The Iridium is a bedroom (and stage, and studio) player’s dream. This pedal is three amps and nine cabs in one little box. My favorite part? It has stereo outputs!
Here’s what it has out of the box (get it?)
Round: Based on a Fender® Deluxe Reverb®. Its cab options are:
a: 1×12 Fender® Deluxe Reverb®
b: 1×12 Fender® Blues Junior®
c: 2×10 Fender® Vibrolux®
Chime: Based on the Brilliant (I said “bright” in the video, my mistake) channel of a Vox® AC30TB. Its cab options are:
a: 2×12 Vox® AC30-6 open back fawn
b: 1×12 Custom cab w/ Celestion® Blue AlNiCo
c: 4×12 Mesa/Boogie® Half-Back®
Punch: Based on a Marshall® Plexi (Super Lead model number 1959). Its cab options are:
a: 4×12 Marshall® w/ Celestion® G12M-25s
b: 2×12 Custom cab w/ Celestion® Vintage 30s
c: 8×12 Marshall® w/ Celestion® T652s
FYI, those IRs are from top IR vendors Cabir.eu, Celestion®, OwnHammer, and Valhallir.at.
Not enough cabs for ya? You can use any any 24 bit/96 kHz WAV format IRs using the free Strymon Impulse Manager software available at strymon.net/
support/iridium.
The middle knob is super interactive with Round and Chime. Less so with Punch. On Round, turn up middle for tweed tones. Turn it down for the classic mid scoop. On Chime, it’s treated like a tone cut knob.
But the Drive on Punch is incredible. Up to 2 o’clock on Punch you get all the amp’s original drive. Past that, you get custom hot-rodded Plexi high
gain tones.
I also get into the “Room” reverb settings here. You can essentially mimic the sound of small, medium, or large-sized rooms. Just hold down the Bypass and turn the room knob to select your room size.
There’s so much more this pedal has to offer that I didn’t even have the time to get into to. What I’m especially excited to try out on my board is using the EXP as a volume pedal. This pedal might convert me to an ampless gal.
Guitar: Jazzmaster with ’65 pickups
Amp: LOL it’s the pedal! But seriously, don’t plug this pedal into an amp. that’s NOT a good idea.
Song used in much of the demo is “Little Pink Room” by Michelle Sullivan & the All Night Boys.