Boss IR2 - Amp/ Cab / IR Loader In A Boss Compact Pedal.

[@AndyDrudy]

What I love about Pauls playing is his restraint and great simple lines and beautiful phrasing. A relief to see someone not feeling that they have to play a billion notes to be great!.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Andy!

[@mark_heath]

Agreed, it's the main reason I subscribed to this channel. Paul's playing is always very musical and tasteful. Worth having a guitar on hand while you watch to try out some of the ideas.

[@martinopinto6323]

As someone said "Paul Drew is a shredder" 😂❤

[@darryllesko2505]

Couldn’t agree more….. 😎👍 Love this guys playing in all of his videos……

[@darryllesko2505]

Also ………. I want that pedal…… ! 😅👍

[@TheDanielGuy23]

I never expected Boss to fit an entire amp and cab sim with so many features into their standard pedal enclosure. I don't have a need for one as I just bought an IR-X, but I gotta give props to the Boss engineers for pulling this one off.

[@dragannestorovic01]

It's missing a preamp tube. lol

[@NZ1one1]

@@dragannestorovic01 yeah it’d be hard to squeeze that in there as well

[@dver4624]

Your chord work on that track is magnificent. Absolutely beautiful playing.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers fella!

[@jz6965]

Yeah Buddy, That is full of soul and so tasteful playing, not to mention great tone. Thanks Paul...

[@carminelombardi9575]

I had a great Guitar teacher who told me, musically you can't teach someone good taste, you either have it or don't, and you sir have GREAT TASTE!

[@ColonelPaynus]

I’m a guitar teacher and I would disagree. It takes time to develop your ears. When you first start playing you don’t even really know what you’re hearing. Over time, students learn to discern pitch, rhythm etc. Subtlety is one of the last things to develop. That’s where dynamics and understanding of harmony develop. A sense of “good” guitar tone always seems to come waaay down the line, and is always developing. I’m not saying everyone learns it. Some people play for decades and suck at all those things. But it can definitely be taught and learned.

[@carminelombardi9575]

@@ColonelPaynus Well said and I agree with you, however my statement is referring to ones taste in music composition that attracts the masses, there were many good composers in Bach's time but not like him or Lennon & McCartney, Cole Porter etc. I'm referring to the tasteful guitar melodics that Paul Drew constantly plays, he has great taste.

[@ColonelPaynus]

@@carminelombardi9575 I certainly don’t disagree with that

[@carminelombardi9575]

@@ColonelPaynus I respect your right to not agree.

[@frankstetka7206]

I had to subscribe for that very flavorful playing !!!!! 😻That took all of 5 seconds. I was already sold on how well Boss has done with this unit and it’s charming to be in a standard Boss pedal format. After 35 years of collecting and trading various bits of heavy equipment, this could not be a better time for this little joy to arrive in my life as well. Oh, come on mum, can’t we have a holiday early and spring for tossing all those amps out of the bedroom?? 🥳🤣

[@geoffwhitemusic]

2:12 Good ear. It boggles the mind how many KZbinrs play a fairly overdriven signal and call it “clean.”

[@Radiofred]

Always irritates me

[@SoloSi2024]

Another superb video. From where I'm sitting, your videos sound the best I've heard.

[@kelvinfunkner]

WOW! that first 25 seconds was the absolute best "tone fix" of my day! And the note selection and touch was world class legendary!

[@vch0013]

Came for the pedal, stayed for the music! Thanks for the ear candy.

[@TheStudioRats]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jamesmillington2001]

The playing is always great. We've come to expect that. But the matching hat and jacket combo on a country walk....thats next level

[@TheStudioRats]

ha ha.

[@linguistbrightosei1488]

Great playing !

[@BBfrombluffside]

I completely missed what the video was about. I just kept listening to the riffs. Most excellent.

[@enickma]

Eric Johnson called. He wants his tone back 😉 Sounds great

[@shaharbar]

Wonderful watching you finally play, fantastic!

[@DBroce]

Very cool. The fx loop and the ability to switch cabs on the fly is the winner to me. Country Life. Your stress level must have gone down.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers D

[@prd004.2]

Every time I come here for a gear review, I end up being more impressed by your playing.

[@Cajundaddydave]

Thanks for this. The Boss IR-2 is a very versatile fly/IEM/session rig in a small stomp box format. So nice to have a thorough demo by a really solid lyrical player who does this gear justice. Cheers!

