Does the Boss IR 2 Have Competition from the NEW POD EXPRESS?
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Looks like there's another candidate in this space - here's some thoughts about why the Boss IR2 might suit my use cases better? But the Pod Express could also be a useful back up or piece of portable kit?
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Got my POD Express a few days ago. Definitely a cool tool. Bought it mostly to do some street sets at SXSW this upcoming week with battery powered EV speakers with no power around.
Sounds are decent. Not being able to tweak effects too much is a bummer but are usable and functional. I setup a clean patch and a dirty patch.
I also changed the foot switches in the global settings to bypass both the gain and delay sections.
Seems pretty useful as a backup or alternative to my HX stomp.
I’m using the Princeton model for clean and the Friedman model for edge of breakup and dirty.
Headphone out and USB interface capabilities make it even more useful. It’s stereo and can run for 6 hours on batteries and you can check battery level. And has a looper!
IR2 or Opus or similar products seem more useful if you’re only going after amp/cab sim and not an all-in-one solution.
I would say the Line 6 is a great all in 1 for home use / personal travel. But the Boss IR-2 feels more professional, I can see integrating the IR-2 into an already great rig. And the Line 6 is the entire rig.
I agree, they're different beasts. I think the POD Express is offering a super compact all-in-one solution along the lines of the Zoom Multi-Stomp, while the IR-2 does just what it says, "Amp and Cabinet".
The IR-2 is on my board, the POD doesn't interest me at all.
I think you nailed it in a way... People who have other pedals that they don't want to let go of are going to prefer the IR2 because the pod express makes those pedals superfluous... But as far as a big paddle board that's already great, that means there's high end pedals on there and why would you pair that with a budget amp modeler at all? Why not a UA pedal or iridium?... Maybe the guy who usually uses a tube amp but he can sub it out for an IR2 if he's traveling or needs to have zero stage volume once in awhile? I guess that would make sense.
I had the IR-2 and I think the POD Express sounds better. The biggest downside to me is that it’s mono in.
Personally, the IR-2 benefits from IR loading because the stock IRs don’t sound great. I find the Line 6 stock cabs to be quite good in comparison. I typically use the stock cabs in the Stomp instead of IRs anymore.
@@DGGriffinMusic could you tell me a little more about your rig? Why would you want stereo in?
@@BillySoundFarmyep! I mainly play at church and run stereo. I usually run my Iridium/Stomp at the end of the chain and run my stereo delays/verbs into the front end of the “amp”. Though I’m not married to that method and also will run my wets after the amp from time to time.
Man your EJ chops are on point. Lovely playing.
Can you please share which IRs you’re using with the Boss IR-2?
I don't have either at this stage (I have a Moore RADAR for recording into my DAW) As most people have countless OD/Dist, EFX pedals already I don't see the EFX built in as a sweetener. What I would like to know is, are either of these pedals going to give a more realistic amp/cab sound than the RADAR?
Great intro song, great video! Thank you, John!!
Srv by Eric Johnson.
Where can we get this IRs with high cut? I own an IR2 and I would like to try it. Thanks.
I'm hearing quite a few Eric Johnson type licks today, both in your intro bit and the following parts of the pedal demo.
SRV I thought
I think it's probably mainly a different market with maybe a little bit of overlap? I see the IR2 as something for someone who already has a pedalboard and maybe currently uses an amp and wants to try a modeller instead...the unit is as robust as all Boss pedals so can easily fit on a board.
The POD Express is maybe more of a beginner or practise unit...at the moment for even the excellent Stomp you need mains supply (unless you get clever with an external battery pack). This you could easily take with you or use to practise with headphones anywhere and still have both an amp and cab and also some of the excellent HX effects?
It sounds great and handy to have around as a backup/practice tool etc. Here in France they’re out of stock everywhere including Thomann and not expected for several months! Must be popular.
What’s your opinion, how it is compared to the IR-200 ?
Hey great vid as always.
I'm a little confused on the appeal of the FX loop for anything apart from headphone practise. Couldn't you achieve the same thing just by putting post FX after the ir2 and pre FX before it, without the loop with the same result (except for the headphone monitoring part)?
Surely the effects loop would let you run modulation effects prior to the cab sim taking effect, more in line with a conventional amp effects loop.
