The BOSS IR2 is a GAMECHANGER
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Tone is in your hands. That’s why don’t even use an amp or, even, a guitar anymore. I just clap and snap my fingers. Pure tone.
Same, here. I practice on a guitar, just to keep my callouses good for tone production.
I needed that laugh. 😂
@@jacobpittman1996If you got rhythm you can turn just about anything into a drum
You should run a thin wire from your left nostril to your big toe. That way tone can be in your body. You can quickly adjust string tension and back bow.
@@tonepilotsadly the scoliosis adds a buzz on the 5th fret (vertebrae).
I feel like JC really does have "his" tone, just like any number of guitar heroes have theirs. I love it!
I expect this to be a market disruptor. So much value for the money.
I think a lot of the offerings so far have been price gouging. The UAD pedals seem like such a rip off in comparison for the hardware alone.
pure feature for price comparsion, yes. But the UA pedals sound lightyears better than this thing. @@coupe-lee
@@spillemusicstudios8515 UAD IS AMAZING for sure and I have a LION coming up in my collection. I bought the BOSS sim because of the versatility . Great for creativity and in a monitored gig the audience won't even know. Disclosure my tube amps are Dr z and while amazing they don't get played much.
@@spillemusicstudios8515 do you have one? I’m been playing through an assortment of UA stuff for years and out of a cab this is the exact same just easier to use.
@@spillemusicstudios8515 based on what? Because we put labels that oh this is supposed to be a soldano or a twin reverb. In terms of standalone sound this is on par with most things. I think when you say better, you mean UA stuff sounds more like the original thing.
All the demos I've heard of this thing sounds killer. Maybe not like what the sound is named but that's not the point lol.
Congrats on 100k mate. You've made a serious amount of vids and invested a lot of time and dollar - well deserved
John won’t do anything for love, because that’s mental. You have to have limits.
😂🤚
I look forward to your insights, very informative.
Can the factbot be pinned to top of comments plz? Can't believe I had to scroll this far to find the bot.
@@ToneDeth. _beep boop Vox Populi, Vox Dei_
Gorgeous playing! You effortlessly pull off so many inspired moods and melodies!! Always a joy to listen to! Congrats on the 100k! You deserve it...remember when I found you, not too long ago really, and there were barely 20 k subscribers...you da man!!!
I have no idea how to utilize this product but I am watching it anyway. It won’t change the game for me but listening to John play changes my day to a nice one.
I’m a high school teacher, and NONE of my students have real tube amps. None.
I can see this replacing the bigger modelers for people on a budget or ironically replacing Boss’s other big seller right now - the Katana.
Good to hear of this product; even better to hear your beautiful playing, to which I look forward, for each video you make.
So tasteful playing and tone opening this. Gongrats on 100K, JNC!
This was my favorite opening jam I have heard so far
100 K !!!!
Congratulations !!!
I've got mine coming this week hopefully!
Great video, great tone, sweeeeeeeeeet playing.
I need to get you an updated vert board.
Dude! I came here for the IR2 info but your opening song was excellent! Great feel and flow!
Everyone’s rig is unique but for what it’s worth: I did an A/B test with this and the UA Dream, then the UA Lion. This definitely doesn’t react as dynamically nor have the width of sound as the UA pedals - those are simply in a class of their own - but they didn’t put the IR-2 to shame either. The IR-2 will give you studio quality sound.
Another thing to keep in mind: this takes mono input only. Yes, it has a stereo effects loop, but if you are sending a stereo drive pedal into this, such as your HX Stomp, a ProCo Deucetone, or the new Chroma Console, you lose your stereo separation and have to send it mono into this thing. For me that’s a major drawback and makes the UA pedals seem more flexible. I realize some people put their drive pedals in their effects loop but I’m guessing most of us do not. I did try my drives in the effects loop of the IR-2 and they sounded much worse to my ear. Something to consider before you make your purchase.
Great demo and how-to for changing the Ambience setting. Cheers-
I have watched a few videos for this and have been on the fence but it was yours that got me to go ahead and place the order just now.
Sounds great... Always a Boss fan...🎸🙌
This is the demo about this one I’ve been looking forward to 😎
Great review. I can't wait for the comparison video
the bossman "preset" you were tweaking with sounds fantastic. gotta track one of these down to mess with.
This would be my first boss pedal in years.
I’m definitely getting one. It checks most of the boxes that led me to the Simplifier, and it’s got Boss’ MDP amp model, which I really like. And the built-in (32-bit float!) audio interface will be nice to have too.
