OWN
I was like "NO FENDER AMPS ARE NOT UGLYYYY" Then you said "look at this thing, it looks like I pulled it out of the front of a Volkswagen", and I realized you weren't wrong...
Yeah, the black face fenders (their nickname given by the community) are just kinda generic, well known, and can look a bit ugly at times. The classic TWEED style is vintage, charming, and gorgeous!
@Cameron Putt Hahahaha holy shit I had never seen the "Pink Monster" (full pink) version of the Ohmura 7 string. Some of my favourites are Teru's Geki-Tetsu, Hizaki's Maiden, MiA's Rapier and all of those tacky as fuck angel designs they made for Toshihiko Takamizawa. I think you can buy some of the artist signatures from Rakuten Global, but the registration process is a bureaucratic mess, the guitars are expensive as hell, you can get slapped with some terrible import fees and I've even read about people who didn't get it delivered because the neck was made out of rosewood or some such bullshit.
@Cameron Putt Holy fuck they just straight up made a thicc 8-string strat. It's amazing to see such a big company having the balls to make so many outlandish design decisions (in stark contrast to the boring as fuck USA signatures you mentioned). It's a shame Ibanez didn't do the same for the Tim Henson Signature 8-string, it would have looked cooler. Also, thanks for telling me about Zenmarket, didn't know about it. You're damn right about standing out, I haven't seen a single soul outside of Japan with one of the true signature models - only a few with the Edwards versions, which are about a quarter of the price (and maybe half the quality lmao)
@Cameron Putt well, not exactly BAD bad, but every single ltd I've ever held in my hands felt very cheap and just... Wrong. Like they meant well but didn't know what they were doing. Just not good instruments at all. Even the more expensive stuff with proper EMGs and good hardware, I don't know... Just not my taste. But yeah, I'm specifically talking aboht Ltd here. Any instrument from the Japanese ESP factory I've held was a masterpiece.
@@demidevil666 Ah, I also love the Mana model. It just screams "gothic", and the glowing cross is beautiful. On the other hand, I've heard the Közi model is uncomfortable as fuck. Also, this is likely the first time I've heard someone say anything bad about LTD. From what I've heard, they're great budget guitars. Are you sure they were not just set up wrong?
Line 6 is a C tier or higher for me. Their amps suck booty, but their multi-effects processors redeem their reputation imo. Their pod newer pod series and helix devices gets you great tones for a reasonable price.
I have a mark 2 amp and for me when I just got it I loved it but as o get past the year and a half mark as a guitar player its starting to sound bad but as a beginner it was great and compared to there earlier amps I've heard its much better
@@vexedpixels yup. And it almost sounds like Russian berry drink, Jelly. But it's not actually jelly, a bit more liquid-like. Kisel. Would love to try one out tho
Having recently bought an ORANGE bass amp, I can confirm that it is an experience. I've been playing with distortion by default for so long, and then I get this amp and fall in love with how strong of a clean sound it makes as well as the big funky fuzz you can get naturally with it. Prices stay on par for what you would expect from other companies for the same wattage, amps, and ohms.
@@bigfootsburneraccount9160 fuq no I got one of the newest line 6 amps and it's still bad you cant get that great sound with a normal amount and foot pedals its. a guitar boner kill.
When I first found Uncle Judy's channel I was actually surprised that when I scrolled down he didn't have nearly a million subs. Definitely the most underrated YT channel I've seen
Man just dissed the hx stomp and praised the helix LT in the same breath even though they're quite literally the exact same software and have the exact same sounds. The stomp just has less processing power.
This is just the most underrated man I’ve ever seen his comedy is almost at the level of a movie actor and he actually knows what he’s talking about I don’t understand why he’s not famous
@@CroneRaven1810 From Pat Metheny to John Scofield to George Benson to Paul Gilbert to Satch to Vai and even to the dearly missed Eddie van Halen. No other guitar manufacturer comes close to Ibanez.
@@CroneRaven1810 same here. They make some of the nicest feeling necks in the game. Even their low end stuff is great. I have no idea what he meant by “bad bridges”. Did his bridge blow a head gasket?
I just bought a Jackson and it’s a good guitar, frets are a little too tall but besides that, it is absolutely amazing. The soloist body makes it super easy to play the higher frets and the Floyd rose bridge stays in tune perfectly. And the pick ups have really great clean tones too. I would 100% recommend it
I have a Jackson, and while it's a nice guitar, he's right about the quality control. I have to tighten the screws in the locking nut regularly because they fucked it up and I didn't notice it until it was too late to do anything about it.
They play great, but they're top heavy. Whenever I play one, the headstock is always the heaviest part of the guitar, which makes it awkward to hold. Just my opinion.
