Here be your timestamps: 00:00 Introduction and what we’re doing today 01:12 Joyo Uzi info 02:06 NUX Plexi Crunch info 02:48 Tone City Golden Plexi 2 info 03:39 NUX Fireman info 05:16 Today’s rig and plan 05:56 Fender Telecaster classic rock loop 15:36 Epiphone Les Paul hard rock loop (in Drop D tuning)
Aesthetically, I like the Nux second from left best, only because its controls look like they were Frankensteined from a Plexi amp’s faceplate and transplanted there. But also after acquiring some micro-form factor stomps, I quickly gained an appreciation for them in that they take up next to no space in what stomps I have lined up, which is really useful and headache-reducing. I very quickly traded in my urge to ridicule their almost ludicrous smallness for respect, once I “got” that bit of it. These all sound really good. Maybe my least fave could be the Joyo on the end, but not by a margin sufficient to pronounce it “inferior” to the others.
I got the UZI in my pedalboard specifically for the high gain metal tones (oh what a monster it is!), and never thought of it as a Plexi-style drive to be honest. Thanks for opening my mind towards a possible different application as well! Great comparison video by the way, congratulations and keep on rocking 🤘
Thanks a lot! Yeah, the Uzi is actually surprisingly versatile... it does so many tones really well. I really enjoy its lower gain tones too. And (if you haven't tried it yet) it stacks well with others too! Enjoy yours and rock on!
Excellent comparison. I only have the Joyo Uzi of them, but each of them has its own charm and distinctive sound. Considering the price, they are all fully acceptable. This is just my personal opinion as an old home guitar amateur. But I have to mention that the NUX brand has been doing very good effects especially recently, they are definitely in my sights for the future. Greetings Pavel CZ
Thanks Pavel! Yes, I agree - I think these are all excellent options, depending on what exactly you want. For me the Uzi and the Fireman are the most versatile (especially the Fireman with its two channels!) and they would be the ones on my board :) NUX are really doing some great stuff at the moment... if you also like lighter overdrives, try the 6ixty5ive! This is an amazing and transparent pedal, and also the price is great - I made a video for this one too if you want to check it out: ua-cam.com/video/wHc1EaRvzJE/v-deo.html All the best and rock on!
The Fireman sounds the best, but I don't know that I'd really use the dual channels and at that price, I'd rather spend a little more to pick up a used 5150 Overdrive. The Uzi and Golden Plexi are both good options for the price.
Good job! The Fireman and Golden Plexi sound the best to my ears, I like those 70's Marshall tones! How are those two with rolling back the guitars volume controls for cleans like a real Marshall? Cheers!
Great comparison! My favorites are the nux fireman and the joyo uzi. The fireman is great because of the options to use two different channels. This pedal is a bit more than only a distortion pedal. The uzi was for a long time on my pedal board. It delivers a powerful sound and it's also flexible. Since 4 years I have the operation trinity distortion from vs audio on my pedal board. It's a bit darker and also very powerful. This pedal is not available anymore, but the aftermath has the same unit, but it has also a boost added. 🙃🤘
Thanks Roberto! Yes, those are my favorite pair also, and the Fireman's dual-channel flexibility (and headroom) really gives it the edge. These pedals are both supposedly based on the Friedman BE-OD, so I'm not surprised at these performances! Now I just spent some time watching videos of the Operation Trinity and the Aftermath... maybe I need to try these soon too! The Aftermath with the Boost looks like a great option. Thanks for the GAS tip 😉 And cheers for watching as ever!
It depends... I would say for old school, more sludgy metal, yes. But it's not going to be good for more modern metal styles, or for tighter riffing in the same way as the Uzi, for example. For that, I would actually recommend you try the Joyo Dark Flame too... this is a true metal monster!
No doubt, tone city brings the best crunch and bite. With still some deepness and style compared to the nux plexi crunch which is more flat and not that easy to set up by the way.
Yeah, there's loads of bite in the Golden Plexi... it's a fantastic pedal for that for sure. I also find the NUX Plexi Crunch extremely fiddly to dial in, because each of the knobs influences the others so much. It's kind of like retuning a guitar with a Floyd Rose where you tube one string and the others go out ;) Cheers and rock on!
i have the golden plexi 1 and just like the V2 it is has a "tone knob problem": is lacks of mids! i recently bought the Fireman and it is absolutely fabulous, a real work horse, from crunchy clean tone to high gain lead tone in a pedal and controls let you create the tone you are looking for. dont waste your money with other 3 toys!
