If youre a bass player looking for a more specialized sound, the carl martin. Theres too much of a difference between my boosted and nonboosted settings on the blue. Stack it with your other pedals to give you extra boost and smooth out your overdrive, the carl martin plexitone. New dcdc converter circuit makes the 9 volt operation in. The carl martin actones pedal is a tinier, single channel variant of the dual. Carl martin andy timmons signature dual compressorlimiter. The carl martin plexitone, now with a dc input, no more ac cord. Traditionally im not a fan of these kinds of pedals because you usually get one good channel and 2 meh ones. Enjoy the lowest prices and best selection of carl martin effects pedals at guitar center.
The carl martin plexitone has been around for yonks good word. It comes in a compact, pedalboardfriendly enclosure consists of. With the carl martin plexitone overdrive effects pedal, you get a crunch channel, a high gain channel, and a 20db clean boost channel for every tone you. If you want pure rockin marshall tone, plus a great boost feature up to 20 db then this carl martin plexitone pedal is the best ive have ever heard in 40 years of professional playing. The new carl martin single channel version of popular plexitone in a small, pedal board friendly housing, it features three knobs and one switch, apart from a small. Carl martin plexitone overdrive pedal musicians friend. Is it a carl martin 3 knob, or wampler plexi drive.
Stack it with your other pedals to give you extra boost and smooth out your overdrive, the carl martin plexitone logain gives your sound that plexi character. Carl martin produces both numerous guitar effects pedals as well as bass effects pedals, as well as a variety of tube amps for those who are crazy about analog tone. And that plexitone pedal turned those marshall amps into 3 channel. The led for the channel switch doesnt have to be bicolor, but in my mind it seems like a good thing utilize instead of have a normal led being on for one channel and off for the other. Sporting a circuit very similar to the plexi, but with an added cascaded. Carl martin plexitone single channel effects database. Rid said cm is coming out with a single pedal version of the plexitone.
Carl martin single channel plexitone guitar factory. As the name might indicate its an unusually high gain three step rocket of an overdrive. Enjoy the lowest prices and best selection of carl martin effects at guitar center. Unless otherwise noted all the music on this channel was created by me and may not be used without my permission. The plexitone offers two step overdrive, the crunch channel and the high gain channel, on top of that it gives you an up to 20db clean boost channel. Carl martin single channel plexitone the new single channel carl martin plexitone was designed in association with pete thorn, and is housed in a small pedalboard friendly housing with 3 knobs and 1. I just got it as well and its not a clone of the plexitone single but a clone of the highgain channel of the big black plexitone. Shop for the carl martin plexitone single channel guitar effects pedal and. I dont like the size of the 3 button and the boost channel. I own a original carl martin plexitone and have a selectswitch, wich i dont find in the schematic. Today we look at the incredible plexitone single channel pedal from carl martin. Carl martin plexitone new 2012 model, demo by pete thorn.
So i think it would be a better solution to have a separate volume and tone pot for the high gain channel. You have a clean boost, an overdrive, and a high gain channel. Carl martin plexitone single channel guitar effects pedal. Carl martin plexitone single channel guitar effects pedal guitar. The carl martin plexitone single channel is a vintagevoiced. Well heres the schematic provided by gnognofasciani. Plexi tone, other guitar saturation effect from carl martin. Carl martin single channel plexitone thomann united states. The carl martin plexitone logain will make single coils sing, and give humbuckers extra punch.
Carl martin manufactures different guitar effects pedals, bass effects pedals. Carl martin plexitone vs plexitone single channel duration. Online shopping from a great selection at musical instruments store. As with most carl martin pedals, power is supplied via a standard ac cable rather than a 9volt transformer to the built in regulated power supply. The single channel plexitone is a stripped down version lets face it, a real plexi can. Distortion pedalthe carl martin plexitone is a pedal that has been.
Manual the plexitone falls into the category of a distortiongain pedal, but is actually so much more. Carl martin plexitone high gain, wampler plexi drive deluxe, amt m1. Find amazing deals on used and boutique effects pedals. Heres the description from the carl martin website. I dont know if this pedal would be redundant to some of the others i already have xtc atomic overdrive and ramble fx marvel drive but damn the plexitone. The plexitone offers two step overdrive, the crunch channel and the high gain. Carl martin plexitone sc single steves music store. Carl martin plexitone clone madbean boneyard youtube. The brand new carl martin logain plexitone discussion in. Art thompson demos the carl martin single channel plexitone. Whether youre after overdrive, reverb, delay, fuzz or anything else, weve got tons of pedals. Carl martin plexitones guitar distortion effect pedal. When we think back to the guitar heroes from the 60s, 70s and 80s, they all cut their teeth and developed their sound on single channel amps. A popular and highly regarded emulation of a jcm amp, from a builder thats grown a.
There have been regular attempts to do this, with mixed results. The carl martin plexitone has risen to the challenge and really sounds very authentic. If you need a good multiuse pedal with lots of versatility, try the carl martin plexitone overdrive pedal. I have ran my carl martin plexitone in front of my 2204 and 4010 amps, with the amps gain set quite low or just plug into the amps low input with the gain on 10.
So i want to change some stuff when i have learned enough about electronics. Has anyone tried a tone city golden plexi my les paul forum. Page 1 with the plexitone, we are now able to take our sound to three different levels of boostgaindistortion at the touch of a toe. This amplike powerhouse of a pedal is all of the british flavored glory that you could ever ask for, housed in. Discussion in the tone zone started by flyinguitars, sep 23. The carl martin plexitone, is as the name might indicate an unusual high gain three step rocket of an overdrive. Audiotechnica akg blue rode vocopro line 6 cad neumann gemini. I have a diy plexitone that i actually prefer to my bogner blue, as far as a 2 channel pedal goes.
This 3 channel pedal provides a wide range of tones like subtle overdrive, hardrock crunch, shred and grunge without interfering with the amplifier. From the carl martin site and petes explanation not to mention the name the plexitone is more geared towards a marshallsound. I just watched pete thorns vid on the single channel plexitone. I purchased a carl martin plexitonesingle channel about a month ago, but i wanted to spend some time with it before i gave my thoughts on it.
Heres a vero layout of the carl martin plexitone based on madbeans. Is the schematic used for this plexitone exactly the same as the original except the charge pump. In the genre specific department, fans of vintage dick dale style surf guitar will love the carl martin. Carl martin is passionate about building amplifiers and effects pedals that produce a. I get a lot of questions about the new carl martin logain plexitone compared to the original single plexitone. As with most carl martin pedals, power is supplied via a. The brand new carl martin logain plexitone the gear page. The carl martin plexitone logain is a single channel pedal designed alongside pete thorn.