Plexi pedal - recommendation?

[Montelovesco]

During todays rehearsal I played through the Carl Martin Plexi pedal our second guitar player uses. I was pretty impressed - not by the pedal itself but the sound. I never thuoght I would like it that much.

So: Good plexi pedals - discuss, please.

Oh, I play through a Koch Twintone, usually humbucker guitars (a brand with „H…“, can‘t recall the name right now…)

[joshoowah]

Can't speak to how it compares to the Carl Martin, but the Lovepedal JMP11 (Bubs has one for sale currently) does a pretty wide range of vintage Marshall tones really well, to my ear. I was considering snagging Sean's Purple Plexi or Plexi Pro just out of curiosity, but I found the JMP11 covers most of the Cream through AC/DC tones I crave, and has the added benefit of the COT50 boost to stack in front. Into my Kendrick Bassman (2410) and brownface Princeton, it sounds remarkably close to a stack on the edge without blowing my head off or windows out, and as the core of a Marshall+Fuzz Jimi or Clapton sound, it is superior to any other pedal I've tried stacking with a germanium fuzz or booster. Full disclosure: I usually play humbucker or P90 guitars unless I'm really craving strat positions 2 and 4 or Stonesy/Crowes tele tones. This pedal doesn't seem to favor one kind of guitar or pickup over another; I think it plays equally well with single coils as HBs, with very minor EQ adjustment, of course.

[Jakeboy]

Lovepedal Vontage Modern is a Purple Plexi on one side with a tweedy COT on the other. The PP side is fab. Actually both sides are. A stand-alone PP would be great, but the PPSE didn’t quite do it for me.

Also the Lovepedal TikiDrive does a GREAT Plexi. Lots of tones in that box.

[tbonesullivan]

The Wampler Plexi-Drive pedals. Depending on how much control they want, the mini should work just fine:

The Friedman Smallbox is also NO JOKE.

 

[cynic]

No personal experience but the last time this topic came up @Jeff R suggested a Bogner LaGrange.  If I ever need a Marshall in a box I'll start there.

 

[Montelovesco]

Thanks to all of you -  I will check out what comes along first…

 

[gorch]

I‘m using the pico plexi pedal from Ed‘s custom shop from Holland.

http://www.edscustomshop.com/edsproducts.htm

It‘s rather a plexi amp than a pedal coming with a ready equalized tone. Ed is building them differently now than what I bought from him years ago.

[Disturber]

Just get the a used Fulltone OCD.  Don't over think it. They are great pedals. Easy to find used and they deliver good tone in spades. 

Or a Boss Blues Driver. Or the Boss ST2  Power Stack if you need lots of grunt.

[Biz Prof]

10 hours ago, cynic said:

No personal experience but the last time this topic came up @Jeff R suggested a Bogner LaGrange.  If I ever need a Marshall in a box I'll start there.

 

 

10 hours ago, cynic said:

No personal experience but the last time this topic came up @Jeff R suggested a Bogner LaGrange.  If I ever need a Marshall in a box I'll start there.

 

+1 on the LaGrange.  It''s has a bit more tweakability than most other MIABs I've played or owned.  It's on my board for 80+% of dirt tones. I recently began sparsely using Nobels Mini ODR for adding mild dirt with more bass umph when I'm playing a Tele.