Friedman IR-J (Jake E Lee?)

ETA for delivery is Tuesday. I'm pretty stoked about this one. Out of all of the Friedman IR-_ pedals this one has the features that appeal to me the most. The two boosts are totally cool and the fact that it is basically a Plexi on one channel and a JCM800 with mods on the other is perfect.
 
I feel the same way. Kind of. :LOL:

I love the "Marshall" tones I am getting now, but who doesn't
want more, or better, or different..... or even needs a why? :beer
 
How credible when run direct to amp? Is it mostly tuned for recording, or does it also work well as a tube pre?

These look like a much better alternative than Synergy preamps, assuming they deliver the goods.
 
Digging it so far and I haven't even plugged it in. The build quality on this is pretty nice. Love the red PCB!

Now I just need to get it home and hook it up.

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I've got a ton of Friedman and Marshall JCM800 Kemper Profiles, Tonex Captures, AXE-III models and a 2018 BE-100 and Channel 2 on the IR-J sounds totally different than all of them. It's got a prominent upper mid EQ that stands out and I mean waaay out.

I'm real-time switching between a real BE-100 on HBE mode with the S switch to the Left, Tonex Captures, Kemper Profiles and AXE BE-100 and Marshall JCM800 models all using the same IR in the AXE and turning off the IR in the IR-J and the IR-J really stands out as it's own thing, totally different than all of them.

Channel 2 on the IR-J doesn't have the sizzle that the amp, Captures, Profiles or AXE models can get and I wonder if it's from not having a power amp Presence response you can really adjust. I mean it has a Presence setting that you can click on three times but it never gets close to the amps sizzle. I've got the Treble dimed and it's not enough for me. I usually run my amps Presence at like 5 or 6 (unless it's the JVM, that's like 0-1). I guess I could run the IR-J into the Return of one of my amps, crank up the Presence and see where I land. Probably too much tinnitus...

I wish I could try the real deal JEL Amp. Somebody needs to run one of these pedals into the Return of the JEL amp and compare that.

Also, Channel 2 on the IR-J is super smooth and polished, like way smoother than the typical Friedman smooth Marshall sound.

I have to decide if I like the upper mid hump sound of the IR-J Channel 2 and the lack of what I would want in way of sizzle. This shit is such a rabbit hole. I haven't even tried Channel 1 yet.


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From this video posted earlier, it does have a prominent mid and sounds a bit boxy. I really like it, but now that you mention it, there isn't much sizzle at all.


 
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I've got a ton of Friedman and Marshall JCM800 Kemper Profiles, Tonex Captures, AXE-III models and a 2018 BE-100 and Channel 2 on the IR-J sounds totally different than all of them. It's got a prominent upper mid EQ that stands out and I mean waaay out.

I'm real-time switching between a real BE-100 on HBE mode with the S switch to the Left, Tonex Captures, Kemper Profiles and AXE BE-100 and Marshall JCM800 models all using the same IR in the AXE and turning off the IR in the IR-J and the IR-J really stands out as it's own thing, totally different than all of them.

Channel 2 on the IR-J doesn't have the sizzle that the amp, Captures, Profiles or AXE models can get and I wonder if it's from not having a power amp Presence response you can really adjust. I mean it has a Presence setting that you can click on three times but it never gets close to the amps sizzle. I've got the Treble dimed and it's not enough for me. I usually run my amps Presence at like 5 or 6 (unless it's the JVM, that's like 0-1). I guess I could run the IR-J into the Return of one of my amps, crank up the Presence and see where I land. Probably too much tinnitus...

I wish I could try the real deal JEL Amp. Somebody needs to run one of these pedals into the Return of the JEL amp and compare that.

Also, Channel 2 on the IR-J is super smooth and polished, like way smoother than the typical Friedman smooth Marshall sound.

I have to decide if I like the upper mid hump sound of the IR-J Channel 2 and the lack of what I would want in way of sizzle. This shit is such a rabbit hole. I haven't even tried Channel 1 yet.


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You just talked me out of trying it. Thanks. I think. :LOL:
 
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