Best & Worst Guitar Gear of 2024 | The Great, Good, Bland, and Disappointing!
Welcome to my 8th annual Best & Worst Guitar Gear of the year video for 2024! This video is a round-up of all the best and worst gear I tested in 2024. I have some new categories in this years video and I hope you enjoy it!
Gear Referenced in this video:
Amplifiers:
Used Peavey Classic 50 – https://guitar-center.pxf.io/e11oxZ
Used Peavey Bandit – https://guitar-center.pxf.io/aOOJZQ
NUX Mighty 60 MKII – https://guitar-center.pxf.io/APPzYD
Fender 57 Custom Deluxe Tweed – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Qjjqxz
Mesa Boogie California Tweed – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xLLxqO
Fender 64 Princeton Reverb – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/qzzRGO
Blackstar HT Club 40 MKII – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/e11oxg
Kemper Profiling Amp – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/POOLq6
Guitars:
Reverend Six Gun – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/dOOXrQ
PRS SE Silver Sky – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/yqqDoD
PRS SE Zach Meyers – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/YRR5KO
Vola OZ RV TNC – https://bit.ly/49Euq3i (Coupon: SHANE)
Epiphone Explorer (Inspired by Gibson) – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/mOO61D
Ibanez AZES40 Strat – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LKKvYa
Artist AT53 Tele – https://alnk.to/bPe8tEG
Accessories:
Vox Headphone Amps – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/BnnWY4
EMG Pickups – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Z66keW
Eminence Texas Heat Speaker – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/o442aY
Bland Releases:
Fender MKII Guitars – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/099rBL
Boss Katana Gen 3 – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EEEnYn
Pedals:
Crazy Tube Circuits White Whale – https://bit.ly/3MKsMkc
Tubesteader Magnezium –
BOSS IR-2 Amp & Cab – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DyyEMy
BOSS OD-3 Overdrive – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9LL1Be
Hagerman Effects – https://www.hagamps.com/
Hangman FX Lord Germfet – https://www.hangmanfx.com/
Guitar Shops:
Guitar Search Saturday’s Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYCekIbACISHu6H6aBkTjghgvWABdc5z
Rock Inn Perth – https://therockinn.com/
Southside Guitars – https://southsideguitars.com.au/
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Video Chapters
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00:00 – Best & Worst
00:19 – About this End of Year Wrap Up
01:13 – Guitar Amps: Amplifier 01
02:48 – Amplifier 02
05:18 – Amplifier 03
07:36 – Amplifier 04
09:43 – Amplifier 05
11:49 – Amplifier 06
13:40 – Amplifier 07
15:04 – Amplifier 08
17:00 – Electric Guitars: Guitar 01
18:56 – Guitar 02
20:21 – Guitar 03
21:43 – Guitar 04
24:21 – Guitar 05
26:05 – Guitar 06
27:59 – Guitar 07
29:08 – Best Accessories: Accessory 01
31:12 – Accessories 03
32:53 – Accessories 04
35:06 – The Worst of 2024 (about this section)
37:38 – Worst 02
39:22 – Worst 03
42:33 – Most Bland Overhyped Releases
45:03 – Most Bland 02
46:37 – Effects Pedals: Pedal 01
47:35 – Pedal 02
48:19 – Pedal 03
49:33 – Pedal 04
50:34 – Pedal 05
51:52 – Pedal 06
52:58 – Best Guitar Shops of 2024
55:44 – Final Thoughts & Shoutouts
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Originally posted by UC-oSaKCCEffJph0F7m6_xfA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeW3iHuopoQ
Hi everyone! Thanks for joining in on the live premiere for my 8th annual Best and Worst Guitar Gear of 2024. I forgot to add in one item in editing which was the Nova Go-Sonic electric. It was a unique and interesting guitar which was supposed to be in the final video! The video chapters, links, and videos referenced are in the description. Thanks again for all of the support, you rock!
