That tone man. That playing. It's amazing. I could listen to it all day. In fact, I just might. It's a shame this unit doesn't have stereo. It's hard to go back to mono.
Thank you for the review! I know this can be a bit of a meaningless question but is there a different feeling playing the Twin as opposed to the Iridium? Is it more responsive to your playing, do you see any advantages of the preamp section of the Twin being analog instead of digital? Thanks!
I think the fender tones sound really great - there's definitely a certain realism to it that is a little better than the iridium, especially on the lower notes on your k-line. My biggest gripe though is not being able to load two separate cabinets at the same time, and not having multiple amp models in one unit.
It sounds fantastic from these clips. But I think I've come to the point with the iridium that a new unit has to sound better and do my laundry for me to consider switching!
I have this device. He's very cool. Very happy with him. I didn't expect to see it here )) After your videos, I purchased iridium. Now I have both devices👍
Привет! Я тоже купил иридиум после его видосов. )) Но возникла проблема: высокий уровень шума. Т.е. если выкручивать ручку гейна или громкость, то появляется фон (гул). В магазине сказали, что так работает эта педаль. Но если это так, то почему у обзорщиков иридиума на записях (в лайве) не слышно этого? Ты не сталкивался с такой проблемкой?
@@Lavr_Georgich Привет. Мне показалось, что в режиме Вокс шума чуть больше. Не то чтобы шума, а такого белого шума, шипения что ли... В остальном всё хорошо. Если хочешь, пиши в ВК, ник dmitroblues
That pedal sounds great, and the lack of an fx loop is the one thing that prevented me from grabbing the Iridium. I'm a bit disappointed this Shiftline pedal uses a 12ax7 though - a big reason i use amp simulators is to eliminate points of failure after i experienced tube failures during two live gigs
@@johnnathancordy Both times were indeed the power tubes. I was unaware that preamp tubes were more reliable so i may give this Shiftline pedal a try. I loved how the Iridium sounded but i think this one is even better
Maaan they nailed everything Strymon Iridium is missing! FX Loop, thru, direct xlr out.... I really wish this is a multi-amp box, not just a Fender twin emulation.
Love, love, love your content and your playing, John. Shift line has a 3-year warranty. But, it has to be returned “…to the Shift Line workshop in Saint Petersburg, Russia.” 🤣🤣
it would be so interesting to compare Shift Line Twin with AMT Bricks F-Clean, which is also 1 tube small Twin-type preamp. But no cab sim. But much cheaper! I use it with the Torpedo Wall of Sound.
For me the Iridium killer was the HX Stomp especially using some of your patches (thanks), a midi foot controller and an expression pedal (routed via midi). Just awesome flexibility the Iridium cannot match.
A Twin without a reverb? How hard can it be, so many of these amp modelers either miss XLR out, or reverb. This one has the XLR out, but then no reverb..... Basically you just want a complete amp modeled with a decent reverb, to run a pedalboard in to IMO Thanks for the review.
Exactly my thoughts. I got all excited until I saw no reverb. I don’t even need the reverb to be amazing, just have a little there to throw on. I’m looking for a solution for my church so that multiple guitar players can throw there board down and get a good sound without having to bring their own amp and so that we aren’t fighting with volume issues in the house. Guess I’m going Iridium
Hi mate, does the headphones out sound decent (I'd use the SL Twin at the end of my pedal board and play with phones or for recording purposes...hoping to be able to restar gigging...thanks
This has a low-Z XLR out, the transformer to do that costs almost the price difference. Plus this has an actual tube in it, which requires another transformer to up the plate voltage correctly. Plus the cost of the tube and socket. etc. As much as I think it's too expensive... for this to be only $40 more is pretty amazing.
However, if you're interested in tube preamps without the digital IR loading (using analog speaker sims) you can check out the AMT SS-11 and SS-20 series. A bit cheaper, but still pretty amazing.
You mentioned putting stereo pedal after iridium. Why not before ? I use a number of stereo pedals in series with iridium as the final pedal. Seems to work but was curious as to your reasoning. Thanks
Sounds good. Would love to hear more. I can hear a bit more of the dynamics in your playing with this patch (which I like). I do like Strymon gear, but I don’t think the Iridium is ahead or behind any other modeler really. Btw, ever try a torpedo product or ua ox box with real amps.... was a game changer for me.
