Agreed. When a demo is given, but leaving the audience to decide makes no sense. Giving one's honest 2 cents opinion is best. I have the DSM Humboldt DLX - damn good choice, better than spending on three different amplifiers - without any computer use.
The thing that really stands out in your playing for me is that you have some very, very nice vibrato - primarily in that intro section. It adds so much more to a musician's 'sound'. Even that crazy madman, Y 'J' Malmsteen has some most excellent slow, wide vibrato...when the fool slows down (which is rare lol, what a waste of talent). Gary Moore is one of my favourites. Unfortunately, the vast, vast majority of guitarists out there, especially on TH-cam, have weak, poorly developed vibrato, and that's a damn shame. As for the Humboldt, very, very nice!
Great video! it's hard to find any news on this pedal in English, which is a shame because it seems pretty good.. you mentioned digital IR solutions are better, do you think this can compete with something like the iridium or is this dead on arrival?
He didn't say "better". He said they can deliver more authenticity. Which is to say, if you want to play a Marshall plexi but can't afford a real one, then that's the way to go. However... you may find you prefer the character of the simplifier more even if it's not as "authentic". In the end it's all about what you like and can afford. Fact is, 99% of any audience listening to music cannot determine the difference between a digital modeler, analog sim, or real Ac30 or a real dual rectifier, or a real plexi. They just hear "heavy guitar" and "clean guitar" and that's it.
@blakestone75 actually he said "a higher degree of authenticity." A higher degree means it's better. But semantics aside, I agree with you. I just wanted to know how it compares to a more popular devices like the iridium.
I would actually disagree and say analog cab sims when EQd properly sound more like an amp by FAR in my experience. I've tried tons and analog just has that feel and weight.
I have the same question, and maybe the answer would be the response time between you playing the guitar and the sound coming out, analog = delay, digital some delay
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Great demo. And thanks for your honest 2 cents that is missing in most demos out there.
Agreed. When a demo is given, but leaving the audience to decide makes no sense. Giving one's honest 2 cents opinion is best. I have the DSM Humboldt DLX - damn good choice, better than spending on three different amplifiers - without any computer use.
Great simple but informative demo, exactly what I needed. 👍
Great review and beautiful playing.
The thing that really stands out in your playing for me is that you have some very, very nice vibrato - primarily in that intro section. It adds so much more to a musician's 'sound'. Even that crazy madman, Y 'J' Malmsteen has some most excellent slow, wide vibrato...when the fool slows down (which is rare lol, what a waste of talent). Gary Moore is one of my favourites. Unfortunately, the vast, vast majority of guitarists out there, especially on TH-cam, have weak, poorly developed vibrato, and that's a damn shame.
As for the Humboldt, very, very nice!
Nice demo! Thanks!
Very good solution!
Great piece of gear! I wonder how it would sound using just the amplifier section into the OX Stomp!!!
Hey! really good video!!! Have you heard any differences in headroom using 9v versus 12v??
Great video! it's hard to find any news on this pedal in English, which is a shame because it seems pretty good.. you mentioned digital IR solutions are better, do you think this can compete with something like the iridium or is this dead on arrival?
He didn't say "better". He said they can deliver more authenticity. Which is to say, if you want to play a Marshall plexi but can't afford a real one, then that's the way to go. However... you may find you prefer the character of the simplifier more even if it's not as "authentic". In the end it's all about what you like and can afford. Fact is, 99% of any audience listening to music cannot determine the difference between a digital modeler, analog sim, or real Ac30 or a real dual rectifier, or a real plexi. They just hear "heavy guitar" and "clean guitar" and that's it.
@blakestone75 actually he said "a higher degree of authenticity." A higher degree means it's better. But semantics aside, I agree with you. I just wanted to know how it compares to a more popular devices like the iridium.
I would actually disagree and say analog cab sims when EQd properly sound more like an amp by FAR in my experience. I've tried tons and analog just has that feel and weight.
This or the boss IR 2?
I have the same question, and maybe the answer would be the response time between you playing the guitar and the sound coming out, analog = delay, digital some delay
Clean JC-120 tone, IR-200. Fuzz tone, Simplifier.
I've used both. Simplifier has a more analog feel and is warmer, IR 200 still feels digital.
Thanks for the demo. Do you know if the sound played through the AUX IN jack would come out the speakers? Did not work for me with the DLX. Cheers
Is it still possible to use effects loop in stereo and goes out in single mono like the version 1? Sum mono? Thankyou..
Thanks for the video, but I do you prefer the Friedman Ir x ?
Can you share any information about how it performs differently (if at all) when powered at 12v instead of 9v?
Sounds like an old sansamp, not quite right