Thanks! Yes, I agree about the thickness, and I think this is also because the Fireman has more headroom too! In terms of pure gain levels, when the Gian knob is maxxed out, I think they are both very similar... but again the Fireman just sounds a bit "bigger" somehow!
Fireman sounded the best followed by the Golden Plexi🤘🏻 I have a Tone City Model M which gives you two flavours of Marshall as well as a great boost side that you can run independently too.
Ooh, I've heard a lot about the Model M - need to try that one day! If it's anywhere near as good as the Fireman or the Golden Plexi it'll be excellent!
@@RichWordsMusic It really as great pedal, and often I set the gain low just to fatten up my sound. It gives you the Marshall 900 and 900 flavours selected by a small switch, and you can also run the boost into the gain channel, or run it on its own as it is a nice quality boost🤘🏻
I think the Fireman walked away the winner here. That said, as a current user of both the Joyo and Tone City pedals I'd be happy with either of those as well.
It's actually quite shocking how well the Fireman does here... such a dynamic and powerful pedal, and so versatile. The Tone City is a great mini option of course, and the Joyo is great too - but the Fireman is my current choice of these.
The Plexi Crunch would do it, yes! But you could also try some slightly lower gain MIAB pedals for that. Or even a Rat. And another tip: recently I saw a pedal come out that is meant to sound like Oasis - the SoundLad Liverpool Scran. Worth a look, I think!
I'd say sound-wise they're about equal, yes. The one difference is that the Fireman will get you slightly tighter high gain tones. Which is better for you? I'd say choose the Fireman if you want the extra versatility, and the Golden Plexi if you want the simplicity :) Hope that helps!
Yeah, I love the Fireman too... and I'm also a proper NUX fanboy! I've never tried the Trident but would love to one day. The Uzi sounds amazing too, but you're right, those plastic knobs = treat it with care!
Je possède la golden plexi v2 et la plexi crunch. La golden plexi v2 est super bien, c'est le son plexi, sur la vidéo on ne se rend pas bien compte mais elle sonne bien. La nux plexi crunch est pas terrible, j'arrive pas à en tirer grand chose et c'est pas du tout le son plexi, on dirait plutôt une sorte de Marshall dsl en moins bien. Les autres je ne les connais pas mais j'aime bien le son de la nux fireman.
@@nicosonic That's true. I don't have a BE-OD at the moment but I have tried the two together and they sound super similar. Next time I get a BE-OD I'll do a comparison, also with the Fireman. My guess is Joyo intended the Uzi to sound the same (like the Dark Flame with the Revv G3 - which they conformed to me in an email), and they changed the names of some of the knobs (e.g. Bias instead of Tight). The only confusion there is the Mid control...
The Plexi Crunch does suffer here, doesn't it 😅 It's a strange pedal. In the dedicated video I did of it, I got some (in my opinion) great sounds out of it... but whenever I shoot it out against others it seems to lose out. And especially against some excellent opposition like we have here.
Enjoy your Hughes & Kettner amp while it lasts. Their build quality is dismal. When it falls apart and you email them, I advise against holding your breath while waiting for their response.
Oof, sorry to hear you had a bad experience with them. I actually used to work for H&K and reliability was never one of the biggest issues - it was usually the tone that people complained about! Mine's being going strong for years and I hope it remains that way...
Here be your timestamps:
00:00 Introduction and what we’re doing today
01:12 Joyo Uzi info
02:06 NUX Plexi Crunch info
02:48 Tone City Golden Plexi 2 info
03:39 NUX Fireman info
05:16 Today’s rig and plan
05:56 Fender Telecaster classic rock loop
15:36 Epiphone Les Paul hard rock loop (in Drop D tuning)
I own the Uzi and it’s incredible! Made Me get a Dark Flame just because! Great Shootout Thank You!
Yeah, they're both awesome pedals and they work well together too. Thanks for watching and the kind comment, and rock on!
Fireman all day for clarity, headroom and not the overly compressed mush sound. All sound good but Fireman stood out immediately.
Aesthetically, I like the Nux second from left best, only because its controls look like they were Frankensteined from a Plexi amp’s faceplate and transplanted there. But also after acquiring some micro-form factor stomps, I quickly gained an appreciation for them in that they take up next to no space in what stomps I have lined up, which is really useful and headache-reducing. I very quickly traded in my urge to ridicule their almost ludicrous smallness for respect, once I “got” that bit of it. These all sound really good. Maybe my least fave could be the Joyo on the end, but not by a margin sufficient to pronounce it “inferior” to the others.
Fireman seemed to get the best balanced tones.- others were fizzy at times
Yep, I was really impressed by the Fireman for its tones here - it has a lot more headroom than the others too. A really great pedal!