The best of these types of videos on YouTube. Great channel and looking forward to what 2025 brings . Have a great Christmas .
I don’t think I’ve gotten a bad piece of gear in the year ‘24 , only not as good as the great pieces but still good stuff,be it amps ,guitars , pedals and related gear
What is that greenish guitar with the tortoise pick guard?
The code you provided for Vola guitars doesn’t work!!!
I bought the Squire 70's thinline Tele this year with dual HBs and am very satisfied.
Make 3h vidéo
I think G&L was the company that came up with that bass contour, Leo Fender came up with the PBT system, one of the coolest things about G&L, really opens up the tonal possibilities of an instrument having a HPF and LPF!
I've always liked the Peavey Classic series. Esp the 30, and the Delta Blues 2×10. They sound great, and are damned affordable for how good they are. Love the trem on the DB!! I actually use the classic 30 as an "index"amp when i try guitars. Most everyone has one in the store. If not, its either. Blues Deluxe, or a Supersonic 60. All three get me what i want, soundwise, pretty much by default.
love your shirt, Shane. Watching this from my house in Delray! Keep up the great work in 2025!
Hi Shane, Merry Christmas for tomorrow AU????
My favourite piece of gear for 2024 is a second hand Fractal Axe FX II XL, in great condition for around an AU Gorilla.
Think it's all I will ever need now considering what it has to offer.
STOP USING KLONS AS A CLEAN BOOST
My best and worst gear purchase was….an Artist tweed tone20r (!?!). I got a faulty one and for a number of reasons it was a royal PITA to return and get a replacement. After this escalated a bit ip the chain, they were able to take care of it properly and promptly and this went from the worst purchase to the best as the replacement amp is pretty damn good and it meets all my lofty expectations after watching all these videos reviewing them for literally years now..
Marketing tip : to cast the widest net for your product …. Don’t use names that are affiliated with religion
I just got my six gun this year too and it’s been my favorite purchase. I always find myself going to that guitar over some of my other more “premium” guitars
One trick I found with the Blackstar ISF amps is to use the ISF and mid controls together. The mid doesn't do much alone, because the ISF is working in the same range. IiRC Blackstar suggest setting the ISF first, but often the mid then doesn't work much, so better to use them together. I tried a Kemper, but the display is dim, small font and the GUI bad. There are much better profilers available now, if you don't already have a Kemper.
38:55 hes not a mustang guy.
I feel exactly the same about Fender and Gibson , they are the just milking the cash cows the ones wo pioneered the saga should'nt just be stuck with nostalgia and try something brave and disrupter.
The PRS SE was the years biggest disappointment for me….because its so damn good. I’m such a fender fanboy I actually caught ill feelings when I played it….i side by sided 6 strats at a store recently. A few fender players, a player 2, the Tom morello signature, a strat ultra a strat vintage 2 and the prs. Honestly loved the silver sky. Not as much as the Vintage 2 but more than the rest.
VOX Brian may amplug was my 1st ever amp it had cool delays and treble boost so loved it now sold it and got a solid state amp and 500USD worth of pedals along with it to make the solid state sing .
Happy Holidays!! Love your playing, posts and your personality. I bought a Hoodie! Looking forward to seeing your acoustic guitar videos in 2025! ????
Aw Maaaaan! ???? Here I was leisurely watching the video, with a JagStang in my lap…….???? I actually love it! So much so, that I thought about getting the blue one in addition to the fiesta red I already have! It just feels good in my hands, and I really like the pickups! I’m not a performer, and have no desire to be, but I can see how its quirky setup would take some getting used to. But, don’t hate it cause it’s beautiful man! ???? It really grows on you after a while! I‘ve got 22(?) guitars, and that Jagstang is in the top five! Still waiting on Fender to make a left handed Mustang! Until then, I’m keeping the JagStang!