[@beatease.beatease]

🎸🔊 Exceptional skills on display! That guitarist is taking the IR2 for a ride, and it sounds absolutely killer! 🙌🔥 Boss, you've truly nailed it with this one. The tone is on point.

[@ey870]

That backing track is gorgeous - lovely playing as always Paul

[@TheStudioRats]

Many thanks ey870!

[@Alanoffer]

Studio rats is my go to for demos , no nonsense professional 👍

[@mrmohantyexperiments]

My god those chords are beautiful, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful music with us. You are a legend mate.

[@TheStudioRats]

My pleasure!

[@mystixboi]

Fantastic playing as always. That prs is the most gorgeous guitar I have ever seen

[@TheStudioRats]

Thank you kindly!

[@marrow01]

That absolutely needs to be a backing track. Beautiful composition. I'd happily pay for it anytime.

[@Zeinzu2]

Best video of this pedal I've seen. If 5 demo videos. This is#1. Nice

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks fella.

[@jdwild1698]

Dude that was a great example of playing and the pedal and functions altogether ! Awesome job mate :>)

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers JD.

[@rolandguilford8301]

The new PRS sounds wonderful Paul!

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks Roland.

[@peterbrusch1493]

Love Your playing. Chords, solo, whatever. So beautiful.

[@Rob-vn2do]

Just bought this pedal. Here for a look at what it can do.... and what a nice video I found.

[@69glamboy]

I realize most watchers here are guitar players, but what Paul did to get that bass sound on this pedal (3:52) is amazing. Most bass amp modeler reviews on YT focus on the growl sounds- not for me. This easy tweak on the IR-2 is amazing to get a studio bass sound into a DAW. I have mine ordered as they are selling out here in Ontario like hot cakes. I've watched countless video's on the amp modelling subject....this is THEE best bang for your buck for home recording studio's. No fluffy extra sound effects crammed in to make things more confusing. *Just straight amp/ cab/ slight reverb-DONE . Boss IR-200 would probably be a good fit for the gigging musician for the extra sound effects live. Paul has the best reviews. I want to vom in my mouth when I see guys ONLY pull out a single coil type guitar when they do reviews on any gear . Anyone who does gear reviews should be pulling out a single coil AND a humbucker style guitar OR as Paul does it ... the PRS for this one ( capable of most sounds) Great video. Thanks Paul for taking the time on your reviews .

[@TheBluesyPea]

Great job with this Paul!

[@GearSafari]

Another Great Video Paul, that pedal sounds killer. 🎸🔥

[@EZLennard]

The thing that turned me off from the IR-200 was the switching latency, making it impracticable for live playing when used as a 2-channel amp. Can you share your impressions regarding the CH SEL latency in the IR-2?

[@REP300]

There is zero latency. I know exactly what you mean. The Iridium also has a dead spot when you switch channels. The IR2 is smooth and instant. Like turning any regular Boss pedal on/off. I have mine set so channel 2 is my solo boost.

[@rodabernethy7277]

Paul, I love your outdoor segment, great way to give a fresh approach to your great reviews.

[@TheStudioRats]

I appreciate that!

[@VinnyTheAxe]

Paul well done. Absolutely fantastic. What a great piece of gear. I think I might jump on one of these for the simplicity.

[@locky828]

I’d love a GarageBand tutorial on how you set up sounds - Drums especially! Great review

[@majorpentatonic2310]

Paul, that sounds like a great pedal. Boss stuff is brilliant. Also, love the helicopter effect later on, very apt for that black strat👌😊.

[@gazzapax56]

While it’s great to go “exploring” with a pedal like this (and i have one) to land on some sounds we like, what would be really helpful is to see how certain tones can be dialled in to emulate specific sounds. For example, a Gary Moore tone, a Jimmy Page , early Peter Green, Mark Knopfler, John Mayer, and so on. The options available here are overwhelming, and while i've seen lots of videos exploring the range of sounds, very few that actually demo how you can get to a particular place, especially with all the cab IR options included in the mix. its a great pedal straight out of the box, though :)

[@GerryBlue]

Great demo, I didn't know I needed one of these until now

[@chrisdrake447]

Nice demo. Gotta respect the views of a man pooch-mooching his way across a cold field, fighting for vocal level against one of His Majesty’s finest Chinooks.