Interface is 24-bit 96 KHz, 32-bit only internal processing
The question is, now do we all try to sell our Iridiums at the same time?
Sounds fantastic, as you’d expect! Great little pedal. That this can even run off an internal 9v too. Pretty cool 😎
I believe I read a 9V battery will only last 4 hours of continuous usage with this pedal... So while yes, you can power it with an internal 9V, I'm not sure how practical that is
It's almost twice as long as most gigs! So I'd say, pretty useful.
probably a bit late - just noticed the 100k - congrats man!
I think this will be a very popular pedal for a long time. 😎🤓
Definitely getting one. Just for my practice amp.
I've been waiting weeks for mine. Sounds great
still waiting
I want to get one to use with my York Audio IR. Great review Cordy, ty for share what you think about that!
Had mine a week or two and only just had the chance to play it a short while ago, I’m blown away by how good it is, so many great amps in a standard BOSS pedal format. As of two minutes ago I just saw you can change the ambience types as well 😮 I love it 🤟🏽
sorry for a dumb question. So with this pedal you dont need an actual amp and it can be plugged directly to a cabinet?
Yes, it’s just like a modeler, you could could go straight to the PA, and/or to an frfr cab on stage.
@@user-zl5pz9qu8l no, you can’t plug it directly into a guitar cab. You’ll need a (clean, neutral sounding) power amp and speaker. That could be a PA system or a powered cab (like an FRFR). This pedal emulates the sound of various guitar amp circuits (Fender, Marshall, Vox, etc), but it doesn’t actually provide enough amplification to power a speaker like a guitar amp would (it provides only line level and headphone amplification). Your question isn’t dumb - it’s just very confusing due to the word “amp”.
@@r0bophonic thank you! I just never used anything other than combo, so a bit lost in this )
@@user-zl5pz9qu8lusually amps are consists of Preamps then power amps. Then the power amp powers the cabs. Combo puts that into one package. Head and cab separates that. The reason for that is sometimes you want different speakers to get different "tone" or "timbre" or "character" based around your preamp. So pedals like this, you cannot "power" a cab with this pedal or any modelers because all of that is simulated and not really powered. Hope that makes sense haha
ASaturday morning JNC video! Gonna be a good day.
He posts a video everyday. Sometimes twice a day. So, everyday must be a good day? And sometimes, an extra special day?
@@JoeMarshall23LOL.. I am familiar.. Been watching every one of them for a couple of years now. He USED to post two EVERY day.. Each with those from-scratch intros he creates... I just don't see videos from John at 7:30am Eastern Time since he went (wisely, for his sanity and sleep and family time) to doing one video per day. I used to start every day while getting ready in the morning for work with his intros.
So every day is a good day once I get a chance to watch the day's video, but a day that STARTS with a JNC intro IS an extra special day 🙂
I got one too; love it! Had the Iridium, Dream 65, TC Combo 65, HX Stomp and IR-200 but this one makes most sense to me and sounds great.
How does the sound quality and feel while playing stack up against the Dream?
In the mix with a band, it's honestly no different.
The IR-2 has a huge sweep range on the bass/mid/treble, so you need to find the sweet spot. The Dream is a little more dimed in, so easier to find a good sound.
The benefit of this pedal is channel switching between a Fender-style to high-gain amp.
@@MassacreVegan It doesn't have a Fender Deluxe setting but to me it feels great. Reverb on the Dream is better though but the plate setting on the Boss works better as a pedal platform to me.
So do you think Boss using models from other pedals or Katana and repackaged it?
@@robertj1303 I would guess so? It makes business sense to reuse assets if they already sound good. Why spend money recapturing the impulse responses?!
That intro jam is great
Hello John. Bougt one last week. Used the Vox setting to record a Telecaster, amazing! Easy to use with no menu's to scroll through and get lost in! Also works well on bass.
Which amp model for bass?
How does it sound on bass? I’ve been looking for that
I saw a video by the Studio Rats where they turned off the IR and used just the preamp to get some great bass sounds. @@thenextkurt
+1 for the bass info!
I've been using the clean amp for bass and it sounds really good but there is no dedicated bass amp
Excellent review and nice playing. I've recently sold TC Ampworx 65 ... too grainy, but nice reverb, Zoom G6... liked the IR capability but not too fussed about amps but better than TC. I swear by Tech 21 as they are analog (Blonde). I wasn't convinced by UA and feel that they are overpriced considering this is a new era for amp sims and a lot of competition. Strymon.... last years model I'm afraid. The Boss totally clean sounded good enough for pedals and has reverb and USB interface/editor. I'm not sure about the Boss for pro recording BUT it's a winner for sure. I'm old school and once I get a bit of gear that works I ain't budging. I almost changed my pedalboard and guitars for a recent old school 'wrecking crew' session for R&B, soul, LA style singer songwriter but stood by my standard. Tech 21 Blonde > T-Rex Tremster > NUX Atlantic Reverb/Delay for base backing tracks, producer loved it. I'm going to buy IR-2 for sure, great for just firing up with my MacBook. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your comparison review. Best demo so far.
