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I’m a blind guitar player and I always enjoy looking at guitar reviews on youtube. I’ve got a martin d18, a yamaha FG830 CE, and an an Alvarez yairi DY82. Currently, I’m saving up for a Breedlove concert with a spruce top and Murtlewood back and sides. I’ll get a yamaha A5R after I get the breedlove. I don’t use picks, just my fingers, and I play a lot of classic country and Gospel on my guitars. I want a guitar that has a good bass sound that would be good for bluegrass playing. This guitar sounds as good as a martin hd28 which has a sound I really like. My Alvarez guitar has walnut back and sides with a spruce top.

I have this Yamaha guitar and I think I like it better than my Furch green Master’s choice. They are exactly the same. I like this Yamaha better than the FG5 for sure. It has a rich warm tone.

This is great, I really enjoyed your deep dive into this pedal. Very clear and concise. This helped a lot, thank you

Thanks for the review. The D-16 with rosewood looks interesting. I would like to hear your take on the D-16. Cheers.

I too have the HX Stomp, which is a problem when utilizing the settings between single coils and humbuckers. You have to make 2 different variations to accommodate the pickup output. That's why I went back to an amp. It's much easier to make changes between guitars. As well, use an EQ pedal to dial in/out frequencies where required. It's so much easier than trying to work through menus on the fly. The 'tone' will never satisfy you while using the Stomp because there are so many options and variations. Too much time spent tweaking the Stomp - not enough time practicing your craft. That's my experience anyway. God luck

Bro try adjusting pickup height it makes a huge difference

Just get an HSS Strat problem solved.

I'll be honest- you have great advice on how to get a fatter tone from a strat- but the premise that the pickup selection on a strat should have some kind of linearity like your Les Paul does is broken. The problem you have a is a direct result of the framework that a guitar should function in such a way. I don't know of any strat player that shares this type of approach for gain staging.

too bright? use the tone knob. not enough gain? play more aggressively/adjust the pickup height/ get a new pup/slap a baseplate on existing the pup. you can just use your hands or the volume knob on the fly to adjust output down. as a generalization strat style single coils can be more dynamic than the humbuckers and they will make you work more. that said, i love my Gibsons. also, try a real amp, instead of a simulated one and see how you like it

I bet this is the guy that tries to soundcheck for 3 hours before a show to dial in his “perfect” tone.

Y ou can't fatten a pig by weighing it. Come on, somebody baught it for you? Wasn't Universal Audio was it? This pedal cost me 300 dollars and, honestly, it sucks. No matter how I try, there is no satisfying sound in this box. Spend your hard earned cash elsewhere. Unless you are Jimmy Page, 400 bucks is a whole lot of money!

I have only used it with a single coil strat so far. I found that if I hit the IRX with an overdrive it smoothed it out quite a bit when adding gain on the IRX. I also bypassed the built in IRs and used the two notes wall of sound cabs and also the power amp section. I was able to get a much smoother sound, and I think just running an OD pedal in front was what did the trick. The next thing for me to do is run this into a tube power section of one of my amps. I'm guessing it will sound really good.

This was a segment that I cut from my "How to use EQ to Fix Strat Tone" video for length, you can find that video here: ruclips.net/video/2sq69gdV0Uc/видео.html

Hey. I just got stringjoy naturals. I notice that these strings, on peg winder side, is not wrapped all the way to the end leaving the thin steel part of the string. Do I only wind that part of the string (thin steel part) or pull it thru’ a bit to include some of the wrapped part of the string in the winding? I’ve only used strings, such as, Elixer, which are wrapped all the way to the end. Hope that’s clear.. thank you! 11:38

Hey. I just got stringjoy naturals. I notice that these strings, on peg winder side, is not wrapped all the way to the end leaving the thin steel part of the string. Do I only wind that part of the string (thin steel part) or pull it thru’ a bit to include some of the wrapped part of the string in the winding? I’ve only used strings, such as, Elixer, which are wrapped all the way to the end. Hope that’s clear.. thank you!

Have you ever tried using the ToneX pedal?

I bought the HX Stomp XL - and it works great with my classical guitar which I use most time!

This is a test of the sound of guitars, not strings.

My very first amp was also a Tube Works combo amp, not the model behind you but the one I had sported an ugly beige front panel, not the black with yellow logo they switched to in the 90s. I played metal and hardcore punk rock so I loved it. I recently bought the IR-X because I'm still into punk and metal and now live in an apartment with thin walls. I play a PRS with humbuckers so I haven't run into those issues you had trying to dial in a Strat tone. I was able to dial in great clean and gritty boosted tones on channel 1, and the unboosted high gain sound on channel 2 reminded me of the TW amp I had started out on way back. I only use the boost on ch2 for a little extra gain and volume on leads. Only effects I use are time based effects in the loop, Im really happy with it.

only the greatest steel string of all time!

All Martin's come with a strap peg that has to be installed. You aren't really informed about this guitar. Do some research before you go online and look silly

The way you described our minds is spot on. I got a D-28 earlier this year and always wonder if I should have got the HD-28 instead lol, when the D-28 reimagined is an amazing guitar.

