Boss IR-2 - Very compact amp/cab sim pedal

[paisleywookiee]

The amp models sound like a $100 pedal.

 

[0XI0]

boss is smoking crack to use celestion IRs, celestion IRs, i don't know how, all sound like shooting an IR of a cab clone

 

[0XI0]

The amp models celestion IRs sound like a $100 pedal.

IR2 models are brand new

 

[Jarick]

IR2 models are brand new

I think paisley was talking about the zoom pedal.

Celestion IRs are fine…better than the Boss eq curves anyway.

 

[Sascha Franck]

ITs not a joke and the pedal is like $100.

See, I love my MS-50G. Even if it'll leave my main board one day soon, it'll see a lot of usage for years to come. I also even still love my G3. It's great for acoustic guitar and the onboard looper is second to none of the other "after the fact" loopers for a number of reasons.
There's also some FX Zoom has really done well.
But if anything, their drives and amp models have always been behind the competition, especially in terms of dynamics.
Now, while things have improved quite a bit, to me it still seems the weak spot in their units. At least I haven't heard anything yet that'd make me think of any Zoom unit to become a serious contender for any kind of amp simulation job.

And fwiw, IMO it's no different with the IR-2. The Natural amp is working pretty well live, the X-Crunch is ok in case you have to use it (which sometimes is the case for me when I need to use a suitcase/backpack rig), but others than that, sorry but no cigar. Workable but falling short on the playing fun side.

 

[paisleywookiee]

IR2 models are brand new

I was talking about that Zoom turd. I quite like the IR-2, once the abysmal IR’s are replaced.

 

[0XI0]

this is RFIER with redwirez recto oversize 4x12 mixed with a little silverface 1x12 and some baked in ambience from the PCM60 module and a bunch of eq and a little giganator. 6 IRs bounced down to 1 when you export

 

[paisleywookiee]

this is RFIER with redwirez recto oversize 4x12 mixed with a little silverface 1x12 and some baked in ambience from the PCM60 module and a bunch of eq and a little giganator. 6 IRs bounced down to 1 when you export



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awesome playing and effort, but I still don’t like their recto. For some reason they got closer with other amps than this one.

 

[0XI0]

I still don’t like their recto

me neither. I thought, this doesn't even remotely sound like any recto, ever, under any circumstance, this sounds like a low budget early 90s garage thrash band's really bad first-record/demo guitar tone. it doesn't suck, it's perfect!

 

[Jarick]

Decided to play around with the IR-2 in the loop of the Axe 3 last night. Honestly there's some surprisingly good sounds in the IR-2.

The Crunch channel with the gain turned down is a really nice pushed clean. It's overall smoother than any similar amp in the Fractal with a lot less spikey high end. And there's a midrange push too that makes it just cut right through sonically. It would be really easy to use just that channel with a drive out front for live use.

Other models are hit or miss and it's not a perfect replica of real amps, but for your average guitarist looking for a direct or preamp solution I actually think it's a lot easier to use than something like an IR-X and of course the HX Stomp type things.

 

[JasonE]

Decided to play around with the IR-2 in the loop of the Axe 3 last night. Honestly there's some surprisingly good sounds in the IR-2.

The Crunch channel with the gain turned down is a really nice pushed clean. It's overall smoother than any similar amp in the Fractal with a lot less spikey high end. And there's a midrange push too that makes it just cut right through sonically. It would be really easy to use just that channel with a drive out front for live use.

Other models are hit or miss and it's not a perfect replica of real amps, but for your average guitarist looking for a direct or preamp solution I actually think it's a lot easier to use than something like an IR-X and of course the HX Stomp type things.

If I didn't already have other devices to cover this ground, I am sure I would have bought this pedal. I purchased a Two Notes C.A.B.M. + to do this with a few years ago. It does a pretty good job too.

 

[ChordInversion]

Decided to play around with the IR-2 in the loop of the Axe 3 last night. Honestly there's some surprisingly good sounds in the IR-2.

The Crunch channel with the gain turned down is a really nice pushed clean. It's overall smoother than any similar amp in the Fractal with a lot less spikey high end. And there's a midrange push too that makes it just cut right through sonically. It would be really easy to use just that channel with a drive out front for live use.

Other models are hit or miss and it's not a perfect replica of real amps, but for your average guitarist looking for a direct or preamp solution I actually think it's a lot easier to use than something like an IR-X and of course the HX Stomp type things.

I've had an IR-2 for a while, and I really like it.

 

[Baba]

Other models are hit or miss and it's not a perfect replica of real amps, but for your average guitarist looking for a direct or preamp solution I actually think it's a lot easier to use than something like an IR-X and of course the HX Stomp type things.

 

[Dave Lewis]

I grabbed a new IR 200 in a sale for a good price yesterday.
It completes my 200 pedals collection and will be going on a board later today