Real Tube pedals that sound like a Marshall?

[guitarpete]

Are there any pedals that use real tubes that sound like a Marshall? I'm looking for something to run into my Fender Deluxe Reverb, so I only need to take one amp and can still get my Marshall tone with out having to take my JMP, I currently switch between amps, sounds killer but tired of lugging around 2 amps.

Thanks,

Pete

 

[guitarpete]

Thanks, is the plexi tone a tube based pedal? I have Marshall sounding a pedal I like a lot but it's not tube based, sounds great to overdrive my JMP harder, really sounds great with the JMP, but not quite as enough gain on it's own to replace my JMP tone with a pedal. I'm thinking I could overdrive a Marshall sounding tube pedal with my current pedal (Toneboys TBOD-100 Overdrive) run both into my Fender Deluxe and only have to carry one amp.

 

[barnesjd]

Have you tried Damage Control? I used to have the Demonizer. That might not be the right one for the sound you're looking for, but they can deliver pretty good tone from a pedal. Just make sure you also experiment with the tubes. Mine had Electro-harmonix which just weren't great in that pedal. JJ's were better. Before I got further with experimenting with tubes, I sold it because I got an amp that replaced my need for a pedal.

 

[marshallmel]

The Seymour Duncan Twintube and of course the BK Butler Tube Driver come to mind. I've owned them both but I can't say that either one was "Marshally". There are plenty of pedals out there that don't use a tube that will give you what you're after.

 

[guitarpete]

That Twin Tube is kind of what I'm looking for but it's voiced wrong too scooped, I'm looking for that upper mid crunchy overdrive in a tube pedal like my JMP, I have tried a Chandler tube driver and it did not really act very amp like when stacked with other pedals, but it did have the mid tones.

 

[marshallmel]

If you don't need it to have a tube, there are tons of options. Check out a Catalinbread Dirty Littke Secret.

 

[FUZZboat]

Marshall in a tube pedal format - no such thing exists (except for a tonebone)

personally I prefer this "non-tube" pedal to a tonebone for a damn close to the real thing
marshall tone

 

[gibson08]

Don't know exactly what you are looking for, lots of options out there but the Wampler Plexi Drive is pretty good, the most amp like to me is the Bogner Blue, but not exactly Marshall.

 

[glip22]

I never played one that I would call Marshal. There are some pretty good Marshall in a box pedals but you will always be missing the power tube saturation with any pedal. My favorite tube pedal that I found to have the best feel is the Kingsley gear. I had three of them. Great amp in a pedal

 

[blackba]

I never played one that I would call Marshal. There are some pretty good Marshall in a box pedals but you will always be missing the power tube saturation with any pedal. My favorite tube pedal that I found to have the best feel is the Kingsley gear. I had three of them. Great amp in a pedal

Which kingsley pedals did you have and why did you sell?

I have a kingsley jester and harlot. The harlot has that Marshall bite, it would be the one I would try. Check out the demos posted on the kingsley site.

 

[C1-ocaster]

That Twin Tube is kind of what I'm looking for but it's voiced wrong too scooped, I'm looking for that upper mid crunchy overdrive in a tube pedal like my JMP, I have tried a Chandler tube driver and it did not really act very amp like when stacked with other pedals, but it did have the mid tones.

Blackstar makes tube based distortion pedals. There is one with dual tubes, the HT Dual.
These operate on 300V, which is supposed to be a great way to power the tubes, more amp like.
The engineers who make Blackstar also made Marshalls, so maybe this tube will give you some of that Marshall type gain.

I have a HK Butler designed Tube Works Mosvalve combo that uses 2 12ax7's for the pre section.
I've used it as a driver into my Vengeance head and it sounds pretty good.
But I wouldn't say it was a Marshall tone, but Marshall "like".
Although I think the amp is voiced a bit darker.

The Bogner Ecstasy Red pedal is Marshall like and I really like mine.
I also have a Wampler Triple Wreck and that pedal is mean, darker, and the distortion is really smooth.
The Red is a bit more versatile imo, more 'different' type of distortion tones.
Both of these are analog circuit pedals not diode clipping so they are very nice sounding distortion pedals.
I used to think that only tube based pedals would be to my liking, since using these 2 pedals I have changed my mind.

Wampler makes a lot of different distortion pedals and one called "plextortion", which you can guess what it's intended to produce.
And the Sovereign sounds great too for a lower than Metal distortion.
I really like Wampler's pedal's, they sound great.

 

[Badronald]

The three button Plexitone has a load of gain on the high gain side and sounds killer.
Much more than a stock JMP.

If that doesn't work for you the Bogner Red is smokin hot. Boatloads of gain.

 

[Stramm8]

I heard some guy playing a bogner red pedal through an old bassman head and it sounded unbelievable. Can't say it would meet your needs but it changed my opinion on pedals...

 

[guitarpete]

thanks alot for all the great ideas! the sound I'm after is the sound of my Toneboys TBOD-100 pushing my JMP, that tone is really, really, nice. I originally got the Toneboys to be my "Marshall" pedal, I would just run it into my clean Fender Deluxe and only carry one amp and I was happy, it had a really nice vintage Marshall tone. However one day I was messing around with the JMP and ran my Toneboys pedal on top of the JMP's overdrive and it sounded awesome...so awesome in fact, I now have to carry 2 amps again! I'm thinking that if I find the right tube based pedal and run my Toneboys into it, I might get that sound. Thanks for all the suggestions, I will have to go and see if I can try some of these with my pedal and amp and see what happens.

 

[nzsteve]

Koch Pedaltone PDT -4 or check out the brand new Koch preamp pedals (Marshall Tube preamp pedals? ) there not released but there on YT, they look super cool

I was on a Marshall pedal quest (non tube) and I liked the Carl Martin Plexitone Pedal the best (3 button), the MI Crunch is excellent, I also ordered a Russian made FET Plexi pedal that great, one thing I have noticed is that these pedals are completely different depending on what amp you are using. I think FET pedals can somewhat mimic the Tube sound quite well.

 

[ThrowBackMan]

Tech 21 has a Plexi Pedal which is a preamp I think. You can try that. Also, check out black star and bogner. I think Tech 21 probably has the best thing out there now though in it's small pedal board called the "Fly Rig" just for plexi tone with reverb, boost, delay, etc,. You could use it in the effects loop or ? It works and sounds great from what I understand and was made to have a marshall type / plexi tone which I also love!
Lee

 

[carlygtr]

 

[spguitar]

SIB Varidrive?

 

[guitarpete]

No tubes in this pedal but still unreal Marshally.

https://youtu.be/uyOlQTrNcdE

very cool pedal, but I really want a tube based Marshall sounding pedal be cause of stacking my Toneboys pedal into it, it likes to see a tube in the next stage...

 

[guitarpete]

Tech 21 has a Plexi Pedal which is a preamp I think. You can try that. Also, check out black star and bogner. I think Tech 21 probably has the best thing out there now though in it's small pedal board called the "Fly Rig" just for plexi tone with reverb, boost, delay, etc,. You could use it in the effects loop or ? It works and sounds great from what I understand and was made to have a marshall type / plexi tone which I also love!
Lee

That Tech 21 "Fly Rig" is cool, it's not really what I'm looking for, I love the sound I have , just trying to reduce the size somehow, but I may get Fly Rig anyway just to keep in case I need a backup, if your rig died at a show, this thing could save you... cool idea, I've had some Tech 21 stuff in the past, nice gear.