BOSS IR-2 - METAL

[@CAndy-jv4po]

at 5:56 I was like ''ok.. that's the Ride the Lightning Album tone RIGHT THERE!''

[@kilian-c6d]

right?? its pretty accurate

[@Epd3mik]

Absolutely!! That was the first thing i was thinking about! Holy shit that sounds close!

[@alanpoole5046]

Dear lord.

[@littledittymusic]

Yep but too much bass IMO

[@timothyruiz4317]

That riff you're playing at the beginning, that's the way I like when you play. Good ol riffs

[@iamPHCorrea]

The Haunted - Trespass. ** Flies away

[@sergiogbass]

One of my favorites riffs ever. I love always when Ola play it

[@matthewbertram3304]

I thought it was Scotty Doesn't Know at first

[@SubContraBass_]

@@matthewbertram3304 dude i thought the same thing

[@d-fresh901]

I'm waiting on Sweetwater to send mine.. I ordered it almost 2 months ago.. Can't wait to add it to my board

[@ValentinGibouleau-d5v]

Ola finally figuring out that his IR is bassy as hell, even when loaded in VST Amp Sims

[@JarppiJakke]

Yeah it’s really an overkill. Sounds good but I personally need 160-180 Hz low cut to make it work.

[@Durkhead]

It would probably work with just the sm57 half of his ir

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

it's BOSS, so.......meh but it does change the "color" of the tone nicely or you could get a VOX amp and no pedal.......maybe

[@JoshDoug495]

I’m pretty sure his ir is raw so it requires some Eqing ok it

[@VexylObby]

I did noticed he had the ambiance cranked most of the time...

[@lexustech48]

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!

[@danlogan7083]

You are my 'go to' for equipment reviews, the tones I'm looking for and a great sense of humor!

[@LoreAccurateHusky]

5:41 That's how the treble works on a Multi-Watt Recto, that's probably what they are emulating on that mode and that's actually really cool. Very few amp sims/models ever capture that detail on the Multi-Watt so I commend them for the accuracy.

[@rickfinsta2951]

Also the Ambience stock setting is a room reverb. You can switch to a Hall or Plate and the Plate sounds GREAT.

[@drcockles]

Plate improves that feature loads

[@amgcgoncalves]

At 6:02, it sort of sounds like Ride the Lightning's tone to me. Pretty cool.

[@andtuningforall4957]

Holy SHIT you're right. Golden ears ngl

[@naturaljoe759]

Yeah it has that cutting but reverb-y RtL tone for sure. Definitely a classic sound.

[@SaKeXVII]

good observation. sounds awesome

[@chris_bouchard]

Indeed. Heard Trapped Under Ice the minute he hit that first chord.

[@jeanrunkle1059]

Yeah I can hear it now that you say

[@juddsutube]

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. 🤘🏻

[@TahmidIshrak]

How does it sound when plugged into a mixing board? Can it replace amps? asking cause im trying to make my setup ampless.

[@seanoconnor7846]

As a guitar hack in my basement i like how many unique tones it has in a basic pedal.

[@metaltoons]

I ordered the IR-2 as well, but will be feeding the Metalzone into it!

[@PooNinja]

That’s right

[@Durkhead]

Olas ir sounds awesome with the metalzone. I have a tip, dial in your tone dry without an ir first then add the ir

[@lexustech48]

This is the way. Ive got a Wazacraft MT-2 and.... my God Im VERY excited to get one of these!

[@herrdoctorsloth9801]

It is even better in the loop ;)

[@stratonarrow]

Why not 2 metal zones??

[@daniel_naaden]

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.

[@ravendagrey]

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

[@triplelindys]

I own one and I absolutely love it. The versatility of this thing is what sold me on it. Fantastic product.

[@taxo]

Does it make sense to use it after a whole analog pedalboard?

[@bcm1621]

@@taxo Not sure if you have tried it. It is excellent with pedal, love a tube screamer before the rec.

[@spitefulwar]

"Does that sound like a Rectifyer?" Well after you threw it down the staircase... maybe?

[@lexzbuddy]

Better than expected. A bit fizzy but my God I would have absolutely loved one when I 1st started playing guitar.

[@Lord_Palmer]

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 :)

[@BassOfPj]

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

[@akselgumus5385]

respect for information channels like this

[@kjhajueg_2731]

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?

[@ravendagrey]

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!

[@avmusic6700]

​@@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

[@ravendagrey]

@avmusic6700 cool I did not know that, I have the IR200 it's an amazing unit. Thanks for the info

[@taxo]

It can be a cab loader only? Like a Mooer radar, so I can use my preamp pedals into it?

