Can a Plexi do metal?

[mikah912]

Yeah, I think that pedal has been around so long people have just forgotten how great it is. I absolutely hated that Fortin 33, it literally did the opposite of what I love about tones to anything I put it in front of. I may have aged out of modern guitar tones.

I have respect for the 7-stringers and djentlords who use these tones and drive a lot of modern progressive metal. But I'm an 80s geezer who stays in Standard on 6-strings. I'm never going to gig or record at a church, small venue or just jamming with friends with that much gain or that much chugging.

 

[KingsXJJ]

Speaking of Hot Modded-Plexi’s, I’d love to see Friedman release a version of his Plex that was similar in spirit to his Arredondo Amp. Nothing but cream of the crop mods and his Plex amp combined into one killer amp.

 

[DrewJD82]

Killer tone! But once you put a hot mod in, it’s no longer a plexi circuit - if the mods were hard wired in no one would say it’s a plexi, you’d say it’s been modded for higher gain. Throw a boost in front and you’ve got more gain stages than basically any stock Marshall

 

[KingsXJJ]

Itsa not a me!

 

[EOengineer]

You can sort of roll your own channel switcher.

AB box path A -> boost -> bright input
AB box path B -> Distortion -> normal input

It can be a balancing act with levels but with the right signal chains it can work. Use an ABY box if you really want to fuck shit up.

The darker channel can sound really good with drive pedals.

 

[Richard_G]

I was actually thinking Sabbath when it first fell out of my fingers, too! Kinda the Cantrell/Down vibe that all came from Iommi. I’m really enjoying the tone, it’s got pretty much everything I want in a high gain tone.

Yeah, the riffing/clip immediately made me think about Cantrell - well before I read this post.

 

[Fireproof]

Sure as shit it can!



TBF, I have the Hot Mod engaged and it's boosted with an SD-1, non-jumped (really, I haven't found a use for jumping the channels yet, there's more than enough low end in the head as-is) but this is pretty much the most amount of dirt I'd want on a rhythm tone.

The more time I spend with a Marshall circuit, the more I believe my ultimate tone is to be found somewhere within them, rather than a Mesa. I do miss the headroom at times, but I think a 100watt Plexi could resolve that.

sounded great to me!!