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Let me start by saying I Like this pedal alot and that RID and his company(Carl Martin)did a phenomenal job with this pedal..With that being said,here's some scoop about my experience with it so far...
Into my 73 50 watt NMV Marshall this pedal simply rocks! I've played through alot of Marshall wanna be pedals,but this one gets closer than anything else I've ever used(Even the modded Boss stuff)....In fairness to the modded pedals,they only have 1 great overall vibe.The Plexitone has boost,crunch,and drive and with more headroom and tightness because it runs on 12 volts...
I've used the pedal through my Marshall head into a V30 4x12 and my Valvetronix head into a V30 2x12 and got great results in both instances...The Vox amp was set to a nice BF Twin setting and used with the Plexitone..
My favorite settings on this pedal through both amps was to use the crunch setting and the gain around 3 o'clock or a bit less,the volume at about 9 o clock and the tone up the middle at noon through a clean amp setting...This allowed me to get the earlier Marshall Plexi tones we grew up listening to and still be able to dial back and clean up the tone a bit....This is alot easier to do with the strat and Tele and not the LP however...I Like the way the crunch tones are EQ'd but the higher gain settings are a bit too dark for my tastes to cut and grind like a Thin Lizzy tone...
Once I got the crunch tone dialed in,I then set the boost level for a slight overall volume boost,but you get added lows and balls for soloing upon activating the boost switch(Very cool for added beef in your lead tones and for soaring above a loud drummer)....I had feedback issues last night with my LP and these levels were challenging for me)...
The higher gain tones are cool for single note soloing,but I found the tone to be too dark once I got the tone dialed in for my crunch tones...The tone with the higher drive settings rubs up with Eric Johnson and Gary Moore's singing darker lead tones..Warm and smooth and with lots of sustain..
The crunch side of this pedal in my opinion is what this pedal is all about and this is where my favorite Marshall tones are found....I set this tone up without the boost function and then when I do hit the boost function,I now get the same crunch factor,but it's got alot more lows and is fuller and more powerful sounding...."Ballsy" is a great way to describe the boost switch....All of your early classic rock tones,i.e. Thin Lizzy,Bad CO,Free,Zeppelin,etc...are gotten with the crunch side of the pedal...Tight and focused..
The pedal has a s/n ratio of 68 and I didn't find it all that noisy!
The tone is tight and articulate always and isn't muddy sounding...I also feel like I'm playing into an actual tube amp and not through a pedal first because you get "feel" in the notes and touch sensitivity with this thing...Amazing!
Volume down and you get the cleaner barely breaking Marshall blues tone going...Dial up the volume and now all of your gain and harmonics and sustain follow....
Great pedal....Nice job RID to you and CM! I'm keeping mine!
I Love the crunch and crunch/boost settings and I felt the pedal does a great overall job of emulating a highly cranked up Marshall....The Marshall JackHammer also does a great emulation of the same amp,but at a budget,but it doesn't have the boost function and the versatility,plus the high gain side of the JH doesn't compete with the Plexitone.
I just got mine but I was able to quickly dial up some great tone from my pedal and so far into just 2 of the many amps I own....
Stevo,RID,and Jeff B and other users,Does my review sum up your feelings about the pedal exactly?
Also,is microphonics a problem with your humbucking equipped guitars with the PT set for higher gain settings? It was for me last night?
Into my 73 50 watt NMV Marshall this pedal simply rocks! I've played through alot of Marshall wanna be pedals,but this one gets closer than anything else I've ever used(Even the modded Boss stuff)....In fairness to the modded pedals,they only have 1 great overall vibe.The Plexitone has boost,crunch,and drive and with more headroom and tightness because it runs on 12 volts...
I've used the pedal through my Marshall head into a V30 4x12 and my Valvetronix head into a V30 2x12 and got great results in both instances...The Vox amp was set to a nice BF Twin setting and used with the Plexitone..
My favorite settings on this pedal through both amps was to use the crunch setting and the gain around 3 o'clock or a bit less,the volume at about 9 o clock and the tone up the middle at noon through a clean amp setting...This allowed me to get the earlier Marshall Plexi tones we grew up listening to and still be able to dial back and clean up the tone a bit....This is alot easier to do with the strat and Tele and not the LP however...I Like the way the crunch tones are EQ'd but the higher gain settings are a bit too dark for my tastes to cut and grind like a Thin Lizzy tone...
Once I got the crunch tone dialed in,I then set the boost level for a slight overall volume boost,but you get added lows and balls for soloing upon activating the boost switch(Very cool for added beef in your lead tones and for soaring above a loud drummer)....I had feedback issues last night with my LP and these levels were challenging for me)...
The higher gain tones are cool for single note soloing,but I found the tone to be too dark once I got the tone dialed in for my crunch tones...The tone with the higher drive settings rubs up with Eric Johnson and Gary Moore's singing darker lead tones..Warm and smooth and with lots of sustain..
The crunch side of this pedal in my opinion is what this pedal is all about and this is where my favorite Marshall tones are found....I set this tone up without the boost function and then when I do hit the boost function,I now get the same crunch factor,but it's got alot more lows and is fuller and more powerful sounding...."Ballsy" is a great way to describe the boost switch....All of your early classic rock tones,i.e. Thin Lizzy,Bad CO,Free,Zeppelin,etc...are gotten with the crunch side of the pedal...Tight and focused..
The pedal has a s/n ratio of 68 and I didn't find it all that noisy!
The tone is tight and articulate always and isn't muddy sounding...I also feel like I'm playing into an actual tube amp and not through a pedal first because you get "feel" in the notes and touch sensitivity with this thing...Amazing!
Volume down and you get the cleaner barely breaking Marshall blues tone going...Dial up the volume and now all of your gain and harmonics and sustain follow....
Great pedal....Nice job RID to you and CM! I'm keeping mine!
I Love the crunch and crunch/boost settings and I felt the pedal does a great overall job of emulating a highly cranked up Marshall....The Marshall JackHammer also does a great emulation of the same amp,but at a budget,but it doesn't have the boost function and the versatility,plus the high gain side of the JH doesn't compete with the Plexitone.
I just got mine but I was able to quickly dial up some great tone from my pedal and so far into just 2 of the many amps I own....
Stevo,RID,and Jeff B and other users,Does my review sum up your feelings about the pedal exactly?
Also,is microphonics a problem with your humbucking equipped guitars with the PT set for higher gain settings? It was for me last night?
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The key point is that you don't have to level your house with outrageous volume to get close to that tone that we love from Marshalls on 11 
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