Jake E Lee ranks high on the shortlist of influential gunslinger guitarists that emerged as the heroes of a new generation in the early ‘ 80s.  Best known for his burning guitar work and innovative songwriting, Lee contributed to two of Ozzy Osbourne's most revered albums, 1983’ s Bark at the Moon and 1986’ s Ultimate Sin. With Ozzy, his post-Ozzy band, Badlands and most recently, with his own group, Red Dragon Cartel, Lee’ s playing embraced the athleticism of the ‘ 80s while remaining firmly rooted in the hard rock fundamentals of the ‘ 70s.  Jake’ s tonal choices provide the evolutionary glue between the sonics of those two great eras. Following the massively successful release of the limited edition JEL-100 and JEL-20 signature heads, Jake E Lee and Dave Friedman have teamed-up, once again, using their legendary ears and talents to create the new IR-J, a signature all-tube direct solution that offers Lee’ s ultimate tones in a compact pedal board friendly format.    In Lee’ s own words, “ Dave has an innate understanding of where I’ m coming from as a player and we’ re alike in the way we hear tones. Dave doesn’ t hear things as a technician, he hears things like a musician, and that made him really easy to work with. I grew up in the ‘ 70s and those muscular, articulate rock tones were the tones I always sought, but I made a name for myself in the ‘ 80s when you needed a little more aggression and a little more scream. I’ ve always tried to retain a little of that ‘