Friedman IR-X Tube Preamp With Cab Sim - Valve & Digital In Perfect Harmony!

[@andertons]

LOOKS LIKE WE GOT THE PRICE WRONG…. ITS ACTUALLY LESS 👍👍👍 - dive on over to the Andertons website for latest pricing & if you ordered it before we updated the price, don’t panic, we’ll refund the difference 👍

[@acealvarez1038]

How does this compare to the Two Notes Revolt you tried a few months earlier?

[@hienvu1714]

I saw Anderton's raving review of the DSM DLX and considered buying that but then saw the IR-X. Now I feel I should hold off until all the dust has settled. I love the boost feature on this amp but like the built-in reverb and the ability to combine both channels on the DSM. I'm retired but still own 7 amps so I don't really "need" either of these but I like the idea of a analog/tube pre-amp on my pedal board. I would really, really appreciate some inputs!

[@ficaom16]

He’s the emo version

[@rangerdoc1029]

I lost all my amps & guitars in a house fire this year. Living in an apartment now, any tube amp is going to be too loud. This thing into a good stereo reverb & studio monitors is going to be a godsend! Thank you Dave for continually making exceptional products for every budget range.

[@GLENLYNAS]

Rangerdoc....I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you and your family were safe, and your insurance covered you sufficiently enough to be able to start again with your guitar collection ❤

[@DocHelliday]

I'm sorry, that totally sucks. Glad your still rocking

[@stoneysdead689]

Ouch! Sorry to hear that man- hope no one got hurt. You'll get more gear- it's easier than ever to get nowadays.

[@adamswanson8216]

Hey my friend, I did not have a fire, but unfortunately, my wife passed away and due to my expenses I had to give up my house and sell off a lot of gear. This actually gave me the alternative of selling off several amplifiers that I had a fortune tied up, and my wife always complained about those amplifiers. There’s only two things in life I love our loved was her And my guitars and apps I guess that’s three really but this has given me a way to hang onto the hundred watt amplifiers I did have, and at least keep rock in a little bit so I do get it man because her unexpected death cost so much that And lost income due to her not being here and working anymore you know, given up the house and everything it’s just like getting restarted as a musician Was working full-time as a guitarist but I also had to get a real job lol my wife was really supportive of my music since our kids are grown now and college was paid for 49 years old. It’s really screwed up man you think everything‘s worked out we were smooth out the kids are grown. Just doesn’t make sense things sometimes. Peace man. Good luck on getting your equipment rebuilt I just bought a deputy victory amplifier also and Man with this plugged into it. I should be good to go sold my Friedman amps had a collection of them and my marshals vintage ones too but with the victory and Friedman stuff it is easily replaced. I can see only doing small gigs now anyway too busy being depressed and wallowing and apathy.

[@maxquaini]

Gosh so sorry to hear it😪😪

[@maxquaini]

1:42 totally! Hate dialing with complicated menu, this pre is EPIC! most my recording leads are coming from IR-X! Love it!

[@JWPGuitarPickups]

Dave is a GREAT person, I have met him several times over the years and have a few mutual friends. You will NEVER go wrong anything he makes. DAVE...U ROCK !!!

[@colinmcdonald7591]

Absolutely beautiful! Nails the Friedman amp sound. I preferred the direct out sound to the miced amp sound too for once. This puts me in mind of the Iridium, but sounds much much better and has a real boost option along with some better I/O features. Be nice if the cleans were a little less compressed, but one doesn't get this preamp pedal for it's Fendery cleans and high clean headroom. If one wants that then the Fender Tonemaster Pro is going to be the answer. Eagerly awaiting that video!

[@dijisza]

Love the video. Stoked to try it. I don’t care if something is tube or not, but I do care about getting the right sound quickly. The concept is spot on and the execution look exceptional.

[@soundstorm9508]

Excellent demo guys! Only one problem, at the end when you hooked it up to the FX return of the amp, I believe you HAVE to use the FX send of the IR-X otherwise you're feeding the power amp emulation to the other tube amp (power amp on top of power amp), that's why the EQ is a little wonky when you did that.

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Cab sim is a must for a home amp. So useful to play at acceptable levels in the domestic environment. Say good bye to practice amps and attenuation. Friedman Amps are the business and with cab sim it is the only amp you need. Spend up and get one.

[@TheMemagNeman]

I will keep my Amp1 Mercury, thanks!

