BOSS IR 200 - Overview and Tones

[sixstringsamurai]

"Let's just hear how nice and sticky it gets" - best review dialogue of 2021

[billw]

9:55 is incredible lead tone!!! Dang! Thanks for the review!!!

[billysoto]

I think your probably the best at demoing and explaining any piece of gear that is put in front of you..that with your talent level on guitar ..in my opinion ..makes you the top guy to seek out when it comes to great sounds..thankyou for the axfx videos also..have a great day

[heavybrett-al]

You can't go to wrong with boss can ya, love how simple it seems to operate, great review man!👍🤘🙏

[loydthabartender]

While I'm certainly not going to trade in my FM3 for one of these, this is definitely what I will be recommending to people who want to get started with modeling units. I'm glad they finally made something at this price point. It sounds like a clearer, tighter version of the old Line 6 POD units. Celestion IRs are by far my favorites so the fact that comes stock with those is awesome. Looks like it's well built too.

[erikkorhonen]

im looking into this for myself currently and have watched quite a few videos so far, yours is probably the best one for understanding the product . thank you

[Bobby_Digital]

Man this sounds great! It exactly what I want in its balance of simplicity and function.

[DutchVai]

Excellent straight forward your playing is fantastic, and one little detail that impressed me very much was at the 9:42 mark when you let the audio trail off as the video clip changed. Well done mate.... you have a new subscriber.

[ROKZLEON]

The cleans sound good as expected from the Boss gang. That last high-gain amp model was tasty!!!

[davidwoods]

I've had a lot of Boss products over the years. They all seem to translate the tones to the strings really well, better in my opinion than the other modellers. If you get the tones set up correctly they actually feel like playing a tube amp. I just bought a Headrush MX5 but I can see getting this IR200 also. Seems really handy, and sounds great.

[OldGeezer]

Watching this video again brother. God, it's already been a year.. Amazing..
I love the idea of using this on a pedal board with maybe a few pedals such as delay, etc, and a micropitch by eventide and then going direct.. I really like Boss stuff.. I'm driving myself crazy trying to decide how to put together an ampless board.. 😛. I'm usually not so indecisive. 😛 Option paralysis. Just so much sounds soooo good..
Love that les paul brother!
Be well sir!

[jasonlee]

I use just the IR section of this pedal. I use different preamps and a delay after the unit. I really dig it. The amps in the box are ok, but it really is a high resolution IR machine.

[mikebush]

"It basically does a whole bunch of stuff" - Leon Todd

[anthonytumia]

Was waiting for another company to do something similar to the Mooer Preamp Live. This seems like it. Compact amp modelers without all the extra effects are great for people that already have a full rig but want some extra amp sounds.

[philgaudion]

thanks for a great review Leon - your guitar face tells me you're into it which (along with James Ryan's review) gave me confidence to order one - thanks for IRs! cheers from Melbourne

[Martin]

3 years have passed since the Boss IR-200 arrived on the market. How does this hold up to newer alternatives like the Neural DSP Nano Cortex? From a gut feeling, I still like the Boss product more. It just works without cell phone app. In a live situation, on a gig, it would be so awkward to fiddle around with the phone to change some settings on the amp.

[simonattwood]

Excellent, informative and objective demo as always. Came very close to purchasing either the Iridium or the Walrus alternative (both of which sound good, to be fair), but was really hoping that someone would do a less vintage-centric version. Shame about the lack of sag control from the GT1000, as you say, but it does sound really good in your demo.

[Mnkat]

I bought one and was a little disappointed- at first. After some research I learned that I needed to raise the input volumes and now I really love it

[jackloganbill]

January 2022....yikes long time to wait!!!!

[marcofioravanti]

...and it has an FX-Loop! Hallelujah! :-D