Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
A couple days ago, I got a Sam Ash $10 gift card in the mail so I decided to stop in tonight and get some strings or a clip on tuner or something.
I spotted a pile of Marshall Gov'nor Plus pedals - the ones that came out in the 90's and cost around $100. Marshall must be liquidating them in Sam Ash stores as loss leaders for $29.99, so they instantly caught my eye. They were popular when they came out, and I even had one of the Bluesbreaker pedals from that run, which was only OK. I knew these were a different thing altogether, so I grabbed one for $22. Yeah, $22 out the door, since I had my $10 gift card! YEAH! :dance:
I brought it home and ran it through it's paces on my amps from Fender clean to Plexi midgain. If your local Sam Ash has these in stock, go get one!
I'm not saying it's as good as a Wampler Plextortion, Pinnacle, or CM Plexitone, but it's definitely a Marshall toned pedal that imparts a very JCM 800 quality onto an amp. Wanna turn your Fender tweed into a Marshall? Definitely worth $30 for it's classic look and sound.
Here's what it does really well.
The EQ. It's got two stacked concentric knobs that control 4 aspects of the EQ - Deep, Bass, Mid, and Treble. This is a big part of it's Marshall sound, and it gives you great control over shaping the tone. The volume knob has a nice sweep and gets thicker as it's turned up.
Here's the nitpick. The gain control adds a bit of hair and fizz the higher it goes, which sort of mimics a JCM 800's crunch. There's definitely a sweet spot, and that's right around 9:30 if you're using the pedal on a midgain amp as a lead boost. For this, it's a great pedal. Past 10:00 and the gain starts to take on the sound of a Marshall MG Series, but in a good way.
This is where it's imperative to balance all the EQ and gain with that of your amp, to achieve an authentic modded JCM 800 or DSL-like sound.
Overall, this is a $100 Marshall pedal being given away at $30. Call your local Sam Ash and see if they've got any. I didn't see them on the website.
I can't believe I paid the price of 4 packs of strings for one.
I spotted a pile of Marshall Gov'nor Plus pedals - the ones that came out in the 90's and cost around $100. Marshall must be liquidating them in Sam Ash stores as loss leaders for $29.99, so they instantly caught my eye. They were popular when they came out, and I even had one of the Bluesbreaker pedals from that run, which was only OK. I knew these were a different thing altogether, so I grabbed one for $22. Yeah, $22 out the door, since I had my $10 gift card! YEAH! :dance:
I brought it home and ran it through it's paces on my amps from Fender clean to Plexi midgain. If your local Sam Ash has these in stock, go get one!
I'm not saying it's as good as a Wampler Plextortion, Pinnacle, or CM Plexitone, but it's definitely a Marshall toned pedal that imparts a very JCM 800 quality onto an amp. Wanna turn your Fender tweed into a Marshall? Definitely worth $30 for it's classic look and sound.
Here's what it does really well.
The EQ. It's got two stacked concentric knobs that control 4 aspects of the EQ - Deep, Bass, Mid, and Treble. This is a big part of it's Marshall sound, and it gives you great control over shaping the tone. The volume knob has a nice sweep and gets thicker as it's turned up.
Here's the nitpick. The gain control adds a bit of hair and fizz the higher it goes, which sort of mimics a JCM 800's crunch. There's definitely a sweet spot, and that's right around 9:30 if you're using the pedal on a midgain amp as a lead boost. For this, it's a great pedal. Past 10:00 and the gain starts to take on the sound of a Marshall MG Series, but in a good way.
This is where it's imperative to balance all the EQ and gain with that of your amp, to achieve an authentic modded JCM 800 or DSL-like sound.
Overall, this is a $100 Marshall pedal being given away at $30. Call your local Sam Ash and see if they've got any. I didn't see them on the website.
I can't believe I paid the price of 4 packs of strings for one.
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