I don't know much for the guitar but for the bass the way the body is you can't even reach the last three frets unless you like move your arm over the body
Another good thing about the TS is that you can get a more mid-heavy distortion from your amps by using only the tone and level knobs. Boosting the mids and cutting the bass before the signal hits your amps and adjusting the gain on your amp makes it so you can get biting creamy mid distorion with more clean and less muddy bass since those frequencies don't go into distortion as much. And yeah, ESP is associated with Metallica for me too. And I do love my Orange Dark Terror and Orange 2x12 cab.
I pretty much agree with everything you’ve said. I own a Line 6 Amp (Amplitude 150) but it’s excels at being mediocre. Jackson? I have an 87 Charvel 4 (I bought it in 1988) and a 1992 Jackson Fusion Pro bought in 1994, both of these guitars are still superior to what ever Jackson are churning out today. Gibson: I have a 2015 LP Studio, the one with the G-Force tuners that everyone else hates, but it is what it is, a no frills workhorse that gets the job done. Ibanez: My first was the RG440 Roadster II and I really wish I still had it, I have some newer Ibanez guitars but I still yearn for that 80’s RG440.
To be fair though the early 90s MIJ Jackson Pro were basically equivalent to the USA made one both spec and quality wise, so the top end imports model were cut and only the entry level/mid ranged models were kept and integrated to keep the USA model as the top dog. The later MIJ stuffs were good with crap hardware because they were priced for the midrange, and the line was killed because they couldn't compete in price with ESP/Schecter Korean made stuffs with better stock hardware. The Indian line were rubbish and tainted the name for a good decade. The current Indonesian/Mexican, maybe I've been lucky but what I've played and owned has been pretty good. Small sample size, but my Indo X-series Soloist and Pro Series King V played as well as my MIJ Dinkies. They're a bit overpriced, especially when you compare them to the MIJ line, but they do have a few more premium features, and the MIJ were basically making no profit at that price so its sort of understandable.
(IMO) ESP/LTD and PRS make amazing guitars, definitely A/S tier . Thier custom shop work is absolutely some of the best work ever seen with how much work effort goes into thier craft even without the wacky or crazy designs
So far, this is the only youtube channel that I can trust with opinions and not have any company sponsorship get in my way of deciding what is really good and what is ass. I am never skipping your ads again.
@Mailroom Clerk "Lower budget Jacksons are better than half the Fender line up" that's just wrong. Low budget Jacksons are terrible, they have the absolute worst qc I've ever seen aside from
Jackson in D and Blackstar in A, has he owned/long term tried any of this gear? I don't think you can make a valid ranking without extensive experience with any of this gear.
High end Ibanez bridges are also made by Gotoh and the Gotoh Floyd Rose and Gotoh-made Ibanez Edge are S-tier bridges. Not to mention that Gotoh 510s are used in premium non-locking guitars. The other big name tremolo is Paul Reed Smith and they contract Gotoh for their bridges and I believe their tuners as well with their newer guitars.
I'll say it everytime I hear anything about dean: design wise, i'll buy the shit out of a dean guitar if it wasn't for the v headstock. It's kinda of a blessing and a curse for dean, but anytime I see the headstock I think of dimebag, and as much as I love Pantera, I don't want to be thinking of dimebag when I see some dude playing blues with dean lol. As far as ESP, ESP Japan is like a whole other brand lol. They have some sick guitar that never make it out of Japan, and amazing line up of players
ibanez is the best guitar brand, them all sound amazing, it's good for everything that you want, even though the bridge isn't good, the tone, and everything else is just perfect
ESP and LTD getting lumped together is the same as lumping Fender with Squier or Gibson with Epiphone, not entirely relevant. QC on LTD definitely struggles, but an ESP Standard Series (before they memed us all with E-II) is a custom shop quality guitar.
just would like to make the point that I think Dean changed the way they make guitars around 2014 on all the expensive models, so post 2014 expensive deans are great, i have one and its the best playing guitar I own, and can get lower action than I've seen on pretty much any other guitar. and around 2018ish they really stepped up their cheaper guitar game. but their guitars are kinda hit and miss i wont lie. had a 300 dollar guitar from dean (lp style) that I to this day kick myself for selling, and ive had a 300 dollar V that was uninspiring. also a custom 550 that has to be the best guitar ive ever played.
