Friedman IR-J question

[MYLILSS]

Alright so quick idea to keep at the GF’s house for a bedroom rig of sorts … how we would it work ?

I have a set of KRK monitors collecting dust so I was thinking about building a mini pedal board centered around a Friedman IR-J, and running it direct into the KRK monitors via the headphone out

How F’n crazy am I ?

I love the Friedman JEL tone which is why I am asking about that pedal specifically. While not the exact same they share the dna

 

[sandman]

Alright so quick idea to keep at the GF’s house for a bedroom rig of sorts … how we would it work ?

I have a set of KRK monitors collecting dust so I was thinking about building a mini pedal board centered around a Friedman IR-J, and running it direct into the KRK monitors via the headphone out

How F’n crazy am I ?

I love the Friedman JEL tone which is why I am asking about that pedal specifically. While not the exact same they share the dna

A real man would put a 412 friedman cab with a 50watt jel head in his GF’s house. Just sayin’

 

[sytharnia1560]

run straight out of the balanced out of the IRJ into the monitors

 

[GaryM05]

run straight out of the balanced out of the IRJ into the monitors

+1

That setup should work well as a small but great sounding rig. I’ve hooked up my IR-J in so many different ways it’s amazing how many options it has, while sounding great doing it.

 

[romanianreaper]

I actually liked both the IR-X and IR-D more than the IR-J which shocked me because i'm more of a hair metal guy. As others have mentioned though, you can just run it out.

 

[Chris O]

I’d have a much different idea for a “bedroom rig” at my GF’s house…just sayin…

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I actually liked both the IR-X and IR-D more than the IR-J which shocked me because i'm more of a hair metal guy. As others have mentioned though, you can just run it out.

Did the J have the most bite of the 3?

 

[romanianreaper]

Did the J have the most bite of the 3?

It did but to me it was "stringy" and I know that is a weird term and hard to describe. You know that SRV tone like at the beginning of "Cold Shot"? I'm not sure if it is a frequency? It is not a bad sound just probably something people are on the fence about for hard rock and metal.

I think in my head I was thinking the IR-J would cover Lynch and DeMartini type tones but felt to me like less gain, stringy and more classic Plexi. Just my opinion.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

It did but to me it was "stringy" and I know that is a weird term and hard to describe. You know that SRV tone like at the beginning of "Cold Shot"? I'm not sure if it is a frequency? It is not a bad sound just probably something people are on the fence about for hard rock and metal.

I think in my head I was thinking the IR-J would cover Lynch and DeMartini type tones but felt to me like less gain, stringy and more classic Plexi. Just my opinion.

Actually that makes sense as Jake loves his plexis and he was boosting the cleaner side of his friedman's to replicate that feel of the Marshalls. So that stringiness i hear in some plexi NAM profiles and also admit that I prefer the sound/ feel of a good 2203 or 2204 myself. Demartinni's n#1 amp has a cascades 2204 preamp as do Angus Young's plexis. So really, you get plexi filtering but that JCM 800 preamp and that's how I like it too.

I really like these preamp on the floor pedals though and wished Marshall and Soldano would do a few. Cut the poweramp and just simulate that through NAM would be a killer recording tool. Synergy is great but sometimes I don't want to load down my amp and i don't want to shell out 800 $ CAD for a Syn-1.

 

[romanianreaper]

Actually that makes sense as Jake loves his plexis and he was boosting the cleaner side of his friedman's to replicate that feel of the Marshalls. So that stringiness i hear in some plexi NAM profiles and also admit that I prefer the sound/ feel of a good 2203 or 2204 myself. Demartinni's n#1 amp has a cascades 2204 preamp as do Angus Young's plexis. So really, you get plexi filtering but that JCM 800 preamp and that's how I like it too.

I really like these preamp on the floor pedals though and wished Marshall and Soldano would do a few. Cut the poweramp and just simulate that through NAM would be a killer recording tool. Synergy is great but sometimes I don't want to load down my amp and i don't want to shell out 800 $ CAD for a Syn-1.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I think you are right about Jake's tone. The floor amps are a no brainer and the technology is really creating some great options.

I wish Friedman would collaborate with Laney and have a Jose floor unit with the 60 watts like my Super Grace. It is a great sounding pedal amp and I think I could trick people into thinking it is a bigger amp.

The Synergy Syn-2 and Fryette PS-2a sounded killer at my gig this past Tuesday thru my Friedman 1x12 cab. I should have run out the XLR but completely forgot. The rack is a bit heavier than I'd like but not horrible.

 

[cobrahead1030]

I run my IR-X like that sometimes and it works pretty well. Definitely benefits from adding a little delay or reverb.

 

[* velcro-fly *]

I actually liked both the IR-X and IR-D more than the IR-J which shocked me because i'm more of a hair metal guy. As others have mentioned though, you can just run it out.

I had the JEL20 head, I had the IR-X and have had the IR-D for over a year now. The IR-D is killer