The Ultimate Plexi Pedal Blindfold Challenge - 7 Contenders - £40 to £280 Shootout!
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- Seven Plexi inspired overdrive pedals, one Pete Honoré can he tell the most expensive from the most affordable? Looking at an array of pedals starting from £40 to just under £300, Do all Plexi-style pedals sounds the same when set at 12 o'clock? | tinyurl.com/y5tf6fns
» Strymon Riverside Multistage Drive Pedal | tinyurl.com/y648ymwr
» Xotic SL Drive Pedal | tinyurl.com/y3oha7dq
» Electro Harmonix OD Glove | tinyurl.com/y3q5832l
» Tone City Golden Plexi | tinyurl.com/y2qkd6mb
» JHS Pedals Charlie Brown Overdrive | tinyurl.com/y29cslxs
» Wampler Plexi Drive Mini Pedal | tinyurl.com/yxll67b2
» Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Drive Pedal | tinyurl.com/y2j392zf
» The GigRig QuarterMaster QMX-8 Pedal Switcher | tinyurl.com/y3sszhw6
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» 0:00 Cheap Vs Expensive Plexi Pedal Challenge
» 1:23 Let's See The Pedals
» 2:43 Pedal #1
» 5:17 Pedal #2
» 7:02 Pedal #3
» 9:47 Pedal #4
» 12:47 Pedal #5
» 16:32 Pedal #6
» 18:30 Pedal #7
» 21:39 Was Pete Right?
» 32:50 Let's Run Through Those Again
» 35:20 Final Thoughts
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Com-plex contest
Hey Andertons, a little suggestion for a video, what about a consistency showdown?
Let's compare 2 or 3 same models of guitar from different manufacturers to see if there are differences and inconsistencies between them.
For example two 50's les pauls, two 57 strats, 2 d35 martin etc. And let's see if you have the guarantee that when you order a certain guitar it sounds as good as any other one from the same batch
These blindfold tests have been a real eye opener. Ive went from having the riverside in my Andertons basket to now having the glove, bb2, tone city chorus and Aviator, 4 pedals and still cheaper than the riverside!!
Pimp my pedal.
Watched this video a few times. I noticed this time Pete said concerning the Dirty Little Secret that all pedals should start at 12 o'clock. Wrong again! Howard from Catalinbread set up the eq just like a real Marshall Super Lead and Super Bass. You need to turn up the treble and mids and turn down the bass which Lee never did. Just ask Robin Trower. He dimes the treble and mids and turns the bass all the way off. Pete also said it doesn't sound like a Plexi. Wrong once again. I'm 65 years old and have been playing Marshalls and Fenders all my life since I was a child. The DLS is the most realistic Plexi on this board. You need to dial it in and also adjust the presence inside the pedal. I will say the Glove is awesome for the price. I love Lee and Pete's videos. They are a lot of fun and very entertaining and informative. I think they just should have done some research on these pedals first. They also missed the mark with the JHS Charlie Brown. It's not meant to be as high gain as the rest. It's based an an early 1960's JTM 45 which is much lower gain.
Are you gonna bring back "Sound like..." at some point? Really miss those!
Really love that series!
Me too! I imagine that would be difficult at the moment though, as a big part of that was them going around the shop
They've said a million times in the last few videos that it's coming back. Stop asking.
@@PJBonoVox Thanks for such a polite and measured response!
@@PJBonoVox seriously. not everyone has 24 a day to watch every video by every content creator.
I already own three Marshall in a box style pedals, and now I want seven more
The OD glove is such an underrated pedal 🙌🙌 had it for years and it’s never left the board
The price is about to triple lol
Yup haven't taken my off mine since I got it. Love that thing
I got mine the 1st year they came out and I havent gotten rid of it at all!!!! Plus you have the 9v 18v mode switch inside the pedal
It sounds awesome when you push it with the EHX soul food
The second he rolled off on the volume I was like "woah! I need that!"
Perhaps a Top Gear lap time -style time board could make it easier see the order during the video?
They used to do this, or at least show the scores they'd give it as they went along and stuff
... around Gambon... and... aCROSS the LINE!