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The fact that it does one amp, no stereo, no room echo, and costs 10% more, really makes this a difficult purchase for me. Not sure what the internal tube does, but tubes can't really do much unless you really drive the voltage. That's how they work. Does it have a giant power supply? And the tube should be pretty warm/hot before it really starts to work.
Fun fact: In Russia, Twin costs €314, while Iridium is €458. ShiftLine are guys from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I guess that's why their products are quite a bit cheaper here. Some other russian guitar gear companies that I know of do the same: AMT Electronics - Most products are a bit cheaper in Russia and also smoking deals on LA1 and LA2 series preamps (like half the price); Fokin (he-he) pickups - all pickups nearly half the price. Sadly, 98% of gear (guitars, amps, pedals, strings, parts - all sorts of stuff) is considerably more expensive compared to the EU. Some of the examples (all EU prices are from Thomann Germany (incl. VAT): 1) Pod Go EU: €415 Russia: €615 2) HX Stomp EU: €569 Russia: €771 3) Helix EU: €1495 Russia: €1916 4) Fender Player Strat (MIM, that is) EU: €645 Russia: €1012 5) Fender American Performer Strat EU: €1199 Russia: €1916 6) Fender American Original Strat EU: €1879 Russia: €2458 7) Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's EU: €2298 Russia: €3048 :( And Russians are considered poor, compared to the EU and the US... And I'd say that's pretty accurate, sadly. Surprisingly, ESP and LTD manage to keep their prices reasonable (at least last time I checked). There is a dedicated distributor company, that runs LTD Guitars Russia web site and sells the stuff only by itself, maybe that's why. Also one can buy a .strandberg* slightly cheaper than in EU (like €100-150 off), thanks to the importer company that sells stuff directly to ordinary people.
I like it! I have Suhr custom, Xotic hss, fender vintage Strat 59 reissue etc. and your guitar sounds very good! What brand of pickups? Have a great day! 😊
Explained it horribly yes. Here is an excerpt from a Mesa Boogie Manual from 1985: "The Effects Loop circuitry of the Mark III is very sophisticated and works very well with nearly all units. The maximum signal strength obtainable is around 0.6 volts RMS, or about the same as a guitar pickup. Only the lowest quality, cheap digital delays may experience some overload and we feel the problem here is caused by poor effect design, which would cost only pennies to remedy." That's what novel effects loop design looked like 35 years ago.
Yeh I think there's a little more clarity - but maybe that's as the Iridium is modelling the Deluxe Reverb? I guess that'd be a slightly less bright/clean amp?
I've been using the Joyo American sound live for a few years now with a Timmy, maxon tube screamer, delay and chorus and it does an absolutely amazing job for the crazy cheap price that they are. However after playing a shiftline I'm really tempted to get it. I wouldn't say it sounded hugely better than the joyo, it just felt better under my fingers.
I can't see any mention in the manual or on the shift line website wether the FX loop is stereo, be that full stereo send and receive or mono send and stereo receive like the Simplifier. Not having stereo return would be a bit of a deal breaker imo. Update: apologies. You do mention the fact it's mono. Too itchy in the old trigger finger. Sounds great though.
@@The_Absurdistt I like to run my stereo delay and reverb before any sort of speaker SIM/IR (which obviously also needs to be stereo out!), but after the preamp. If it can be in the same unit, even better. When you get used to running stereo into headphones or DAW, forcing yourself into mono is a bit off-putting (claustrophobic in headphones). In a live band setting it's not too much of an issue.
Hello! Could you help me? I bought strymon iridium. And I have a problem. It makes noise. If I turn the volume knob or gain, there is a noise (hum). Have you faced such a problem? Or is it normal? I even can’t make record because this noise drives me crazy...
If you're powering it with the power supply that strymon provide, it's fairly noisy. If you power it with a proper supply like a Strymon Zuma or voodoo labs, it isn't!
@@Lavr_Georgich another thing to watch out for is being near a computer monitor? If like me you use single coils those are pretty brutal for introducing noise
@@johnnathancordy i'm using strat and jazzmaster. And I usually play with my headphones. Today i'll to the shop with different pedals. And i'll try another kind of power supply.
@@Lavr_Georgich it's not related to the Strymon but I also use a Jazzmaster connected to my laptop and BIAS FX 2. I'm getting a really loud noise which only stops if I touch a metallic surface. Is it your problem like this?
Have you tried the Simplifier? It's pretty nice. I still think the HX stomp makes it hard to justify the Iridium. Personally, I built a nice board around the Simplifier, tried the Helix LT and I just think the Helix is better as a direct solution. I like both but the Helix sounds great and feels real with some simple tweaks.