[@erpringle]

I have no problem with attenuator. Nothing will ever replace my tube amp, sorry but good attempt but I don't understand what this is going to accomplish. If it doesn't have it's own power it's just another pedal in the chain of effects to take up space. How does this save your back? You still have to have an amp.

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

@@erpringle they put cab sim into some of their tube amps. Best of both worlds

[@Joe-mz6dc]

This is the world's first "new era" tube amp.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

@erpringle No you do not need your own amp. That's the point. You bring this to a gig and you connect it to the PA and you're ready to go. In the studio you connect it directly into your DAW and you start recording.

[@Pulse2AM]

Finally a manufacturer has their product in stores as they're showing it on KZbin. I'm a synth lover and most synth makers announce their product then it's not available months and months! Sounds good, pretty close to an actual amp.

[@LA.Guitar]

Every UK music retailer who routinely carry Friedman products has this in stock today (28 Sept 2023)…… but not Andertons…….

[@TheGuitarModder]

Totally agree with the Dave's ethos here. Just give us a simple unit with knobs to turn. I had a helix LT for years, I would spends hours endlessly tweaking eq and high cuts and low cuts. Sold the LT and now use UA dream 65 and Ruby 63, it's so much more fun and easy having single units that model just a great amp, here's your 6 IRs, turn thr knobs and what you see is what you get.

[@killacoiler1707]

What is nice about this is that it can be connected in several different ways making it absolutely versatile. Heck if you really wanted to I suppose you could run it into the instrument input jack and use it like a tube overdrive pedal. What impresses me most is what you are getting for the price. Sweetwater here in the US has these for 499 USD, given what some modeler pedals run for the Friedman is a steal really.

[@SpartanPridePod]

Dave is the best at what he does. This might be as good as anything yet

[@alexjacobs8998]

Was a pleasure meeting you guys yesterday at Martin Guitar! Hope you had fun taking a stab at neck shaping!

[@Funkfreed]

This is literally my new TV now. Watching what I want i.e. guitar related content as opposed to being fed what's in that channel.

[@metallicmonkey4519]

Literally me

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Literally

[@adamcogan211]

This is massive! More and more pedals/systems need IR loaders and high quality cab sims. This bridges the gap between amps and digital!

[@pereztube2]

just use an amp, nerd

[@stoneysdead689]

@@pereztube2 If you actually played and weren't just a bedroom/campfire picker- you would know that most venues will no longer allow you to use an amp- genius. You have to go DI if you want to play at even a semi-professional level.

[@pereztube2]

@@stoneysdead689 cap

[@Tyler-qw8kn]

​@stoneysdead689 unfortunately this is true

[@Joe-mz6dc]

@pereztube2 lol when are you zoomers going to learn how to play guitar? That's my question.

[@dionj.pierre]

Pete's versatility as a player is what makes him such an incredible asset to the show. He showcases all the sounds that a guitar can make, playing blues, hard rock, or R&B, and that makes him much more helpful to viewers than someone who just shreds for the sake of showing off.

[@jole.babovic]

This and Blackstar Amped are game changing. They are so good that you start to question yourself is it worth to carry around heavy tube amps for gigs, concerts etc... Phenomenal amps in your backpack 🙌

[@jmabs5096]

Yea. People are holding on to nostalgia of the 80s where they had 10 100w marshals running into 4x12s. It's more of a "stuck in their ways" thing. Now for the modern heavy guitar player looking for a minimumlest rig. By golly friendman kills it with anything he touches. Is there something about a 100w super lead cranked to 10 with the warmth of the head heating your whole house and a 4x12 kicking you in the chest? Yes, will this get you 99.9% close? Absolutely. There is something about having a physical amp and cabinet that many will put up with hauling them around. But this product is pure gold

[@jole.babovic]

@@jmabs5096 Indeed. I am a 'tube amp, old school' guy, and I love my Blackstar tube amp. There is something with a good tube amp and 'air' from speaker..but today guitar music is not mainstream like in the 80s, and needs are different. This new amps in a pedal format with good direct out are perfect choise. Easy to carry around and killer tones from this Friedman and Blackstar Amped.. Cheers!

[@rgbplumbinghilton]

The Blug amp 1 was the game changer and is far better than any of these amps. They have just copied the Blug

[@jole.babovic]

@@rgbplumbinghilton Yes, Blug 1 is phenomenal. These are much smaller and cheaper solutions..