I have an orange rocker 15 ... it’s my favorite thing in the world. Takes pedals so well, and the clean channel is just buttery and creamy. I’ll never need to buy another amp again for the rest of my life lol I like it that much
My TS9 has been drop kicked, ran over, and stepped on for years and it still sounds better than anything else. And I got it for $60. I feel like 80% of this list was spot on with my unpopular opinions of gear lmao keep rockin judy
just subbed, agree with this entire vid, and i own or have owned a good portion of this stuff. editing got me dying. when that tube screamer disappeared on you, i lost it haha
ill add, when you slapped gibby at C, i agree too and i have been a LP std player since 2005, and ill tell you what, without ever babysitting my gear, theres only one headstock that has broke off in hella guitars owned, my 2005 LP std (it is fixed and is perfectly operational).
Dream setup: 1 guitar, 1 amp, 1 Cabinet, 1 pedal! Line 6 USA JTV-89F, Line 6 Spider V Mk II 240w RMS Head (with 4 inch internal speakers at 40w RMS), Yamaha 2x12", Line 5 FBV3 floor controller. I have many others but my list above can literally do it all... Line 6 USA JTV-89F Guitar can be several different instruments including 12 string, Baritone, Sitar, Banjo, violin, piano, synthesizer, choir... anything you can download! Mk II Spider V amp can sound exactly like "all other" amps/cabs combinations and any effects you want, if not already inside, anything can be downloaded. The Line 6 4x12" is strained by the 200w RMS of head unit power (plus 40w RMS into built-in 4-inch speakers) so I got the Yamaha w/ mismatched “Eminence Legend1218” and “The Tonker 12" drivers, (switchable mono or stereo operation, you can choose which driver to partner with which amp). FBV3 footboard controls it all! The guitar costs more than the rest of the gear put together, and very much worth it (even if like me, you have to go with the foreign-made JTV90F Bstock, which is still my best guitar).
Honestly the only thing I found disagreeable is boss pedals. They're great for performing because they're so easy to step on, you could be thrashing the fuck around and you could still step on the correct pedal(s) with your eyes closed
Hi, guitar tech, to be fair, the big problem with ibanez FR-style bridges, is that people try to lower or rise it without removing tension, that will damage the blades, and the V-groove of the post where it sits, creating "steps" where the bridge will jam into, and not go back in tune after a dive. This happens mostly on low to mid end ibanez because the bridges used in those have softer metal. Is worth swaping it out with a brand new original replacement, and take care of it by always removing tension before any adjustment of the height, or upgrade to a different tremolo system, like a Gotoh. Bottom line, ibanez bridges are ass, but sometimes the user is too.
I love PRS, but I can completely understand why someone wouldn’t want one. I personally love how they feel to play, but I will admit the lower-end ones have their quirks.
I love Ernie ball but I prefer roto sound. I always end up breaking Ernie ball strings it's always the high e string (there's always allot more life in the strings). But with roto sound you get an extra high e and to this day I've never had to use one of them and I've been using roto sound for 2 years. I use them on all of my guitars (i have 5) and change strings every 2-4 months or so.
I just copped the line 6 Helix floor model. Incredibly stoked. Line 6 might not be S tier. But the helix is phenomenal. I’ve also never really liked Ernie ball strings either. They always seem to dull out quickly
As a fanboy I kinda agree. I work at a GC so I play a lot of PRSs and they're kinda hit or miss. The ones that hit REALLY hit and the ones that dont get returned 4 times by 4 different people over the course of a year.
I've broken two strings in my life. Both were Ernie Ball. I used Ernie Balls for the first 3-4 years of my life and only once after that. I have never broken a D'addario string, and I've used them for the last 7 years. NYXL are great, still yet to try the XT set.
You're a tastelet for liking explorers and Jackson Vs, but this list is on point. I was mad that ESP got B-tier, but... it's true because their mid-tier stuff is kinda meh for the premium price; same with Ibanez. They excel at low-end and high-end stuff imo
I agree with some of these takes, disagree with others, but nonetheless, it was an entertaining video. I can appreciate different perspectives I haven’t heard before
Being a Fender fan, I agree My Squier Stratocaster HSS sounds freaking awesome, don't have to get an Epiphone(those things are expensive, like goddammit 800$ for a Les Paul), I can easily blow everyone away with my Squier Boom!
I've come a long way of having a Line 6 Spider 3, abandoning it and hating the company, to now using the HX Products. Judy is still absolutely right, they have soooo many construction issues, like the Battery Compartment in the Relay 30, that hasn't been fixed in over 10 years
Honestly line 6 gets a bad rep from one singular amp. Pod, helix, and their wireless systems are all great. Also definitely trust the guy who said Marshall was basic/a beginners tube amp so it only deserved B tier then put Ernie Ball strings in S tier.
*Gets legitimately offended over guitar gear
Generally speaking I agreed with your list, but the Jackson part tho...that hurt. But opinions are nothing to get offended by so I don't really care.
