W.T.F. how can all Marshall pedals sound different and still be a Marshall sound?
It is quite simple. If you love the classic Marshall sounds it is more than probable you do from recordings. On a recording ideally the guitar sound will be pleasing to the player, pleasing to the whole band and quite simply sound great with the equipment used in the studio.
Worse still often other amps were used to mimic the sound ...most notably Hi Watts or other Brit amps. Even recording the same amp with two different settings blended together is going to change the tone.
So your own love of the Marshall sound is not the sound of the Marshall in a club or at a practice room that has bad acoustics. A sound I am accustomed too and love dearly!
I would have included a video of Bob Rock to show you how all this sort of thing is done and why but it is not yet downloadable. So go to Tone-Talk and watch.
Ep.3 Bob Rock Legendary Music Engineer/Producer.
4 BEST
I will be straight up I have at least 20 Marshall pedals and I love them all. They are all different but simply all sound great but when teamed with different guitars on different tunes.
I have 4 favourites at the moment.
TONE FREAK EFFECTS EXTREMEA lot of pedals claim to have nailed the EVH Brown thing
but they haven't! Exception ...the Extreme! Not only the tone
the balz etc. ...but killer sustain even when your amp
is turned up to 'mouse' level. lol
The only problem is the guy making them is semi-retired so
he pretty much only makes or mods for the 'Stars'.
Do I have one? I was told not to tell you I have one.
I did not promise anyone that I don't have two
...and I certainly don't have two.
LAWRENCE PETROSS DESIGN LPD EIGHTY 7
Great JCM 800 1987 master volume model. It just does not
get better!
TECH N TONE TURBO NONNA
You can get anything from near low gain to killer high gain with
this pedal. It has several sweet spots and add a little or a lot of the
Turbo which is a sweet mid boost and it doubles your choices. Killer.
ONE CONTROL PURPLE PLEXIFIER
It is a take on as pure a Plexi as you can get. Like a real Plexi
it does not go beyond the Classic Crunch. I boost mine with
a Tech N Tone Pappa Boost to get a bit more sustain without using
a dirt pedal. Keep in mind some of the best sounds coming from those old Plexi recordings had a Fuzz and treble booster used with them.
It is great for a lot of chord work but not solos.
ANANASHEAD EFFECTS 1968
50 Watt JMP PLEXI
No picture?
I actually got hold of a wonky home made pedal that some guy made using a schematic and some but not all the parts from a kit pedal maker. All of the parts were either budget generic or recycled junk. Plus the pedal had a mod that affected the mids but only usable at one sweet spot. Last but not least it was ridiculously noisy.
BIG BUT
The damn thing sounds exactly like my old 1968 50 Watt JMP Plexi. Yes the sound I hear raw in my practice room and at a club. Killer!!! It ain't a pretty sound it is beautifully rough and aggressive. I would not call it fat as it implies a studio exaggeration but it is harmonically rich and full. I have been working with Pedro Garcia of Ananashead Effects in Spain who has both the ear and the skills to clean up the build and get rid of the noise floor. He is the master of fixing what is broke but leaving the soul in vintage pedals. We finally have a prototype that he can duplicate.
These will be handmade yet not over priced. A guesstimate is somewhere between $150.00 USD and $200.00 USD.
But! ...C19 is causing getting parts and services. A great builder is not as a rule the best one to paint the cases or do the graphics etc. etc. Bottom line hold ups, hold ups!
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