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That tone man. That playing. It's amazing. I could listen to it all day. In fact, I just might. It's a shame this unit doesn't have stereo. It's hard to go back to mono.
Came for the review, stayed for the playing, you play and sound great mate!
Beautiful playing brother, feeling uplifted from it! Came lookin for the preamp, sounds great.
Thank you for the review! I know this can be a bit of a meaningless question but is there a different feeling playing the Twin as opposed to the Iridium? Is it more responsive to your playing, do you see any advantages of the preamp section of the Twin being analog instead of digital? Thanks!
That opening jam.... Jesus that was good
I think the fender tones sound really great - there's definitely a certain realism to it that is a little better than the iridium, especially on the lower notes on your k-line. My biggest gripe though is not being able to load two separate cabinets at the same time, and not having multiple amp models in one unit.
That's the price for realism isn't it. It does one really really well, rather then several things pretty okay.
It sounds fantastic from these clips. But I think I've come to the point with the iridium that a new unit has to sound better and do my laundry for me to consider switching!
I have this device. He's very cool. Very happy with him. I didn't expect to see it here ))
After your videos, I purchased iridium. Now I have both devices👍
Привет! Я тоже купил иридиум после его видосов. )) Но возникла проблема: высокий уровень шума. Т.е. если выкручивать ручку гейна или громкость, то появляется фон (гул). В магазине сказали, что так работает эта педаль. Но если это так, то почему у обзорщиков иридиума на записях (в лайве) не слышно этого?
Ты не сталкивался с такой проблемкой?
@@Lavr_Georgich Привет. Мне показалось, что в режиме Вокс шума чуть больше. Не то чтобы шума, а такого белого шума, шипения что ли... В остальном всё хорошо. Если хочешь, пиши в ВК, ник dmitroblues
@@dmitroblues так все же - иридиум или твин?:)
@@CXEMAKR я оставил у себя Iridium, т.к. он даёт больше гибкости, больше возможностей и звуков. Twin очень хорош, но это только Twin.
That pedal sounds great, and the lack of an fx loop is the one thing that prevented me from grabbing the Iridium. I'm a bit disappointed this Shiftline pedal uses a 12ax7 though - a big reason i use amp simulators is to eliminate points of failure after i experienced tube failures during two live gigs
Were those poweramp or preamp tube failures? I think Poweramp failures are more common than preamp?
@@johnnathancordy Both times were indeed the power tubes. I was unaware that preamp tubes were more reliable so i may give this Shiftline pedal a try. I loved how the Iridium sounded but i think this one is even better
@@Aevyn well I could do some comparisons if you want me to - feel free to make suggestions?
@@johnnathancordy Yes compare the two pedals
Maaan they nailed everything Strymon Iridium is missing! FX Loop, thru, direct xlr out.... I really wish this is a multi-amp box, not just a Fender twin emulation.
The Cordycaster is sounding good 👍
Kind sir!!! Thank you for this demo. I will be pursuing this.
Great playing!
Love, love, love your content and your playing, John. Shift line has a 3-year warranty. But, it has to be returned “…to the Shift Line workshop in Saint Petersburg, Russia.” 🤣🤣
it would be so interesting to compare Shift Line Twin with AMT Bricks F-Clean, which is also 1 tube small Twin-type preamp. But no cab sim. But much cheaper! I use it with the Torpedo Wall of Sound.
Amt sucks lmao
@@0bstrctdmvmnt P.S. www.youtube.com/@SergeiVlassov/search?query=AMT%20F-clean
For me the Iridium killer was the HX Stomp especially using some of your patches (thanks), a midi foot controller and an expression pedal (routed via midi). Just awesome flexibility the Iridium cannot match.
Ever thought about trying out some of quilters stuff? Like the interblock 45
Would like to hear this with some hi gain pedals in the front: Origin Hot Rod, Revv g3, riverside - stuff like that!
No reverb, dealbreaker for me. Looks interesting though AND it has XLR out and through jack!
A Twin without a reverb? How hard can it be, so many of these amp modelers either miss XLR out, or reverb. This one has the XLR out, but then no reverb..... Basically you just want a complete amp modeled with a decent reverb, to run a pedalboard in to IMO Thanks for the review.
Ooh - good shout!
Exactly my thoughts. I got all excited until I saw no reverb.
I don’t even need the reverb to be amazing, just have a little there to throw on.