[@applehole448]

@@taxo pretty sure

[@bodieanderson]

Amazing video as always Ola! I might have to give this peddle a shot

[@gmanolicious]

Ola you are the best, and you always give me a chuckle no matter what the topic!

[@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot]

They should call this the Metallica pedal because every setting sounds like a different era of Metallica

[@charlesrocks]

I must own it

[@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot]

@@charlesrocks Yeah I kinda need this now

[@clowncorpse7230]

😂👍🏻

[@TravelatorH8r]

Definitely hits all the Metallica tones

[@potatohead3333]

The Crunch is straight up ACDC

[@rickfinsta2951]

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.

[@brandnewyou5254]

I've been thinking of the idea of putting this pedal together just like you did but none of the demos ever did that and I just wasn't convinced Ola Englund made it sound horrible so did three or four other guys but you made it sound great

[@ianbooth4010]

Pure Obituary tone on that Recto setting.

[@Pelham1538]

Amazing they’re still allowed to play shows since they used confederate flag imagery in the past.

[@NoPriorRecords]

@@Pelham1538Land of the FREE and home of the Brave.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@Pelham1538 The confederate flag is still very common to see here in the US. I’m sure a ton of bands from the south still fly em.

[@HenritheHorse]

@@Pelham1538 Just like Pantera, no need to ban anyone.

[@ianbooth4010]

@@Pelham1538 are you an archaeologist? Just on your ability to dig up the past 🤔

[@XXIII_89]

Probably would be really good with an EQ pedal in front of the IR pedal.

[@BrandonSills]

one observation i had is roughly at the 6:00 mark. betting this tone right here could cut close to Megadeth's "Rust In Peace" (if a slight tweak to the cab IR were made maybe). at least, that's what i hear.

[@jeremy7383]

The earliest I have ever been to an ola!

[@tomkac1991]

same here

[@strangelet4588]

Bought one about 4 months ago....still waiting...like a Boss

[@jessehutchings]

This is why I'm glad I was too late to order one. I went to Ted Brown Music in person and bought a GT1000Core instead and I'm so glad I did

[@strangelet4588]

@@jessehutchingsI’m not using it for final recordings, just silent recording with di.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@strangelet4588 I'm going to try using it for final recording myself. Aside from the drums, which we tracked at a local studio, I made a pretty good 3 song punk demo with an old Boss GS-10 back in the day for all the guitars, bass and vocals, it sounded pretty good, even back then.

[@strangelet4588]

@@scramblesthedeathdealer sweet! No doubt great sounds can be achieved. I got a slo30 and 4x12 mic’d up that I’ll be running the di’s back into. Who knows though, might prefer it for some songs or even blended! 🤘

[@strangelet4588]

@@scramblesthedeathdealer also. The day after I posted I got a “your order has shipped” notification. Ola, the bringer of good fortune. ;)

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I have this pedal and love it!

[@niclastname]

Seems like it would be a really good super simple travel rig. Maybe just add like a reverb pedal and that's it. It has headphone out built in. Might have to get me one of these!

[@minjiigo]

Tmho is the most distinct high gain tones I've ever seen in a small unit. You can actually hear the difference between them and in a good way.

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

Gotta compare this to the new POD Express 🤘🤘

[@thierrygoli4271]

@@AutismRocksOfficial cant compare, the pod inclues all effects.

[@clowncorpse7230]

Great video as always and that pedal seems a great piece of kit for using in cover bands & original music as it is quite diverse👍🏻

[@taftoc7288]

i like cheeseburgers

[@adamsabaz2415]

HalfLife T-Shirt! Sweet! (I got the IR-2 after my amp caught on fire during a show. I love it for patching directly into a DI-BOX to PA). No more heavy gear! just guitars and pedal board and In-Ears!

[@billyc6678]

I got this as soon as it came out. Comes in real handy for late night jams so you can’t bother the neighbors. lol. 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@nandoblivion]

You didn’t take about the efx loop! Not bad for the price & it seems fairly tweekable as well as very compact, versatile & BOSS rugged.

[@darrelladams4886]

Been interested in this pedal since it released. But I often wonder if the upside of its familiar stylings vs the digital menu diving feel of the ir-200 is also a downside. Dual function concentric knobs can feel a bit cramped and perhaps a slightly larger form factor would have allowed for more comfortable knob tweaking. I do appreciate the sounds and features however. It feels like a step up from the ir-200 despite not having some of its features and capability. Sounds better imo

[@matttaylor1449]

The 2 is because it's part of the 2nd range of boss pedals, the boss compact series. The original range was like the old boss chorus ensemble.

