Boss IR-2 - Game Changer?

[pingu]

I had a look at the current Srm350
on the Mackie website

It says you can plug guitars
straight in ….
(1 Mohm would be about right)

[rpjazzguitar]

I just tried it with my just-arrived Bose S1 Pro Plus. It sounded better straight into the Bose than it did through the ME80 (set for reverb and volume pedal only). I'll post a more complete review after I've used it in a few situations.

[jzucker]

no offering from boss is ever the final answer. Even their expensive, firmware-upgradable gear options get abandoned after a short, 2 year life cycle it seems. There's been nothing on the market to make me want to jump ship from the helix stomp. I like the tonex and I think it sounds better but it's super limited compared to the helix. The UX stuff is better supported than boss and is a slight step up from helix in some ways, but their fender platform has too much gain for a clean jazz axe with heavy strings.

[alltunes]

Has anybody got a hold of one of these Boss IR-2’s yet? If so thoughts? I envision it for a super lazy rehearsal set up where the host has a PA. But then again is it that hard to carry a 30lb tube amp with spring reverb? And I can’t see the IR-2 competing with that.

[Doug B]

It's basically a Strymon Iridium at half the price.Should be a huge seller.

I think the Irridium and the Dream 65 will be coming down in price. I bought the UA Dream 65 in August. Then the Sweetwater price was around $550 Cdn, now it's about $440. And that's in 4 months. Boss pedals have always struck me as very average-not as low level as Donner pedals, but not as quality level as Universal Audio and others. Having said that though I wish my Dream 65 had an effects loop like the Boss.

[Doug B]

There's been nothing on the market to make me want to jump ship from the helix stomp. I like the tonex and I think it sounds better but it's super limited compared to the helix. T

I look at the pedal amps as best for home practice-late night or apartment use. Time will tell if they get adopted for gig level/onstage usage.

Doug

[alltunes]

Thinking about this pedal again. Anybody use it successfully for cleanish sounds straight into a PA?

[SetPhasersToSwing]

Thinking about this pedal again. Anybody use it successfully for cleanish sounds straight into a PA?

I've been using one for the past year in my wedding band, going direct to PA. We're playing everything from pop, rock, funk, etc., and I use it like a two-channel amp - green light = clean, using the "Twin" model and red light = overdrive, using the "crunch" model. It took a couple of gigs to properly dial in the drive sound, and I learned that less was definitely more! The "Brit" model was too compressed and just got lost in the mix. I have a Fulldrive on my board to add a bit more gain for leads or volume with the clean boost. I play a Strat, so I have a BOSS CS-3 as an always-on pedal that just slightly grabs the note and adds a little bit of boost; it's not mega squashy.

Like everything, it takes a bit of adjustment to find a good sound, and even then, what sounds good at home will probably need a bit of tweaking on the gig.

Overall though, I'm really happy with it.