LAWRENCE PETROSS DESIGN
LPD EIGHTY 7
This is LPD's newest pedal. It is not formally on sale until January 2017. In fact the colour and graphics are not finalized These pics are just the prototypes.
But thanks to Lawrence Petross SDS has a preview complete with a couple of short vids
WHAT IS AN 87 ?
This is the second Plexi pedal by LPD. The first is the LPD SIXTY 8...which is just gaining an under ground status not unlike the early Tube Screamer or more recently the Klon.
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So...this is like a first time film director winning an Oscar. It is hard act to follow.
In the 80's the JCM800 was out...this was Marshall's attempt to deliberately push the tone into the highs and upper mids to make a real screamer!
Many players thought they were especially harsh because they pushed the highs too much. A few modified Plexi's in California became the studio's choice. They were more of a cross between a Plexi and a JCM800. They had that solid Plexi sound but with a much more aggressive gain.
Many of today's gourmet amps take this route Basically they put another gain stage in a Plexi design.
The 87...captures this sound.
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The beauty of the PLEXI is that it keeps out of the way of the vocals giving the player a fat huge exhilarating sound to play all night .
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