Recommend me some must have pedals for a Plexi amp.

[cyndicate]

Looking for some pedals for my Variplex. Thinking of getting a Flanger / Phase to begin with to cover some VH territory.

Any other recommendations? Chandler Tube Driver for EJ, DOD for Yngwie?!? Maybe a fuzz or Wah to cop some Hendrix?

 

[skoora]

I love my fulltone 69 fuzz... but if you're ever into an 80's, early 90's tight rock lead sound that just screams I actually recommend a Boss super OD. Level high, gain low. You'll lose a little low end but get a fantastic lead tone that still sounds a lot like you're amp but just hotter. It sounds a lot nicer to me than a tubescreamer.

 

[cyndicate]

I love my fulltone 69 fuzz... but if you're ever into an 80's, early 90's tight rock lead sound that just screams I actually recommend a Boss super OD. Level high, gain low. You'll lose a little low end but get a fantastic lead tone that still sounds a lot like you're amp but just hotter. It sounds a lot nicer to me than a tubescreamer.

Cool! So far the only boost I have for my amp is a Maxon OD-9, its set at about gain 9:00 level 3:00 tone at 1:00.

Boss Super OD = SD-1? I hear good thing about the SD-1 into marshall type amps but have never tried one before.

As for fuzz, what other brands are there I should check out?

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Get a Script Phase90, Clyde wah and an OCD. You'll be happy.

 

[cyndicate]

Get a Script Phase90, Clyde wah and an OCD. You'll be happy.

I hear a lot of good things about the Fulltone. How would you describe the OCD compared to a Tubescreamer(OD-9)? Also do you know what's different with the versions? There seems to be so many revisions.

 

[ratter]

The OCD is a good match for a plexi style amp. Big and fat, sounds like the amp, but more. Doesn't have the mid-hump and bass cut of most Tube Screamer types. Sometimes it's actually got too much bottom. But then a TS is great in its own right.

A Germanium fuzz through a plexi-type is something everybody should experience at least once.

The Tube Driver is great for EJ or Andy Timmons Resolution tones.

Maxon SD-9 for Landau tones.

That's the great thing about a plexi...mix up the guitars and a pedal or two and it's one of the most versatile amps in the world, with only 6 knobs...

 

[skoora]

I also really dig my maxon phasetone.

 

[cyndicate]

The OCD is a good match for a plexi style amp. Big and fat, sounds like the amp, but more. Doesn't have the mid-hump and bass cut of most Tube Screamer types. Sometimes it's actually got too much bottom. But then a TS is great in its own right.

A Germanium fuzz through a plexi-type is something everybody should experience at least once.

The Tube Driver is great for EJ or Andy Timmons Resolution tones.

Maxon SD-9 for Landau tones.

That's the great thing about a plexi...mix up the guitars and a pedal or two and it's one of the most versatile amps in the world, with only 6 knobs...

Yeah I am really digging it! So versatile I have everything dimed though and then reamped into a VHT 2/50/2, I love the power tube saturation and it sounds killer and cleans up real nice with the guitar volume knob, even through the reamp! If I do it this way, is it better to put Phase / Flanger before the input, or after in the re-amp section?

 

[ratter]

The OCD is a good match for a plexi style amp. Big and fat, sounds like the amp, but more. Doesn't have the mid-hump and bass cut of most Tube Screamer types. Sometimes it's actually got too much bottom. But then a TS is great in its own right.

A Germanium fuzz through a plexi-type is something everybody should experience at least once.

The Tube Driver is great for EJ or Andy Timmons Resolution tones.

Maxon SD-9 for Landau tones.

That's the great thing about a plexi...mix up the guitars and a pedal or two and it's one of the most versatile amps in the world, with only 6 knobs...

Yeah I am really digging it! So versatile I have everything dimed though and then reamped into a VHT 2/50/2, I love the power tube saturation and it sounds killer and cleans up real nice with the guitar volume knob, even through the reamp! If I do it this way, is it better to put Phase / Flanger before the input, or after in the re-amp section?

You should try both and see which you prefer. EVH runs/ran the phase and flange before the input, but you might prefer it after...

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Put the pedals out front.

The OCD seems to "breathe" like an amp, very dynamic while being smooth with the ability to bring out harmonics. Works great as a clean boost, a light crunch or full blown high gain distortion.

 

[cyndicate]

Put the pedals out front.

The OCD seems to "breathe" like an amp, very dynamic while being smooth with the ability to bring out harmonics. Works great as a clean boost, a light crunch or full blown high gain distortion.

Awesome, sounds like something I should try out Is there any major difference with the revisions? Or is safer to just get the newest rev. and not worry about it?

 

[Death by Uberschall]

I have two of the Rev4 OCD's and really like them. The main difference between Rev3 & Rev4 is pretty simple, Rev3 is uses Ibanez symetrical style clipping and Rev4 uses Boss style asymetrical clipping which is more "tube" like.

 

[jesserides2005]

Right now my favorite is the Blackstone Appliances mosfet OD. Great little pedal, the only downside is that the LED is really small & hard to see sometimes. I have a v1 Fulltone OCD & don't really like it that well. (I'd like to hear one of the later versions) I also have a Fulldrive 2 that I dig.

 

[ratter]

Right now my favorite is the Blackstone Appliances mosfet OD. Great little pedal, the only downside is that the LED is really small & hard to see sometimes. I have a v1 Fulltone OCD & don't really like it that well. (I'd like to hear one of the later versions) I also have a Fulldrive 2 that I dig.

I had and sold a v1 - it was very scooped and harsh sounding to me. But I like v4 a lot.

