New Friedman IR-X preamp
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Yes! Great point!
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I am assuming you are referring to the Peavey 5150/6505s?? And not the EVH amps??
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In my experience, Bogner did very similar things with their amps (modded Marshall circuits that took much
of the "Marshall" out of them).... and then went the more vintage leaning route with amps like the Helios later
on.
I wonder if Dave will do something similar.
Suhr also makes some great vintage-leaning Marshall sytle amps.
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Post EQ slight bumps at ~2K,3-4K.
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Supposedly he’s coming out with a “vintage line” that’s more like the classics. Thing is I want that classic tone but some modern functionality. I’ll have to say the Small Box of his did sound better to me than the BE but there was still this thing about I didn’t like. I’m sure people are like what are even doing wasting your time with the IRX? Cause I’m super GASsy and you never know.In my experience, Bogner did very similar things with their amps (modded Marshall circuits that took much
of the "Marshall" out of them).... and then went the more vintage leaning route with amps like the Helios later
on.
I wonder if Dave will do something similar.
Suhr also makes some great vintage-leaning Marshall sytle amps.
Still too busy to play around with the IRX.
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Half an hour with it via headphones. Kinda wanted it for a small pedalboard headphone rig and a direct recording option, because gear!
First impressions.
Channel 1. The cleans are so much better than I thought they would be. (At least with cans) Need to crank this on monitors to really see what its got, but very promising. Ran the Dispatch Master in the loop and had to tell myself to stop fawning over that again.
There are some really delicious dirty cleans (See, I’m trying Jello!) with the gain around 1 o’clock. Paired with Dave’s cab (or whatever is the first cab to the far left) very nice and dark with some grit.
If ya crank the gain, ya know, Plexi. The second cab, (in the middle) I definitely prefer when you start adding gain. Dave’s wood cab is a touch dark when driving it, great for cleans, but I like the middle cab for gain.
Channel 2. You know exactly what you’re getting here, Dave’s souped up sound. Tried the OCD and Bonsai with it. Bonsai slapping it with the channel gain around 2 o’clock There is a lot of gain on tap on this channel, but it never loses that classic M vibe. Very curious to see how it tracks in a mix.
The boost. Jury is out. Granted I kept it with the gain all the way down, like a clean boost. It did the pushed clean thing fine, but I definitely preferred my OD’s over the boost when trying to get stanky. Need to fiddle around with gain settings on that though to see if I can stack the boost and drive for something cool.
So far so good.
First impressions.
Channel 1. The cleans are so much better than I thought they would be. (At least with cans) Need to crank this on monitors to really see what its got, but very promising. Ran the Dispatch Master in the loop and had to tell myself to stop fawning over that again.
There are some really delicious dirty cleans (See, I’m trying Jello!) with the gain around 1 o’clock. Paired with Dave’s cab (or whatever is the first cab to the far left) very nice and dark with some grit. If ya crank the gain, ya know, Plexi. The second cab, (in the middle) I definitely prefer when you start adding gain. Dave’s wood cab is a touch dark when driving it, great for cleans, but I like the middle cab for gain.
Channel 2. You know exactly what you’re getting here, Dave’s souped up sound. Tried the OCD and Bonsai with it. Bonsai slapping it with the channel gain around 2 o’clock
There is a lot of gain on tap on this channel, but it never loses that classic M vibe. Very curious to see how it tracks in a mix.The boost. Jury is out. Granted I kept it with the gain all the way down, like a clean boost. It did the pushed clean thing fine, but I definitely preferred my OD’s over the boost when trying to get stanky. Need to fiddle around with gain settings on that though to see if I can stack the boost and drive for something cool.
So far so good.
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Not identical but in the loop it is gonna give you some of that bite back. EQs in the loop are super powerful/fun tools.Hmmmm.... ? I wonder how that would provide the same result,
as the Marshall vibe is in the tone stack, and not in post.
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Big time difference running through my monitors. Chugged on ch2 for a bit. Less gain and a little more thin than my first impressions with headphones. Some really good snappy hard rock tones. Kind of plug and play for those tones, and the EQ really doesn’t need much shaping. At volume when I try to push the gain, the sweet spot seems around 2:30 and after that it sort of wants to get farty. That lands right it on the edge modern high gain imo. I need to experiment with the Thump and Presence controls (which should be on the pedal imo) but I’ll try to fool with that tomorrow. (As well as all of the other cabs from the editor, I really like first two of three that come preloaded)
Only gripe I have is the gain control for the boost is kinda silly. It’s honestly a pain in the ass to adjust. I don’t think I’ll be using the onboard boost too often, but Alex Honnold would have a hard time getting a finger grip on the ledge of that thing, much less adjust it.
Only gripe I have is the gain control for the boost is kinda silly. It’s honestly a pain in the ass to adjust. I don’t think I’ll be using the onboard boost too often, but Alex Honnold would have a hard time getting a finger grip on the ledge of that thing, much less adjust it.
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How’s the hiss when you put the meat on it?
Or a hittin’ a wah at fairly high cruncher’s?
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I prefer a Klon style boost out front with both channels. I set the clean channel so it's compressing and starting to break up a bit. Then the Klon hits it with a little more dirty and gain for a nice overdrive. On the dirty channel, it's already a little bit scooped, so the mids of the Klon pedal and the bass cut tightens it up and makes it a little more modern. But an 808 would work well too.
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I’ll try my Klone with it later.
I’ve been hitting it with the Bonsai 808 on ch2. Does the trick.
How do you run the Thump/Presence? You using any of the other cabs from the app?
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