stevie_bees
Cat In The Hatministrator
I received my pedal, which was one of the 3 that Niels generously gave away, yesterday. I knew that he was sending me a Hot Drive & Boost II pedal, which I was really excited about, and couldn't wait to try. Little did I realise exactly what I would receive. I'll quote the letter that Niels enclosed with the pedal.
"Here is your prize!
It is the second pre-tester Plexitone OD, I named them Duplexer, I kept the Dymo stickers on it, thought you might like that. I made this baby in 2004, early January I think it was, This pedal was the revelation for me. It has the same parts as the Plexitone, one LED less as this one is symmetrical in the clip circuit. I used an old HDB Mk2 as base, it is very close to the standard PT. It has a bit more bite, but it is more how I wanted it to be myself and it has one channel as I also had wanted it to have, so you will get it as I first made it, and liked!
Hope that it will serve you well, and bring good times!
Best regards
Niels"
I gave it a first play today, and OMFG what a sound! I think the 2 drive channels on my TSL might have just been made redundant. Big, fat, crisp and transparent drive that just sounds wonderfully open. I put my Jekyll & Hyde in front of it, as I use the Jekyll side as a Tubescreamer, and it sounds colossal! I am now having to rethink how I get my sound, all on the strength of one pedal. I'm thinking of a single channel valve combo, with fx loop, and maybe reverb, and that's it! Be gone channel switcher!
I cannot thank Niels enough for this pedal. We all know he makes stunning products, but to give away a personal prototype is beyond amazing.
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"Here is your prize!
It is the second pre-tester Plexitone OD, I named them Duplexer, I kept the Dymo stickers on it, thought you might like that. I made this baby in 2004, early January I think it was, This pedal was the revelation for me. It has the same parts as the Plexitone, one LED less as this one is symmetrical in the clip circuit. I used an old HDB Mk2 as base, it is very close to the standard PT. It has a bit more bite, but it is more how I wanted it to be myself and it has one channel as I also had wanted it to have, so you will get it as I first made it, and liked!
Hope that it will serve you well, and bring good times!
Best regards
Niels"
I gave it a first play today, and OMFG what a sound! I think the 2 drive channels on my TSL might have just been made redundant. Big, fat, crisp and transparent drive that just sounds wonderfully open. I put my Jekyll & Hyde in front of it, as I use the Jekyll side as a Tubescreamer, and it sounds colossal! I am now having to rethink how I get my sound, all on the strength of one pedal. I'm thinking of a single channel valve combo, with fx loop, and maybe reverb, and that's it! Be gone channel switcher!
I cannot thank Niels enough for this pedal. We all know he makes stunning products, but to give away a personal prototype is beyond amazing.
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