Looking for Friedman IR-J opinions?

Dammit. You bastard, lol. I was looking a the Powerstage 200 yesterday and reading reviews and trying to think of what would be a good sounding, light solution for gigs. Im planning on using my Orange Dual Baby but the Seymour Duncan with the IR-J would be killer.
I happen to know where a Powerstage 200 is for sale hahaha
 
A lot of useful info in this thread. Thank you guys. You've convinced me not to buy the IR pedals and stick with amps.
Its not an either or. Would I prefer the IR-D over my amps for regular full time gigging? No. Is it a killer option if for some reason you need to go direct or have a silent stage ? Yes. Is it hands down the easiest most compact backup you can bring out with you to a gig? No question. In a blind test would it fool the vast majority of people listening as to IR-D or a full fledged amp? Absolutely, fooled my own band mates first time I fired it up. Its not the be all end all, but it cant be written off that easily
 
Owned a J and X. Both have waaaaay too much compression on the dirt ch. Both can nail the friedman plexi channel. But ch 2 sounds sooo different it was a deal deal breaker. The OD boost on the j was super weird sounding and useless to me.
Here is a vid I made of the X -as always I provide sound clips when able rather than tons of words. Last words here -No matter what Pete Thorn or whatever influencer makes it sound like through a DAW, it will not sound like that in your rig. Similar to modelers they all record really well but that does not sound the same in your room.




More rock tone here

 
Owned a J and X. Both have waaaaay too much compression on the dirt ch. Both can nail the friedman plexi channel. But ch 2 sounds sooo different it was a deal deal breaker. The OD boost on the j was super weird sounding and useless to me.
Here is a vid I made of the X -as always I provide sound clips when able rather than tons of words. Last words here -No matter what Pete Thorn or whatever influencer makes it sound like through a DAW, it will not sound like that in your rig. Similar to modelers they all record really well but that does not sound the same in your room.




More rock tone here


What are you using now? I know you've tried different amps and really know good tones.
 
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