Bogner Blue, MXR 5150, Plexitone or ???

[AmpliFIRE]

What pedal would you pick to run in front of a clean-ish plexi for mid-high gain tones? From Zeppelin to AIC.

 

[hammered]

What pedal would you pick to run in front of a clean-ish plexi for mid-high gain tones? From Zeppelin to AIC.

At the moment I`ve got the MXR 5150 so I`m kinda partial to it at the moment , gets a killer hard rock crunch and the built in noise gate is really cool. Its more of a high gai pedal where the Bogner Blue is more mid gain that can get on the verge of high gain depending how it`s set up, it also stacks really well with other ODs and is little more amp like than the MXR 5150. I`ve never had the big box plexitone but the single channel plexitone was pretty cool but got gainy really fast and could be a little noisey , it also stacked really well with another OD pushing it. If i was gonna be playing more mid gain stuff I`d pick the Bogner Blue , high gain I`d go with the MXR 5150

 

[Bxlxaxkxe]

Not the blue- I like it a lot but it does not have a ton of gain...it ends at acdc more or less. Red is great for AIC.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Hmm...so the Blue doesn't have as much gain as the XTC's blue channel?

 

[Findthetone1]

Hmm...so the Blue doesn't have as much gain as the XTC's blue channel?

Not in my experience. The red is where the gain is at. That being said, the Plexitone is pretty awesome too but I don't know if it will do AIC

 

[hammered]

Hmm...so the Blue doesn't have as much gain as the XTC's blue channel?

Not in my experience. The red is where the gain is at. That being said, the Plexitone is pretty awesome too but I don't know if it will do AIC

The Red was a very cool pedal , I fell out of love with it but I think it was more of my tastes just changing. I used the crank the gain on the blue pedal and stack it with a TS type pedal and got some pretty good gain and saturation that way

 

[supersonic]

Bogner Blue.

 

[Lampshade1973]

Ive been using the MXR 5153 and Its reeallly cool, its bright but I lower the treble and mids and get a nice fat tone, my cover band actually covers man in a box and highway to hell and I use the MXR....

 

[Chubtone]

The MXR 5150 really surprised me.

 

[Stradazone]

The MXR 5150 really surprised me.

Yeah, me too!

 

[brianiac5150]

+ a lot for the MXR 5150. Screams into my Voodoo V-Plex. As previously mentioned, the included noise gate is a huge value, as well.

 

[mchn13]

Man i get more gain than i need from a sd-1 dimed in front of a 50w plexi with a master volume. Classic rock thru thrash.

 

[reverymike]

Bogner Blue should have plenty of gain.

The Plexitone has a TON of gain. Probably too much.

Any of these pedals will be pretty good in front of a semi-dirty plexi style amp. It's in front of a bone clean Fender amp that you'll have MUCH more trouble finding something to get the job done.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Thanks guys. I've owned the 2 channel Plexitone in the past, and thought it sounded great through my Marshall Hendrix RI stack. I've already got a MIJ SD-1 and Bad Monkey (LOVE both of these), but wanted to try something else. I'm torn between the 5150, Blue and Red now...

 

[Bxlxaxkxe]

It's hard to find a pedal that excels at Zeppelin and AIC...it's a tall order and you may have to get two different pedals. The red does AIC so damn well...and the blue does low-mid gain so damn well. I grabbed both and loved both.

 

[hammered]

Thanks guys. I've owned the 2 channel Plexitone in the past, and thought it sounded great through my Marshall Hendrix RI stack. I've already got a MIJ SD-1 and Bad Monkey (LOVE both of these), but wanted to try something else. I'm torn between the 5150, Blue and Red now...

I know I`ll be in the minorty here but 99% of the time when I`ve had an amp in box type pedal I`ve always had to stack it with a TS type pedal as a clean boost to get the tight bass and tone I`m after , I`ve seen many cool demos of pedals where stacking an OD was not needed so I guess I`ve got picky ears but the MXR 5150 dosen`t need an additional OD stacked on top of it to get the tone I`m after , The bass is pretty tight on it`s own. Just food for thought

 

[glassjaw7]

I have the Red and my buddy's Plexitone. They both have a nice amp like feel but the Plexitone lacks mids through every amp I play it through. Seems strange being a plexi based sound but it's too gainy and scooped sounding. It's fun for a while but has a cold, sterile sound while the Red is warmer sounding and more tweakable.

I would wait until the new Friedman BE pedal is out. Could be a winner. The Bogner Burnley is supposed to be great too.

 

[boost]

I ran the 3 channel Plexitone through a 100 watt Plexi and was very impressed with the tones and dynamic response. I loved it. Played the set up within a band setting and did not like it so much. No cut, lacked mids. I guess I could have added an EQ after to boost them, but I did not try that. It's a shame as I really liked the pedal on my own in the basement, but that sometimes doesn't translate to the stage. In this case it did not.

 

[Elric]

I'd turn up the Plexi and run a TS-9 into it. Running a 'marshall in a box pedal' in front of your Marshall is like looking for a fast truck to haul your Ferrari in. Makes no sense.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

I'd turn up the Plexi and run a TS-9 into it. Running a 'marshall in a box pedal' in front of your Marshall is like looking for a fast truck to haul your Ferrari in. Makes no sense.

You're missing the point...I already have pedals that already do this very well. Just wanted to try something else to give it a different flavor...