Description
Maker: Friedman Amplification
Model: IR-J Jake E Lee Signature – Dual Tube Preamp & DI
Condition: New
Description:
JAKE E LEE
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.
In Lee’s own words, “Dave has an innate understanding of where I’m coming from as a player and we’re alike in the way we hear tones. Dave doesn’t hear things as a technician, he hears things like a musician, and that made him really easy to work with. I grew up in the ‘70s and those muscular, articulate rock tones were the tones I always sought, but I made a name for myself in the ‘80s when you needed a little more aggression and a little more scream. I’ve always tried to retain a little of that ‘70s heart and I still do, and that’s what this preamp does — though it’s got plenty more on tap if you need it!”
2 INDEPENDENT CHANNELS WITH BOOST
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.
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. The first three listed below are the ones which are factory set to the hardware.
OH BE-412 M75BB
16-ohm, 1777 cone Celestion “Black Back” G12M-75’s from 1975 captured in a Friedman BE-412 cabinet by Kevin Rowe of OwnHammer using Shure SM57 and Sennheiser MD421 microphones through mid-late 1970’s API 312 preamps.
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.
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.
FEATURES
- Jake E Lee Signature
- All-tube HIGH-VOLTAGE preamp – DI
- 2 x 12AX7 preamp tubes
- Two independent channels + TS style boost per channel
- Based on Friedman’s legendary JEL-100 and JEL-20 designs
- MIDI programmable features:
- Channel select / Boost
- IR select
- Thump, Presence and Low-Pass Filter – three-way switch per channel
- Effects loop ON/OFF
- 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.
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