You put tube screamer in S tier while marshall on B
I agree with you on orange,jackson,and dean though
@@hotshot0476 Helix from line6 is pretty damn good though. Especially the stomp (for it's price).
HOW DARE YOU DISS MY 8 STRING JACKSON YOU INFIDEL DISLIKE UNSUBSCRIBE YEAH THE GUITAR DIDNT EVEN COME WITH A MANUAL BOOKLET AND WAS JUST IN A BOX WITH 2 ALEN WRENCHES AND THERE IS LIKE NO WARANTY BOOK LIKE WITH EPIPHONE BUT THE GUITAR BUILD QUALITY IS BETTER THAN BC RICH THAT I OWN
Guitarist iDubbz and I'm okay with that.
lol Didn't thought of it that way, but yeah, I agree
I fucking love that
no that is me
i thought the exact same thing
It’s fine. We needed this
I was like "NO FENDER AMPS ARE NOT UGLYYYY"
Then you said "look at this thing, it looks like I pulled it out of the front of a Volkswagen", and I realized you weren't wrong...
I love the way they look, it feels nostalgic because they do look like an old ass radiator
Good thing I love Volkswagens
Yeah, the black face fenders (their nickname given by the community) are just kinda generic, well known, and can look a bit ugly at times. The classic TWEED style is vintage, charming, and gorgeous!
Fender’s whole aesthetic is the dirty-retro 1950s vibe, it may be ugly but it definitely fits their lineup.
Looks are subjective. A toyota corolla is not sexy but peope love them
“It’s like 21 pilots fans”
The most accurate take on anything ever
Can confirm, we are a cult! >:) |-/
not the kinda guy to just be like “america is badass” he says whilst wearing an van halen shirt, bright red pants and a cowboy hat
It doesn't help that he looks like Kid Rock
But Volkswagen design is awesome
@@dominikweber4305 yup
@@genghislad6195kid rock if he wasn’t a pedophile:
Judy: *Reviews amps and pedals*
Me who only uses plugins: "Interesting"
I know man you literally dropped a
pirated bias fx (i don't remember if 1 or 2)
.zip files on a discord server
@@leonardoignaciorodriguezga9667 ssssssshh 🤫
@@DavidNwokoye wanna hit me up with that🤔
@@leonardoignaciorodriguezga9667 man I need that thing I only could pirate amplitube
Are plugins better than the real thing??
ESP is god tier because every japanese guitarist gets a signature model from them
the wacky designs are amazing
@Cameron Putt Hahahaha holy shit I had never seen the "Pink Monster" (full pink) version of the Ohmura 7 string. Some of my favourites are Teru's Geki-Tetsu, Hizaki's Maiden, MiA's Rapier and all of those tacky as fuck angel designs they made for Toshihiko Takamizawa.
I think you can buy some of the artist signatures from Rakuten Global, but the registration process is a bureaucratic mess, the guitars are expensive as hell, you can get slapped with some terrible import fees and I've even read about people who didn't get it delivered because the neck was made out of rosewood or some such bullshit.
@Cameron Putt Holy fuck they just straight up made a thicc 8-string strat. It's amazing to see such a big company having the balls to make so many outlandish design decisions (in stark contrast to the boring as fuck USA signatures you mentioned). It's a shame Ibanez didn't do the same for the Tim Henson Signature 8-string, it would have looked cooler.
Also, thanks for telling me about Zenmarket, didn't know about it. You're damn right about standing out, I haven't seen a single soul outside of Japan with one of the true signature models - only a few with the Edwards versions, which are about a quarter of the price (and maybe half the quality lmao)
The Mana "Jeune Fille" guitar is my favourite guitar design ever, by an enormous margin! ESP is Epic tier for sure!
LTD should burn in hell tho.
@Cameron Putt well, not exactly BAD bad, but every single ltd I've ever held in my hands felt very cheap and just... Wrong. Like they meant well but didn't know what they were doing. Just not good instruments at all.
Even the more expensive stuff with proper EMGs and good hardware, I don't know... Just not my taste. But yeah, I'm specifically talking aboht Ltd here. Any instrument from the Japanese ESP factory I've held was a masterpiece.
@@demidevil666 Ah, I also love the Mana model. It just screams "gothic", and the glowing cross is beautiful. On the other hand, I've heard the Közi model is uncomfortable as fuck.
Also, this is likely the first time I've heard someone say anything bad about LTD. From what I've heard, they're great budget guitars. Are you sure they were not just set up wrong?
judy will be big one day im telling you that right now
Line 6 is a C tier or higher for me. Their amps suck booty, but their multi-effects processors redeem their reputation imo. Their pod newer pod series and helix devices gets you great tones for a reasonable price.
