Carl Martin Plexitone

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

You're welcome, MI Audio is a cool little company, makes good stuff and more than deserves some recognition!
The Fender amp, it really depends on what speaker and what kind of sound you expect from it, it really likes British styled or Tweed like amps best
By the way, did get the final touches on a more highgainy modern Marshall like drive/distortion today, on the scope it is all teeth, so I hesitate calling it a drive now, but it gets that JCM800 and alike sounds now, and has a healthy lowend and will probally feature a switch for two kinds of more or less fatness.
Will post a clip later tonight.
Niels

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

Here is the clip of that refined metalpanel like dist/drive.
Made on my Marshall DRP-1 solidstate recordpreamp det on clean, it has way more of everything on a dedicated tubeamp, used an APH-1 humbucker on my HW-1 strat.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=415328&songID=3825446

 

[midnite_man]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

You're welcome, MI Audio is a cool little company, makes good stuff and more than deserves some recognition!
The Fender amp, it really depends on what speaker and what kind of sound you expect from it, it really likes British styled or Tweed like amps best

I've got a Tweed Fender Blues DeVille that the Plexi might like.

Thanks to bungalowbill for chiming in. The crunchbox from MI has a great sound to it, but I thought the Plexi sounded just a bit brighter.

....Bob

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

I've got a Tweed Fender Blues DeVille that the Plexi might like.

Thanks to bungalowbill for chiming in. The crunchbox from MI has a great sound to it, but I thought the Plexi sounded just a bit brighter.

....Bob

You are very welcome. I think Rids Plexitone as being a vintage Marshall and the crunchhbox as being more like a modded marshall.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

Semi vintage
I actually wish that it had more topend, so some of my own have a different tonepot for more highs..lol
The extragain uses an 1megaohm pot and the crunchier uses a 100k, for more open sounds.
The newer metalpanel like one, will probally be a singledrive with boost, and a flat box like the plexi and the ac.

 

[midnite_man]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

Bobby...I'm on my way out the door for a class needed for my job...Anyway...Also be sure to check out the Fulltone OCD pedal and listen to the clips at www.fulltone.com

This is another pedal that I've got my eyes on...Pricey like the Plexitone but listen to the tones of this one and you'll also see why I've got my eyes on it...

From what I heard of Fulltone's OCD, and compared that sound to the Plexi (thnx for the clip, Niels), I think I like the Plexi sound better. I liked the sustain better, the feedback sounded sweeter, and overall I thought the Plexi sounded a bit brighter that the OCD, which I liked. I liked the MI pedal better than the OCD, too (I really liked the smoothness of the Crunchbox, but it sounded just a bit muddier than the Plexi. But that could've been the way Ed plays his axe's tonepots with the treble turned way down).
It's kinda difficult to tell, however, how these three pedals would sound with my gear. I'd have to try the Plexitone first, I think. As I mentioned before, I think the versatility of this pedal is a major plus making it possible to cover a few different styles of guitar music w/o having to use multiple pedals.

I might have to sell off some of my other pedals I'm not using much of anymore to at least defer the cost of buying the CM box.

....Bob

 

[Corbic]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

Here is the clip of that refined metalpanel like dist/drive.
Made on my Marshall DRP-1 solidstate recordpreamp det on clean, it has way more of everything on a dedicated tubeamp, used an APH-1 humbucker on my HW-1 strat.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=415328&songID=3825446

It sounds great! Also sounds like something JeffB would like, a bit crunchier then the Plexitone clips I've heard.

 

[Stevo]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

It's the best Marshall-sounding pedal I have ever owned. I like the sound of it though my 1987x dark channel for live playing. I think it would be great with a jtm45 or another British-sounding amp with el34 (or el84) power tubes. Not only do I like the tone, I like the versatility for live playing. You can go in to a single channel amp, completely clean, and still have 2 crunch settings and a boost to switch between. Here are some tunes I did with mine.
rock tune
blues
another tune

 

[Corbic]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

It's the best Marshall-sounding pedal I have ever owned. I like the sound of it though my 1987x dark channel for live playing. I think it would be great with a jtm45 or another British-sounding amp with el34 (or el84) power tubes. Not only do I like the tone, I like the versatility for live playing. You can go in to a single channel amp, completely clean, and still have 2 crunch settings and a boost to switch between. Here are some tunes I did with mine.
rock tune
blues
another tune

I always loved that rock song, Back in Iraq, the one you made a few months ago. Great tone and playing on that one, I listened to it so much it's on my iPod now

 

[Stevo]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

I listened to it so much it's on my iPod now

Cool! I had fun putting that tune together and I am glad that you like it.

 

[ModestCargo]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

It's okay, pretty good.

I'm really hard to impress when it comes to pedals though - I've only ever been impressed with two overdrive pedals that I've heard. One is the Fulltone OCD and the other is a Barber LTD.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

You don't say so

 

[donbarzini]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

Rid, speaking of Ed, do you think the Plexitone would work well with a THD Flexi amp? I just recieved it a few days ago and I feel that it is very Marshall voiced with EL34's and my 2x12 closed back with Greenbacks, however it is a very clean amp that could use some gain.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

It would probally liked it alot

 

[donbarzini]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

Thanks Rid, I just orderd one. I owned one previously but I didn't find that it worked well with my old JCM800 combo, too much preamp gain in that amp already. I'm really interested in the Echotone, how much longer? I just picked up the TC Electronics Vintage Delay which I like but I'm interested in that Echotone for sure.

 

[JeffB]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

It sounds great! Also sounds like something JeffB would like, a bit crunchier then the Plexitone clips I've heard.

ooooo...how did I miss this before????????????????:eek13:

Yeah Rid...that "metalface" ped sounds freaking great :bigthumb:...a little compressed tho in the top end..is that the direct recording thing causing that? Is it more "open" through a tube amp?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=415328&songID=3858157
More refined.

 

[JeffB]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=415328&songID=3858157
More refined.

Same guit?

Man I wish you played a tubby or Explorer or something...

Def sounds awesome Rid..this one going into production?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

No tubby ever...unless it wants to end up as firewood
Dunno yet...I am having second thoughts about all this more metal like sounds thing, as I do not play anything remotely metal myself
All I know is that through the KT-66 equipped amp it was a roaring screaming monster.
Same strat by the way

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Carl Martin Plexitone

Anyways did try with a tubby today
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAT haha too fat for me but I am sure others will dig it.
That sweepable dual tone thing is working good, so now we have a base to build from, later this year we will probally break it down into a normal userfriendly version, right now it is funny alternate thingy