Pedal for Marshall plexi

werdna · Post by **werdna** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:39 pm

Chaps, and any strange women who are on this forum, I require some advice. I have a plexi head and I want to make it wail during solos. What pedal would you recommend?

Tonemaker · Post by **Tonemaker** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:43 pm

werdna wrote:Chaps, and any strange women who are on this forum, I require some advice. I have a plexi head and I want to make it wail during solos. What pedal would you recommend?

SD-1?

Fulltone FB ver 3 ( some crazy db boost on tap)

The Plexi pedal I got from Belarusa

forgot the name of it, its a FET pedal, very nice..

Miza · Post by **Miza** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:58 pm

Tube-screamer?

Tonemaker · Post by **Tonemaker** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:53 pm

The is the pedal I got, I like it quite a bit, Higainer put it in the front of his Mojave (non modded one) he could probably chime in

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbDCC34Rn3o[/youtube]

or even a carl martin, which I have for sale, its pending payment but if it falls through...

Aquila Rossa · Post by **Aquila Rossa** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:59 pm

Just need a overdrive like SD-1, Screamer or DOD250.

Pastasauce · Post by **Pastasauce** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:27 pm

I have a JCM800. Kicking in a Xotic BB mb does the trick for me for liquidy, searing goodness.

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:35 am

My fave for that job is the Himmelstrutz Fetto custom. That's what I use. Not cheap though.

For cheaper, the Timmy does a fantastic job of juicing up a Marshall. Great live. Still have mine.

Bogner blue is pretty great as well.

Also it's worth checking out the ehx soul food. Cheap as klone.

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:37 am

Pastasauce wrote:I have a JCM800. Kicking in a Xotic BB mb does the trick for me for liquidy, searing goodness.

I was so close to buying the BBMB when I got my Fetto. Good pedal.

Also the AC and RC boosts are pretty great if you're already cooking.

One more: EP Boost.

higainer · Post by **higainer** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:15 am

You're spoiled for choice really, the beauty of the plexi circuit is that it loves od/boost pedals.

Tonemaker's Nikita JFET Plexi pedal was pretty cool.

You can't go passed the classic's SD-1 & tubescreamer.

Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 clean boost is great with straight up transparent boost, I believe Kiwiaxe had one for sale.
So far my favourite is MXR GT-OD.

Oh check out Rockett Pedals Blue Note overdrive.
Lance Keltner & PGS do great demoes of it......could be my next dirt box

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:29 am

Is this into the high gain or low gain input of your modded 1959?

Do you want a jump in volume, or just extra gain/saturation?

Aquila Rossa · Post by **Aquila Rossa** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:55 am

I am not so sure the Marshal in a box pedal would be a good option, except perhaps for quiet running. It would be like running through the same EQ and preamp twice over. The amp in a box pedals are called 'foundation overdrives' and most demos of them seem to be done with clean Fender amps.

Want classic boosted Marshall tones, then using the classic pedals they boosted with seems the logical choice to me. Do not really need the boutique priced stuff for this job. Microamp, Boss overdrive, Tubescreamer, DOD250 or any of their modern equivalents is all you need. For MKII Master Volume Marshall tones of the NWOBHM, try a RAT or reissue.

Anther point is that unless you have one of these new Marshalls that run at 0.1-1 watt, then getting that boosted tone requires plenty of volume.

Scooter13 · Post by **Scooter13** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:40 am

MXR Distortion + was popular used in to plexis in the 80s. Randy used them, and Paul Gilbert still does. Might be able to find a cheap one.

Single coil · Post by **Single coil** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:05 pm

SD1 (god's overdrive) or MXR distortion iii (will make it sound like it's on fire).

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:16 pm

what about the new boss OD1x ... are they out yet?

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:11 pm

willow13 wrote:what about the new boss OD1x ... are they out yet?

Its a modelling pedal isn't it?

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