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…… ! 😅👍

[@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.

[@dver4624]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers fella!

[@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

[@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!

[@jz6965]

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

[@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

[@prd004.2]

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

[@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?? 🥳🤣

[@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!

[@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.

[@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 .

[@SoloSi2024]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@ey870]

That backing track is gorgeous - lovely playing as always Paul

[@TheStudioRats]

Many thanks ey870!

[@notdeluded6235]

The UA amp pedals are phenomenally good, but their closeness to the real thing, warts 'n' all, makes them a recording tool for the well heeled. The IR2, it would seem, has the same amp like controls and playability, with way more flexibility and killer tones, if not "authentic". I'm a little strapped for cash right now, but see an IR2 in my future. Combined with transparent drive in the front to push either a clean or dirty amp, and a Keeley Zoma type affair in the FX loop. That it functions as an interface too is amazing. Presumably, I could, via an ABY type pedal, record the IR2, via USB, and a DI with which I could take advantage of Amplitube? Beautiful playing and words of wisdom 🙏🏼

[@Rob-vn2do]

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

[@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.

[@peterbrusch1493]

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

[@Zeinzu2]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks fella.

[@Alanoffer]

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

[@vch0013]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@BBfrombluffside]

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

[@marrow01]

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

[@mystixboi]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Thank you kindly!

[@jdwild1698]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers JD.

[@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

[@enickma]

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

[@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.

[@GearSafari]

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

[@rolandguilford8301]

The new PRS sounds wonderful Paul!

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks Roland.

[@locky828]

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

[@TheBluesyPea]

Great job with this Paul!

[@divebomb99]

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

[@rodabernethy7277]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

I appreciate that!

[@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.

[@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!

[@VinnyTheAxe]

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

[@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.

[@jazzcat1056]

Man Fender went nuts on that relic. It’s like they dragged it behind a bus for several blocks.

[@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?

[@GerryBlue]

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

[@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👌😊.

[@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.

[@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.... :(

[@tommyburnhamsmusic]

Lovely playing in the intro mate

[@peterholyman489]

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

[@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

[@Jalliams]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Jalliams

[@clebersonsilva3021]

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

[@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.

[@garyatkins4479]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@SamuelMantode]

Daiyum! That intro was sweet!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Sam.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@mywaveinwoodswoodperfumes]

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

[@steviesavage]

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

[@GuitarWorkshop]

Wow! Cannot find this pedal on the Boss website yet. Seems to be such an amazing product from BOSS. I love BOSS IR-200 but it really lacks PC Editor.

[@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.

[@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

[@philhudge]

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

[@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.

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a good day ❤😊

[@justamanofficiel]

Hello Paul Congratulations for you reviews How to you compare it to the friedman ir X ? I usually do Gigs and I have a Headrush mx5

[@gravy_brain]

Brilliant pedal and demo.

[@ciroMella1872]

Execelente pedal estará disponible en Amazon?

[@tzmathew]

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

[@oscarm4154]

Excellent demo. But why are people freaking out over it vs the 200 that has been around for years. You briefly mentioned the 200 for recording base. Isn’t it the same device in a scraped version? Besides that the 200 has midi and that the usb is a c on the ir-2 vs a usb mini on the 200?

[@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.

[@MattShelley138]

What a slam dunk product

[@earlcoli5607]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Hope you enjoy it cheers Earl.

[@BeforeTheDarkAge]

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

[@eliasmadias]

Hi. I luv your videis. They are very well done and full of information. I wanted to ask you a question. I noticed that in most of the demos of this pedal that both the A and B output is being used to go to their DAW most likely, even in people not using stereo pedals. My question is, if I plan to go direct to a PA, do both outputs have to be used? Or just use the MONO A output? Does it sound better using both outputs? Also, do you have to change something in the parameters of the pedal when you use both outputs, or just leave it in the default setting? Thanks for the answers I hope to get.

[@beauwolf5729]

Nice work boss, you're the boss!

[@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.

[@GianfrancoTorrisiguitar]

Thanks Paul, great video and explanation🎸😎

[@TheStudioRats]

My pleasure!

[@leehenderson8132]

He understands tone and control

[@tommyaudio]

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

[@MusicFed]

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

[@MasAwanBass]

7:45, Hi.. nice playing 👍

[@therethere2p2e5]

Cool review Paul !!

[@m.coldren9328]

Sounds great thanks for the video.😊

[@TheStudioRats]

No problem 👍

[@kaskas55]

Simple & powerful pedal! Merry Christmas everyone 😂

[@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.

[@rodabernethy7277]

Hey Paul, how does the IR-2 compare to the IR-200? Are the sims the same sounds pulled in from the IR-200 or does the IR-2 sound better?

[@kjhajueg_2731]

This seems to be a superb unit!!!! Can i use phones output for monitoring and the cable output to PA simultaneosly? If yes, that would be great having phones (like wireless earplugs) on stage for monitoring and pushing the cable into PA. Is this possible with this unit? Really really really want to know this.

[@mickbuffalo]

Time to ditch my Pandora Mk1 now😂

[@adamsabaz2415]

Question: possible to output to House as well as use headphone out at same time? Would make for killer solution with my dual input headphone in ear system. Monitor mix on first input and direct IR-2 on second input to hear exactly what guitar sounds like...?

[@Gumbo72203]

I’m so sick of everyone only playing blues licks and strats for these demos so thank you for doing a semi-hollow dual humbucker sound. On the intro, the very start of this video what amp model are you on? And when you put the reverb pedal into the FX loop I’m not seeing any high amp is active but this is close to what I’m after. Was it the Twin the whole time?

[@357jazzman]

Thank you Paul. Would.be great to compare it v to a blu amp

[@shaharbar]

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

[@dodgedandle8311]

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