Real Tube pedals that sound like a Marshall?

[rupe]

Why the hang up on a tube-based pedal? I think you're more likely to get the results that you want from a regular pedal. Don't get caught up in any hype regarding real tubes in pedals...I have yet to try one that sounds any better (or even as good) as some of the better non-tube pedals.

Nothing goes better with a Deluxe Reverb than an old RAT pedal for Marshall-inspired crunch tones (especially with a V30 in the amp).

 

[Mudder]

The Radial Tonebone is tube and a really good Marshall type pedal.

 

[guitarpete]

SIB Varidrive?

This is the right idea, looks like it's no longer in production, there's one on Ebay for $500, nice pedal but I was hoping to keep this under $300...

 

[C1-ocaster]

After lots of talk talk talk and time Egnater has finally released a couple pedals, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Black Metal.
Sweetwater has the gold and silver.
I heard short clips of these pedals and the sound very nice. I especially like the Silversmith.
The price on these is very nice $199 for either.
I'm thinking of getting the Silver one just to try it out.

 

[Mesa\Kramer]

Another vote for the Plexitone

No tubes, but who cares if it sounds great

Love mine

 

[guitarpete]

OK I found this TBVO-50, I think this is almost exactly what I'm looking for, did not know Toneboys made this tube pedal. I have the TBOD-100 pedal that I overdrive my JMP with, this says it is a TBOD-50 cascaded into a tube preamp. I'm not sure what's different in the TBOD-50 and the TBOD-100 but I think this is the tone I'm looking for.

http://www.toneboys.com/2014/05/toneboys-tbvo-50-valve-overdrive.html

 

[guitarpete]

Another vote for the Plexitone

No tubes, but who cares if it sounds great

Love mine

Plexitone is nice, great tone, sounds like Plexi, I like my JMP tone, however I do like this pedal!

 

[TrueTone500]

The Johnson J-Station (not tube) will give you some nice JCM800-ish tones.

 

[C1-ocaster]

OK I found this TBVO-50, I think this is almost exactly what I'm looking for, did not know Toneboys made this tube pedal. I have the TBOD-100 pedal that I overdrive my JMP with, this says it is a TBOD-50 cascaded into a tube preamp. I'm not sure what's different in the TBOD-50 and the TBOD-100 but I think this is the tone I'm looking for.

http://www.toneboys.com/2014/05/toneboys-tbvo-50-valve-overdrive.html

The Bogner Red can do that tone plus a LOT more, the Blue should easily be able to do that tone.

The Egnater Goldsmith is a lower gain pedal that would likely do that TB tone.
I just ordered a Silversmith from Sweetwater.
They expect the first pedal shipments towards the end of this month.
We'll see cause Egnater is famous for delaying product.
The good news is that Sweetwater is selling them so that's a good sign.
$200 shipped.

 

[C1-ocaster]

Another vote for the Plexitone

No tubes, but who cares if it sounds great

Love mine

Plexitone is nice, great tone, sounds like Plexi, I like my JMP tone, however I do like this pedal!

That is a VERY nice sounding pedal.
I think the 2nd vid is the black PlexiTone that has a boost, cause he says "here's the boost".
Right?

 

[guitarpete]

The Johnson J-Station (not tube) will give you some nice JCM800-ish tones.

you know that's right, I had one of those long ago but it died on me, but it did do JCM800-ish tones pretty well

 

[FUZZboat]

as a former j-station owner

Avid 11 Rack > j-station

j-station (Ver 2 upgrade !) had decent sims but the when compared head-to-head w/Avid
it reeks of digital high end fuzz like every other outdated modeler

 

[guitarpete]

OK I found this TBVO-50, I think this is almost exactly what I'm looking for, did not know Toneboys made this tube pedal. I have the TBOD-100 pedal that I overdrive my JMP with, this says it is a TBOD-50 cascaded into a tube preamp. I'm not sure what's different in the TBOD-50 and the TBOD-100 but I think this is the tone I'm looking for.

http://www.toneboys.com/2014/05/toneboys-tbvo-50-valve-overdrive.html

The Bogner Red can do that tone plus a LOT more, the Blue should easily be able to do that tone.

