It's just a Plexi cranked up and the guitar in the same room I think.
As a side now this is why I always say MV Marshall’s are misleading. They sound terrible quiet even though master volume should negate that. Turn them up and holy moly we are cooking with gas!
This is excellent advice. I hadn’t really pushed my SC20H but upon doing so it sounded glorious! No pedals needed, as you said. Thanks!I have an SD-1 and a TC BLD. They are some of the best “must haves…” for Master Volume Marshalls… not so much for NMV plexis.
But that begs the question whether you are using the amp “properly” or not. What I refer to as “properly” means you are cranking the volume and pushing the power tubes as intended with these amps (which requires attenuation or playing into a DI/DAW for most of us). The other alternative is pretending it’s a Fender, wussing TF out on volume, keeping it at a minimum and using some sort of pedal to simulate the dirt. That would be the “Ketchup on well-done Filet” approach.ETA: I see you have a Captor so use the rest you see fit.
If you are doing it properly, I’d skip the “Marshall-in-a-Box” pedals. They sound great. They sound like Marshalls. You already have a fucking Marshall. The whole thing about the Plexi circuit is how great it sounds (Filet). MOST do NOT want some pedal that covers what makes it so great (Ketchup). The key here is taking the amp’s natural tone and enhancing it organically.
That’s about 3 (mostly) overlapping categories IME these days: EQ, Clean boost/Transparent OD, or Hot Mods. EQ is necessary regardless, just to have on hand. You can do tons with them including simulating clean boosts etc. But if they were that perfect, far fewer dirt pedals would be on the market. My advice is put the EQ in the loop and you have a solo boost with boost/cut controls to taste.
Transparent OD/Clean boosts are there to add nothing but what the amp already sounds like… only with more gain. Some wore better on certain amps than others. This is the easy, more affordable way to achieve what you want (if using the amp properly).
Hot Mods are the best way you can get 100% amp tone with full bore “Modded Marshall” gain. They use 12AX/U/T preamp tubes. It literally adds an extra tube gain stage and if you buy a Mr. Scary unit, you can more or less dial it back completely to original tone. Best of all, they play well with other pedals (assuming your amp does, and IME NMV Marshalls are somewhat finicky). New they are close to $300 and used in the $200s which is still competitive with expensive ODs.
Recommendation #1 is good attenuation (if not hardwired exclusively into your DAW). Looks like that’s in place
Recommendation #2 is if you want a pedal instead of a Hot Mods Mr Scary, “get both pedals.” You should have an EQ anyway and they are at all price-points, and you should get the “right” OD/boost (first). The TC is $300-$500 used and I doubt you are going there. OCDs are not all the same. 1.7s suck dick for Marshalls (probably great for Fenders) the 2.01 and Ge are more usable for a Plexi, but I would go with a Tim, Timmy, or Klone in that order. Tim/mys were transparent ODs made for the Marshall circuit in particular.
The Tim has a ton of bells and whistles, including Pedal FX Loop and solo boost and the V3 is in the $200s now. New Timmys are straight-forward small box units with less frills sold for the mid-$100s to $200s, but MXR also made a mini Timmy for like $120 new and probably a $70-90 pedal used. You are on your own with the best klone pedal and I don’t know about the others.
I hope we get a review. I'm also tempted, particularly at that price.The 250x is $30. I ordered one just to see.
Of course. I won't leave you hanging man.
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I can hear why Billy likes it for his strat. Warmer, articulate, and rich sounding. Good layering for single coils.
DiMarzio SDS-1 in the bridge and stock middle/neck