I have a mark 2 amp and for me when I just got it I loved it but as o get past the year and a half mark as a guitar player its starting to sound bad but as a beginner it was great and compared to there earlier amps I've heard its much better
100%. The helix stomp is out of this world
And even the newer spyder V MK2 is pretty decent.
They had those Hardwire pedals at some point which were pretty good
also the DL4, arguably the best non-tape delay ever made
Woaaaah, we got the sammee amp!!!!! Talkin bout the line 6 of course. Greatest amp ever made no cap.
I smell copious amounts of 🧢🧢🧢
Oh jah no cap frfr 💯
@@jager9022 thx
F tier lol
HA YOU REALLY THINK LINE 6 IS SUPERIOR TO THE ALMIGHTY MARSHALL AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM!
me when the amp falls at the beginning of the video: *cringes*
me when I see its a Line 6: oh okay its fine
Tought it was a boss katana at first
Oh, prs cult you say? You didn't see the Keasel (or however it's spelled) fanboys. Cool guitars though
Kiesel?
@@sourbrothers73 yup, with that Jeff guy. Is he Jeff tho?
@@ScttSt_vocals i believe that’s how it’s spelled, but it’s pronounced wanker. weird, right?
Its spelled Carvin
@@vexedpixels yup. And it almost sounds like Russian berry drink, Jelly. But it's not actually jelly, a bit more liquid-like. Kisel.
Would love to try one out tho
Having recently bought an ORANGE bass amp, I can confirm that it is an experience. I've been playing with distortion by default for so long, and then I get this amp and fall in love with how strong of a clean sound it makes as well as the big funky fuzz you can get naturally with it. Prices stay on par for what you would expect from other companies for the same wattage, amps, and ohms.
When he put Ernie Ball in S-Tier I felt that
Line 6 is A tier. They were bought by Yamaha a while ago and they are one of the leaders in the industry for modeling and multi-effects processors.
But do they sound good now?
@@bigfootsburneraccount9160 fuq no I got one of the newest line 6 amps and it's still bad you cant get that great sound with a normal amount and foot pedals its. a guitar boner kill.
@@AntonioLopez-kw3ev bro no one said the amps were good, their effect processors are some of the best however
@@AntonioLopez-kw3ev buy a fucking helix, hx stomp or pod go, those are reallt good, not the amps.
When I first found Uncle Judy's channel I was actually surprised that when I scrolled down he didn't have nearly a million subs. Definitely the most underrated YT channel I've seen
Man just dissed the hx stomp and praised the helix LT in the same breath even though they're quite literally the exact same software and have the exact same sounds. The stomp just has less processing power.
This teir list is F teir
He put Blackstar in A-tier so I'll take his opinions with a grain of salt
Plug your metalzone in the effects loop, thank me later
I saw Ola Englund do that in one of his videos and it actually slapped
@@gideonj5521 that video changed my whole life i'm not gona lie. there are so many pedals you can use like this.
This is just the most underrated man I’ve ever seen his comedy is almost at the level of a movie actor and he actually knows what he’s talking about I don’t understand why he’s not famous
Judy's gear rank In a nutshell:
Ibanez is Rank B, Gibson is Rank C, Jackson is Rank D...
*And Ernie Ball and Orange amps are top tier S.*
To be fair, Ibanez makes some solid shit that's not overpriced.
Ibanez is A/S tier for me. The best guitars I own are Ibanez guitars.
@@CroneRaven1810
From Pat Metheny to John Scofield to George Benson to Paul Gilbert to Satch to Vai and even to the dearly missed Eddie van Halen.
No other guitar manufacturer comes close to Ibanez.
@@CroneRaven1810 same here. They make some of the nicest feeling necks in the game. Even their low end stuff is great. I have no idea what he meant by “bad bridges”. Did his bridge blow a head gasket?
Gibson and Jackson do deserve those spots because of their shody quality control which is present through their whole price range.
This is the most School of Rock thing I’ve ever seen
I just bought a Jackson and it’s a good guitar, frets are a little too tall but besides that, it is absolutely amazing. The soloist body makes it super easy to play the higher frets and the Floyd rose bridge stays in tune perfectly. And the pick ups have really great clean tones too. I would 100% recommend it
I have a Jackson, and while it's a nice guitar, he's right about the quality control. I have to tighten the screws in the locking nut regularly because they fucked it up and I didn't notice it until it was too late to do anything about it.
“You ever played a Firebird? Why would they even sell that?” Me: dream guitar is a Firebird
I have an old Epiphone firebird from like the 90's but it plays great I don't know what's bad about them.
And that’s just his opinion (never played one, but I don’t see why they’d be bad)
They play great, but they're top heavy. Whenever I play one, the headstock is always the heaviest part of the guitar, which makes it awkward to hold. Just my opinion.