The Egnater Goldsmith is a lower gain pedal that would likely do that TB tone.
I just ordered a Silversmith from Sweetwater.
They expect the first pedal shipments towards the end of this month.
We'll see cause Egnater is famous for delaying product.
The good news is that Sweetwater is selling them so that's a good sign.
$200 shipped.

Thanks, I'll have to listen to the Egnater Goldsmith.

I listened to the Bogner pedals and I really want to like them, because they make killer amps, but they sound solid state still to me and kind of cold, I just don't get the 2nd order harmonics I hear in the Toneboys, the Bogner's do a lot of cool stuff but it's just not as warm like the TB

 

[guitarpete]

as a former j-station owner

Avid 11 Rack > j-station

j-station (Ver 2 upgrade !) had decent sims but the when compared head-to-head w/Avid
it reeks of digital high end fuzz like every other outdated modeler

You're right there is no comparison, they are not even in the same league, but the J-station was good for what it was at the time.

 

[Mesa\Kramer]

Another vote for the Plexitone

No tubes, but who cares if it sounds great

Love mine

Plexitone is nice, great tone, sounds like Plexi, I like my JMP tone, however I do like this pedal!

That is a VERY nice sounding pedal.
I think the 2nd vid is the black PlexiTone that has a boost, cause he says "here's the boost".
Right?

Yes

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Mind you it is going through a poweramp, but in a pinch, the Tech21 hot plexi sounds like it would be a formidable backup or main rig for small gig/stage. Bit more sag from real plexi but in the grand scheme of things, will it really matter live:

 

[guitarpete]

Mind you it is going through a poweramp, but in a pinch, the Tech21 hot plexi sounds like it would be a formidable backup or main rig for small gig/stage. Bit more sag from real plexi but in the grand scheme of things, will it really matter live:

pretty cool for sure, definitely a nice backup also the Fly Rig is nice. I used to have a tech 21 sansamp pedal long ago when the first came out back before I owned a real Marshall amp, I used to run that thing into my Fender 212 solid state amp and it really didn't sound that bad at all, tech 21 is cool stuff.

 

[TrueTone500]

Tech21 "British" pedal.

 

[guitarpete]

Tech21 "British" pedal? That's cool, I did not know about that one...cool

 

[C1-ocaster]

OK I found this TBVO-50, I think this is almost exactly what I'm looking for, did not know Toneboys made this tube pedal. I have the TBOD-100 pedal that I overdrive my JMP with, this says it is a TBOD-50 cascaded into a tube preamp. I'm not sure what's different in the TBOD-50 and the TBOD-100 but I think this is the tone I'm looking for.

http://www.toneboys.com/2014/05/toneboys-tbvo-50-valve-overdrive.html

The Bogner Red can do that tone plus a LOT more, the Blue should easily be able to do that tone.

The Egnater Goldsmith is a lower gain pedal that would likely do that TB tone.
I just ordered a Silversmith from Sweetwater.
They expect the first pedal shipments towards the end of this month.
We'll see cause Egnater is famous for delaying product.
The good news is that Sweetwater is selling them so that's a good sign.
$200 shipped.

Thanks, I'll have to listen to the Egnater Goldsmith.

I listened to the Bogner pedals and I really want to like them, because they make killer amps, but they sound solid state still to me and kind of cold, I just don't get the 2nd order harmonics I hear in the Toneboys, the Bogner's do a lot of cool stuff but it's just not as warm like the TB

We all have our likes and dislikes to be sure.
Running the Red through my Vengeance gives me a nice tone, and I can get very warm sounds.
Not all pedals sound the same with all amps either, so that could be it too.
The Vengeance head has a fantastic clean channel, distinctive too.
My Wampler Triple Wreck also has a nice tube warmth tone even when running it with very high gain into the clean channel.

Now my Boss Metal Core, that one has NO warmth and distinctly sounds like a distortion pedal.
Metal guys love those pedals, they have an extreme amount of distortion.

Those PlexiTone pedals on the vid sound really great.
I may have to pick up the black one and compare it to the SilverSmith pedal.