[@AaronUhl]

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!

[@ToyutahLifein]

Another great one! Whenever I slow down or need something different, this helps my playing... so cha-cha!!!

[@louisburley1597]

Kinda cool old pedals are coming back with the addition to this and the line 6 one last week

[@Earthwormjimm]

I really like this. I went through this guitar phase where I wanted to make a clean OR15 sound really creamy and clean with ambient tones so I rebuilt my entire board towards that sound. But then I wanted to be able to get a nice rhythm tone that’s heavy and thick without having to bust out my high gain heads or a new distortion pedal. But this bad boy will be pivotal to that change. Just slap this at the end of the chain, turn off cab emulation, use channel green as the clean setting so I have my entire board and my amp doing the work, and have the red channel set to a nice big soldano or 5150 tone whenever I need it. And all my same pedals still running through it as needed. Plus I always run a preset of my big sky as an always on room setting, this has it built in on both channels. I love this, can’t wait. It’s like having two pedalboards, one through my clean OR15 and one through a heavy distorted amp. Rad.

[@MicahRunning]

My good sir, what is your fav chug and how to acquire it? I need to watch more of your videos, they've all been great so far, a blast.

[@jesseparrish9198]

I'm more curious to see a review on the new line 6 pod express.

[@MrNeurotix]

I think you forgot to mention that each amp has 2 channels, so perhaps the chugging sounds better on the red channel. love your reviews

[@ectosproductions6972]

Preordered mine on December 1st last year. Still waiting 😢😢😢😢

[@jbh219]

Theyre in shops now. Cancel your order

[@ectosproductions6972]

@@jbh219 nowhere around me. Good news though, it finally shipped and is out for delivery today!!!

[@blast-steinaverhn4169]

I think i have found THE pedal, thx so much Ola.

[@Davivd2]

It sounds like a Metal Zone and each "different" distortion is basically a preset with different EQ settings.

[@heliooliveira6665]

Great tones and what an awesone riff on the intro

[@LeroyJenkins-fq2ko]

The best Haunted riff, love it too!

[@b0tb0t83]

What song please?

[@sm4739]

@@b0tb0t83 trespass

[@afr0s13]

@@b0tb0t83 trespass, cmiiw

[@Professional.Bro.777]

Dude that was TIGHT

[@-xHALx-]

Maybe dialing back on the ambience (which was maxed out during the IR upload part) - may change the sound to more balanced.

[@pupu6oi74]

this seems like a great product! boss keeps up with the times.

[@hutch3d]

I understand why Ola tried the Precision drive with the Boss IR-2. The Horizon Devices Precision Drive is always on with my distorted tone. I can’t imagine my rig without it.

[@PonchoVonRichtor]

Same. I love my Precision Drive.

[@andrij.demianczuk]

7:35 woah!!! Was that Mors Principium Est we heard there?!?

[@JamesNihil]

This thing goes harder than expected. I was convinced to check it out when I saw Dylan Carlson using one in an Earth set with one little combo amp instead of the stack he used drag around::::::and it still sounded huge.

[@kneztm]

Compassion left behind, set for a controllable mind! (Or something like that) I've been curious about this piece of gear. Thanks.

[@dannyshannon]

Dude can you please do a review on the TC Electronic Dual Wreck? I have just purchased one and would love your take on it 🤘

[@taxo]

How do ya like it direct into pa?

[@naicametal]

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

[@lukecarmichael1588]

Of the high gain settings, the soldano setting sounded best to me.

[@greasyzach]

this is crazy to me. years of tone chasing, different tubes, comparing tube amps to my randall rg... and now everything is full circle, even skipping amp altogether

[@artificalpirate333]

it simulates the amps,lot of the amps need the extra boost also is what i am thinking ,thanks for the info ,good info

[@jeremy7383]

Hey Ola would you ever consider to please do an old school tab run through of Trespass?

[@jimmypennell8831]

You could get by with this ina pinch. Maybe add some pedals for character. If your main rig was down you can still play a show. Of course it's not going to sound as good as a Friedman or Soldano but if you had to play a show and you couldn't access your regular setup

[@bestboy897]

sounds oldschool af and i mean it in a good way

[@paulgillespie542]

Cool. Some of those settings are Marshall head emulators (sort of). Very diverse

[@TiwazPagan-if3og]

What tuning is the guitar in, and what song is the beginning riff from in the opening of the video? That was sick sounding.

