I had an original Mini-Plex. It sounded just fine without any power scaling. I did find it odd, however, that Ben chose to use 2 EL34s for an amp that would be choked down to about 12-14 watts at full power.
I just got the Fargen VOS pedal made by Menatone. It makes my old 59 come alive with a rich sustain that was not there with any pedal I ever tried. Fargen makes good stuff try the VOS pedal for 300 bucks its well worth it.