Killer playing and pedal,,,I’m buying one.
I was using my PC for amp processing, think now I can just put it with my other Boss pedals before its ever in the box, quite neat.
That pedal has some really good amp sims. It's got me thinking of ways to use it with my HX Stomp. Using the Stomp for effects only saving DSP by not using an amp model.
Very good work, Thank you :)
'Okay let's be real' - sumptuous Partridge vibes. Love your content John, on every level. My wife enjoys the 'he's not gonna shag you Dave' dig whenever she comes into my music room and I'm inevitably watching your vids rather than practicing.
Great video, thanks
it's funny people are so hype on these when AMT released non digital JFET versions of all the classic amps and they are extremely under rated. i guess the fact that all the amps are in one box with this pedal is great but ... i usually dont change amps in a set.
Introduced in November, six months later I was able to get one. Made a lot of noise intermittently, but according to Boss this noise was acceptable. Sweetwater said electricity can be very problematic and cause noise issues. Even though I ran this on the battery, it still made noise intermittently (even with no other gear upstream or downstream). I returned it as it was defective. If a pedal is making random sizzling sounds on battery power there is an issue with the power supply circuit OR this is the nature of the circuit. Either way, not my cup-o-tea. If you don't have one currently I was told more may be available by summer. Thanks but no thanks.
That bau-bauer lick you did sounded cool.
There is a strong appeal to this Boss pedal. Even if I think "sounds a bit like a Katana" Katana sounds good, good enough at worst. Form factor, options, price are pretty spot on. For me the only other thing that has a similar appeal is the Two Notes Opus. Fewer amps, less wysiwyg, but XLR & bass amps plus the two notes sound quality...but at a premium.
What do you mean fewer amps? It has just as many amps that available for the Katana it has 11 presets slots (not just 11 amps available.) You use the software and can load any amps, cabs and some FX from the software. You can even load 3rd party patches into it. This pedal is going to be huge especially when used with other modelers that can fill in the FX side while you use the premium amp and cabs from the Boss side as it has a premuim chip inside that is better than most moderers on market today. Your point that is sounds like a Katana will be this pedals success because it will be a low cost plug-in to convert any moderler to basically become a Katana.
@@Thrive-Off-Grid The Two Notes Opus has fewer amps than the Boss IR-2.
@@GitShiddy Its only a 24 bit where the Boss is 32 bit as well.
Yes, plugged in laptop with USB you can easily change the settings and check them all at a glance.
I spent some time changing the original IRs for some York Audio's one corresponding mainly to the amp models BOSS claims to emulate. Sounds better like that.
Hi. I read that you changed the IR's for the York Audio ones. When it becomes available for me, I'll buy the IR-2. Always have been intrigued by all the You Tube comments on the York Audio IR's beeing great and all. Is it a noticeable difference with the stock IR's in the IR-2? I would think that Boss did a great job already? Thanks DD.
@@DD_Franks yes there is, you shall see for yourself when you have the pedal
I know it's an IR loader, but has anyone tried loading acoustic IRs into this? If so, what'd you think?
This, along with some effects pedals, into the Harley Benton Thunder 99 stereo (2 x 50 watts) power amp will get you a pretty impressive portable stereo rig - All on a small pedalboard. The Thunder 99 is currently under a hundred bucks I believe and is about the size of a standard MXR pedal!
But has a brick of a power supply with no ground. Total showstoppers for me.
@ozzyknox I've had no issues whatsoever - You can use the pedalboard amp of your choice - The point being a complete rig on a small board.
Great video John. Could you tell us what amp or sound system you ran it through? Or is the tone we’re hearing going straight from the pedal and into the recorder or computer?
I preordered the IR-2 based on your review along with a few other channels I trust...my goal is to combine it with my Katana MkII 100 head and Line 6 Stomp in a Wet-Dry-Wet wet setup. If you're looking for a video topic in the future, please consider how you'd use the IR-2 with the Stomp & Katana head in a 4cm W-D-W setup direct to the DAW interface or FOH.