[@divebomb99]

Woah. A walk through the English country side, Johan style! Like it.

[@m.coldren9328]

Sounds great thanks for the video.😊

[@TheStudioRats]

No problem 👍

[@NickGranville]

Seems like a really great pedal to throw in the gig bag and have as a backup amp just incase the real amp dies. Or even as a solution for touring when space and weight is an issue

[@kevinsutherland2207]

Great video thanks!!! Love all your work! I would love to see a video showing how useable the reverbs built-in are… (Thanks for the bit you did btw) Everyone is using an external pedal and want to know how well this will work as a travel interface solution.

[@swenzell34]

Ditto! For whatever reason there don't seem to be any KZbin vids showing what the three reverb options sound like with examples from subtle to full on for each.... :(

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

That's intriguing indeed and worth an additional deep personal dive in what this device can do. Thanks for your hint 🙂

[@TheStudioRats]

You bet!

[@jessehutchings]

Great demo. I'm really thinking about getting one of these because lugging a 40lb combo amp around is hard for me. Just the other day i was stuck waiting at our front door for someone to open it while the combo is in my hands and i couldn't do open mic because my elbow was over stressed waiting for the stupid door to open.

[@garyatkins4479]

Thanks for the great demo Paul .. ya I just bought one ..

[@Jalliams]

Far out I love your playing, Paul, and I love that guitar! (PRS hollow body) Great video, as always. Cheers!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Jalliams

[@Funkybassuk]

With the final tone in audio interface mode, I closed my eyes and thought that sounds like a genuine amp mic’d up. Kind of nuts really!

[@TheStudioRats]

Nice one Funks.

[@peterholyman489]

Excellent review Paul. Clear and concise on the pedal and its use .

[@brandongullion6353]

Good god these tones. Your playing. All of it is just so good.

[@brandongullion6353]

Out of curiosity, what pickups are in that strat? It always sounds so good! I know that's because of your playing and mastery over tone shaping but just curious because they handle gain so well lol.

[@brandongullion6353]

Alright I'm still watching the video hence why I keep adding to this but that bend @8:14 is SO tasteful.

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks Brandon, Its got Ancho Poblano Fender pickups.

[@clebersonsilva3021]

O equipamento é excelente, mas esse solo na abertura é sensacional 👏👏👏

[@tommyburnhamsmusic]

Lovely playing in the intro mate

[@jomiran1000]

This won't replace my UAFX pedals but I do suspect that one will live in my gig bag. Perfect for headphone practice or straight to DAW.

[@iansmirna5183]

What makes you think it could not replace your UA FX pedals? Price tag only?

[@earlcoli5607]

Great review, beautiful playing mate! I just ordered one based upon your review! Cheers!

[@TheStudioRats]

Hope you enjoy it cheers Earl.

[@gravy_brain]

Brilliant pedal and demo.

[@xavvdb666]

I didn't know this sus4 chord with the 4th on the bass... so good thank you ! ;)

[@TheStudioRats]

cheers.

[@tzmathew]

Considerig the IR-2 to use alongside my Zoom MS70CDR (can't afford the RV lol).

[@GianfrancoTorrisiguitar]

Thanks Paul, great video and explanation🎸😎

[@TheStudioRats]

My pleasure!

[@MattShelley138]

What a slam dunk product

[@charlych2406]

You have a PRS. You have my respect.

[@crsantin]

So multiple two channel amp setups with cabs and effects loop? And reverb. For under $500? This is great stuff.

[@bobzherunkle3092]

So we have UAD Lion, new Two Notes thingy and now IR 2. So many options, so little money.

[@TheStudioRats]

Lion review coming next couple of weeks.

[@mywaveinwoodswoodperfumes]

the included audio interface and ambience, is all we need to post quick videos on KZbin , finally

[@yiannisfaitakis]

Have been a Boss pedal user ever since getting my Boss Chorus back in the late 90s. They really killed it with this one. Definately getting it.

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a good day ❤😊

[@tommyaudio]

the amp sim pedal also plugs into an amp? whooaaa duuuude 🤘👽🎸

[@sseltrek1a2b]

what a great piece of gear, especially for the price point...

[@BeforeTheDarkAge]

This comes out after I ordered the ir200. I do want the bass amps so I’ll stick with my order.

