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Plexi Style
Evidently, among electric guitarists, the sonic thirst for Plexi-style overdrives is hard to quelch. Athens' Tsakalis AudioWorks is the latest stompbox builder to release a Marshall-in-a-box pedal inspired by the tones of that company's legendary tube amps that defined the sound or rock'n'roll. Using jfet technology, the Room #40 can…Click on the title for more
Now Shipping Tsakalis AudioWorks Room #40 Marshall-in-a-Box
MXR has been releasing a string of well-received overdrive pedals in the last couple of years, and the FOD Drive shows a continued interest in continuing this trend. The company presents this pedal as a dual mode overdrive modeled after "a pair of heavily customized guitar amplifiers of legendary make…Click on the title for more
MXR FOD Drive
Success, in the world of manufacturing, comes at a cost, and one of these costs is finding out that competing companies are creating products similar to yours. In the pedal realm, where 80% of new devices are "inspired" by existing ones, this is a particularly common practice. But while most…Click on the title for more
Nux Fireman Plexi-Style Distortion
Updated on 06/10/2021 (Almost) everyone who is familiar with the electric guitar loves the sound of a cranked Marshall amp. From Eric Clapton and Angus Young to Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, Plexi amp and their later, higher gain reincarnations from the JCM series have been used by many…Click on the title for more
2021 UPDATE: Best Plexi Pedals and Marshall-Inspired Distortions
Since boost pedals are supposed to do a very simple job, we have grown to assume that they don't need to be very big. New Zealand builder JD Analog begs to disagree. With its 4-in-1 concept, their Tone Of the Gods is a four-footswitched, twelve-knobbed beast that aims at being…Click on the title for more
New Pedal: JD Analog Tone of the Gods
Based on the company's similarly named 40-watt amp, the Friedman | Dirty Shirley is a lower gain Plexi-Style overdrive pedal that offers a 3-band EQ and Presence knob for flexible tone sculpting, and an extra Tight switch on the side to increase punch. It can deliver a wide range of…Click on the title for more
Friedman Dirty Shirley Plexi Overdrive
In the last decade or so, Friedman has developed a stellar reputation for its guitar amps first, and then for guitar pedals emulating those very amps - a trend that has become quite common among amp builders. The Friedman Smallbox overdrive is the stompbox rendition of channel 1 of the…Click on the title for more
Friedman Smallbox Plexi Overdrive
In the traditionally "analog obsessed" niche of dirt box builders, Texas' Jackson Audio is one of the few pedal companies out there that's been pushing that format's envelope in a direction that incorporates digital innovation. The company's latest pedal, called Asabi, is a Mateus Asato signature pedal that features two…Click on the title for more
Jackson Audio Asabi Mateus Asato Signature Modular Distortion/Overdrive
The death of Eddie Van Halen in October of 2020 has spurred a series of guitar gear releases dedicated to the influential musician. Italian Colombo Audio Electronics' way to pay tribute to the legend was to design a Plexi-style pedal inspired by the guitar tone in the first six Van…Click on the title for more
Colombo Audio Eruption Plexi Overdrive/Distortion
LPD Pedals is an Arizona-based builder that seems to have a keen interest in the sound of Marshall Plexi amps, since five out of six of their releases are pedals recreating different flavors of that legendary tone - while the sixth is a delay. The Sixty8, available also in a…Click on the title for more
LPD Pedals Sixty8 Overdrive
The Origin Effects Revival DRIVE "Hot Rod" Compact is a streamlined version of this 12-knob monster of a pedal, featuring a single channel (instead of two) simulating the "Hot Rod" mod made by hard rock bands of the late '70s and early '80s to their rectified Marshall and Mesa Boogie amps.…Click on the title for more
Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Compact
We already wrote in this blog about Korg's new Nu-Tube technology just about one year ago, when Ibanez announced the Nu Tube Screamer, a version of the venerable overdrive featuring the new device KORG had recently developed: a new kind of vacuum tube much smaller than the original ones and…Click on the title for more
Vox Nu-Tube ValvEnergy Series
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