Updated Jan. 16, 2017 | by Paolo De Gregorio


These videos by Reverb.com about recreating the sound of  legendary bands and guitarists are a lot of fun and deserve to be re-posted because they never really lose relevance (unless, of course, new pedals pop up with a sound even more faithful to the original…).

We have streaming below the one about the guitar sound of Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.

What always surprises us is how is not always necessary to use expensive pedals to get great, vintage sounding tones!

See below for the pedals used for this demo, and read the full article with more details about guitar and amp here.

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EQD Park Fuzz
$175 - The branding of the Park Fuzz sound has a complicated history involving clones of clones, but at its core it is quite simply a Mark iii Tone Bender. Using NOS matched Germanium transistors and a Fuzz knob with twice the gain range as the original, the EQD Park Fuzz Sound is an elegant modern way to get vintage British fuzz on your board.
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Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret mk-iii
$169 - All the sizzle and spice and everything you love about Plexis in a cool looking pedal. The Preamp and Master gain act like they would on your favorite old British amp and give you a lot of different options for gain staging. This is also Andy from ProGuitarShop’s favorite Plexi-in-a-Pedal!
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JHS Crayon
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Xotic SL Drive
$124 - The Xotic SL Drive is a high gain Marshall-voiced pedal that actually excels at giving you the sound of a JCM 800. On a lower gain setting, it does sound like a Plexi, but it sounds like a really bright modern Plexi amplifier which is great for cutting through a heavy mix or a band with a lot of different instrumentation.
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Boss RV-3 Reverb
$150
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Catalinbread RAH Overdrive
$189.99
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Catalinbread EchoRec
$230
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3. FullTone OCD Drive - $118.15
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Video performed by Joe Shadid and engineered by Michael Lux

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