@@boggeshzahim3713 yes, but it seemed the whiteboard was a bit busy and, since the player was blindfolded, it did very little to help the video along fot the Anderton's crew.
Interesting proposition, perhaps the form doesn’t follow function though.
For me
1. Riverside 2. Glove 3. SL Drive
The most tempting to get for me is the SL Drive because of its size and its not much more expensive than the Glove.
EHX pedals rock and are very affordable! Made in the states too! Glove for the win, because it sounds the same as the Strymon.
I think they are assembled in the states more than made. But they are pretty good indeed.
@ and it sounds fn great!
After spending weeks researching pedals, I feel so validated that I got myself the Glove for Christmas. Great pedal.
This just shows the great value EHX pedals provide. Soul Food. Memory Man. Big Muff.
EHX and Boss are the 2 kings of fantastic affordable pedals.
MXR is..a Prince? A Queen?
both created the pedal market, others are copying them and repackaging them at 2-3 time the price with hipster graphics ( yawn )
Joyo is also very interesting. I still prefer ehx and boss. Amazing value
No Behringer is the king
Have the OD Glove for years now. Try to sell it before because didn't know quite how to get the sweet spot. Since it's a very underrated pedal, couldn't sell it. The pedal was hanging around and I decided to put back on my pedalboard. Tweeked a bit and since than, never left where should never leave.
It's a very good sounding, cheap OCD.
The Glove is an awesome pedal and has tons of sounds in it when you start moving the knobs (also has an internal dip switch). I've tried a bunch of overdrives over the years and the Glove is one that I always reach for.
The Glove is one of those rare pedals that actually improves in tone and dynamics as the amp volume increases. It's a remarkable pedal and is superior to an ocd in my experience. It's a lovely pedal to play in a live situation.
🤡🤡🤡
yup, the circuit is just like and OCD with internal 18V charge pump, way more dynamic ( the signal goes through opamp gain stage (fet input) with mosfet "hard" clipping)
Lol that face Lee made when he said "I'm reducing gain to 9pm." hahaha
A suggestion, as a reference it would be great to have a cranked Plexi reissue (attenuated as necessary) which you could switch to-and-fro between the clean amp and see how close the pedals sound to the amp they're trying to sound like, as well as comparing the pedals. Enjoyable video none the less though :)
The pedals will get a different amp closish to the plexi sound and will give you a good sound on their own, so live it will do just fine. But as far as getting close to the original? Not even. The original sound is also a 4x12 cab with certain speakers in it and the volume, then put thru mics and attenuated in a sense on the final track balanced with all the other elements of a song. However, if you have a Marsall or similar amp already with these pedals they will perform much better.
You have to treat the Dirty Little Secret just like a Marshall! Turn that bass knob down. There is also two different modes
And there's also an internal trim pot to adjust the brightness for matching the amp
The OD glove was the first pedal I ever bought. Only overdrive pedal my local shop had in stock the day I went in. Have loved it ever since. Great pedal. Like to stack it with a Boss SD-1 as well.
"It's noisy" "It is a single coil Telecaster" Thanks Captain for finally saying that to Danish Pete, 22 minutes in!! ;-)
Xotic SL is my favorite drive pedal of all time!!! Stock super lead mode is amazing. And it loves having od pedal stacked in front of it!!!
For £100-£150 too!
I bought my SL 3 years ago and it’s NEVER come off my board in that time.
Just bought an SL as well. Haven’t tinkered much, but within 3.2 seconds it was infinitely more practical than the DLS. Gain is crazy on it though, I keep it at 9pm or lower so far.
I just got one last week and gigged with it for the first time last night. Your analysis is spot on. And it cleans up so nicely too.
18:53 as a "stoner, doomy" kind of player, I just ordered the Catalinbread because of this demo 😁. Also, it's designed to have the same tone stack as a Super Lead, meaning it sounds best with the bass all the way down (the EQ knobs are cut only).
Caitalinbread Sabbra cadabra also a good shout for stoner. Wouldn't mind hearing a comparison.
