Polytone vs Deluxe Reverb IR Jazz Tone Shootout 🎸 (Plini X Presets | York Audio vs Dr Bonkers)

🎸 Jazz Tone IR Shootout — Polytone vs Deluxe Reverb (York Audio vs Dr Bonkers)
I compared four Plini X presets using two classic jazz cabinet IR flavours: the Dr Bonkers Polytone and the York Audio Deluxe Reverb Verb DLX pack.

Each tone was tested with the same playing examples:
• Chord Melody
• Grant Green lick
• Bebop run

0:00 Intro (Polytone vs Deluxe Reverb IR Shootout)
0:17 Chord Melody Comparison
1:18 Django-Style Line Comparison
1:41 Jazz Lick / Bebop Run Comparison
1:55 Outro + Which Tone Was Best?

👉 Download all 4 presets (free):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Tone Labels

Tone A — Dr Bonkers Polytone IR
Classic warm, dark jazz tone — smooth, rounded, no breakup.

Tone B — York Audio Verb DLX (Bernstein)
Warm, articulate modern jazz — clear mids, smooth highs, open sound.

Tone C — York Audio Verb DLX (Grant Green)
Dark Blue Note vibe — smoky mids, rolled-off highs, punchy attack.

Tone D — York Audio Verb DLX (Wes Style)
Classic hollow-body warmth — rounded highs and soft attack.

Gear Used

• Strandberg Jazz Sälen NX 6 (MFB pickups)
• Neural DSP Plini X

Polytone IR (Dr Bonkers):
https://www.drbonkerssoundlab.com/sho...

Deluxe Reverb Verb Deluxe IR (York Audio):
https://www.yorkaudio.co/product-page...

(Not sponsored — I purchased all IRs myself.)

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