[@rgbplumbinghilton]

@@jole.babovic yeah I get that but they are not the game changers 🙂

[@dansomerville]

This is the best product of the year

[@andrewfuentes1632]

This is great. I have a little Hiwatt hi-5 and wanting more flexibility. Was thinking about Synergy, but this seems like a more basic version of that and I like that!

[@VesiustheBoneCruncher]

Products like this are the way, and we’re seeing more of them up and down the price stack. Works for all sorts of guitar players, saves everyone’s back, so practical in so many situations, uncompromised sound.

[@johnstewart7619]

So I read about 30 posts and no one mentioned it, so here goes: You could always swap pre-amp tubes. Channel 1 to get a little more clean out of it with a different tube (12AT7 maybe?). I am not sure what tube brand (or country they’re from), BUT if you like to roll tubes, and depending on how hard it is to access them, that could always be a possibility too for different tones? 🤷‍♂️😉

[@DaveCortesMusic]

Different tubes does not affect tone. Dead tubes does.

[@truthfactreality6814]

It should be written into law that all amps etc should be able to fit on a easy to carry pedalboard. No one wants to gig the big amps anymore. I have all my top valve amps rigged up in my studio. They never leave. I’ve bought this Friedman irx and haven’t stopped playing it !!!!! It’s incredible !!

[@shepp7988]

We Can only imagine how good this pedal is and what all it does but to be able to justify it we would need to see a video of every way to hook it up and use it because how many pro guitarists out on the road that would want to explore where everything's at? Just saying 😉 Some of us old fellows that was deployed during the 2000s couldn't keep up on all this new age computer erra of guitar pedal, pedal/amp guitar technology

[@Echo_III]

This is the thing! Simple without bullshit. Amp in a box. I was thinking about gigin with something. THIS IS IT. Glad I waited

[@krisjupp]

Finally!!!! A analog tube pedal with a solo boost !!! Watch and learn revolt guys . This is what is needed. But why only 2 channels ??? Clean crunch metal and a boost ….Very very good sound though .

[@D.A.T.GRINGO]

Dave, you've smashed, and raised the bar. ..awesome amp dude.

[@erpringle]

It's not an amp, it's a preamp. Nothing amazing about that for $600.

[@D.A.T.GRINGO]

@@erpringle I don't know, I'm getting kinda sick of the little high end sizzle that's put on the guitar from my 2000. (Canadian), fractal audio fm3. No matter what I do eq wise, it just doesn't get rid of the fake sizzle.

[@jcugnoni]

This has ALL the features that anyone needs and ticks all boxes.. And the sound seems very good too. Dave will sell a lot of those and for good reasons. I will however stick to my Synergy Syn1 + Two Notes combo for the moment (and love the Friedman BE-BB module too!!)

[@KodyXXVll]

except it's stereo enabled at the output but not the fx loop lol. what's the point?

[@jameshobbs]

18:55 "... and and cutting top end." 18:19 "... bottomand..." "...since it's release ..." plenty more! Typos in Friedman's descriptions.

[@GrzesiuMusic]

Two things that impress me about this is that the "into amp" recording to my ears didn't sound any better than the direct recording. Also the price. I assumed this would be much more expensive, but it's not a hell of a lot more than a UA Dream 65, which makes it a competitor against boxes like that. I might actually consider this as a direct recording solution.

[@joejohnson8966]

Well said. So neither a cabinet nor another poweramp is needed to get as good as possible sounds for recording or going direct live. Job well done.

[@Accept1976]

This is the best product video I have seen this year. Very well done 👏 first a short informative interview with the manufacturer and then all the necessary connections and sounds presented. Very entertaining and well done. Unfortunately, the Brexit has deterred me to continue to order from you. Otherwise I would have struck with you. Nevertheless, thank you 🙏🏻

[@aapddd]

1:17 amen 🙏 finally someone who adress that problem. I owned a FM3 and yes it sounds nice, but I was ready to throw it in the lake because of the eternal tweaking.

[@David-ry9ly]

I had a Core, FM3 and I still have an HX Stomp and the biggest turn off for me is the constant tweaking. I like this but I'm stuck between this and buying a used Orange mk 3 Rockerverb. I guess I will wait until after Christmas when all of the hype and the hard sell has calmed down. There should also be some first hand user reports by then.

