A pickup tier list would be pretty entertaining 👀

I appreciate the fact that you put the Mark V in the “not for me” category as opposed to “pass” but as a Mark V owner I must say it is an absolute monster. It really requires you to learn how to use it though. If you try to EQ it like a Marshall or some other amp it will sound like shit. Minor adjustments make a huge difference tonally. Pristine cleans to crushing hi gain. One of the greatest amps ever conceived!

Awesome video and reasonings for the rankings 🔥🤘

Ray always keeping it wholesome and awesome. Still respectful even when you aren't a fan of the amp, which trust me is a hard being such passionate gear heads lmao. But that was cool, right now I'm happy with my Iconic but I'm in the process of selling it for an OG EVH 5150iii as an upgrade. Totally agree those things are sick. But the Iconic itself is a cool amplifier, I actually love mine...I just had the displeasure of trying the 5150iii recently in comparison, which was totally "the sound in my head"

This was fun! I think it would be cool if you put them in the order you like them most for each tier as you add them in. I know I’m interested to see what your favorite to least favorite in the god tier would be.

Saw your recto on reverb! Keep it!

awesome! ENGL savage and the ENGL savage II up there with the 5150 III and the SLO 100

Agrred, great video Ray you should definitely do a pickup one too.

My Orange Super Crush is a beast! I run an OD in the front and a 7 band EQ in the loop and there you have it. As close to a hotrodded tube amp you can get with a transistor amp. The most solid and reliable live and recording rig I've ever heard.

Killer vid. I wish you had at least one ENGL in here

I got the 50 watt EL34 5150. I did the C137 capacitor cut. It’s super simple to do and completely woke the amp up. I was happy with how it sounds and now I’m in love with it

I thought the video was OK. I really want to see you give us a tour of everything you have. And I saw your interview yesterday. I’m one of the people that wish the videos were longer. Like I don’t think they have to be so polished. But that’s just me. Anyways keep up the good work. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Great video! Would love to see where you place the ENGL Fireball 100. Cheers!

Awesome rating M8, and the best thing about it, it's to find out how different we are about chasing our tone... I always considered amps as the base only and than adding to it with pedals, besides my amp that nobody knows 😅. If I made it would be probably quite different. Awesome to hear your opinion buddy

Very respectful opinions 🤘🤘

I love the rectifier sound, the texture of the gain on it is my favorite out of any amp I’ve tried. It can get out of control without some love though

I can appreciate all these, how you've ranked them, and largely that this is your opinion. The only thing I can't get is the Randall Satan. I took have owned the majority of these and more, and to me the 'flavour' of the Satan is like a 5150, except it's bigger, more versatile, and just a better version. The 5150/6505 has always been an amazing choice, and have held up frmo the day the came out to now. But the metal tone is fairly limited, so when the Satan feels similar but it's just bigger, clearer, and more versatile while being every bit as tight and crushing, I couldn't put Satan 2 tiers below personally.

1. EVH stealth (50 and 100 watt) 2. Peavey 5150/6505 3. Mesa Dual rectifier Love the 5150 series. I found the 5150 block letter and 6505 to sound almost exactly alike so that's why I'm pairing them both.

I was hoping you would mention the PRS Archon. If you haven't checked one out, you should! It would be a cool review video. Good list though! Great work man. \m/

I would also add that if you add a few pedals (EQ, boost) you can get just about any metal tone you want out of these amps. Might have to use specific speaker for some tones.

I was able to find a Randall Thrasher 120 W amp head for $700 at GC because they mislabeled it as the 50 W version. Needless to say, I bought it and it has been my go-to amp for a year now and I just love it.