[@doutorlh]

The pedal seems to be realy Nice, awesome sounds, resources and portability. But if some is thinking of a small pedalboard, with boost and ambiences, I’d strongly suggest the GT1000 core. You will get much more for a fine price.

[@greyklopstock7155]

My worry with this is that I'm afraid of how it'll play with pedals. Cause I tried the ir200, and I REALLY wanted to like it. I tried it after using an old two notes torpedo cab. Not even the cab m, but the OG cab. And no matter how I set the thing, I just couldn't get it to sound even useable for me with overdrive, fuzz, and compression. The saturation wasn't where I wanted it, it was basically impossible for me to get edge of breakup, and I tried all sorts of different combinations of the stock IRs and third party stuff like York IRs. What I'll say about the IR 200 is that the feature set was incredible and it certainly did clean tones beautifully. However, I just can't exist without edge of breakup and my pushed fuzzy overdrive sounds. THAT'S what I'd want to see. Can you feed this thing, say, a fuzz face, with an odr-1 or a BB type drive, and get edge of breakup with gain variation changing with your volume knob?

[@reddieseled]

I get this is a really cool device, but I used to use a line 6 pod2 15 years ago which I know probably isn’t as refined, but my god it got me 90% of the sound I wanted.

[@dannyc6166]

$200.00 & you have all the amps & cabs you could want & it doesn’t weigh 100’s of pounds & ruin your back. Great addition to a pedal board. Now if we can get a pedal that can rap, that would help get more gigs these days.🤷‍♂️😉

[@SamuelMantode]

Daiyum! That intro was sweet!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Sam.

[@leehenderson8132]

He understands tone and control

[@plunkpunk9217]

I’m relieved you say that the fx return is placed after the cab sim. This means I can have my looper with drum sounds and even vocals or piano in the fx loop and they won’t be altered by the cab sim. And still I can listen to it with headphones connected to the IR2 👍😊 If not I would have to place the looper after the IR2 and then use a headphone amp / mixer / audiointerface to be able to use headphones. Where did you get the information or did you test for yourself? Could not find anything specific in the manual

[@Shadoweclipse1386]

Great demo. I only recently discovered the IR-200, of course right when the IR-2 gets announced, haha. I'm not the biggest fan of menu-diving (a la -200), but I feel like that might be easier than hidden functions like the IR-2 has... Both sound great though! Having played through both, do you prefer the 2 over the 200, or vice versa?

[@beauwolf5729]

Nice work boss, you're the boss!

[@philhudge]

Great demo Paul and that New Forest manure ! Will we see you on Country File soon?

[@therethere2p2e5]

Cool review Paul !!

[@dodgedandle8311]

So what do you think this ☝️or the Strymon Iridium . ?

[@millman82]

Would be nice if the additional Amp models in this made their way to the IR-200 but Boss is infamous in their ongoing device support so I’m not holding my breath and will be selling my IR-200. I got the Two Notes OPUS and the Amp models just sound better in that unit. Plus selecting mic positions on the cab sims to dial the exact sound I want is just excellent…

[@mr.d.572]

Did you mean they're infamous for their lack of ongoing support? Just like Fender I suppose.

[@millman82]

@@mr.d.572 haha yeah! 😅 Only one update to the IR-200 since release. I felt the models were exceptionally treble heavy too on the IR-200. Way more so than the Amps they are modeling. Required a lot of EQ work to get it dialed in to something reasonable. I loved the low latency and the responsiveness to the volume pot on the guitar though.

[@KeithMilner]

Looks Fantastic!

[@kc.88]

Great demo! Appreciate that you've included the turning off cab section; wouldn't have known about that without reading the manual. Btw, love that tune! Would you mind sharing what the chords or tabs?

[@TheStudioRats]

cheers Ill look into it.

[@TheToneWork]

Surprised about how much the IR effected the lead sound. I really don't love Boss's high end sound. It's worse that the Headrush to my ears, but the IR cleaned that up a lot.

[@teknical100]

Excellent as ever.