@@Foghornish WOAH!!!! make this happen
EHX never make a bad pedal IMO
They're ugly but useful!
I played along at home and my top 3 were the Glove, the SL drive, and the Riverside in that order. The Glove is an incredible value it seems. I'm not surprised because the EHX East River Drive is my favourite 808 too.
The EHX East River Drive should be good. I think AnalogMan's Analog Mike helped EHX on that one.
@@ontheroad579 He did. It's built to his specs. That pedal is a steal at that price.
Love the blindfold challenges.
Awesome mr. Capt. Lee
I got an OD Glove for Christmas so I’m delighted to hear Pete’s tones through it :)
Always love Pete's take on gear! Plus always has a smile! God Bless bro!!
These are always entertaining and informative and helps to kind of demystify some of these pedals. You guys are right, knowing me, I would probably think more expensive or more well known would be the pedals I should aim for, thanks for doing these kinds of videos!
Strymon 34:41
Glove Ehx 34:46
Golden plexi 34:48
Jhs 34:53
Plex drive wampler 34:56
The Captain and Pete thanks for your hardwork. I always love your videos. I have the Wampler Plexi drive deluxe for years. And it always my MVP (Most Valuable Pedal)
I like this shootouts and blindfold challenges very much. :D
Impossible task for Pete. Here’s how I might go about it: go through pedals one by one and tune setting to a preferred tonal ideal. And THEN go through pedals one by one to evaluate how they clean up, respond to dynamics, clarity, etc.
AND let Pete have the gig rig, so he can quickly go back and forth
Absolutely!
Great vid, have to agree with Pete about the SL Drive. I have one on my gigging board, it's a beast and it's never leaving. I had a Glove on my smaller home for a while too, but upgraded it to a Fender Pugilist (should've kept the Glove!)
Totally agree with Pete, EHX OD Glove is my favourite! Been using that for ages, it works great on bass too.
Thanks for the GREAT shootout guys...you ROCK!
The glove sound great... Wow.. Super clear and clean
Love this series. Fan of the mini plexi drive, glad I went w it.
In the future, it might help to shuffle the pedal order at the start, so it’s random, and then just go from #1 to #7. Mentally, that seems easier for all parties to keep track of.
Great shootout! And love the fact the Glove won as it sounds great for such a cheap price that’s why I’ve had one on my board for few years, admittedly you have more control functionally on the Strymon but it’s a huge price difference for a very minimal sound difference. Well done Pete.
Dirty Little Secret has superlead and superbass modes (I own one!!), that sounded more like the superbass mode
and internal prescence adjustment that needs to be matched to the amp you are using
And C turned down the middel. Bad tweeking to my ears🙃
@@elliotvernon7971 Lee has a good on-screen presence, but he really hasn't the first clue about the pedals he's presenting.
My Dirty Little Secret MK3 sounds a lot better! It’s my best overdrive
Agree. This pedal is supposed o be ran like the amp, with bass rolled all the way down and mid/high/master/preamp maxed out-ish.... Then, just use your volume knob. I own this pedal and hated it for years before learning the intent behind the design. Love it now.
On youtube you can clearly hear the differences in the last swapping, except that when Lee switches from SL drive to Riverside the sound actually didn't change at all. That was mind blowing.
Love these vids! I like the J. Rockett Audio Designs Tour Series Archer for a true Plexi sound through my Carr Rambler. It really depends greatly on the amp. Also love the Wampler Plexi, outstanding pedal.
Great video guys. EHX Glove - wow ! Great value
35:00 I couldn't tell the difference when switching from the SL to the Strymon, at all.
I noticed that too!
Ultimately what I have taken from these Andertons shootouts is that pretty much all the pedals will sound good in isolation, hence so many pedals being loved and on so many boards however it seems that you should never have to spend over £100/€115/$125US/$185aus to get a really great pedal of any effect.
Its also taught me, if in doubt...Boss or EHX
Ehx put some stinkers out like the satisfaction and satisfaction +
I just bought the Glove today along with the Tone Corset, they both are amazing pedals.
I have the carl martin plexitone and love it... several of these sounded great!!