I’m looking for a solution for my church so that multiple guitar players can throw there board down and get a good sound without having to bring their own amp and so that we aren’t fighting with volume issues in the house.
Guess I’m going Iridium
I forgot to pay attention to the tone first 4 minutes as I was busy enjoying your tasty playing
Rig rundown?
Sounds pretty good
Hi mate, does the headphones out sound decent (I'd use the SL Twin at the end of my pedal board and play with phones or for recording purposes...hoping to be able to restar gigging...thanks
Bro. I’m convinced you could plug into an actual trash can and make it sound awesome. 🤷🏻♂️😂 love the tones man. Keep up the great work!!!
Just finding a trash can
A/B vid with Shift line and Iridium
Does it make sense that (here in the States) this pedal is $440 while the iridium is $399? Seems like you get more with the Strymon?
This has a low-Z XLR out, the transformer to do that costs almost the price difference. Plus this has an actual tube in it, which requires another transformer to up the plate voltage correctly. Plus the cost of the tube and socket. etc. As much as I think it's too expensive... for this to be only $40 more is pretty amazing.
However, if you're interested in tube preamps without the digital IR loading (using analog speaker sims) you can check out the AMT SS-11 and SS-20 series. A bit cheaper, but still pretty amazing.
Where can I buy this pedal ???
Nice video! Guitar sound was recorded directly in the audio interface?
Sounds amazing! Are you using the Volante for looping? If so, what are your settings?
will your patreon page have the tabs to the awesome instrumental you just played in the beginning of this video?
Not at this stage but I can put up the backing and potentially break down some of the trickier licks if that's of interest?
@@johnnathancordy I've just became a patreon member! Yes please, perhaps a breakdown for the trickier licks would be awesome.
You mentioned putting stereo pedal after iridium. Why not before ? I use a number of stereo pedals in series with iridium as the final pedal. Seems to work but was curious as to your reasoning. Thanks
I would guess it's because the shift line twin is mono, so all stereo signals would be lost in summing to mono.
Have you tried any of the ADA stuff?
Have you try Two Notes Le Clean?
Sounds good. Would love to hear more. I can hear a bit more of the dynamics in your playing with this patch (which I like). I do like Strymon gear, but I don’t think the Iridium is ahead or behind any other modeler really. Btw, ever try a torpedo product or ua ox box with real amps.... was a game changer for me.
I've tried the torpedo captor x - was plenty cool
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@Ben Torin Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and im in the hacking process atm.
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The fact that it does one amp, no stereo, no room echo, and costs 10% more, really makes this a difficult purchase for me. Not sure what the internal tube does, but tubes can't really do much unless you really drive the voltage. That's how they work. Does it have a giant power supply? And the tube should be pretty warm/hot before it really starts to work.
Hey John! No need to buy tbh, I was just curious with it and was more impressed than the Simplifier!
Fun fact:
In Russia, Twin costs €314, while Iridium is €458.
ShiftLine are guys from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I guess that's why their products are quite a bit cheaper here. Some other russian guitar gear companies that I know of do the same:
AMT Electronics - Most products are a bit cheaper in Russia and also smoking deals on LA1 and LA2 series preamps (like half the price);
Fokin (he-he) pickups - all pickups nearly half the price.
Sadly, 98% of gear (guitars, amps, pedals, strings, parts - all sorts of stuff) is considerably more expensive compared to the EU.
Some of the examples (all EU prices are from Thomann Germany (incl. VAT):
1) Pod Go
EU: €415
Russia: €615
2) HX Stomp
EU: €569
Russia: €771
3) Helix
EU: €1495
Russia: €1916
4) Fender Player Strat (MIM, that is)
EU: €645
Russia: €1012
5) Fender American Performer Strat
EU: €1199
Russia: €1916
6) Fender American Original Strat
EU: €1879
Russia: €2458
7) Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's
EU: €2298
Russia: €3048
:(
And Russians are considered poor, compared to the EU and the US... And I'd say that's pretty accurate, sadly.
Surprisingly, ESP and LTD manage to keep their prices reasonable (at least last time I checked). There is a dedicated distributor company, that runs LTD Guitars Russia web site and sells the stuff only by itself, maybe that's why.
Also one can buy a .strandberg* slightly cheaper than in EU (like €100-150 off), thanks to the importer company that sells stuff directly to ordinary people.
What speaker or cab are you using?
Guitar sounds very good! What manufacturer is that?
Tnx
Guitar is made by me!