[@aapddd]

@@David-ry9lywise.

[@MattW4319]

@@David-ry9lyalso some will be available used, it always happens lol

[@gcr28]

Great video, I appreciate it. Thanks for being detailed on how you hooked it up especially running through the amp. You answered a few of my questions. I also believe you can hold down the left footswitch button to bypass the ir’s, I think. I’ll more than likely buy this gadget but I also want the JEL-20 amp, please do a comprehensive video on that.

[@HillcrestGames]

This is exactly exactly what I've been looking for. I have a Helix with a bunch of amp options, and I only ever use the same Plexi with the same settings and roll off the volume knob on the guitar. I would much rather have an actual tube sound for this like my old Marshall reissue had, but with the same convenience. Since this and the Helix both have loops, I should be able to run echoplex-like effects in front of the IR-X (Van Halen 1) and then run other effects in the loop as I see fit. Van Halen tone 2023 edition.

[@superglassbucks6356]

You run this in 4cm with your helix? Which cabs…helix or Friedman?

[@chrisbistrishki]

Really nice one from Friedman! The only downside I see to these I/O features, however, is that if you opt to go into the power section of an amplifier/cab for that on-stage cab monitoring sound AND ALSO send the balanced out to the FOH desk, you can then basically have your time-based FX-Loop effects through the real amp/cab section of your sound only, since you'd have to send your signal from the FX-Send of the IR-X. The cab then has to be miced up and send to the desk anyways for your reverbs, delays, etc. to be part of your sound in the FOH, which to me kind of makes the balanced out option with its built in IRs a bit redundant - quite unfortunate... Two outputs on the unit (one balanced with the IRs and one unbalanced to go to an amp power section), leaving the FX-Loop of the unit alone like some Two Notes products do it (the Le-Preamp series comes to mind), would have been a more elegant solution in my honest opinion and would have totally sealed the deal! Maybe I am missing something, @FriedmanAmplification ? Or maybe that slight inconvenience only applies to players who have some very specific time-base-FX and want to co cab monitoring AND FOH at the same time, which may not be that many, so I understand... A small ON/OFF switch for the IRs on the unit itself would have also been a nice touch, but that's probably a limitation of size, cost, components, etc. Nice preamp overall though.

[@neilesewell]

Use an ABY pedal to split the Send signal in two: one goes to the Power Amp and the other goes back to the IR-X?

[@Timthecommenter]

Is there a way you can just load a ‘flat’ IR? (I don’t know if that’s even a thing.)

[@Joe-mz6dc]

You can load your own IRs.

[@joshmolchen1]

People make such a big deal about how the ACS1, Iridium and the TONEX don't have effects loops. Just put your Delay and Reverbs after the Cab IR's. That's what you would do in the studio.

[@JPiattelli]

Nf53 sounds killer

[@saarangnarayan123]

Already placed my order! Looks SUPER cool!

[@grumpyrocker]

Lee is there going to be a video of the new Laney amp heads? The Friedman sounds great here. I've just picked up a TC Electronics 550 preamp and I'm very impressed with that too. It's a heck of a lot less expensive than the Friedman too.

[@andertons]

Yup - it’s all coming soon!

[@grumpyrocker]

@@andertons cool thanks

[@semikolon6440]

It’s basically my Kraken preamp + IR loader setup in one box, from Friedman, very nice 😁

[@fuckyouallanddiehorribly]

Kraken uses lil baby tubes.

[@koraybeck]

What a question “midi out or midi in “‘ congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂😂😂

[@chrisrussoroos6091]

You guys r the best!!!

[@progpogs]

There is a huge market for these depending on the price- I love that friedman sound I don't yearn for much else, but Dave has always done the outdated analog sim'd outs, nice to see him put proper IR in this.

[@joshmolchen1]

"There is a huge market for these..." What are you talking about?

[@roddersonfire]

Guys, Great video and I am feeling inclined to buy one, but I was wondering if there is a reason why you only picked guitars with humbuckers for your test? What would a strat sound like ?

[@FlankinspanK]

Im using basically the same sound. Syn 1 BE BB into a Torpedo Cab M with the Friedman bare wood cab IR.

[@sjftech]

This sounds great! But I'm a bit confused, Dave said at 4:55 that there's about a dozen IR's in this but there only appears to be 3 in the software?