Same here
I don't know much for the guitar but for the bass the way the body is you can't even reach the last three frets unless you like move your arm over the body
Judy-grade moustache SSS tier confirmed
Another good thing about the TS is that you can get a more mid-heavy distortion from your amps by using only the tone and level knobs. Boosting the mids and cutting the bass before the signal hits your amps and adjusting the gain on your amp makes it so you can get biting creamy mid distorion with more clean and less muddy bass since those frequencies don't go into distortion as much.
And yeah, ESP is associated with Metallica for me too. And I do love my Orange Dark Terror and Orange 2x12 cab.
I was legit snuggling my Dean ML when he said that 😂
Same 😂
My god he missed the content money hole of Chapman guitar's and kiesel customs
Opinion on Schecter guitars?
i own a schecter c-6pro floyd and i absolutely love it
schecters feel/sound weird, and get outclassed by many other guitar brands with guitars in similar price ranges
Chad' s guitar
I am very much kidding, Schecter is a good brand.
@@eVoxlilbigslash Can u give us some examples. Like ibanez or something?
@@eVoxlilbigslash Can u give us some examples. Like ibanez or something?
As an ampless Bass Player, I enjoyed this immensely despite not having any experience with half of these
That's a glorious mustache
I pretty much agree with everything you’ve said. I own a Line 6 Amp (Amplitude 150) but it’s excels at being mediocre. Jackson? I have an 87 Charvel 4 (I bought it in 1988) and a 1992 Jackson Fusion Pro bought in 1994, both of these guitars are still superior to what ever Jackson are churning out today. Gibson: I have a 2015 LP Studio, the one with the G-Force tuners that everyone else hates, but it is what it is, a no frills workhorse that gets the job done. Ibanez: My first was the RG440 Roadster II and I really wish I still had it, I have some newer Ibanez guitars but I still yearn for that 80’s RG440.
To be fair though the early 90s MIJ Jackson Pro were basically equivalent to the USA made one both spec and quality wise, so the top end imports model were cut and only the entry level/mid ranged models were kept and integrated to keep the USA model as the top dog. The later MIJ stuffs were good with crap hardware because they were priced for the midrange, and the line was killed because they couldn't compete in price with ESP/Schecter Korean made stuffs with better stock hardware.
The Indian line were rubbish and tainted the name for a good decade.
The current Indonesian/Mexican, maybe I've been lucky but what I've played and owned has been pretty good. Small sample size, but my Indo X-series Soloist and Pro Series King V played as well as my MIJ Dinkies. They're a bit overpriced, especially when you compare them to the MIJ line, but they do have a few more premium features, and the MIJ were basically making no profit at that price so its sort of understandable.
Orange was my first amp, i love it to death
same here man
Boss reverb Rv-6 is a god tier reverb pedal. it gets such amazing reverb qualities and it’s great for ambient guitar.
(IMO) ESP/LTD and PRS make amazing guitars, definitely A/S tier . Thier custom shop work is absolutely some of the best work ever seen with how much work effort goes into thier craft even without the wacky or crazy designs
Daddarrios NYXL are my favorite strings
Well I think you've managed to offend all of us.
So far, this is the only youtube channel that I can trust with opinions and not have any company sponsorship get in my way of deciding what is really good and what is ass. I am never skipping your ads again.
How this dude never miss and then put Jackson in D? The Dinky is like world's best budget seven string.
@Mailroom Clerk "Lower budget Jacksons are better than half the Fender line up" that's just wrong. Low budget Jacksons are terrible, they have the absolute worst qc I've ever seen aside from
Jackson in D and Blackstar in A, has he owned/long term tried any of this gear? I don't think you can make a valid ranking without extensive experience with any of this gear.
High end Ibanez bridges are also made by Gotoh and the Gotoh Floyd Rose and Gotoh-made Ibanez Edge are S-tier bridges. Not to mention that Gotoh 510s are used in premium non-locking guitars. The other big name tremolo is Paul Reed Smith and they contract Gotoh for their bridges and I believe their tuners as well with their newer guitars.
the placement for orange was the only opinion that i would've pissed my pants over.
but you pulled through and spoke the truth, you beautiful man.
I'll say it everytime I hear anything about dean: design wise, i'll buy the shit out of a dean guitar if it wasn't for the v headstock. It's kinda of a blessing and a curse for dean, but anytime I see the headstock I think of dimebag, and as much as I love Pantera, I don't want to be thinking of dimebag when I see some dude playing blues with dean lol. As far as ESP, ESP Japan is like a whole other brand lol. They have some sick guitar that never make it out of Japan, and amazing line up of players
Its funny because when I got my first electric, I broke the high e on both packs of my super slinkys and then debated taking up bass.
