Jake E Lee Signature High Voltage Dual-Tube Direct Solution
Jake
E Lee ranks high on the shortlist of influential gunslinger guitarists
that emerged as the heroes of a new generation in the early ‘80s. Best
known for his burning guitar work and innovative songwriting, Lee
contributed to two of Ozzy Osbourne's most revered albums, 1983’s Bark
at the Moon and 1986’s Ultimate Sin.
With Ozzy, his post-Ozzy
band, Badlands and most recently, with his own group, Red Dragon
Cartel, Lee’s playing embraced the athleticism of the ‘80s while
remaining firmly rooted in the hard rock fundamentals of the
‘70s. Jake’s tonal choices provide the evolutionary glue between the
sonics of those two great eras.
Following the massively successful
release of the limited edition JEL-100 and JEL-20 signature heads, Jake
E Lee and Dave Friedman have teamed-up, once again, using their
legendary ears and talents to create the new IR-J, a signature all-tube
direct solution that offers Lee’s ultimate tones in a compact pedal
board friendly format.
ALL-TUBE PREAMP, IR TECHNOLOGY, COMPACT SIZE
The Friedman IR-J dual-channel tube preamp is an entire Friedman rig in a compact pedalboard-friendly package.
IR-J
boasts two fully independent foot-switchable channels based on
Friedman’s legendary JEL-100 and JEL-20 designs which are rooted in
Dave’s modded ‘800/PLEXI circuits.
Powered by two high-voltage
12AX7 preamp tubes, each channel delivers deep harmonic richness and
the touch response of a large format Friedman tube amp. The SYNERGY
powered, state of the art, ultra-low latency, DSP IR cabinet/power amp
simulation sends a studio-quality mic'd-up tone to your DAW or
Front-of-House. The IR-J provides easy-to-use controls without complex
menus and 100-page manuals.
ALL-TUBE FRIEDMAN TONE
IR-J
isn't simulating a Friedman tube preamp. It is one. While other preamp
pedals utilize tubes to 'warm up" their digital or solid-state
circuit, two glowing hot 12AX7 preamp tubes, running at over 300 Volts,
are the IR-J’s beating heart. A genuine preamp in every way, IR-J
delivers all the tone, response, gain characteristics, and harmonic
complexity you expect from a Friedman design.
DUAL INDEPENDENT BOOSTS
The
IR-J features two fully independent foot-switchable channels with
Volume, Gain, 3-Band EQ, Boost Volume and switches for Bright and IR
select. Channel 2 includes a two-position gain structure switch. Like
the famed Friedman flagship amps, Channel 1 takes your tone from bluesy,
British-voiced cleans to a muscular Plexi-style roar. Engage Channel 2
for the Friedman signature higher-gain JEL voice and all the
percussive punch, note clarity and singing sustain that comes with it.
Use the lower gain switch setting to access the classic 800 style
preamp circuit everyone knows and loves.
DUAL INDEPENDENT TS STYLE BOOSTS
Both
channels feature their own independent and highly tweakable TS style
Boost circuits (a first in the Friedman IR line). Each Boost has a
dedicated Tone and Volume for maximum control. This famous Green
machine is well known in the world of ‘800 style amps and will
complement the tone nicely. This essentially gives you four channels,
accessible with the tap of your foot.
ULTRA LOW LATENCY
The
IR-J combines high-voltage tube preamp tone with a powerful digital
engine for impulse responses and power amp simulation. The oversized 500
Mhz ARM DSP processor is utilized solely for these two functions
resulting in performance that is vastly better than competing products.
How good? 50ms Impulse Response length in under 1ms of latency! This is
compared to most products today which are only capable of achieving
20ms IR length at 1ms latency. At 20ms length the resolution is only
48hz, meaning the impulse response will mostly sound the same under
150hz – these are the critical
frequencies where “punch” lives.
IMPULSE RESPONSE CABINET AND POWER AMP SIMULATION
All
great tube amps need a great speaker cabinet, and whether sending your
signal straight to the board or silently playing through the onboard
headphone output, IR-J gives you a selection of Dave Friedman’s
favorite IRs.
For the release of the IR-J, Dave has enlisted his
friends at OwnHammer to provide a few new custom ones. Select the IR
per channel using the 3-way mini toggle switches or load your own
quickly and easily via Friedman’s editing software. You can even
disengage the onboard IRs entirely to use IR-J’s tube preamp with
another IR loader.
18 FRIEDMAN CABINET IRs INCLUDED:
The Friedman Editor software includes 18 free Friedman IRs to choose from.
FLEXIBLE RIG INTEGRATION
The
IR-J’s transparent and programmable effects loop allows you to easily
integrate your favorite effects with everything from the most
straightforward setups to the most complex digitally controlled rigs.
IR-J INTEGRATION - All-In-One
IR-J's
surprisingly compact size turns your pedalboard into your entire rig.
Run your favorite dirt pedals and filters directly into the IR-J's
input as you would with any amplifier and place your favorite
time-based effects in the effects loop. Now send all that tone directly
to the board with the stunning sounding benefits of IR technology.
STANDALONE PREAMP
Do
you want all the benefits of IR-J's all-tube preamp section but prefer
a live cabinet onstage? No problem. Simply connect the effects loop
Send to your time-based effects and then to your amps power section.
You can still send the IR output to the console to avoid the hassles of
live mic'ing the cabinet (see manual for details).
IR-LOADER
To
utilize IR-J's IR technology independently of the preamp section, just
plug your preferred preamp or pedals into its effects loop return.
It's a great way to harness all of its power amp and speaker simulation
onstage or in the studio.
EXPANDED MIDI CONTROL
IR-J
is MIDI-capable. Whether pulling up presets with a pedalboard
controller or switching channels with the laptop running your entire
show, IR-J is ready for the job. It truly is the perfect marriage of
modern control and classic tube tone.
SOFTWARE EDITOR:
IR-J
gives you astounding tonal control, but its included Friedman Editor
software takes it to a new level. With it, you can tweak each channel’s
power amp simulation via the Thump, Presence, Low Pass Filter controls,
load your favorite IRs, activate the Boost Lock feature, select loop
ON/OFF and save it all to 128 MIDI presets.
IR-J Features:
- Jake E Lee Signature
- All-tube HIGH-VOLTAGE preamp - DI
- 2 x 12AX7 preamp tubes
- Two independent channels + TS style boost per channelo Based on Friedman’s legendary JEL-100 and JEL-20 designs
- MIDI
programmable features:o Channel select / Boosto IR selecto Thump,
Presence and Low-Pass Filter - three-way switch per channelo Effects
loop ON/OFFo Boost Lock
- Power amp simulation with software editable Presence, Thump and Low-Pass Filter (per channel)
- Low latency Impulse Response cabinet simulation (bypassable)
- Three position CAB/IR select switch per channel (programmable via software)
- 18 free Friedman IRs or load your own
- Boost Volume (top) - Vol. (gain amount) and Tone controls (per channel) on side panel
- Volume and Gain controls (per channel)
- Full EQ consisting of Bass, Middle, Treble (per channel)
- 3-way Bright switch (per channel)
- 2-way Gain switch (Channel 2)
- Three multi-function foot switches
- Ultra-transparent series FX loop (bypassable)
- TRS balanced output
- Headphone output
- MIDI 5 pin standard connector and USB MIDI
- USB software editor - powered by SYNERGY
- Limited 3-year Warranty
- Universal 12V Power Supply Included
- 6 Foot USB2.0 A Male to B Male cable Included
- Dimensions (Including Knobs): 5.5” (D) x 6.5” (W) x 2.3 (H)
- Weight: 1.5 lbs.