[@rgarcia4412]

When running the software you have up to 12 to choose from, 3 per channel

[@sjftech]

@@rgarcia4412 Ah, okay. Just looked like it was limited to 3 from what Andertons showed.

[@jhonfelo]

You have 3 IRs per channel to be chosen from the unit itself by using the toggle... But up to 12 IRs when using the software.

[@sjftech]

@@jhonfelo They only appeared to have 3 in the software in the video, but maybe that was prerelease or something.

[@mwmmatt1]

@@sjftechthose are the three IR’s loaded onto the switch, I believe one of the little symbols next to the IR name opens the folder with the rest of the IR’s so you can load them instead

[@MythosSoundStudio]

Dave, love ya for all you do and you look exhausted! Nice work on this pedal and integrating IRs. Perfect combo. Reminds me of a pedal version of the PT series of amps. Thanks Pete and Cap! Always awesome.

[@simondixon6761]

Sounds killer!

[@LB-pp7pu]

Please review the Tsakalis Mothership!

[@mrcoatsworth429]

I love these smaller amp sim pedals that are coming out. The UAD stuff is so good. Wish they'd model one or two high gain amps in that format. Maybe a Rockerverb and a 5150.

[@OL-Electric]

Yeah I love it in headphone recording setup. I'm running UAD pedals in an effects loop of HX Stomp, basicly doing a stereo amp setup (amp model from Stomp in parallel with Amp model of UAD from loop). I'd love some Orange -esque amp sim pedals though, or maybe a Matamp or Sunn Model-T. Anything doomy pretty much

[@mrcoatsworth429]

@@OL-Electric Yeah. I think at the very least, they should do a JCM 800. But would definitely love Orange. No one does that. Everyone does Fenders and AC30s.

[@sixslinger9951]

that sounds amazing!

[@joejohnson8966]

23:40 agree

[@lcpholman]

Sounds great!

[@therewasascene]

I was counting on you guys for neck pu tele cleans through this thing 😭 I know it’s not the focus of the unit but I love pretty neck SC cleans AND crushing chunks

[@jawsxx8683]

Wow, Dave actually combed his hair for this. You should feel honored Captain. 😂

[@DizzyKrissi]

I wonder why so many of these units do not at least have a little digital reverb unit built in. I hate to connect an extra pedal to the effects-loop.

[@chuddleywindston]

Because most enthusiasts would have reverb and delay pedals to plug in, and they probably wouldn't be satisfied with the type of digital effect they'd be able to bundle in with this product

[@Joe-mz6dc]

@chuddleywindston This. There is reverb built into my RME Babyface and although it has pretty good sound and it works really well as far as processing goes I never use it because it's just not the Reverb I'm generally looking for and there are so many other options with my pedals and plugins that I don't need it.

[@yaniv-nos-tubes]

the official kemper slayer is here

[@josearjona3728]

Excellent looking product! I have one question: If I wanted to sound with this IR-X on stage at the same time to the FOH (throught the balanced output) and thru and amp return (using the effects loop SEND of this pedal). Could this be possible or I´m a delusional? Thanks!

[@josearjona3728]

Ok, Dave just said it is possible 😍

[@yurimodin7333]

Thanks for cheaping out with the TRS balanced output instead of an XLR like it should have.........also is the effects loop series or parallel? I like to run a volume pedal in the effects loop as a master volume.

[@KodyXXVll]

dude the output is trs but the fx loop is mono. what even is the point?

[@AmbientMelancholy]

Someone help me out here. I am just a regular guy that plays guitar at home. No gigging at all. However, my interests and curiosity for these types of pedals is starting to grow. I have a Marshall Origins 50 tube amp (combo amp) that I love. Does this IR-X replace my amp, and you use it with a computer/DAW? Sorry for such a noob question...go easy on me! 🤣

[@leissMusic]

It's a preamp, not a proper amp, so you can't run it direct into an unpowered cab and expect much of anything. You'll want to run the output to a PA (any powered speaker solution). If you want to use it with a guitar amp cab, you'll need a power amp (like the seymour duncan powerstage). The caveat here is that you'd have to disable the cab simulation, which... seems like it needs to be plugged into a PC to do?

[@leissMusic]

I'd honestly recommend the Victory V4 boxes over this, just because you actually CAN run the powered units straight into a cab lol. But they're not a Friedman, so that may not be to taste.

[@AmbientMelancholy]

@@leissMusic thanks for the good information!