Cool ranking list and I've played and own some of these amps, but have you played the JP2C Mark IIC+? That might be to your liking vs the Mark V? I played a 30wat SLO head at GC recently and was not a fan of it, but the OG Peavey 5150 will always be my number one favorite because that was my first tube amp I've owned \m/

God bless you for stopping by this comment, and may your entire family prosper in all areas

I agree with a lot of your standings here except the evh el34. Clip that c137 resistor ( I believe that’s the one ? ) and the blue channel comes alive !! Also I would have liked to see your opinion on the peavey invective. 🤘😎

Here's Randall Satan user point of view, that no-one ever told before - The uniqueness of this amp is that it's a middle ground between solidstate and tube amp. It has a character of a tube amp pushed with modified RAT. Imagine a solidstate amp that can actually plays great lead tone and open chords. That's Satan amp. A bass player will love you too, this amps gives a headroom for bass player to fill in and shine. A lot of bedroom players sold it as it's not that bass heavy as dual rectifier and doesn't give that air pump kick in the chest effect, but this amp sounds so good in a mix, especially for 7 string death metal. A one amp that can make slow doom, constant blast beat death metal, liquid shred solo, rock tone - that's a godtier amp.

Agufish just did this with epiphone guitars. Great minds think alike. You should interview him. I liked your interview with fluff.

First I was confused on your rating for the Mesa Dual Rec but then you explained why, and I can't combat any of that lol.

Dude I thought you were skinny Pete for a hot second

1.Revv 100p (2) victory super kraken (3) Peavey invective.I would say is my top 3. But find myself loving the Neural DSP Quad Cortex, it's light,easy to use, and I can still get my tones that I love out of my Revv and other high gain tube amps

no engl amps?

I agree with pretty much everything in this list except I'd probably put the MT15 in amazing.

I was hoping to see a framus cobra in your list. Just to see where you would rank it along side the rest of the amps in your list.

Nice idea for content.

Not me saying "F%$# YEAH" when you put the EVH 5150 in god tier

Also maybe do a shootout of the combo versions of said amps. At least those available in that capacity.

Also, it's my opinion that any medium to high gain Marshall works great as an HM-2 chainsaw machine if you pair it with any decent high gain amp, boosted or not. Like a Rivera Knucklehead, a Diezel VH4, 5150/6505/Rectifier/SLO voiced amp, or a Friedman. Personally, for the 5150/6505, I prefer the EL34 varieties, with the exception of the Invective and Iconic, just because I happen to like the sound of the Invective and Iconic in particular over the other varieties that come with 6L6 power tubes. Victory Kraken is pretty cool, as well, with a modded Marshall voiced channel and a Mesa adjacent channel; I like the idea of being able to choose, or to use one of each for double/quad tracking while recording. Everyone always uses 5150/6505 for chainsaw. Be different.

Have you play through any Hughes & Kettner Tubemiester series? I love mine. It has a good clean & a great gain channel.

I'll personally like crate the sound of tones you should do a review on the old crates

Hey Ray hope you're doin well! If you ever get the chance definitely check out some Mezzabarba and Dover! Just incredible amps!

Absolutely shocked at how low you ranked the Orange Rockerverb! I’ve tried pretty much everything and to my me Rockerverb 100 MKIII with a Klon clone is the best sounding amp I’ve ever heard.

Just curious, do you have any experience with ENGL's? This was the god tier amp for me growing up with technical death metal in the 90s and 00's. Love the video and channel my brother! 🤘

I bet it's really cold in that room... head gear is a must.

I got an iconic, was pretty happy with it, but traded up to the 100w stealth. Loved the blue channel, hated the green and red channels. I wanted to fall in love with the stealth as a whole but I just couldn’t stomach the price tag and only being happy with one thing about it. Then I read where James said he voiced the overdrive of the green channel on the iconic to sound super close to the 5150iii blue channel and I compared the two. The iconic green channel overdrive really can sound just like the 100w stealth blue channel. That pretty much did it for me and I got rid of the stealth. I’m probably just weird because I know everyone else worships that amp, but at that price I can’t rationalize only liking one thing about it. Also hated the 7 pin DIN foot switch jack setup with no midi option. How does the 100w not have midi but the 50w does?

As a nooby to heads in general, I pretty much learned some things here. But i wanted to ask if you have tried a Kemper.

