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I've had a Line 6 PODxt for years, and have used it for recording bass, but I never really liked it for recording guitar. I've also got an RP355 but I found it way too complex to set up, and didn't like the sounds. For the past several months, I've been getting together with two guys from our band back in '75. The drummer has a nice setup with his drum miked but direct in for guitar, bass and vocals. He records things on his Zoom H6. The Line6 was "ok" but a pain to make changes on the fly, and was noisy as all hell when I plugged my pedalboard into it. So it's been just plain guitar through a Fender Deluxe model on the Line6. There's a guy out in Salt Lake City that has been using his Iridium for several album releases on Soundcloud. He's done some amazing work with his. That started me looking at options, like the Dream 65, the ToneX and the Iridium. Last weekend, a local fellow on Facebook Marketplace had listed an Iridium for a good price, so we met up the other morning at the golf course and did the deal. I'm impressed. The only thing it really doesn't have is a true reverb, but adding the "room" sound seems to add just enough ambience to make it not sound flat. I spent about an hour with the Millennium and the 525 today. I think I'll be revamping my pedal board to include the Strymon. Then if I need to play through an amp, I can just bypass the pedal. Now, I just need to figure out settings that work best for me, but I'm liking it so far.

Pete Marino (RIP) told me the factory filled up the back of his pickup truck with them and asked him to deliver them to the dump. From what I understand less them 1/2 made it to the dump.