Love the comparison Rich, its amazing what you can get for the dollars nowadays. No excuse for bad tone
I got the UZI in my pedalboard specifically for the high gain metal tones (oh what a monster it is!), and never thought of it as a Plexi-style drive to be honest. Thanks for opening my mind towards a possible different application as well! Great comparison video by the way, congratulations and keep on rocking 🤘
Thanks a lot! Yeah, the Uzi is actually surprisingly versatile... it does so many tones really well. I really enjoy its lower gain tones too. And (if you haven't tried it yet) it stacks well with others too! Enjoy yours and rock on!
@@RichWordsMusic THX👍🎸🔊
I believe the Uzi is a clone of the Friedman BE OD and the Fireman is a clone of the Friedman BE OD Deluxe
Because it is not based on a Plexi but a TS in front of a JCM800 pretty much like the Friedman BE OD
Excellent comparison. I only have the Joyo Uzi of them, but each of them has its own charm and distinctive sound. Considering the price, they are all fully acceptable. This is just my personal opinion as an old home guitar amateur. But I have to mention that the NUX brand has been doing very good effects especially recently, they are definitely in my sights for the future. Greetings Pavel CZ
Thanks Pavel! Yes, I agree - I think these are all excellent options, depending on what exactly you want. For me the Uzi and the Fireman are the most versatile (especially the Fireman with its two channels!) and they would be the ones on my board :) NUX are really doing some great stuff at the moment... if you also like lighter overdrives, try the 6ixty5ive! This is an amazing and transparent pedal, and also the price is great - I made a video for this one too if you want to check it out: ua-cam.com/video/wHc1EaRvzJE/v-deo.html
All the best and rock on!
The Fireman sounds the best, but I don't know that I'd really use the dual channels and at that price, I'd rather spend a little more to pick up a used 5150 Overdrive. The Uzi and Golden Plexi are both good options for the price.
Good job! The Fireman and Golden Plexi sound the best to my ears, I like those 70's Marshall tones! How are those two with rolling back the guitars volume controls for cleans like a real Marshall? Cheers!
I have Golden Plexi and it cleans perfectly. It retains high end so cleans aren't dark and dull. And it gets me that throaty heaven with strat 😊
@@therko6 Thanks for chiming in, if it can't do the cleanup thing I can't use it!
Great comparison! My favorites are the nux fireman and the joyo uzi. The fireman is great because of the options to use two different channels. This pedal is a bit more than only a distortion pedal. The uzi was for a long time on my pedal board. It delivers a powerful sound and it's also flexible. Since 4 years I have the operation trinity distortion from vs audio on my pedal board. It's a bit darker and also very powerful. This pedal is not available anymore, but the aftermath has the same unit, but it has also a boost added. 🙃🤘
Thanks Roberto! Yes, those are my favorite pair also, and the Fireman's dual-channel flexibility (and headroom) really gives it the edge. These pedals are both supposedly based on the Friedman BE-OD, so I'm not surprised at these performances! Now I just spent some time watching videos of the Operation Trinity and the Aftermath... maybe I need to try these soon too! The Aftermath with the Boost looks like a great option. Thanks for the GAS tip 😉 And cheers for watching as ever!
In what way is the UZI based on a Plexi? Sounds a lot more like a Tubescreamer in front of a JCM800 and it is supposed to be based on the Friedman OD.
by far the fireman is the best
Such a great pedal - I have to agree!
Would the NUX Plexi be suitable for Metal?
It depends... I would say for old school, more sludgy metal, yes. But it's not going to be good for more modern metal styles, or for tighter riffing in the same way as the Uzi, for example. For that, I would actually recommend you try the Joyo Dark Flame too... this is a true metal monster!
No doubt, tone city brings the best crunch and bite. With still some deepness and style compared to the nux plexi crunch which is more flat and not that easy to set up by the way.
Yeah, there's loads of bite in the Golden Plexi... it's a fantastic pedal for that for sure. I also find the NUX Plexi Crunch extremely fiddly to dial in, because each of the knobs influences the others so much. It's kind of like retuning a guitar with a Floyd Rose where you tube one string and the others go out ;) Cheers and rock on!
i have the golden plexi 1 and just like the V2 it is has a "tone knob problem": is lacks of mids! i recently bought the Fireman and it is absolutely fabulous, a real work horse, from crunchy clean tone to high gain lead tone in a pedal and controls let you create the tone you are looking for. dont waste your money with other 3 toys!
Great comparison, i think fireman sounds thicker than uzi, but which one have more gain? What do you think?
