So I bought a Boss IR200 around a year ago, and I've popped some York Audio IRs in to try and replicate the sound of my own Twin Reverb. It's... fine. Does the job but doesn't sound good enough for me to turn it on unless I absolutely have to. I've had an Iridium too, and that was okay, but I thought the Boss would suit me more as it actually has a Twin Reverb model rather than a 6V6 Deluxe (I used my TR as a pedal platform).
But I know technology moves fast, so are there any newer decent, IR-loadable amp sims on the market?
OR am I best off going for a pre-amp pedal like the Revival Drive alongside a Cab Sim pedal? That gets expensive quick...
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I'm using it with a pedalboard and (for band use) dialling in a clean-but-not sterile or insipid Fender tone as a clean pedal platform. It's great, and when I goose the input stage from the pedalboard it doesn't crap out or have any headroom issues.
I've owned too many modellers - including the Iridium - trying to get that "amp" experience and, for me, they just don't hack it from the players perspective. This does, as does the Quilter SuperBlock US that I'm now selling because the Simplifier is a better choice for me.
Ultimately - nothing sounds exactly like a valve amp in the room, at least not at the moment.
But for live use with all the other stuff going on, that really just isn't important. The audience can't hear the difference and they are not close enough to the amp anyway - they get the effect of the choice of microphone and the PA / FOH dude.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd