ROWIN Plexion Distortion ...a serious Plexi sound for $30

TOMSLINE & ROWIN PLEXION DISTORTION

Mooer re-brand Mooer pedals for some 20 plus distributors. Mooer have their own facilities to turn out 2000 pedals a day. The pedals often have the same or similar names but the circuit, parts etc. are the same in all the pedals whether they are Branded Mooer or something else. It is also sold as Fame and Mojo X9 

and others that come and go. This is are branded Mooer Hustle Drive. The layout is a standard volume, tone and gain. The switch gives you the classic Plexi sound or a cutting brighter tone for leads.

The Mooer Hustle drive is $75.00 USD and the Plexion is less than half the price at $30.00 USD

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I now have one. The good news when you dial in 'real' Plexi sounds which are all about Crunch it is killer pedal. A real Plexi NEVER was built with a high gain circuit. Players like Page and others pushed it with a good Fuzz to get that. 

To get it into high gain territory  this pedal uses a simple boost. If you do not use it you get a totally Pto sound. BUT if you do it butchers the tone.

CONCLUSION

There is every chance this Pedal started life years ago as Mooer's take on a Fulltone OCD. The switch for a bright or normal sound is not typical of  your average Plexi pedal but is on the OCD. This pedal is actually much fatter than a real OCD. What's cool is it does sound equal or better than pedals heading into the $200.00 USD territory. Stores on AliExpess sell both. With a bit of effort you should only pay about $30.00 USD and that amount should include shipping.

Dead cool! A serious pro sound for next to nothing.

What's to loose ...even used an easy resale at the price you pay for it.

.......So I ordered one.

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The thing that the best OD's give you is detail in the tone. You can hear shades of grey in the harmonics rising and falling even with fairly heavy gain.

As noted in the videos when the the high boost is off and the gain is at about 2 o'clock or lower this pedal is fat full and rich and indeed very Plexi like.

Big But! If you push it you will indeed loose the tone. This is disappointing as I have many great other OD's that do that. In short it is still a really excellent Plexi OD.

for banging away. Using it more like a medium gain behind the vocals it is really impressive.I find the best OD's for tearing off a strip are the ones designed to emulate a good gourmet Metal amp. They are not meant to necessarily even be a Brit tone ...but they are designed to sound killer at very high gains. AMT make several that I have reviewed.The Bogner and Solano have really impressed me.

 MOOER HUSTLE DRIVE