Nice having that switcher for these challenges. I like these type of video's... with a half dozen or so of the "same" type pedal and find your favorite. This is what UA-cam is for IMO.
The color of that tele, damn!!!
After watching this I just got the Electro Harmonix Glove and LOVE it with Princeton Reverb and CS Tele! Was using the Blues Driver before this and before this various very expensive boutiqe pedals. The Harmonix is a great smooth tone and I love the tone:)
I loved the sound of the riverside. Many of them were very good in all fairness.
Since the beginning I found the Riverside sounded best of all in my headphones. But I wasn't blindfolded. And, at the end, when the captain tweaked it: that was clearly the winner. Great vid. Thanks for that.
These challenge videos are great! Keep them comin.
got the glove for 5 years now...wonderfull sound and perfect cheap!
I use it as a preamp for a ts808, it's worth to try it out💪
I've had the Glove on my pedalboard for the last 10 years. Sometimes inexpensive does not mean cheap. Great video!
A great vid. Thanks ❤ I had never heard the Glove until now. It seems to excel at that clean-ish vintage Marshall thing.
I've owned 4 of these pedals. The Glove is still quite good. Also, the Dirty Little Secret has a dip switch too. You should try the DLS in the FX loop like a preamp.
This was quite revealing! Thank you for this guys! :)
SL drive is the one I always go back to. It is super versatile when you use the switches inside
Super fun video guys!! Would love to see a Chorus one for sure.
Very revealing demo!
Thanks a lot for your hard work ... yes! this was a difficult one imho.
I'm definitely buying one of the Glove after I've seen that its circuit is very inspired by the Fulltone OCD. 4 times low the price, same performance. stunning
The ultimate Plexi pedal probably is the Bogner Ectasy Blue! The OD Glove sounded good though, nice bottom end and cleaned up great.
Love my Glove, makes my crystal clear H&K amp sound like a dirty Plexi... it’s a solid bit of kit too
When I heard the od glove sound like the strymon, I was glad I bought the EHX product for a fraction of the price!
These comparison videos are so good!
Pete did a great job. More of this please. Off I go to buy a Glove..
Thanks!
That was great, I did play with the UA-cam tab hidden and on my speaker monitors and had a blast.
I am proud to say I was right for cheapest and dearest and that was solely based on first few notes. After playing with the pots, it gets interesting.
I also guessed the JHS pedal :D
I was clueless for the remaining. Still going to keep an eye for EHX gloves now ;)
I was saying number 3! the (purple tele)pathy worked, it's amazing
Captain and Pete are awesome... Great concept
I have the Wampler Plexi Deluxe. I'm satisfied with that, lots of options.
Great video as always. One thing I really wished you had done was turn down the tone just a bit on the Golden Plexi - whenever Lee turned it on I just wanted to reach through my screen and twist that tone just a tad ha 😄 It's just such a bright pedal, but with the tone turned down a bit (and maybe gain slightly below 9 O' clock for the sake of this video) it sound so much better and way more like an actual Plexi.
OMG yes. That was frustrating the hell out of me. I was shouting at my computer screen, "Turn down the f'ing tone and gain on the Golden Plexi!!!" I think they need to be a bit more methodical with these "blind" tests for a proper comparison, so each pedal gets its fair shake. The Golden Plexi has the best punch, but it can be harsh if you don't turn it down!
I think the OD Glove is going to be my next purchase 😍. That and maybe the Flat Iron Fuzz 🤔
Its a great pedal, its an OCD clone, ad very close to the original, great pedal, sounds great by itself, and also brilliant with overdrives stacked as well
@@jacksmith4460 Indeed. And I think the Flatiron is a RAT.
@@ontheroad579 it’s a pretty damn good rat too.
Haha i am so happy with this video! The glove was my first pedal and i chose it from how good it sounded, but now in later years i always thought it was just like decent, but more and more videoes about it tells me i dont need a more expensive one!!
Loving these blindfold challenges
Got my modded Xotic SL Drive from Alchemy Audio. They moved the 4 internal dip switches to external mini toggles on the side. Gave up the battery compartment for the mod. The frosting was the Marshall amp knobs!