It simplifies gigs so much. I just show up on stage, Les Paul case in one hand, Small pedal board in the other, and go DI to the PA, sound guy happily does the rest. I have the best clean guitar amp of all time, a delay/reverb pedal, Zvex Box of Rock for AC/DC, Ibaneze TS9 for lead boost or SRV blues, and Vertex Ultraphonix for that searing Robben Ford Dumble goodness.

What a difference, I was debating about getting the Fat 60’s but I’m sold now

Thanks for the effort but with this audio you don’t manage to demonstrate you point. Sorry

This was a segment that got cut from my video on how to use EQ to fix Strat tone due to length. The main video is here: ruclips.net/video/2sq69gdV0Uc/видео.html

I don't know if any of you have tried this... Run the UA into the effects loops of two different amps on stage and then mic those amps into the p.a. I use tube amps so you bypass the pre amps but still go through the power amp tubes and real speakers . Now you have a stereo rig as a pedal platform and the sound at your back as well as being in the mix Best part for me is now the output volume acts like an attenuator and I can get my tone at any volume . I just dial it in to whatever the mix is. It works fine straight in to a p.a but this little addition is great for my needs gigging. try it and let me know what you think

I prefered the IR-D over the IR-X, it had a little bit mellower of a tone, but even that had days where I would not bond with it. Sometimes the gear we want to love just doesn't love us back lol. I'm going through the same thing with a Bluguitar Amp1 right now.

I can't get along with any of the ir-whatever pedals. The nano cortex "felt" more tube like to me. My evh od pedal even sounded better. I thought it was just me lol

I believe a strat should sound like a strat, why use an eq to turn it into a les Paul?

The EQ7 is fairy dust for guitar sounds

SILLY BILLY, make a video lesson about just using the strats tone#1 and tone#2 controls to get FATTER thicker and warmer tones just plugging direct into a amplifier and adjusting the amplifiers EQ settings.

I don’t even take my guitar to Starbucks because I’m not a psycho

Please play the pedal. Bless your heart!

I bought the IRX this week, and i'm very, very dissapointed. It sounds boxy, no presence top end. I conected it to my Duncan Powerstage 200, to a 4x12 Marshall 1960b V30s. I also have a Dime Head NAM Player, and the capture that i have of the Friedman BE100 amp, through the same SD Powerstage and cab, sounds so, so much better than the IRX, it has all the top end presence that the real amp has, and the IRX don't. I think i'm selling the IRX

you still believe on tonewood? You lost me man

Or…….get the Stomp XL…..

i think you miss the bright switch settings on the fist channel with the strat also you miss the editor you cal take away brightness

Everything sounds like crap... First off .. turn of the effects sounds amature...

Avoiding the delay and reverb would have made the sound differences much more clear ....

WHY THE ECHO & Reverb ? Dry would show better results for the Listener The Echo made everything sound TINNY & I'm using Good Quality Speakers !

The middle pickup - with its tone control - is the thicker bridge tone people are looking for. The bridge is excellent for stuff like country and surf.

I sold mine and I’m only feeling the regret a year later. Sounds really good, just needed a few more minutes tweaking

Man please cut the mic camera sound on the guitar parts , the whack o the strings sound stronger than de process audio

This is Fantastic! Thank You Billy!!!

Dude! Listen. The Helix modeling is fake as f***, it adds input compression to anything you plug in so that you don't have to worry about gain staging. Every model has a perfect sweep of gain no matter what you plug in. What you are experiencing with this pedal is normal. This is what low gain singles into an unboosted tube pre sound like.

Follow up videos coming on the practical difference between a Les Paul and a Stratocaster, exact workflows for A/B testing tones to develop your own EQ blocks, and more.

Bridge and nut are synthetic bone, just like they use up the Taylor line... Fretboard is Ebony.... Under that top is Taylor's latest bracing, which they call C-Class, it thins out the overtones for clarity but has a little more bass response than the V bracing they use in the all solid wood guitars of this body shape... Three months ago I bought the 217, which spec wise is the same guitar you're holding in this video but with a gloss sunburst finish.... My Gibson J-45 hasn't been touched much sense.... Highly recommend the 217e and 117e models to those looking for a mid-range focused instrument with clear note separation.... You're right the laminate back and sides don't really matter when everything else is right. The main reason cheap laminate guitars don't sound great is more to do with the the top wood not being conditioned right or too thick, the bracing wood being cheap or the finish being too thick. You'll find those traits on most guitars under $500. Taylor doesn't make those mistakes on any thing they build... Back and sides, regardless if laminate or all-solid contribute to maybe 5% of the tone

" Make it your own" , yes do listen to as many samples and try to actually hear the pickup "Live" through an amp. I record every alteration and then listen back till am happy. Every piece of wire/ magnet/ solder/ potentiometer/ condenser/ will make a difference to the tone. These 60s fat pickups have a basic design that can't be duplicated because they are made using Alnico 2 magnets which by nature make the pickup "Warmer" and less brittle. Advantage is when you turn your amp "UP" and your ears don't get fatigued with the harsh treble. The only others worth a look are the PV 65s if you like clean tones..great video, thanks.

How much?