ToneX One vs Boss IR-2 vs Line 6 Pod Express | Which one are YOU buying?! (not sponsored)
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Today, I’m asking for your
Today, I’m asking for your help about which of the hot new affordable amp/cab sim and modeler pedals I should buy! I’m stuck between the IK Multimedia ToneX One, the Boss IR-2 and the Line 6 Pod Express.
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Ever since Boss unveiled the IR-2 Amp & IR Cabinet simulator pedal in late 2023, I’ve been ready to grab one. But, during the wait for the IR-2 to become available in Europe, Line 6 dropped their Pod Express units for guitar and bass players, and now IK Multimedia has made things even more interesting with the launch of the ToneX One!
They’re all kind of similar in that they’re all small modeling pedals that can (theoretically) replace a traditional amp and cab setup, and they all come in at around the $200/€200 price point.
But they all have plenty of unique features too. The Boss IR-2 (which is the smaller brother of the bigger, more feature-rich IR-200) is the most like a standard swap-out for a traditional amplifier. You can theoretically use it with a pedal board and then play through headphones, to a PA, or record directly, and you have 11 amps sims and 11 Celestion IRs to use here.
The Line 6 Pod Express is more of an all-in-one solution, with seven Line 6 amps/cabs built in alongside numerous effects: boost, overdrive, distortion, fuzz, and multiple delay, reverb and modulation effects. It’s also rocking a tuner and a looper, and again, you can run it through headphones, to speaker, or straight into your DAW for recording directly.
Finally, the ToneX One is… well, I’m not quite sure yet! This tiny pedal seems to offer myriad advantages, from being able to capture the tones of your existing amp and drive pedal collection, through to taking advantage of the thousands of ToneX captures offered in IK Multimedia’s ToneNET software, being used as a standalone drive pedal, and more. And of course it’s got a headphone out and is a USB audio interface too!
The question is: which one is going to be right for me as a player? While the IR-2 seems a natural choice, and comes with the standard Boss reliability and quality, the Pod Express looks loads of fun, and the hyperbole-infused sponsored videos that are everywhere about the ToneX One right now really seem to make it out to be a bit of a (and I truly despise this term) gamechanger.
So, in the absence of being able to play any of these devices for myself yet, I’m turning to you – the viewers, who I often think know more than me anyway – to let me know your thoughts. Which of the three would you recommend, and why? Which would suit me best? I’m really looking forward to hearing your opinions, and perhaps you’ll be able to persuade me which of these pedals to spend my hard-earned cash on when they finally do become available in Europe.
Here are some links to the various parts of the video:
00:00 Intro to the Boss IR-2
00:45 Intro to the Line 6 Pod Express
01:47 Intro to the ToneX One
02:39 I need your help please!
03:23 Boss IR-2 features
06:49 Pod Express features
08:38 ToneX One features
11:42 Which one should you buy? Which is best?
12:14 Choosing the best one for your own rig and needs
Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#BossPedals #ToneX #Line6 #IKMultimedia #Line6Pod #AmpSim #GuitarGear
Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much!
@ikmultimedia
@rolandglobal
@BOSSinfoglobal
@line6movies
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Get them at Thomann: https://www.thomann.de/intl/thlpg_egy...
At Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3eQynM
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Ever since Boss unveiled the IR-2 Amp & IR Cabinet simulator pedal in late 2023, I’ve been ready to grab one. But, during the wait for the IR-2 to become available in Europe, Line 6 dropped their Pod Express units for guitar and bass players, and now IK Multimedia has made things even more interesting with the launch of the ToneX One!
They’re all kind of similar in that they’re all small modeling pedals that can (theoretically) replace a traditional amp and cab setup, and they all come in at around the $200/€200 price point.
But they all have plenty of unique features too. The Boss IR-2 (which is the smaller brother of the bigger, more feature-rich IR-200) is the most like a standard swap-out for a traditional amplifier. You can theoretically use it with a pedal board and then play through headphones, to a PA, or record directly, and you have 11 amps sims and 11 Celestion IRs to use here.
The Line 6 Pod Express is more of an all-in-one solution, with seven Line 6 amps/cabs built in alongside numerous effects: boost, overdrive, distortion, fuzz, and multiple delay, reverb and modulation effects. It’s also rocking a tuner and a looper, and again, you can run it through headphones, to speaker, or straight into your DAW for recording directly.
Finally, the ToneX One is… well, I’m not quite sure yet! This tiny pedal seems to offer myriad advantages, from being able to capture the tones of your existing amp and drive pedal collection, through to taking advantage of the thousands of ToneX captures offered in IK Multimedia’s ToneNET software, being used as a standalone drive pedal, and more. And of course it’s got a headphone out and is a USB audio interface too!
The question is: which one is going to be right for me as a player? While the IR-2 seems a natural choice, and comes with the standard Boss reliability and quality, the Pod Express looks loads of fun, and the hyperbole-infused sponsored videos that are everywhere about the ToneX One right now really seem to make it out to be a bit of a (and I truly despise this term) gamechanger.
So, in the absence of being able to play any of these devices for myself yet, I’m turning to you – the viewers, who I often think know more than me anyway – to let me know your thoughts. Which of the three would you recommend, and why? Which would suit me best? I’m really looking forward to hearing your opinions, and perhaps you’ll be able to persuade me which of these pedals to spend my hard-earned cash on when they finally do become available in Europe.
Here are some links to the various parts of the video:
00:00 Intro to the Boss IR-2
00:45 Intro to the Line 6 Pod Express
01:47 Intro to the ToneX One
02:39 I need your help please!
03:23 Boss IR-2 features
06:49 Pod Express features
08:38 ToneX One features
11:42 Which one should you buy? Which is best?
12:14 Choosing the best one for your own rig and needs
Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#BossPedals #ToneX #Line6 #IKMultimedia #Line6Pod #AmpSim #GuitarGear
Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much!
@ikmultimedia
@rolandglobal
@BOSSinfoglobal
@line6movies
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