[@zipporaid]

Loop on stuff like this seems like a cover to keep folks from freaking out about it. Its routed after the cab, before the reverb. Nice if you're recording from usb but not sure how important it is on a pedalboard

[@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252]

Well.......our friend here makes it all look so easy. What occurs to me when considering the IR2 is....CPU in my computer from the plugins I have. EZdrummer3 is essential. Then there are 3 bass amps, half-a-dozen amp sims, a distortion box....I doubt that this is untypical. But it comes with the resident virtual retailer/warehouse offering more stuff than I'd ever want and fills the DAW with unwanted graphics. Big lumps of bytes that take considerable time to load for....absolutely nothing that I want. Re-amping my guitar doesn't interest me one little bit. Since I also have an interface, I could dump all this and use IR2 to replace the lot, record to the DAW without troubling the CPU or the neighbours but I also have a nice little 15 watt tube amp and a very decent Rode mic so I can go that way too......that's the only way to properly wring its neck anyway. F*ck the neighbours, f*ck health and safety, f*ck decibel meters and f*ck the dog, I WILL NOT CALM DOWN! Even so, I'd like to check the clean sounds before wiping out the plug ins. Almost all modellers are heavily slanted towards the gain merchants. We've all seen the KZbin dems where the player doesn't know what a clean sound is and of course manufacturers respond to this but a Plexi or a Fender Twin are wonderful at low volume and an AC30 is a different animal at sociable levels. To be seen.........if IR2 can output anything like that through a Harley Benton 15.......and what happens when you chuck a proper 60s germanium dirt fuzz at it........ Maybe IR2 can cut out big lumps of bytes stolen by sellers to flog stuff and the rotten screen they want me to look at and even create a return of some kind to when we weren't all doing mouse/screen/mouse/screen/click click click so much of the time? That's....interesting! Yes, our friend here makes it look all so easy..........nice! Thanks for explaining quite a complex pedal so simply.

[@mickbuffalo]

Time to ditch my Pandora Mk1 now😂

[@MusicFed]

What would be the difference between this and say the two notes opus?

[@minkorrh]

Here's the thing with modellers......it's usually a single chip involved with the processing, and a bunch of code that tells it how to handle the incoming signal. Once you have the details worked out it's all up to making the hardware. These could be $50 and they would still profit. We are truly in the Golden Age of the guiitar, and for $250 it's still a steal. Back in the 80's you could never hope to approach this type of tone for under 7K after you bought amps and associated crap. ......and it's made by BOSS which means you can jump all over it for 20 years and it still works like the day you bought it.

[@MasAwanBass]

7:45, Hi.. nice playing 👍

[@onewiththings]

That hollowbody PRS!

[@robertclarkguitar]

That is one great pedal idea.

[@shaharbar]

If the amp models were also overwrite-able with additional models, this would an instant buy...

[@user-mi4du9rd1j]

Looks like another homerun from BOSS. It reminds me of the Katana in that I'm confident I could get several good tones right from the front panel and just start playing. The extra versatility beyond that is pretty remarkable at this price point. I wish my Katana 50 had an effects loop. I'd like to try it with a pedalboard amp to push my favorite 4x12. It might sound awesome.

[@BlazertronGames]

A real katana only costs £50 more! Still a nice considering the compact size, though. It is a shame that they don't do an effects loop on the katana 50. I bought a 100 purely for the effects loop, and I only use it on 0.5W mode at like 8 o clock master volume. I wouldn't much preferred the 50, but need an effects loop.

[@user-mi4du9rd1j]

@@BlazertronGames I wouldn't get this first instead of a Katana or similar good amp of that style. But I already have one... and for the price of a good pedal, this thing offers a lot of versatility. I do like the idea of being able to go sit by a creek with a stompbox and earphones and just play. Also bringing a phone or laptop you could record, etc. That right there is kind of a fun selling point. And when you start trying to add FX loops to amps that don't have one, you can spend a couple-three hundred real fast anyway.

[@BlazertronGames]

@@user-mi4du9rd1j If you're going as far as brining a laptop, there's amp sim vsts that are likely easier to use, and just as good sounding as the pedal. I get what you're saying though, it's a nice idea. I do wish it was a little bit cheaper, though, like £130, instead of £170.

[@steviesavage]

looks fab, but seems an incredible oversight to not include a Spring reverb in the ambience options!

[@HEZ63]

Does not really convince me. But I still have one question, what have the horses to do with this pedal? Did they instantly flee, after they had heard the first tones from this pedal? Would not have surprised me.

[@robertkermott2155]

Hey! Really good vid! Thanks!

[@anthonycosta2662]

Your playing can sell anything

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Anthony.