Τhe high gain stuff is the game changer for me.. i was tired of all the blackfaces, jtm & voxes in this type of pedals.. The ir2 is going under my xmas tree. Thanks for the great reviews :)
People seem so hung up on brands and amp models, if it sounds good it is good, that's how those vintage amps got legendary status to begin with...that being said, I still prefer physical amps but I see the value in a compact battery powered pedal with so much versatility
@@jasondorsey7110 i didn't mean that the others don't sound good, but most of the amp in a box solutions (especially the compact ones) don't offer many high gain options that some of us need.
You are correct. Soldano and Recitifier are almost identical. I would have prefered to get an Rockman Style 80s Distortion instead. To me this high compressed tone is very usable for many styles and is hard to find in most modeler units.
My two cents. I've been sort of considering one of the current "amp on a pedalboard" options (UA Dream, Iridium, Humboldt Simplifier MkII) as a quick and convenient practice/recording/grab and go solution when I don't want to bring my main rig. I don't disagree that this Boss unit is a good value but I can't help it - it sounds more like a Katana than the other solutions. Again, it's just my two cents, which isn't even worth that much since I haven't played through any of these units yet (I did own a Katana briefly) and my observations are based only on the video reviews I've watched. It's just there there seems to be a certain artificial quality in the tone of the Boss that I didn't notice in other units.I might be wrong about that but that's what I hear.
Brilliant, playing and a brilliant pedal it is so dynamic, I would have expected the price to be much higher.
As a tube amp guy who had to listen to all the snob modeller youngsters it is time to laugh... Roland did it free cake for everyone :)))
Big Boss is here
Great sounding pedal! How does it compare to something like the UA FX pedals? Also maybe lower the aperture a bit so that the settings are in focus
I want to take this, along with a tuner, a boost, and a delay and make a small board just for practise.
Congrats on 100k man, I’ve indulged your content for a very long time and also bought some of your helix patch content.
I am currently about to acquire a home playing rig and want to know if you think this or the Katana is a better option? I know they are vastly different products but which sounds better with headphones and with studio monitors? Any help much appreciated
I don't know. For live gigging, it only gives you two sounds to choose from without having to manually futz with the knobs. The mono/stereo and FX loop are nice features and the price is really attractive.
I’m thinking about this too. I’m a function band player so need to cover bases from funk to GnR. However I’m thinking one nice clean sound and one good lead sound - and then a drive pedal to take the clean into crunch territory. Then add chorus / reverb / delay / wah and maybe a clean boost. Could be the ticket and save me carrying Mark 5:25 head + cab + UA Ox + loads of cables to every gig…. I’ve got all those other pedals anyway. We’ve got a great Fohn PA. V v tempted especially after hearing this!!
It works great for gigging band, I jammed at 2 sessions last weekend, covering 70/80/90s stuff, from rock, pop, grunge, metal, blues & adult contemporary.
This pedal covers it all, and takes drive pedals really well.
Cause I’m so into you into you into you
Seems like a killer pedal
I would certainly recommend it to someone who was starting out with electric guitar and didn’t have a budget for very many pedals. This and perhaps a basic EQ pedal would do a lot to get you going.
I think your smooth playing will make anything sound good...
anyways, about the IR-2... No Dumble? heh heh...
Boss really scored big on this one for sure...
I’d love to hear a comparison with the iridium tones since I know how familiar you are with it.
I vote for a video on this too!
@@idontgrillonwedthanks for your support. I’ve seen a lot of talk about the IR-2’s size and price but nobody is talking about the quality of the modeling
Leo Gibson has a comparison vid that does an excellent job
does it have a
noisegate for the higain sounds, maybe adjustable through an editor?
Honestly… this thing could replace my HX stomp.
I use the stomp in place of a reverb, delay and to use an amp sim.
But most amp sim pedals are too large to fit on my board with the reverb and delay. So an Hx stomp has been the solution.
But with this, I can easily fit everything and use my favorite verb and delay instead of the stomp.
Not that I would ever get rid of the stomp. It would just move to a fly rig.
I would love it if you set your camera up with more light, (or increase the sensitivity?) so it gains depth of field...the focal plane is maybe a few millimetres only which means only the top of the dials are in focus, and the writing - 10 mm below is out of focus. It would greatly improve the video quality. Thanks.
very very clever pedal, but I guess when you set the red channel and maybe moove the pots for normal channel there's no way you know where you have set them for the red.
