Strymon Iridium: Is the OG digital amp sim still worth getting?

Oooh, did you see the little fly at 29secs? The first ever cameo appearance in a 90-second demo!

Anyway, the Iridium. The first thing to note about this gamechanging pedal, aside from its attractiveness to insects, is its brilliant user interface: simple wysiwyg controls with the option of flipping to a stored favourite setting, and the ability to load up your own IRs if you want to. Strymon got it right first time, and Walrus and DSM can't match that.

When it comes to the sounds, though, things get a little more complicated…

Have a look at the two previous demos and let me know how you think these tones compare with the (newly updated) Walrus ACS1 and the Simplifier MkII - and watch this space for a three-way comparison edit, just as soon as I can work out how to do it.

(Guitar is a Telecaster.)

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