Shredder777
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These are the adventures of the Mighty Krampus!
I know the G11 is a laughingstock on much of the internet, but a few years ago I did an AB shootout between the Zoom G11 and the GT1000 and not only was the Zoom interface 100x better, I also liked the modeling more. So I kept it and have enjoyed it.
The G11 appears to be a toy, but it is actually a pretty great platform for 4cm. The conversion is -123db s/n, it has reasonably low latency, and everything I have plugged into its two loops sounds transparent and unadultered. It also can load any multiple of the same effect, including IRs in series, which opens up some cool possibilities.
I haven't been playing over the past year, so what better way to get back into it than buying stuff!?
I got a Friedman IR-X and have been jamming direct with it into my interface the past few days. It has amazing rhythm sounds but I was left underwhelmed with its solo tones. It needs a treble boost to get a nice metal sound, and at least with the stock IRs, notes high up on the neck lack harmonic content. Its strange because lower on the neck, I can get any harmonic I want, its just that when playing up around 15th fret, the notes have a chopped top. ( I've never heard a tube preamp do this before; if I can get harmonics low on the neck that usually means the high notes have alot of zing and saturation.)
About to send the IR-X back, I thought I would put it in the loop of the G11. I stuck a S/R block into my main Krampus patch and am able to AB the Friedman with the Krampus.
I hadn't played the G11 in over a year, so I wasn't sure what to expect.
The big surprise is that when using the same "Gold Drive" (Klon) boost, the way it was already set, the Krampus and the IR-X could well be the same amp. They play the same way, have the same drive characteristics. The only significant difference I'm hearing is that the Friedman has chopped harmonics on the higher notes, but not quite to the same degree that I was hearing before. At this point, it might well be the IR or cabinet sim that is chopping the top.
I'm going to do some more investigation. I've been comparing the Krampus/cab/output booster (amp sim) vs the IR-X (v30 cab).
Doing this comparison, I am more hopeful about the IR-X, but also more impressed with the Krampus. It is probably modeled after a BE100. They are more similar than I could have imagined. When I AB between them and play for a while its easy to forget which one I am playing.
I want to get the IR-X working in my setup because who wouldn't want a real tube Krampus!!??
I know the G11 is a laughingstock on much of the internet, but a few years ago I did an AB shootout between the Zoom G11 and the GT1000 and not only was the Zoom interface 100x better, I also liked the modeling more. So I kept it and have enjoyed it.
The G11 appears to be a toy, but it is actually a pretty great platform for 4cm. The conversion is -123db s/n, it has reasonably low latency, and everything I have plugged into its two loops sounds transparent and unadultered. It also can load any multiple of the same effect, including IRs in series, which opens up some cool possibilities.
I haven't been playing over the past year, so what better way to get back into it than buying stuff!?
I got a Friedman IR-X and have been jamming direct with it into my interface the past few days. It has amazing rhythm sounds but I was left underwhelmed with its solo tones. It needs a treble boost to get a nice metal sound, and at least with the stock IRs, notes high up on the neck lack harmonic content. Its strange because lower on the neck, I can get any harmonic I want, its just that when playing up around 15th fret, the notes have a chopped top. ( I've never heard a tube preamp do this before; if I can get harmonics low on the neck that usually means the high notes have alot of zing and saturation.)
About to send the IR-X back, I thought I would put it in the loop of the G11. I stuck a S/R block into my main Krampus patch and am able to AB the Friedman with the Krampus.
I hadn't played the G11 in over a year, so I wasn't sure what to expect.
The big surprise is that when using the same "Gold Drive" (Klon) boost, the way it was already set, the Krampus and the IR-X could well be the same amp. They play the same way, have the same drive characteristics. The only significant difference I'm hearing is that the Friedman has chopped harmonics on the higher notes, but not quite to the same degree that I was hearing before. At this point, it might well be the IR or cabinet sim that is chopping the top.
I'm going to do some more investigation. I've been comparing the Krampus/cab/output booster (amp sim) vs the IR-X (v30 cab).
Doing this comparison, I am more hopeful about the IR-X, but also more impressed with the Krampus. It is probably modeled after a BE100. They are more similar than I could have imagined. When I AB between them and play for a while its easy to forget which one I am playing.
I want to get the IR-X working in my setup because who wouldn't want a real tube Krampus!!??