This has been helpful but I still can’t seem to make a decision. My amp no longer works and have been meaning to replace it, I’m still relatively new to guitar but am mainly interested in metal and rock music. What would you say is a good amp I can go for ?

I prefer a Diezel herbert because of the mid cut section....its amazing

Most underrated - Hughes & Kettner Warp series

My #1 amps: EVH Stealth 50w, Fortin Cali, PRS MT15, Marshall JCM800 2204

I mean, the JCM 800 does work well for making chainsaw sounds if you boost it with an HM-2, just dime everything but the gain on the pedal, and put the gain on the amp at 3 o'clock or maxed, depending on whether or not you use the gain knob on the HM-2. That's what I do with my JCM voiced Joyo Jackman, and also how I use JCM 800/Plexi voiced amp sims. I use that as a quad track layer with a boosted Orange, or live with an A/B/Y pedal to run my Joyo Jackman in parallel with my Joyo Meteor, which I boost using a precision drive, and I run both amps to their own cab. Oh, it sounds so fucking sweet in the room, and on recordings, holy SHIT does it sound nice running my amp sims into those cabs and mic'ing them up in an isolation box.

Thinking about getting the V4 Kraken Amp. How does it hold up to the super kraken?

I have the 50 watt EVH 5150 with EL 34s and I play in classic rock band.I run that flubby Blue channel for everything but clean. I have seen the mod that can be done but I won’t do it.The whole point of the EL 34 is that it has that different sound,that sag. The mod that can be done makes it sound like the regular 5150,not the Stealth.My band plays,Hendrix,Pink Floyd,Cream,Free,Bad Company…I use a Helix Floor to run effects but don’t use the amp or cab models…just the effects and the Helix changes the channels on the amp using MIDI.Saw Journey live and noticed Neal Schon was using the 100 watt EL 34s..was close enough to see what channel he was on…Surprisingly he was was on the Blue for a lot of the solos and most of the rhythm parts.And he went from those really nice Marshall cabs to stock EVH cabs later in the tour.I have been using the stock cabs with the EVH EL 34s since day one.I see a ton of guys hating on the 50 watt EL 34 Blue channel but they probably play more aggressive music than my band.I guess if I was doing more of a metal thing I would do the mod or just get a Stealth. I have had Fenders,Marshalls,Peavys,Splawns,and Crates( that were cheap and durable!) Half the fun is the constant quest for the perfect amp.

Pretty impressive to see the MT15 hang with these heads to be honest.

I have a Bogner Uberschall EL34, I had an opportunity to buy it from a friend and sold oh so much to get it. You need to try one of them with a baritone my friend. They have a 6L6 version as well but I’ve never played one. If you wanna try it out maybe we can work something out. I also used a buddies rev to record and used a tele with a quarter round in the bridge and it was one of the angriest most pissed off sounds I’ve ever recorded.

For me the JCM 800 and the Rectifier it's god tier, and I kinda prefer the 6505s than 5150.

Mark series is usually love or hate. Not exactly the easiest amps to dial in. Love mine, it's the only amp I kept after going digital. Liquid leads and tight metal rhythm tones. Never could gel with the Dual Rec without an OD, just too much low end.

You should do one of these for smaller heads, like maybe 15-30 watts.

I wanna see you do one on lunchbox amps.

Sad to see the Rockerverb go in the “not for me” tier. Jim Root sold me on a MKIII, I might settle for a Super Crush 100 and call it a day though.

Have you ever used rivera venus 6 ? Imo its uber God tier hi gain amp.

I wonder what Ray would say about 5150 iiis 100w EL34?

I was amp hunting and was pleasantly surprised by the PRS MT15. I almost bought it , but decided to get an EVH Iconic 40 Watt Combo for versatility. I would've put it a tier higher.

Where would you rank the regular 50 Watt Kraken Amp?

I enjoyed this Stay Metal Ray thanks for doing this! However I think the EVH 5150 III 100 Watt EL-34 S should have been used not the 50 Watt EL34. The EVH 5150 III El34 100 Watt S is a Beast!

