Friedman IR-J (Jake E Lee?)

[MirrorProfiles]

the JJ and Butterslax would both be insta-buys for me.

would love to hear these side by side with the BE because the amp circuits are like 98% identical and i’m curious how distinct they sound, and whether all of them are needed.

I’d like to see a Naked pedal next, JEL and DS do the 800 thing, BE can do most of the other signature circuits

 

[hehasthejazzhands]

Fiiiinally you made your way over here!

And yes, the JJ and Butterslax would both be insta-buys for me.

Fiiiinally you made your way over here!

And yes, the JJ and Butterslax would both be insta-buys for me.

Lmao sorry it took so long, but I'm gonna try to peruse around more I promise

would love to hear these side by side with the BE because the amp circuits are like 98% identical and i’m curious how distinct they sound, and whether all of them are needed.

I’d like to see a Naked pedal next, JEL and DS do the 800 thing, BE can do most of the other signature circuits

I'd like to see an IR-Butterslax just to get more out of the 3 channels, but since these are supposedly based on the Synergy platform I would assume a 3-channel IR would be off the table.

 

[DrewJD82]

I wonder if Dave Friedman will mod my AxeFX Friedman models into a JJ, Butterslax and Naked?

 

[Deadpan]

I can say the JEL is nothing like the BE100.

 

[saarangnarayan]

JEL and DS do the 800 thing

DS isn’t an 800. It’s a JTM. JEL does the mod’ed 800 thing, though, you are right.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

I would legit be all over this or a Butterslax pedal lol

 

[MirrorProfiles]

DS isn’t an 800. It’s a JTM. JEL does the mod’ed 800 thing, though, you are right.

DS preamp is almost 100% a straight jcm800 preamp, very little difference. Poweramp is JTM45

 

[deepskyone]

Again, for dummies...

If I am into JCM800 tones, which one would be best for me in the current line-up. IR-J?

 

[hemmelight]

^^ I think the JEL is like a modded 800 with "stock" sounds available, so the IR-J would probably be your best bet.

Unlikely to ever happen, but I would LOVE if B.A.D. could convince Reinhold to make an XTC version. IR-XTC would be instabuy for me if it's the 101b flavour with three channels.

 

[Exluthier]

Again, for dummies...

If I am into JCM800 tones, which one would be best for me in the current line-up. IR-J?

Channel 1 on the JEL is plexi voiced, channel 2 is a modded 800.

 

[la szum]

I can say the JEL is nothing like the BE100.

 

[JiveTurkey]

But what about the Katana knockoff logo

 

[Exluthier]

But what about the Katana knockoff logo

Uh it's not...?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Uh it's not...?

I know. It looks cheap. I'm actually not even sure if it's on this pedal or just the amp.

 

[Exluthier]

I know. It looks cheap. I'm actually not even sure if it's on this pedal or just the amp.

Pretty sure it's on there. From interviews I gather it's something Jake wanted on the amps since it's his initials.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Pretty sure it's on there. From interviews I gather it's something Jake wanted on the amps since it's his initials.

I assume it's a nod to his heritage as well which is cool.

 

[GTR37]

^^ I think the JEL is like a modded 800 with "stock" sounds available, so the IR-J would probably be your best bet.

Unlikely to ever happen, but I would LOVE if B.A.D. could convince Reinhold to make an XTC version. IR-XTC would be instabuy for me if it's the 101b flavour with three channels.

100% if they had the red/ blue w bright switches boost
Basically a Syn XTC module in a IR-X , I would love it

 

[Exluthier]

I assume it's a nod to his heritage as well which is cool.

Right, like the Rising Sun flag on his Body Blow pedal

 

[Elric]

^^ I think the JEL is like a modded 800 with "stock" sounds available, so the IR-J would probably be your best bet.

Unlikely to ever happen, but I would LOVE if B.A.D. could convince Reinhold to make an XTC version. IR-XTC would be instabuy for me if it's the 101b flavour with three channels.

I dunno about 'unlikely' but if the Friedman stuff continues to be a hit financially for them, I'd expect others to jump in. Soldano, et al.

Reinhold strikes me as very open minded based on his collaborations with Line 6, pedal versions of classic amps, mini SS amps, etc; so I don't see why this wouldn't happen if there is dough there. And he's already done the work to distill the preamp in a Syn module.

IR-xxx concept seems to be aligned well with this small pedal amp replacement kind of trend that is happening.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

I'm curious about it, but I've been so happy with the IR-D, I don't know if it's worth spending the money on this one. I think the IR-D is the perfect version for me.