Ibanez uses Gotoh bridges on the AZ models and they are perfect IMO.
The better Ibanez bridges are actually amazing. You need to get an Ibanez with the original Edge or the original Edge zero
did i stumble upon the love child of XQC and Macaulay Culkin?
Judy: Gretsch is for jazz maybe some funk, light stuff
Loathe: interesting
ibanez is the best guitar brand, them all sound amazing, it's good for everything that you want, even though the bridge isn't good, the tone, and everything else is just perfect
nah
Line 6 is the seven nation army of guitar amps
As an orange fan boy (it was my first amp) I feel truly happy
ESP and LTD getting lumped together is the same as lumping Fender with Squier or Gibson with Epiphone, not entirely relevant. QC on LTD definitely struggles, but an ESP Standard Series (before they memed us all with E-II) is a custom shop quality guitar.
Squier is S tier for sure. It’s hard to find that kind of value for money.
@@channtastic Agreed, my Squier CV Tele is amazing.
This list is really shit, I question his experience with 3/4 the gear reviewed.
“Fans created a cult around PRS”
How dare you say things that are completely true about me?
just would like to make the point that I think Dean changed the way they make guitars around 2014 on all the expensive models, so post 2014 expensive deans are great, i have one and its the best playing guitar I own, and can get lower action than I've seen on pretty much any other guitar. and around 2018ish they really stepped up their cheaper guitar game. but their guitars are kinda hit and miss i wont lie. had a 300 dollar guitar from dean (lp style) that I to this day kick myself for selling, and ive had a 300 dollar V that was uninspiring. also a custom 550 that has to be the best guitar ive ever played.
I love how he considered putting prs in c but really still didn’t want to get mugged so it went in b
this dude spittin facts. orange is GOD TIER, pricey tho
I have an orange rocker 15 ... it’s my favorite thing in the world. Takes pedals so well, and the clean channel is just buttery and creamy. I’ll never need to buy another amp again for the rest of my life lol I like it that much
I mean he is talking about the crush (transistor amp) which is actually priced pretty reasonably (awesome amp which really sounds like tubes)
Some top level editing skills right there, big old like and share for that editing
(And some nice espanol, real nice)
Just found your channel, and I agree with this list 100%. My rig is literally Ernie ball strings, a tube screamer, and an orange crush
"It looks like I just pulled it out of the front of a Volkswagen" absolutely killed me 😂
It's so true tho
A tier was definitely right for ESP, you've offended me Judy but I still love you
My TS9 has been drop kicked, ran over, and stepped on for years and it still sounds better than anything else. And I got it for $60. I feel like 80% of this list was spot on with my unpopular opinions of gear lmao keep rockin judy
just subbed, agree with this entire vid, and i own or have owned a good portion of this stuff. editing got me dying. when that tube screamer disappeared on you, i lost it haha
ill add, when you slapped gibby at C, i agree too and i have been a LP std player since 2005, and ill tell you what, without ever babysitting my gear, theres only one headstock that has broke off in hella guitars owned, my 2005 LP std (it is fixed and is perfectly operational).
Quick question...
Why are you pulling a radiator out of the FRONT of a Volkswagen?
Uncle Judy upping the production value here.
Gonna come back and check this video in a few years to see how that Orange ranking holds up lmao
Dream setup: 1 guitar, 1 amp, 1 Cabinet, 1 pedal! Line 6 USA JTV-89F, Line 6 Spider V Mk II 240w RMS Head (with 4 inch internal speakers at 40w RMS), Yamaha 2x12", Line 5 FBV3 floor controller. I have many others but my list above can literally do it all... Line 6 USA JTV-89F Guitar can be several different instruments including 12 string, Baritone, Sitar, Banjo, violin, piano, synthesizer, choir... anything you can download! Mk II Spider V amp can sound exactly like "all other" amps/cabs combinations and any effects you want, if not already inside, anything can be downloaded. The Line 6 4x12" is strained by the 200w RMS of head unit power (plus 40w RMS into built-in 4-inch speakers) so I got the Yamaha w/ mismatched “Eminence Legend1218” and “The Tonker 12" drivers, (switchable mono or stereo operation, you can choose which driver to partner with which amp). FBV3 footboard controls it all! The guitar costs more than the rest of the gear put together, and very much worth it (even if like me, you have to go with the foreign-made JTV90F Bstock, which is still my best guitar).
Although the Ibanez does have a bad bridge, I would still rank it in the A tier because once you get it set up right, it’s perfect.