Thanks! Yes, I agree about the thickness, and I think this is also because the Fireman has more headroom too! In terms of pure gain levels, when the Gian knob is maxxed out, I think they are both very similar... but again the Fireman just sounds a bit "bigger" somehow!
Fireman sounded the best followed by the Golden Plexi🤘🏻 I have a Tone City Model M which gives you two flavours of Marshall as well as a great boost side that you can run independently too.
Ooh, I've heard a lot about the Model M - need to try that one day! If it's anywhere near as good as the Fireman or the Golden Plexi it'll be excellent!
@@RichWordsMusic It really as great pedal, and often I set the gain low just to fatten up my sound. It gives you the Marshall 900 and 900 flavours selected by a small switch, and you can also run the boost into the gain channel, or run it on its own as it is a nice quality boost🤘🏻
I think the Fireman walked away the winner here. That said, as a current user of both the Joyo and Tone City pedals I'd be happy with either of those as well.
It's actually quite shocking how well the Fireman does here... such a dynamic and powerful pedal, and so versatile. The Tone City is a great mini option of course, and the Joyo is great too - but the Fireman is my current choice of these.
I'm looking for a MAIB pedal that can sound like Oasis. Specially live. Would you say NUX Plexi Crunch will do the trick?
The Plexi Crunch would do it, yes! But you could also try some slightly lower gain MIAB pedals for that. Or even a Rat. And another tip: recently I saw a pedal come out that is meant to sound like Oasis - the SoundLad Liverpool Scran. Worth a look, I think!
The Fireman has the most clarity to the ear. The rest especially the Nux on the left sound overly compressed like they’re being strangled.
Fireman and Golden Plexi, these two sounds the best but which is a better option?
I'd say sound-wise they're about equal, yes. The one difference is that the Fireman will get you slightly tighter high gain tones. Which is better for you? I'd say choose the Fireman if you want the extra versatility, and the Golden Plexi if you want the simplicity :) Hope that helps!
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Nux fireman I'm a Nux fan 💯. Next purchase will be Nux Trident. 😊😊. ✌️✌️🎸🎸. Joyo Uzi sounds good but not sure if it will last.
Yeah, I love the Fireman too... and I'm also a proper NUX fanboy! I've never tried the Trident but would love to one day. The Uzi sounds amazing too, but you're right, those plastic knobs = treat it with care!
Marshall wars! Who wins? You decide!
This is an epic battle for sure 😎 I still don't know, by the way... but the answer is the FireHorse!
@@RichWordsMusic shhh I’ll send you specks and an NDA soon 🤘🏽
FIREHORSE
@@PooNinja NEIGH!
Fireman> Uzi>Golden Plexi> Plexi Crunch
That actually might be the order I'd put them in too...
Fireman sounds most Amp like
I think I'm with you there! It's really responsive too. Great pedal!
Je possède la golden plexi v2 et la plexi crunch.
La golden plexi v2 est super bien, c'est le son plexi, sur la vidéo on ne se rend pas bien compte mais elle sonne bien. La nux plexi crunch est pas terrible, j'arrive pas à en tirer grand chose et c'est pas du tout le son plexi, on dirait plutôt une sorte de Marshall dsl en moins bien. Les autres je ne les connais pas mais j'aime bien le son de la nux fireman.
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Thanks for watching as ever! 😊
the Uzi is not a Friedman Be-OD.
Hmm, what do you think it's based on?
@@RichWordsMusic I don't know but it has not the same controls.
@@nicosonic That's true. I don't have a BE-OD at the moment but I have tried the two together and they sound super similar. Next time I get a BE-OD I'll do a comparison, also with the Fireman.
My guess is Joyo intended the Uzi to sound the same (like the Dark Flame with the Revv G3 - which they conformed to me in an email), and they changed the names of some of the knobs (e.g. Bias instead of Tight). The only confusion there is the Mid control...
The Fireman and Tone City were the winners. That NUX Plexi Crunch was absolute rubbish.
The Plexi Crunch does suffer here, doesn't it 😅 It's a strange pedal. In the dedicated video I did of it, I got some (in my opinion) great sounds out of it... but whenever I shoot it out against others it seems to lose out. And especially against some excellent opposition like we have here.
Enjoy your Hughes & Kettner amp while it lasts. Their build quality is dismal. When it falls apart and you email them, I advise against holding your breath while waiting for their response.
Oof, sorry to hear you had a bad experience with them. I actually used to work for H&K and reliability was never one of the biggest issues - it was usually the tone that people complained about! Mine's being going strong for years and I hope it remains that way...
Tune your guitar
Sounds in tune to me, but thanks for watching.