Ordered a Plexitone!

[Stevo]

:beerchug: Can't wait to mess with it. I sorta bought it on a whim, from musiciansfriend :laugh2: The MF sound bite is very cool and I've heard a ton of Rid's clips with this thing

I am not a big fan of solid state distortion pedals but I usually keep one around for fun. I just sold my tube factor on ebay. It's time for something new.

I was at a music store in Santa Barbara today and my friend the manager was raving about this thing. His band just did a little tour of Europe and he said he was really happy with the plexitone pedal through his old Marshall head. The store was out of stock so I ordered one with overnight delivery :laugh2:

 

[bvc310]

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Its a famn cool pedal IMO, played one at NAMM, enjoy dude. i hope for m0ore cds, and more great clips dude.

 

[Curly]

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Stevo,
I know that Vintage Guitar gave these a great review.

sounds like it will be right up your alley

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Ah someone bought it
Lol seriously we are having a hard time keeping up with the demand....who would have thought that??
Gary empties his stock faster than we can deliver..hehe
Enjoy it Stevo
It is not like most ss drives, loads of clarity and not very compressed either.
A year after its release and the sleeper is awake now...I'm off to build more of them, have done nothing else for three months now
If you open it up and look inside, and there is a black speedmarker line, then I made it
Niels

 

[shred-dog]

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hey RID how would it sound into a marshall jmp ?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Hopefully like a Marshall..hehe
Well more or less like your amp really.
It is very clear and follows what ever you use, being guitar and the amp.
I made because a cranked Marshall is loud, and that most of the old ones have great cleans, so it should work like an extension of your amp.
Niels

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Good luck with the Plexitone pedal Steve...Should be perfect for your tone and styles..

 

[nuntius]

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Going off Rid's clips it should rock

Enjoy!

 

[jeremy]

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you know you got serious gas when you overnight it

cant wait for the review. and i want the five year old just got a new toy gusher

 

[75lespaul]

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I have yet to hear a pedal that works better with my Les Pauls but it sounds really bad with all of my single coil pickup guitars. I've tried it through about six or seven of my amps now and I can't get it to sound good with the strats--which is why I got it, lol.

Anybody got any suggestions on maybe amp settings or what have you so I can get it to sound good with my strats or am I trying to make a dog oink like a pig?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Eh I never had any trouble with my strat....
But like with a Marshall you need to use your volume and toneknobs, wire your bridge singlecoil to the middle pickups tone is also a good way of taming the highs, the pedal is designed for a clear voice, nothing hide behind so to say.
So open singles needs alittle work.
Plus the wider tonal range requires abit of a different playing from a LP style guitar, it is not easy but it can be done with some patience
Niels

 

[75lespaul]

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Eh I never had any trouble with my strat....
But like with a Marshall you need to use your volume and toneknobs, wire your bridge singlecoil to the middle pickups tone is also a good way of taming the highs, the pedal is designed for a clear voice, nothing hide behind so to say.
So open singles needs alittle work.
Plus the wider tonal range requires abit of a different playing from a LP style guitar, it is not easy but it can be done with some patience
Niels

I didn't start using "stock" strats until all my Marshalls were history. I want to use the Plexitone with a 59 Bassman clone, a 65 Fender Champ and a few other closer to Marshall sound 10 watt or so tube amps. The one thing I didn't do was play with the volume or tone knobs. My strats sound real tubby and flubby through the pedal on amps where they sound dynamite plugged straight in. I've been told this is to be expected, but Hendrix, Blackmore etc...

When using the pedal with a different guitar I turn the knobs all the way down and worked from there so I've really taken quite a bit of time--at least 40, 50 seconds. No, seriously I've spent a bit of time. I had no problem at all with the LPs. I thought I had my 73 metal face in the room with me again. Brought a tear to my eye, lol. It really has no equal (IMHO) with the hummers, but I will try again with the singles and see what I get.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Hmm sounds more like your amps is having a hard time with the pedal.
It has alot of fatness to it, the lowend is not gone on the plexi like on a whole lot of other drives!
And it does follow the amps clean sound, and with humbuckers the tonal range is almost only mids, while the singles does have a deeper lowend, not bigger but the range is wider, and it will be present with that extra gain added.
So if you have alot of lowend dialed in, it will flub and fart out with the plexi engaged, especially on BF style Fenders and alike.
And small amps might have a serious problem coping with it, it does pack something of a punch

 

[Stevo]

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...Should be perfect for your tone and styles..

Hey bro I have never heard one of your mods yet! :smack:

 

[Stevo]

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you know you got serious gas when you overnight it

haha my friend was raving about this pedal.. and he's been selling gear for a few years. He really likes that you can push 2 switches at a time, changing the gain and engaging the boost at the same time.

I recently sold my Maxon OD. It was very cool, but quite a contrast to the Marshall tones. I liked the fact that it did not lose low end though.. like other OD pedals I've had.

I also have a zebra PGn and a mahogany tele body on the way :smack: I don't think I'll get much homework done this weekend :laugh2:

 

[Stevo]

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I know that Vintage Guitar gave these a great review.

Yes it sounds like Rid and friends might be seeing some serious business in the near future

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Trust me...I am doing nothing but building Plexi's all the time...lol

 

[Stevo]

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OK Rid this thing is killer.. now if I only had your chops lol :laugh2: The bottom end is totally crunchy. It is definitely very Marshally.. beats the heck out of my Maxon OD and my Tube Factor, as far as getting a Marshall sound.. very impressive my friend. The versatility is just right for what I need it for. The variable boost is a great option. When going in to the amp clean, you can boost your friggin head off! Having the 2 switchable settings for crunch and gain is sweet too.. the tone control is very sensitive.. I posted a quick/sloppy clip at the tips and clips board.. more later