Hi
I prefer the Boss S1,nice sound,ready for the Mackie show box i need more channels and Battery power,street cubes 11 dont have enough sound,coolmusic also has more channels 120w,those amps i mention are what buskers needs ,
The Boss OD3 is phenomenal.
Just curious Shane, when were you in Delray? I'm from Ft Lauderdale.
I love NUX. I'm so happy and surprised its on the best of list.
45:02
I totally agree.
It makes me wonder how many hundreds of thousands of guitars that are souring in warehouses and storage, all over the world.
They release the same new guitars, every year, and I’ve seen the same ones in shops for 25 years, or more.
I know they don’t sell. Where do all these guitars go?
I found my main guitar, which is a 98’ American Standard, all stock. I found it in the back of a local shop. He likely had it for a decade.
It looked brand new, except it had been setup onetime in the past.
The moment I held it, I knew it was special. I found it, when helping a friend find a guitar.
He bought it and several other things. The shop owner knew us, and he’d do things cheaper for cash. So, he got it for $700, back in 2010. He sold it to me the next year, before I moved away to a different city, a year later.
I’ve worn the frets down to the point I need to refret it.
I asked bigger shops, and many send back hundreds of guitars every year.
Fender likely has a huge warehouse of guitars going back to the 80’s that never got played.
The Peavey Classic 30 was my first amp.
In the states, they were the “bogan” amps
Did I get that right?
We called them the “Mississippi Marshall’s”
Fantastic Amps
Listen with your ears, not your eyes.
Respect from the US
About the OD-3. That’s a pedal I honestly didn’t know about. Found one in a box at the bands warehouse I work for and now I keep seeing it pop up. And yes! It’s freaking awesome!!
About the new strats. Yeah. If you have one you’re good. I do have a few but they are all different but if you just need a strat sound all you need is one.
Man, there is a teal stripe bandit 112 at one of our local pawnshops it could use a good cleaning, but other than that, it is damn near perfect condition, and it's only $115 .I could probably talk them down to$80 .if I was to buy it, I'd have to change out that crap sounding stock speaker.
I recently tried the Boss katana and for me, it was probably the best digital non-tube amp I have ever tried. Good useable tones, neat effects, great tones, easy to use, loud but can be turned down from 50w to .5w. Perfect for playing at a quiet volume with good tonality, drive etc. It’s relatively light to carry in a neat combo format. Ideal for home use. They are the best value for money I can think of. Why weren’t they around 40 years ago? I’m an amp snob perhaps and have always leant to Boogie and Fender tube amps but the Boss is exceptional and affordable. I’m not aware of the earlier versions of the katana, so the 3rd version may not offer much more but that tells me that they must be good too.
LOL, when I was a kid in the 80s, it seemed like 3/5 guitar players had a Peavy Bandit.
I'd love to own a Reverend guitar, but I'm really stuck in the Fender, Gibson, PRS mode. I also own a Charvel, a Jackson, Ibanez, Epiphone, Chapman, and a Crimson custom guitar. So owning another guitar by another company would cause a divorce!
Let's skip to worst . . .
You missed the best amp of all time., the MARSHALL CODE head ????????????
Reverend guitars just don't look great. The headstock is not pleasing and the body is a messed up fender. They may sound great but do I look at it and say I want one? No.
Where has anyone ever heard a ‘quiet’ 12 watts. Anything 5 or above is LOUD
Ladies & gentlemen. All we need is fingers, desire, drove and a love for music. Music brings joy, joy is satisfying. Relax , love the privilege God allows.
Good show!
I don't look at Reverend for a superficial, but important reason. I don't like cheap looking dot markers on the fretboard. I also find bound necks are more comfortable, with less fret sprout issues, etc.. I see they are finally moving in that direction with their hollow bodies, which look great, so maybe in my future.
My Gen 3 100w 1X12 Katana is the best amp I’ve bought in 10 years. I never use my tube amps anymore.