FRIEDMAN IR-D - The Ultimate Portable FRIEDMAN AMP! 

I hope yiz have got Lee on the payroll because he's an integral part of the channel now and brings in the views.

I like how at 12:00 the Strat miraculously turns into a Les Paul for no reason at all 😂

Great fun demo, would love to see future demos with Lee whenever it's feasible possible, keep them coming awesome Rats, cheers.❤

Sounds great! Loved the video format. However, I love my IR-X so much. It is probably the most versatile tool I own and sounds amazing. I bought it to use with headphones when I was in Costa Rica for a couple months. When I got back to my studio, I used it to track guitars direct guitars for two very different songs and I was super impressed with the tones and versatility. It never sounds thin to me and fits in the mix no or minimal eq needed. I almost always mic cabs because I love cabs, mics and mic pre amps too much! Now, I have it in a loop switcher on my studio board to add two additional channels to my Dirty Shirley and it is incredible! It's like having a dirty shirley and a small box at once! Into a Marshall 412 with greenbacks and 75s covered in mics, I can pull up any tone I want in seconds. My other amps aren't getting used.

Lee comes in and brings the scientific wildcard approach. I dig it. And i'm loving that he is feeling more natural on camera.

Classic Lee! We were talking about buying an amp, so I got another pedal. 😂 Sounding good lads.

Got to love Lee for surprising you with a blind test for the IR-D

Lee is all of us.

Best sounding demo of this pedal so far! Honestly, one of the best sounding tones I've heard on your channel. I think you found the Tonex replacement!

Sounds great! And man oh man, every time you play that strat it sounds so good. Killer guitar/player.

I own both and kinda like the IR-X a little bit better, but it’s close. Great video.

I see your Videos a long time ago and i will say Thank you for your great Work!!!! I use your GT K Core edge of Brakeup Sound mostly. Thanks for that. Youre fantastic. Greets from Germany, Carsten

Great stuff 😂you two are like hinge and bracket very entertaining 👍👍cheers

Great video. The amp/pedal sounds great and I think Lee’s setup with this is a great solution. The n sure it sounds killer. I live in a small apartment and for recording and practicing, combo amps do not work for me unfortunately. This is a great approach for such circumstances.

My new mini-rig: Wampler Pantheon dual drive pedal... Friedman IR-D... Eventide H90.

Honestly, that's the way to do it. It cannot get more honest. And demoing it, you are not biased, with all you know, about a certain company or product.

Lee this is 5 days late. The smallbox I think is for you. I went yrs ago with a store here that has a special spec’d out smallbox with extra gain. It’s a micro amp kindve 3rd setting. Great master volume. No loadbox. We’re in an apt. Another good one is the Bogner Goldfinger. Remember Paul at GuitarGuitar? If I had to do it again I may have gone the synergy because these amps are big and more power than I need. But the Friedman I believe when it was made Dave actually handwired it. It was before boutique amps distribution. And he’s a genius. Friedman’s first. Synergy wasn’t out yet when I bought these. Plus, it took yrs to save up trade up and deserve it. I do have a quad and it’s feel and sound are great but I still love my amps and a great pedal. It looks like you already bought the Friedman box. Still always great if it’s a Friedman.

Very cool vid .. Really enjoyed this ..

Lee is brilliant keep him on the channel

I picked up one of these aboutr 3 weeks ago, I'm a tad on the fence about keeping it. It sounds great, but not like it does in this/other vids. Not sure what that is about, I'm a pretty good player. My number one complaint is there is no bypass. This is annoying for someone like me who also plays bass through the audio unit. You have to unhook it when doing that (unless you want dirty). But it's really well built and very flexible. I'm not a huge fan of IR's though, I find using the Blackstar or THU cabs has a better tone. Overall, it's a great unit, but I wanted to mention that in case someone else is looking into it.

This sounds great , how did you hook it up ? would it be best in front of the amp ? or in the loop , just using the power section ?

just bought one, love it!!!

Paul is the man of suspended chords 😊 love that bright crisp strat tone but the pedal sounds a tad fuzzy for my liking

Favorite video in a long time don’t get me wrong. I love your videos every time. I’m gonna go check the price on this. I may have missed that. Always value your guys opinion. I’m a tube amp guy, but been wondering about this.

Man I love my IR-D. Had been using the UAFX Ruby as my direct rig. And it pales in comparison to this thing. It’s thiccccccc

Sounds Great!

Great idea and another great vid... because of Lee 😉

12:00 the silent guitar switch XD

Love youre T-shirt Lee 🤩Pedal is awesome 🤘

Personally, I just came here for the dog in the background 😎

It would be helpful to know what you are putting this through and what you listen to in the room.

I think this one sounds way better than the IR-X. However, I am holding out hope for a Jerry Cantrell and Jake E Lee version.

i think the flexibility of these units, where you can go DI, or to a power-amp and v30 speaker cab on stage, or frfr.

What would you play this through live? I am not a lover of FRFR cabs, and have a few of them. Maybe it's the modeling I don't like or maybe its the FRFR side...or both.

Great video guys!. How well do you think it'll take fuzz pedals?.

So what do you guys think compared to the Tonex?

What are you using to play it through at home: Studio monitors, fender FR-12, something else?

How many watts this one has?

Oh no, I think we have lost “looking for a deal” Lee and he slowly turning into Premium Paul. Lee bought a Suhr, now he has bought a Friedman IR-D… Lee is just a couple purchases away from a Two Rock Amp…😆😆😆 Just kidding fellows. As always I enjoy the insight to different gear and Lee’s musical journey!!!

what ownhammer IR where used?

Did you even play through the second channel? I was curious to see what you thought it would be as a live unit.

I may have missed it but did they say what the reverb used is?

Hey Rats!!

I challenge all you gear heads to have a small gear setup for electric and acoustic guitar. After all there is only so much gear anyone can use. Why do all these social media people have the contents to fit out a shop. What do you use all the time and why? Are the gigs these people claim they continuously do, in their dreams. I am not envious, while we all have some odds and ends gathering dust, I would love to hear your feedback and see a video on this. After all, who needs 20 starts, 10 Les Paul's and every amplifier created over the last 60 years. If Rory Gallagher could have a career with a strat, vox amp and treble boost, other people can too. It's time craft, music discipline and persistence is discussed over excessive gear. After all there's only so much delay U2s Edge can use and most people are not millionaires and play in the odd wedding band or the occasional pub gig. Discuss???

Lee Sucks!! Making me want to buy more gear!! I don’t need this, but I want this.

i know everyone hears stuff diff.. but this doesnt sound very organic ( for the lack of better words) maybe its my speakers.. but its raspy and digital to me... not that good...

Completely off topic but the wide angle camera makes you both look like you have one really skinny arm 😂😂

OMG another video with single coils🙄!!! Why can't more reviews be done with humbuckers showing lower gain?