The Pod Express would be a really helpful for non Amp performance like Chruch or light busking that need simple multieffect platform. But still, with IR, Desktop/PC App, and Send/Return, would be a perfect killer for other multieffects.
I may have missed it, but where did you study guitar? Wonderful!
Do you have enough storage room for all your stuff????
Great tones as usual. I believe the Simplifier DLX also has an effects loop.
So it " does " have reverb? Another y/tuber said it didn't. Is it just the "ambience control with not much variety ir is it actual reverb?
What do they do besides EJ tones?
The Pod express would still be worth trying out - especially as the rumors say, it may get an edit sw. A comparison to the Helix/HX Stomp would also make this interesting.
Killer tones. Well done.
Sounds pretty good and with a head phone possibility even better. However, anyone that has pedals and/or multi effect devices that have internal audio interfaces are they as good as an external one ( not a cream dela cream) but what you can buy from 150-200€? Since I’m traveling a lot due to work any good suggestions of smaller audio monitors that will take up little space in a luggage 🧳. Sorry that I’m a bit out of this video content but I will definitely consider a solution for being able to play with smaller gears when traveling. A pedal like this for instance, some effect pedals and an audio interface ( I believe Steinberg has some really travel friendly options), headphones and some cables 🤔
Very happy with my IR-2 plus Zoom MS-50G in the loop and headphone out into a JBL Flip4 for travel/hotel room volume. Batteries got expensive on the last trip, so next time I'll bring a Truetone OneSpot.
It’s weird to me that people are comparing the IR-2 and the Pod Express at all, since they look like different product categories to me. The IR-2 is more a competitor to the Iridium and Simplifier, while the Pod Express is more of a competitor to something like a Tech 21 Fly Rig. I could see someone having both: The IR-2 to sit on a pedal board and the Pod Express for a more minimal, grab-and-go amp-less setup.
I agree 100%. Seems like apples and oranges. The POD Express to me competes with things like Zoom/NUX/Valeton multi-fx units, it's an all-in-one solution. The IR-2 is called the "Amp & Cabinet" for a reason, it has mulitple amps and loads IRs, and has much more in-depth connections for integrating into a pedalboard. They aren't the same category of pedal.
I was thinking you were going to compare the 2. None the less, good tweaking on that new Boss IR pedal
Yeah that's what I was hoping too?
Anyone just learning electric guitar I'm gonna definitely recommend the Pod Express.
Yay Nu-X amp academy reference. If you still had it would be good to hear your opinions on the six new amps they added and the updated models.
Feel like the opening jam is a loose tribute to the song “SRV” and I’m 100% here for it. Venus Isle is my favorite EJ record.
Was going to get the boss IR to use with my hx effect when I don’t feel like bringing the full helix out. But held out. I had a feeling line 6 would execute it better. The pod express can integrate with your pedalboard or standalone due to it having the built in effects. Also has 21 foot switchable, programmable presets. Just got mine last night. Was super easy to use and get started with. And sounded pretty damn good. I think there’s definitely a market for both. But I feel the pod express is more feature rich and more options for application.
Oh boy here we go with line 6 "not professional." I'd rather hear evh through a line 6 pod and HB than anyone else through any "pro" equipment
Nice SRV opening. Srv by Eric Johnson that is. JNC version, still think you JNC should do an all instrumental version of VENUS ISLE, you love that CD/record. Your own Take on EJ, Your Sweet Eyes your version is still in my favorites to watch many times.
The line 6 pod express is still my thing because i can gig with it standalone. Just like the zoom ma 50g❤❤❤❤
I wish this was for me, because I want to buy it. I already own a gt1000 core though, so I’m having trouble justifying the purchase.
About time you did some Cliffs of Dover🤣🔥
Can’t help thinking that the IR-2 and a HX Stomp might be as much of a rig as many might need in a lot of situations.
My current thought: “Wouldn’t a good shootout be the Pod Express vs Ampero Mini?”
The IR-2 is on my list so I can go ampless. I haven’t heard a better or seen a simpler tool for making a pedalboard go straight into the mixing board. My only concern is that so many are being sold it might become kinda generic sounding if used so commonly.