[@fonesrphunny7242]

While looking through our studio inventory, I found something that looks like a Behringer MT-2 clone. Sounded surprisingly great, although I was playing through a fat Orange amp/cab

[@DOPIllustration]

Between this and the Tonex one, which one would you pick for heavy riffs? keep in mind that Tonex software is a pain in the arse...

[@OrkhanJulfa]

I have IR-200 and use it only for clean tone, EQ and pedal base feeding it with analog drive pedals.

[@vingra.]

OLA ...I love these videos.....there is a new LINE 6 POD EXPRESS pedal .... would be awesome to see you do a video with it .... does all kinds of shit. I have a Helix LT and saw this and was like hmmm i wonder if it sounds anything like the helix.... would make for a great desktop solution so I wouldn't have to drag out the massive LT just to track ideas . Would very much like to hear your tone through it. Love ya brotha //// Peace

[@a.j.garrett9639]

I definitely see myself buying one

[@zap7759]

I like it. Might not be for the "Fluence/Tubescreamer/5150/V30/SM57" "crowd" but for people that actually rock, its good.

[@Ottophil]

Whats wrong with this “crowd” i have that exact setup. Its perfect for generic metal tones. Metal is a genre

[@zap7759]

@@Ottophil Prolly better if a loved one breaks the news to you lol

[@MeTuLHeD]

I wonder how the clean tone would sound with a metal pedal going into it? Like an Empress Heavy or Metal Muff or Revv.

[@Archartugan]

we need a comparison between tonex one, line 6 pod expres and boss IR2

[@stephenhenning178]

There is a pedal EQ from Hell pro that is supposed to be a clone of Dime’s parametric eq

[@NCMullinsVA]

The clean is louder for the same reason it's louder on most other amps. I've tried. No compression from the high gain! At least, that's what I always thought.

[@stuartbowlerwell2845]

Always like seeing a HL tee. Lambda Core - an emerging metal sub-genre?

[@AronBuilds]

Would changing the “ambience” with your uploaded IR have changed the incredible amount of bass?

[@robb4340]

Thanks For The Demo, Beautifull Colour Guitar ByThe Way. Which Solar Model is it?

[@K707OR30]

Tried one, wasn’t terrible but wasn’t thrilled with it. Sounds fine for a tiny practice amp type setup or something but not sure it works great otherwise. Doesn’t beat my thr30ii for a practice setup.

[@Harrysound]

It’s cool. I feel the pedal format isn’t really ideal for it but….i would have loved it when I started playing in the 90s

[@jp5394]

Has a very 80s metal/thrash sound to it

[@Professional.Bro.777]

It's kinda quality distortion for a boss pedal tho

[@bestboy897]

yesss

[@ravenheart1439]

Does it chug...seems so...really a couple settings there sounded great to me..

[@martingalicia36695]

Can’t wait for mine! Nice video!! Thanks!!

[@johnjohannesjuan]

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.

[@gmanolicious]

LOL!!! You demoing this unit helped figure out a way to get a better rectifier sound on my GT-1000

[@seanfrancis2]

A parametric EQ would help so much with this pedal. I might get it for gigging honestly. Good little practice and gig board.

[@Tsubocheeg]

Ola overdrives everything

[@ThrashBiker2112]

Ola do you ever play ceremony live I can't find a video on KZbin? Plus please tour @thehaunted in the UK 🤘

[@jakeqwaninne8502]

i was flippin out, i was all worried, WTF happened to Ola, i hope he's ok, i couldn't find the new SWOLA, then i looked at the bottom right side of the screen and realized it was only saturday, so awesome, i gained a whole day thanx to Ola, saturdays rule

[@oldschoolrocker257]

It would be good if you tried the classic distortions of some cheap effects processor such as the Boss Gt-1...go ahead, go ahead

[@mmiller6873]

I love leaving an engaging comment. :) Well done on the vid though Ola

[@CCovers1]

The IR2 is cool, but my problem with it is that everything sounds close enough, but still quite off. That dual rec is cool, but it's not quite a dual rec. It lacks the mids like Ola said. I think the Boss EQ curve is a bit odd. Also, it's pretty compressed sounding. It'll be fine in a mix because nobody will know, but playing in the room with just the IR2 may be jarring.

[@too--late]

♫ It’s never too scooped. It’s impossible. More is more. How can less be more ? (Yngwie told us).

[@StrayDreamer]

Sounds bright and clear when played metal

[@Gorgamation]

i wonder if this will be like the metal zone pedal for future generations

[@zanshin09]

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.

[@adam872]

With some EQ you could get some pretty good tones that would sit well in a mix with this thing.