 

[Telephant]

The OCD is a good match for a plexi style amp. Big and fat, sounds like the amp, but more. Doesn't have the mid-hump and bass cut of most Tube Screamer types. Sometimes it's actually got too much bottom. But then a TS is great in its own right.

A Germanium fuzz through a plexi-type is something everybody should experience at least once.

The Tube Driver is great for EJ or Andy Timmons Resolution tones.

Maxon SD-9 for Landau tones.

That's the great thing about a plexi...mix up the guitars and a pedal or two and it's one of the most versatile amps in the world, with only 6 knobs...

This post is perfect.

Speaking of the Tube Driver, its a really interesting pedal. It doesnt have the mid hump of a tubescreamer either. Almost sounds like it has a lower mid thing going on but maybe its just accenting the Superbass. Its VERY smooth sounding. It doesnt have the bite of a TS. So far Im digging but Im going to play with it a lot more this week.

 

[cyndicate]

The OCD is a good match for a plexi style amp. Big and fat, sounds like the amp, but more. Doesn't have the mid-hump and bass cut of most Tube Screamer types. Sometimes it's actually got too much bottom. But then a TS is great in its own right.

A Germanium fuzz through a plexi-type is something everybody should experience at least once.

The Tube Driver is great for EJ or Andy Timmons Resolution tones.

Maxon SD-9 for Landau tones.

That's the great thing about a plexi...mix up the guitars and a pedal or two and it's one of the most versatile amps in the world, with only 6 knobs...

This post is perfect.

Speaking of the Tube Driver, its a really interesting pedal. It doesnt have the mid hump of a tubescreamer either. Almost sounds like it has a lower mid thing going on but maybe its just accenting the Superbass. Its VERY smooth sounding. It doesnt have the bite of a TS. So far Im digging but Im going to play with it a lot more this week.

Do you have the newer tube drivers or one of the older ones? Is the tube driver pretty much a essential to get that EJ tone?

Also I remember you had a Lovepedal 200lb's of tone, how did that work out?

 

[jonny toetags]

MJM pedals have been the best in front of a plexi (for Fuzz and OD)
BB Preamp, custom shop 74 Phase 90

The pedals I liked the least were the OCD, Fulldrive 2, and the Analogman Fuzzes.
I still own the OCD, but it's in a box somewhere.

The OCD and Analogman are the most overhyped pedals, imo.
I bought into the hype
TGP'ers are like lemmings for those pedals.

 

[Telephant]

The OCD is a good match for a plexi style amp. Big and fat, sounds like the amp, but more. Doesn't have the mid-hump and bass cut of most Tube Screamer types. Sometimes it's actually got too much bottom. But then a TS is great in its own right.

A Germanium fuzz through a plexi-type is something everybody should experience at least once.

The Tube Driver is great for EJ or Andy Timmons Resolution tones.

Maxon SD-9 for Landau tones.

That's the great thing about a plexi...mix up the guitars and a pedal or two and it's one of the most versatile amps in the world, with only 6 knobs...

This post is perfect.

Speaking of the Tube Driver, its a really interesting pedal. It doesnt have the mid hump of a tubescreamer either. Almost sounds like it has a lower mid thing going on but maybe its just accenting the Superbass. Its VERY smooth sounding. It doesnt have the bite of a TS. So far Im digging but Im going to play with it a lot more this week.

Do you have the newer tube drivers or one of the older ones? Is the tube driver pretty much a essential to get that EJ tone?

Also I remember you had a Lovepedal 200lb's of tone, how did that work out?

Im not sure which one it is. Ratter is letting me borrow it. It doesnt have the bias knob though. With a single coil bridge pickup with the tone knob rolled off and the tube driver going into a Marshall, its VERY EJish. Id say its rpetty essential because it delivers the smoothness unlike any other OD Ive tried before. Its pretty freaking cool. I dont have it set up like that though. Ive got with the Output on 4.5, Treble on 4, Bass on 2.5, Gain on 2.5. I havent tried it into my a clean amp (or my amp set clean) yet though. Ratter was telling em the treble can get harsh when you get the gain running high on the pedal.

As for the 200lbs of Tone, I havent been using it but its pretty amazing how EJish it sounds right off the bat. Its like a mix of EJ's fuzz and tube driver tone. Incredibly smooth. Like Ive said, its a fuzz pedal for guys who are not into fuzz and sounds like what you'd expect a fuzz pedal to sound like if you had never used one before.

 

[Telephant]

MJM pedals have been the best in front of a plexi (for Fuzz and OD)
BB Preamp, custom shop 74 Phase 90

The pedals I liked the least were the OCD, Fulldrive 2, and the Analogman Fuzzes.
I still own the OCD, but it's in a box somewhere.

The OCD and Analogman are the most overhyped pedals, imo.
I bought into the hype
TGP'ers are like lemmings for those pedals.

This is where personal preference kicks in. The MJM's have more of an edge to them. The Analogman Sunface NKT275 is an amazing pedal. Crazy versatile, its smooth, but not too smooth like the 200lbs. It rolls off gain with volume knob better than any other fuzzface clone Ive tried. And it if you roll back your guitar volume down to 8 or so its a fat sounding crunch. One of my favorite fuzzes of all time.

I like the OCD too but I refuse to support Fulltone.

 

[jonny toetags]

I like the OCD too but I refuse to support Fulltone.

I am kinda the same with Analogman.

The MJM = the vintage Fuzz Face. He owns all the pedals he does his take on.
We A/B'd them...99.9% there
Same goes with his Vibe.

The AM Sunface sounded like a 50$ Big Muff to me