Pretty spot on, except I would put the Mark V in solid,, and 6505 in not for me, but only because the stealth EVH pretty much eclipses it IMO.

As a Dimebag fanboy I completely agree with your opinion on the rg100. It really is surprising that the amp was the basis of his tone. Because even with a decent boost it is just very lackluster and not as brutal as some people make it out to be. But anyways I loved the video and your opinions were definitely solid

I think for videos in context about amps and ranking them it should be stated what bands/albums you grew up on and love to get an idea of what tones you like for example i grew up on the metalcore/deathcore so peavey 5150/6505s is a top tier tone for me but others may have grew up on death and slayer etc so marshalls would be up on the list for them etc.

5150/6505 is the exact same. Glad they are still making it. I would never leave the house with my 1992 peavey 5150. 😆

Great video! but why no ENGL love?

You should do a petal tier list

Dislike this video because you didn’t put the only high gain amp I own in GOD tear! The Mark V is the best amp ever made!!!!!! Wah wah wining!!!!!!! Joking! I did love my Mark V but never had a chance to play it live, cant make a judgment on it. Love to talk about gear so massive like to this video! ❤

I was hoping you would have ranked the Peavey Invective 120. 😎

I wonder what Ray thinks of the Peavey Invective.

Amy experience with the Diezel Herbert? Definitely more modern sounding than the VH4

I have the Rockerverb MK III, and I think it excels at everything not “modern”… I still chug on it, but is best as a more classic amp. Probably my favorite for “hard rock” actually…

PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE, add the REVV 120 and the awesome Mesa Badlander 100!!!

Peavey 5150 is the top dog for me. I’ll never sell mine, and I can only play every blue moon. Those few times a year are worth it.

The intro sounded like pollution from LB

I know you didn't mesh with the Mk V HOWEVER, I believe the complexity and lack of "out-of-box "PERFECT"" is what makes it a dominator of an amp. I have a Mark V 90W with a Celestion C30 and the insane level of tweakability to the tone is unprecedented.

JCM 800 deserves the god tier, too many good records with that amp.

I'd actually like it if you took your fav high gain amps and compare the clean tones.

Guitar speaker tier rank list

The only surprise for me is that you put the JCM 900 in solid when it's hardly usable for modern metal tones which is what you're mostly into I gather. I would of thought you'd put it in "Not for me" haha.

I love my Marshall JCM 2000 - TSL 100 i have since 2001, and my JET CITY JCA 100H (based on the famous SLO that anybody can't afford !!! ...got mine for 280€ btw....!!!! )

Have the el34 5150. I loved it at first and I love the red channel but I don't think the amp is very versatile green/blue volume differences are hard to balance. I personally like using one amp. I play blues, country, metal ect. I have played a few of the amps in your god tier and they were more versatile for sure

You definitely have to try ENGL

Everything is God tier according to this guy.

Been thinking about getting an Engl fireball, does anyone know how this stacks up against the 5150 III 6L6?

You left out one of the best. Peavey triple x

Odd to have a 5150 as god tier, and the 6505 below it, when it’s the same amp. Should be the same ranking (or not ranked) as it’s literally the same amp

Does anybody know if there is an amp sim for the evh 5150 iii stealth? Thanks! BTW amazing video!

I really want to like Rectifiers. Its a mainstay in all the music I like. But I can not get a good tone out of one. Ever.

What would really rock this list is an Engl 😁

the kraken doesn't have a presence knob which is weird sounds like it will a dark amp

the mt15 doesnt have 6l6s anymore, it has 5881s now

I have the peavey vypyr modeler amp, and like XXX slightly more then the 5150. Both sound awsome and beefy. I am not sure if this holds true of the original amps, however.

5150-3 50w 6L6 is the best one. Straight up god tier.

The pickups really make a difference on these amps and at what vloume u are playing at.

I wish the Laney Ironheart was in there

Should have done the Marshall JVM!!

The original 5150 is god tier, but the 6505 goes to amazing. Bruh