I think the katana is the same on the presets. I did a gig where I had set my amp in soundcheck but spilt a drink just before I went on and turned off the amp while I cleaned it up. When I put it back on my settings had reverted to the original preset settings. I was so loud for the first few songs before I could figured out what was going on haha
As a huge fan of the Boss GX100, this pedal is a great option for your foundational tone.
Did you get a chance to try Mooer X2 Preamp? I recently bought it and it seems to do more/less the same thing as this boss (minus the reverb)
Wow … really good playing. 😳
Is that a stock bridge-pickup? 😳
Tech 21 has ben doing this kind of thing for a while now.
I just got mine, this with a a squid is a sub 500 dollar intro to the electric guitar.
Amazing sounds John 🎸Now please tell me you can play it through the Fender Tonemaster FR12 you recently demo’d 🙏 If so, that’ll be my fly rig for 2024 as I’ll go straight out and buy them both. Would like to get your thoughts on if that set up works with some of your other guitars also. It would be an absolute game changer for me if it works as a live rig..🎸😎🙏
P.S I’ve just bought the Boss Waza PB1 and it’s definitely worth a demo 👌🎸
Why do no reviewers detail what amp options they use for these pedals (or any of the amp-in-a-box pedals for that matter). Do I run this through a FRFR cab? Or through the return on the FX loop of an amp? Or just straight into an amp? What is best? Not all of us want to run it into a computer.
You can do all of those things.
I have it just as a pedal in the middle of my board, after the drives/modulation pedals but before delay/reverb.
It then goes to a DI box, then out to the PA mixer at jams/gigs, or a FRFR speaker for home practice, using an XLR cable.
I hoped you would review this pedal - thank you! I think the main competitor may be Two Notes Opus: no fx loop but has MIDI, it supports dual output but is mono all together, and it's backed up by Two Note's famous DynIRs. Oh and it has one bass amp model and can load two IRs simultaneously plus has an extra EQ (independent from its amps EQ) and a noise gate. Opus' preamp and power amp sims are two separate blocks, so you can decide if you want just pre, just power amp or both. No way to change presets or channels other than MIDI or app, though
are you playing this into your solid state head/ev cab set up? I gotta hear it in the room
I wish they would have gone for a Sunn Model T instead of the rectifier. Give the doom lads some love Boss.
So I could have my clean channel set up for my acoustic and my other channel with a bit of crunch? and use my effects after?
Hi. Why? Isn t this just a thinned down version of its bigger brother IR200, which has been around for some time? Does this have any improvement over the IR200? Thank you?
still wanting to buy this
How does it compare to the nux AA I remember you liked it when it came out
Question about the IR-2... Can you different IRs on L & R. More specifically, can you run one out with an IR and one without?
The Andertons review said not, but their reviews tend to be a fountain of misinformation.
If it could do that, and it could be simultaneously run to a power amp + cab and FoH, sounding good into both, that would be useful. Without that functionality, i'll be sticking with my current 2 box solution
I like the idea but it seems really fiddly! £180 great price but I can pick an ampero up for 80-100 more
And there are other modellers with far more functionality! ? Mmmm great for back up but limited ❤
Do you get all of these features in the ME-90?
I owned the IR-200 and I wish I had kept it because that pedal sounded fantastic for modeling. It was just too much in competition with the Iridium because that’s the hype. I’m sure this IR2 is a newer generation IR-200.
Does anyone know, if it uses the models from GT-1000/CORE or utilizes completely different approach?
Hello ... When you move through the amplifiers and come back, the settings have changed... I wonder why? thank you
Blues Crab is a klon of Boss blues driver I think!
How is it compare to the friedman ir-x? You liked the friedman a lot in a other video. Could you compare the two?
Hi
Can I use a synthesizer like a Korg Volca in the input ?
Why this over the IR-200? Is there a sound difference?
Cheaper, smaller, easier to use. No difference in sound quality.
Where is John the Fact Bot??
I hope he is okay, wherever he is
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Rectifier and Soldano is a very big difference in terms of voicing.
Have been obsessing over this awesome intro for months, can someone please put me out of my misery and tell me what track this was based on? It sounds so familiar but I just can't place it!
'Lets take a modeller, remove all effects, programming and midi, and put what is left over on the market for almost 300 euro.
True game-changer indeed 😂
I got it for 179.00. You can load IRs into it, turn your pedalboard into multiple amps, and it’s stupid simple. It fills a role that didn’t exist until it came along.
What a dumb comment. Congrats 🎉
What delay was engaged with the blues driver at 1:14
Have you tried a valeton gp 200lt, they are cheap and sound good.
Anyways here's Wonderwall
this could actually replace the hx stomp on my pedalboard.......