[@MattW4319]

You can run it into the effects return of your amp and you can also run it into your daw.

[@dancrowe7860]

Puts a Friedman amp within reach of this home player. I can sell some drive pedals I wasn't using, anyway, to grab this. Gotta go blow out some gear on Reverb!

[@falkenauge4077]

Sounds good!

[@brrblack497]

Yup!

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Oh man, Dave should've hired some copywriters/proofreaders for those descriptions in the app!

[@riverstone5994]

Jeez Louise what a product

[@neilesewell]

Sounds good … I’d imagine a Strymon Zuma (or similar) would power it using two outputs and a current doubling cable - which is precisely how I power my Victory Sheriff preamp!

[@kidgloves2]

Dave Friedman looks a little like David Gilmour. Similar eyes, eyebrows and nose. Anyone else see it? And they’re both named Dave.

[@robertkoascorpio]

Same guy with different haircut - Gilmour = Friedman ...😂

[@male3083]

The "knob" is still the most advanced control known to the human race.

[@davedavem]

Ooo! Shootout with Victory V4 amps andthelike!?

[@allblu]

1) I can't play on a real amp in my apartment, would this work with bass and midi synth as well? I'm not a big gear head but if I could theoretically use this with all my instruments it would definitely add value. Clerk at a boutique hipped me to this unit yesterday while I was picking up some pickups. 2) Nice kicks Pete! I haven't seen those old school, pre-Jordan Nikes since like 1982.

[@gigaha]

Whether you’d want to use this with bass/synth really depends on what sound you want. For me, it does not work well for either of those. The EQ emphasis here is really on the top end, so your bass will sound thin. For a bass you would do much better with something like an Origin Effects Bassrig pedal. For a midi synth, I’m not sure you need a special pedal for that - just go direct.

[@wingee]

Looks like Lee didn't change his shirt!

[@theiranxican7412]

I believe this paired with a L6 hx stomp would be pretty snazzy!

[@waynerd]

you did change your shirt from T-shirt, Capt.?

[@andrewwheelerguitar]

Send the send to the return on Pete’s amp’s fx loop. Not the balanced out. EQ would be far better.

[@pieve5516]

How about a shootout between classic tube amps compared to running various pre amps like the Friedman through a high end power amp?

[@slawsonscot]

Wasn't a bad sound out of that thing - excellent. Just a pity it's so expensive - not saying that it's not a fair price, but just that it's out of reach for many average folks. Fantastic piece of kit though!

[@antonego8356]

This would give you the Friedman sound for less than a third of his cheapest amp… I’d say it’s a pretty great thing, and it seems like he’s trying to make his sound more available to the masses.

[@hienvu1714]

I'm a retired musician (haven't gigged since the pandemic started). I recently sold my BluGuitar Amp1 but still own several large amps along with a THR30II Wireless, a THR100HD and a couple digital modelers. I was going to buy a DSM DLX for my pedal board when I came across this amp. Would this be a better choice for a guy who plays mostly classic rock & pop music? Thanks!

[@Sagerydian]

I'm not sure I get it: this is a preamp. Then there are IR's, that emulate the speaker. But what about the power stage? That is completely left out, isn't it?

[@FriedmanAmplification]

There is power amp simulation on the balance out

[@douglasdog1]

Very cool!

[@timholtguitar6999]

“That sounds really good man,” DP™️

[@marcomelillo4590]

Looks cool

[@BillyFox98]

Great video!!! I'm a noob on things like this so i have to ask, isn't this preamp just like what Victory did with their V4 amps? Also, this makes me want to sell my BE-OD pedal and get this instead 😅

[@leissMusic]

Pretty much just like the unpowered V4 pedals, except with IRs attached! Only problem is you're not going to drive any cabs with this, you would need to have a seymour duncan powerstage to do it (or to use another amp's power amp section to do it).

[@BillyFox98]

@@leissMusic Thanks!

[@scottwitt]

I’m building a pedalboard. This might be the ticket

[@chadhudson2046]

Killer idea. But it needs a stereo return for the effects loop.

[@metallicmonkey4519]

Just what I thought!!

[@KodyXXVll]

thank god someone else said it. what the fuck is the point of having stereo output when the loop just sums everything to mono? guess you can't use all those badass stereo effects in the fx loop lol. Fuckin lame!

[@andrewmaher8409]

Yes… If it had that it would be on my board right now.