Why not put both them together and run a wireless. Pod in the loop of the ir2 and both of those into pa.
Great video, could you share the IRs on your drive folder? Thanks!
Just ordered an IR 2. I just don't need the effects on the pod (ironically as I have a line 6 m5!) And the form factor of the Boss is just better
The fact that we are comparing a boss pedal of that size to a modeler speaks volume. The pod express isn’t user friendly on the fly like you can with the boss. The boss you can use with a Jhs sweet tea or double barrel and have a full rig since the boss has ambience.
nice touch john[son]
I value your channel and input. This video (unlike the vast majority of your others) didn‘t really cover the terrain it was purporting to, for it featured only the IR2, with only a few thoughts on the Line6, which wasn‘t even in your hands. And at the end of the day, the Line6 is obviously not even intended for anyone like yourself, nor for replacing what the IR2 can do (see „effect loop“). Instead, the Line6 is clearly pursuing a different all-in-one kind of target user, e.g. buskers or beginners or folks just not wanting to buy a lot of gear in order to play. As for me, I had the IR2 and immediately returned it, for it colored my tone a lot on my Fender Jazzmaster tuned to standard C# (my normal tuning), showing a kind of upper-mid honk and lack of balance in the treble region. I couldn‘t get it to sound nice and actually like my guitar, which leads me to believe it‘s voiced more for standard tuning, and for strats and teles(?). At any rate, I had hoped to use it on my combined electric/acoustic pedalboard, and in that way, it not only colored the sound of my electric, but also (!) my acoustic, even when the IR was in bypass. That kinda makes sense, because it‘s buffered bypass, only. I did an A/B test with the unit in bypass, and with it removed from the signal chain. Huge difference!!! I really can‘t stand pedals that do that, and a great many do - especially digital ones. So I‘m hoping the Line6 might become my halfway decent all-in-one unit for my electric guitar, and otherwise politely not mess with my acoustic‘s sound when bypassed. We shall see… Came here hoping you‘d have the Line6 to demo. Went away a bit disappointed.
Good info.
Someone likes Eric Johnson ..!
For the gigging musician I’d like to hear from folks how much better these pedals are than the Joyo AMS (series), Nux Amp Academy, UA, etc…. Also, the idea of having so much “choice” within a given amp in a pedal is a draw back. In a live venue having a simple, easy to adjust pedal is way more important than having a dozen amp choices. As much as I like playing my Kat live too much of the tone is to accessible in a practical way in the heat of battle. The Joyo and Boss with its limited two presets are good that way. The UA Dream sounds pretty cool but not sure if it’s worth the cash. I wish they made a more “practical” version of the Dream instead of it trying to be a precise replica of the DR.
Sad that pod express didn't just copy the Zoom G1Four design but with their dsp and sounds.
It's not that complicated to use, cost very little to make and is so much more powerfull. I feel like Line6 main goal is to not canibalise market for their HX stomp that is expensive and very popular. Disrupt yourself or get disrupted by others.
Not really same pedal to compare , maybe boss and Iridium ? Multi fx vs a pre amp with IR’s ? The Line 6 is way more useful overall , but the boss is more focussed on its amps , cabs etc . 🤷♂️
I'm an IR-2 user and there's nothing about the POD Express that would cause me to switch. IR loading is an essential feature for modern ampless setups, it's got two channel switching, and with the stereo loop the IR-2 is a no-brainer between the two for integrating into a board.
The POD Express is a neat all-in-one compact practice rig, but it lacks the necessary features and tweakability to be a useful gigging or recording tool.
... if only you'd lose most of that verb and delay -- then I'd be happy
Shame that no one seems to know about the Atomic Ampli-Firebox. The modeling is superb.
I never bother with Line6 so Boss gets my pick
the ir x sounds way better without knobs taken from a 1976 ford cortina's radio.
The fact that Boss IR 2 has IR and SendReturn is a big draw.
Still
Pod Express wipes the floor with the IR2
In all the toys it offers maybe but what do the amp/cab sound like compared to the IR-2, that's what really matters.
@@Neil-Aspinall That's what matters the most. Looking close now, the Pod Express not being able to load third party IRs is a huge drawback for it.
Apples and Oranges.
his video is really chill