Honestly the only thing I found disagreeable is boss pedals. They're great for performing because they're so easy to step on, you could be thrashing the fuck around and you could still step on the correct pedal(s) with your eyes closed
Glad to see another Orange Amps fan here friend
Ouch blackstar over Marshall idk. Any guitarist should know what a jcm800 is and how to use it
This is like playing guitar for a year and only knowing the standard brands and gear
I love you uncle who's younger than me and lives in the opposite hemisphere.
Hi, guitar tech,
to be fair, the big problem with ibanez FR-style bridges, is that people try to lower or rise it without removing tension, that will damage the blades, and the V-groove of the post where it sits, creating "steps" where the bridge will jam into, and not go back in tune after a dive.
This happens mostly on low to mid end ibanez because the bridges used in those have softer metal.
Is worth swaping it out with a brand new original replacement, and take care of it by always removing tension before any adjustment of the height, or upgrade to a different tremolo system, like a Gotoh.
Bottom line, ibanez bridges are ass, but sometimes the user is too.
Perfect. I don't disagree with any of this!
Except for the parts where you're wrong.
Very solid! I thought you’d have Fender guitars & amps in S tier, but I’d have them in A tier myself as well lol
Hi dad pls respond. Im lonely
@Vex Eonif youre my dad then whos judy?
sup bro
@@vacuity__ judys your uncle
that never says hi*
As someone who goes to school of rock I can confirm we have nothing but Fender and Line 6 amps
are twooba and this guy related?
I love PRS, but I can completely understand why someone wouldn’t want one. I personally love how they feel to play, but I will admit the lower-end ones have their quirks.
that telecaster/stratocaster frankenstein with the fucking whammy is the most disgusting cursed thing i've ever seen
i love it
When you asked about what do i think about when you see ESP's logo you took the words right out of my mouth
I agree with the tier list, good job Uncle Judy
Line6 really shine on the pedals they put out in the 90s & the 00s
Tier list checks out. Bro you and twooba would viiiiibbee
ever tried elixir strings?
Mann I used to be an ernie ball guy, but after I tried elixir I never go back!
I love Ernie ball but I prefer roto sound. I always end up breaking Ernie ball strings it's always the high e string (there's always allot more life in the strings). But with roto sound you get an extra high e and to this day I've never had to use one of them and I've been using roto sound for 2 years. I use them on all of my guitars (i have 5) and change strings every 2-4 months or so.
Finally 20k nephews and nieces, keep it up!
I just copped the line 6 Helix floor model. Incredibly stoked. Line 6 might not be S tier. But the helix is phenomenal.
I’ve also never really liked Ernie ball strings either. They always seem to dull out quickly
As a fanboy I kinda agree. I work at a GC so I play a lot of PRSs and they're kinda hit or miss. The ones that hit REALLY hit and the ones that dont get returned 4 times by 4 different people over the course of a year.
8:15 agreed but there is a huge learning curve to those amplifiers, specifically a JMP or a plexi, even later models like an 800-900
I've broken two strings in my life. Both were Ernie Ball. I used Ernie Balls for the first 3-4 years of my life and only once after that.
I have never broken a D'addario string, and I've used them for the last 7 years. NYXL are great, still yet to try the XT set.
You're a tastelet for liking explorers and Jackson Vs, but this list is on point. I was mad that ESP got B-tier, but... it's true because their mid-tier stuff is kinda meh for the premium price; same with Ibanez. They excel at low-end and high-end stuff imo
The line 6 variax 700 is the best guitar I’ve ever played and I will stand by that. It’s unreal when it’s paired with the helix.
I agree with some of these takes, disagree with others, but nonetheless, it was an entertaining video. I can appreciate different perspectives I haven’t heard before
i love ur editing omg
Being a Fender fan, I agree
My Squier Stratocaster HSS sounds freaking awesome, don't have to get an Epiphone(those things are expensive, like goddammit 800$ for a Les Paul), I can easily blow everyone away with my Squier
Boom!
Hey good video!! I like mesa boogie, how do you like it? Which tier?
just picked up one of the Orange micro amps, it's my first Orange, and needless to say, I'm in love with it Orange just an amazing brand!!
I've come a long way of having a Line 6 Spider 3, abandoning it and hating the company, to now using the HX Products. Judy is still absolutely right, they have soooo many construction issues, like the Battery Compartment in the Relay 30, that hasn't been fixed in over 10 years
Now my gear choices were validated by some guy on youtube. Thank you sir.
I absolutely love my les Paul. HOWEVER you are 100% right about Gibson
Honestly line 6 gets a bad rep from one singular amp. Pod, helix, and their wireless systems are all great.
Also definitely trust the guy who said Marshall was basic/a beginners tube amp so it only deserved B tier then put Ernie Ball strings in S tier.