[@dividedbytimestudios]

“The guys” at Victory need to take note, the V4 series should be like this, add IR loader etc…

[@CSC8393]

you mean for V4 preamp series ? The V4 amp can load IR....

[@daynenichols3745]

100%

[@dividedbytimestudios]

@@CSC8393 no those are $1000, I mean the $499 preamp to be able to do this

[@leissMusic]

​@@dividedbytimestudiosIt's a no-brainer too, considering that the powered version's selling point is that you can run it into a cab. The powered versions should leave *out* the IR loader, while the preamp ones should have it since they aren't running into a cab. 😵‍💫

[@loranster]

Dave sounds like Colin Robinson from "What we do in the shadows".

[@alexb.5703]

24:40 Long press channel 1 to bypass IR!?

[@patfix]

I expected this to be more expensive (because good stuff usually is), which is a very good sign since it has now been put on my GAS list.

[@GretchZ]

Hol up. Why not do the power amp simulation analog? Couple 12au7 one 12at7 and a transformer?

[@kevinbarnett1960]

That's insane - great sounds and affordable...

[@iansmirna5183]

Affordable is a very relative word depending on where you live. I would call it expensive regarding the competition.

[@bennytudor5313]

Bad timing with the fender coming out, which is easy and sounds great

[@An2oine]

Opinion. For pedals like this. IEC or wall wart?

[@EasyHeat]

I neeeeeed it!!!

[@erpece]

Did you engage cabinet emulation when going into the return of a combo (with - again - a guitar speaker)? That's not something I would do... Or did I miss something?

[@andertons]

No - we switched cab emulation off for that part. Pretty sure I mention that & you can see it on the app

[@erpece]

@@andertons thanks - I missed that!

[@larrydj549]

Shocking!

[@IndyRockStar]

Is Dave saying that I just wasted the $5K i just spent on a Friedman BE Deluxe Amp and Cab? The IR-X is 1/10th the price. After the Demo....I feel better. The BE Deluxe is miles better. I have the Quad Cortex for going to direct.

[@musiccreation1198]

Cool new gear is coming soooo fast, I can't remotely keep up. Choosing what to buy is becoming impossible.

[@moparbryan]

Can it do the JEL 20 tone? Cause that is arguably the best sounding amp to come out in years!

[@fraenkiboii]

god damn that thing is barky. You can’t see this but I basically had a stank face throughout the entire video. 🔥🤘

[@Bairov]

If you used your own power amp do you muck up the order of of the chain? Meaning wouldn't the IR need to be last?

[@sebbo1496]

hm, my guess would be that you don't use the IR in that case because you are going into a poweramp and then into a real cab.

[@Bairov]

@sebbo1496 I was gonna use efx loop and line out of the Powerstation 100

[@Tanax13]

I think this is the way forward. Great product! But... the price is crazy. almost 700, which is almost the same price as the SV20H, which is the authentic plexi. I don't know. As all Friedmans, cool products, but price wise I don't get it when they're SOOO much more expensive than Marshall. If this pedal was more like 400, then sure, but at 700..

[@huntergalloway3944]

Friedman is American. In America, those amps are almost 2000$ due to import taxes.

[@Tanax13]

​@@huntergalloway3944That's precisely the problem. Friedman is pricing this according to Marshall's US prices. By the time Friedman imports these into Europe, he just can't compete. Which is a shame. Like I said, the products themselves are pretty cool. But why pay over double the price for a Friedman trying to sound / improve upon the sound of a Marshall, when you can have an authentic Marshall for less than half the price?

[@Tanax13]

@@huntergalloway3944 This is the issue with most American amp brands btw. Friedman, Mesa, Soldano, etc. They just can't compete price wise.

[@Tanax13]

@@malfeasant_dino That's precisely my point. Did you even read what I wrote? He prices things based on Marshall's US pricing. Which is the issue internationally. He will probably do well in US, but everywhere else, he's not selling too many. Just look at Thomann sales top lists. Hand wired is not as good as PCB. Even Dave has said that PCB is superior in basically every way. So if hand wired only adds to the cost and isn't superior (according to Dave), I would rather get PCB.

[@iansmirna5183]

@@Tanax13 Quite funny when you think Marshall was created after the fact the `fender amps were too expensive to get in Europe at that time. For less than 200eur/dollars, you can also get a Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret that will emulate a Marshall Amp.