The EHX Glove is based on the Fulltone OCD
i prefer the plimsoul over an OCD anyday
I would say its more than based on , its a straight up clone, and probably the closest sounding of the cheaper clones
@@jacksmith4460 Not an exact clone and the Glove has an internal 9v > 18v switch. No 18v power supply needed.
It's better than OCD v1.7 for sure...
The harmonic distortion from the glove just screams authenticity to me. It really came alive when you hit that 18v internal switch!
Wow man.... I was just writing reviews how much I love overdrive now that I got a glove and I completely forgot about the 18-volt internal switch. Thanks man. Switching now.
Ayy just the video I needed. I been looking for plexi pedals for a while but hard to know which one to pick!
I believe the EHX Glove is based on the Fulltone OCD.
True
The second version, I guess.
Yes! Do Reverbs and delays and choruses. And detune. Like the Neunaber CHROMA compared to an old SPX90...and BOSS Harmonizer on unison setting 😊😊
I do agree that the Strymon and the glove both sound the best!
It was so handy to hear the Cap and Pete switching between all these almost as if we were in the shop trying these out!
Very enjoyable guys with some nice surprises too
I imagine the staff and shareholders of Electro Harmonics were very happy after seeing this. Very happy indeed
Great video! It would be helpful to label pedals by letter A-G and then rank by numbers 1-7.
That’s Exactly What I Thought on Your Selection Guys And Chorus Would Be One I would Love To Hear. 👍👍🎶🎶🎸
The OD Glove has been on my pedal board or close at hand for many a year. It is an OCD clone-ish but under the hood it has a magical switch that allows you to switch from 9v > 18v. Runs on a 9v battery or 9v power supply, no external 18v power supply needed with the OD Glove.🤘
Riverside destroys all! Such a killer underrated pedal!
I think I actually liked the Wampler best, and maybe the Xotic second, though I would have to hear more of the DIP switch settings to decide between them. It would be really interesting to compare both of those to the new Tone City Golden Plexi 2, which addresses some of the deficiencies of the Golden Plexi. And finally, it would also be interesting to hear not only the JHS Angry Charlie, but the Boss Angry Driver.
That was amazing. To me, Charlie and the Dirty Little Secret sounded muffled. All of the other 5 sounded good. Listening through my soundbar, not headphones, through youtube, the other 5 were nearly identical to me. Only thing is I wish you had added a Keely El Rey Dorado on there!
They used the DLS wrong. My DLS sounds A LOT better. My best Marshall in a box
The Xotic SL Drive is the winner for me! It will remain on my pedal board. It is Great!
Enjoying this format... second the watcher who suggested the top gear lap time style board, was thinking the same.
and the EHX also comes with a cool 9v battery inside!
I have the Golden Plexi. SL Drive and The Glove as well as an Angry Charlie. The SL Drive has been my favorite. It seems to cut through better than any of the others I've tried and cleans up really nice. The Glove is also really really good. I also love the treble bite of the Golden Plexi. And I am planning to sell the Angry Charlie. It's just a little hollow sounding to me.
Nice Tele, nice playing and very entertaining video. Love these. Keep it up.
Damn it...you guys just cost me $100 CDN..ordered a GLOVE around the 30 min mark..thx a lot! Keep up the great demo's fellas..super informative!
Excellent video. Much appreciated!
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret was in Super Bass mode. RTM.
And btw the Charlie Brown is more a Marshall JTM 45 style pedal
@KarzaBarza : I liked that one more than I thought I would. Most Marshall in a box style pedals have waaaaay too much gain. Off course you can dial it back a little, but even then it's too much for me sometimes. Like the Suhr Riot Mini for instance. Even with the distortion off there's too much distortion.
I have the Xotic SL Drive and I love it, but I never go further than 4 o clock. And that's for the heaviest parts.
Most of the older Marshall amps I played didn't have that much gain, even when cranked.
I still love these
Great vid guys, reveals a lot. So I came away with the science at the end of that thinking that beauty is in the ear of the beholder.👍🔥🎸🎼🙏
I really enjoyed this one. Well done gents!