I like it! I have Suhr custom, Xotic hss, fender vintage Strat 59 reissue etc. and your guitar sounds very good!
What brand of pickups?
Have a great day! 😊
They already explained the FX loop. You should amend this video.
Explained it horribly yes. Here is an excerpt from a Mesa Boogie Manual from 1985:
"The Effects Loop circuitry of the Mark III is very sophisticated and works very well with nearly all units. The maximum signal strength
obtainable is around 0.6 volts RMS, or about the same as a guitar pickup. Only the lowest quality, cheap digital delays may experience
some overload and we feel the problem here is caused by poor effect design, which would cost only pennies to remedy."
That's what novel effects loop design looked like 35 years ago.
From what I can hear it sounds as good as the Iridium or even better..Has that clarity the Iridium just doesnt quite get ..probably the valve !
Yeh I think there's a little more clarity - but maybe that's as the Iridium is modelling the Deluxe Reverb? I guess that'd be a slightly less bright/clean amp?
Please make some videos on Joyo american sound, british, california and Ac tone. Please 🙏🙏🙏
I've been using the Joyo American sound live for a few years now with a Timmy, maxon tube screamer, delay and chorus and it does an absolutely amazing job for the crazy cheap price that they are. However after playing a shiftline I'm really tempted to get it. I wouldn't say it sounded hugely better than the joyo, it just felt better under my fingers.
What is sure to me is that The Shiftline Twin is muuch more beautiful in terms of design.
Can you do a video on the Joyo Preamp House?
I can't see any mention in the manual or on the shift line website wether the FX loop is stereo, be that full stereo send and receive or mono send and stereo receive like the Simplifier.
Not having stereo return would be a bit of a deal breaker imo.
Update: apologies. You do mention the fact it's mono. Too itchy in the old trigger finger.
Sounds great though.
Its not a stereo unit so wouldn't really be applicable as far as I can tell?
@@johnnathancordy yep sorry! Updated my comment.
Why would you need a stereo fx loop? Just curious.
@@The_Absurdistt I like to run my stereo delay and reverb before any sort of speaker SIM/IR (which obviously also needs to be stereo out!), but after the preamp. If it can be in the same unit, even better.
When you get used to running stereo into headphones or DAW, forcing yourself into mono is a bit off-putting (claustrophobic in headphones). In a live band setting it's not too much of an issue.
Unlikely sequence of events
AMT F1 Please
+1 - I’d like to see what you think of the AMT F1 and how it compares to the Shiftline Twin
$440 mono. I need stereo. 2 much for mono
Sounds good but more expensive than a strymon
Hello! Could you help me? I bought strymon iridium. And I have a problem. It makes noise. If I turn the volume knob or gain, there is a noise (hum). Have you faced such a problem? Or is it normal? I even can’t make record because this noise drives me crazy...
If you're powering it with the power supply that strymon provide, it's fairly noisy.
If you power it with a proper supply like a Strymon Zuma or voodoo labs, it isn't!
@@johnnathancordy thanks for the answer! I'm using power supply from Joyo... Now I'll try something else.
@@Lavr_Georgich another thing to watch out for is being near a computer monitor? If like me you use single coils those are pretty brutal for introducing noise
@@johnnathancordy i'm using strat and jazzmaster. And I usually play with my headphones.
Today i'll to the shop with different pedals. And i'll try another kind of power supply.
@@Lavr_Georgich it's not related to the Strymon but I also use a Jazzmaster connected to my laptop and BIAS FX 2. I'm getting a really loud noise which only stops if I touch a metallic surface. Is it your problem like this?
Have you tried the Simplifier? It's pretty nice. I still think the HX stomp makes it hard to justify the Iridium. Personally, I built a nice board around the Simplifier, tried the Helix LT and I just think the Helix is better as a direct solution. I like both but the Helix sounds great and feels real with some simple tweaks.
Yeh I tried the Simplifier, didn't really get on with the FX loop!
Awesome guitar tone but the drums is overcompressed. But who cares I'm here for the guitar tone hah!
Oof 400 USD?
I've tried 7 different sim pedals, both I.R. and analog. Nothing has beat Two Notes CAB M+.... Suggestions welcomed.
Único pecado do torpedo cab é não ter entradas e saídas stereo. Passei pelo mesmo processo e voltei ao torpedo cab.
Your playing is so smooth. Unlike the wrinkles in your shirt 😂😂
Do you think real guitarists iron their shirts? They roll outta bed and play!
Great playing!