Its been almost 30 years since I got my first guitar as a kid. The years went on and I had less and less time to play. Been too long, though I still have that first guitar! THIS Boss pedal? Dude its a game changer and frankly I want to go play right now on my dusty Waza MT-2 and Crate GX-212... and then plan to buy this pedal cause all those tones sounded KILLLER. Thanks for the demo Ola!
I would love to see a metal zone plugged into the clean channel of the IR2 to give us perspective of using this as a clean platform for distortion pedals :)
Hey the remote footswitch also lets you use the main pedal to turn it on and off and then the footswitch will change channels (instead of the "hold to bypass"). Kind of nice if you need a clean channel (which can just be straight into the PA), a high gain channel for punk rawk chugs, and then a solo channel with a signal boost and maybe a bit more reverb.
Been waiting for this video! Little disapointed you didn't dive into the 2nd channel for each of those factory IRs (Red/Green channel) Great video though keep it up. all love!
Come on Ola, be the first, IR-200 vs Line 6 whatever they just released. Some of those are better than others but if half the channels are usable its already punching above its price point
No, it does not chug at all. I was trying to make it chug for a couple of days with different approaches. 1) Using headset/playing along with backing tracks. It took me ages ages to make it sound acceptable but only with an external EQ - it is not possible to set it up right with the one onboard. No reverb onboard (The ambience does not resemble reverb at all, it provides very little spaciousness). Only 2, maybe 3 amp simulations are more or less acceptable (Rectifier, Modded and Soldano), the rest sounds poor and can be skipped. You need lots of cables to hook up into the unit to play, ie. plug in the guitar, external pedals in the F/X loop of the device, headset, USB-> PC. The latest is necessary to set it up correctly (e.g. turn on/off the cabinet - this is critical to turn it on or off depending on what are you using the box for). If you plan to use it for practicing late in the night night with a headset on, please consider anything else (Katana Go is out today!) 2) Trying to hook it up into the tube-amp (ENGL Ironball 20 w with ENGL 112 cabinet). Plugging it into the Input does not make any sense - the sound is pretty sh..ty and selecting the output type in Boss software does not change a thing. Just a little better when plugging it into the Return of the amp but still it makes lots of unacceptable noise which cannot be got rid of by the EQ (neither the on on the box or external BOSS GE-7). Fiddling with the output type (Katana Return, tube amp Return, etc) selected in the Boss software does not help. The sound just does not compare to the all-tube preamp of my ENG. My previous Katana MKII sounded way better with its factory presets comparing to IR2. I am going to return the device to the music store. I did not have too high expectations but it is just too poor. Probably the worst stomp box Boss invented ever. I do not know how it can sound beautiful on the YT videos.
I love the shirt! Man, I say this all the time but is it not a glorious time to be a musician? The latest generation of gear is mind bending, a single pedal, floor unit or rack module takes the place of an entire room full of gear!
I'm not sure about those compact amp-sim pedals. They don't really chug. Or they only start chugging at the most extreme of settings. Especially with passive pickups... Don't forget - Ola is using active pickups here, and still it ain't that tight. I've tried some of these and they seem to cry for the addition of a tube screamer. And that's fine, I mean in the end they simulate amps that also might need an overdrive pedal. But for me, in the end I found a multi-effects pedal that incorporates overdrive pedals to be more versatile.
Some people hate the scoop sound. I always feel like a scooped distortion/fuzz gives your eardrums a hug, while a more mid heavy tone just wants to punch your eardrums 😂
Honestly, in your hands any guitar gear will chug. Thanks for exploring chuggabilty of every piece of music tech. _Gone watching other guys, who make gear sing_.
I feel like when you used your IR it sounded to like 2 IR's, one after the other. I looked online for the manual and It looks like you have to do several steps to turn on and off the AMP or CAB
The IR 2 is really diverse for the price point. Adding the IR2 to an analog pedal board and loading your own IRs makes the IR2 super versatile. I love mine. Moreover, being able to plug direct into a mixing board, PA, FRFR, or mixing software (without needing a DAW) is pretty cool. 🤘🏻
I have the Boss IR-200, which is the somewhat bigger unit with more adjustability. I liked some of the tones on it. A lot of the tones on this remind me of my 200, but with the lack of adjustability due to no digital readout and such. Still, it does an ok job. I still like my IR-200 tho :) You should try it, you might like it. Very Metallica-ish, but I used it for some songs and it sounded pretty good! The bass presets aren't terrible either.
I agree this unit is nice but if you are going to make or break the pedal board it has it place but the IR200 for the little more real estate it takes seems to be the better unit overall especially as it isn't that much more considering. I got mine on sale for $429 CAD which works out to be around 291 Euro
Ola, there is so much more to this unit. It is a recording interface. It can be preamp only. It can be cab only. What about the effects loop? Noise gate?
or even using the high gain channel on those amps, notice for 90% of the video the light was green and not orange. I have the IR200 and its an amazing piece of gear!
@@ravendagrey the color of the light on this pedal doesn't mean high or low gain, you could set the green channel to be the rectifier and the orange channel to be the clean if you wanted
Dear Boss : Please stop putting a tight-Q Treble adjust IN SERIES with the Mids control... boosting the highs a bit should not scoop the heart out of the Mids, imho.
Ola hitting my nostalgia hard opening up with Trespass like that. My friend (RIP) and I used to cover that song, so you got me lil weepy thinking of him ya bastard lol
A few years ago I bought my first modeler for about $500 US. It's amazing and can do almost anything. I hate it, wish I'd waited and bought this instead.
Sorry if its a dumd question but how on earth do you upload your own 'impulses' was it? Not played for years but looking at starting again and so out of touch!
