Amp capture done right! Thanks Dave! I’ve always wanted an original Plexi, and the PLEX delivers this and more! Can’t wait to get mine! Keep on rockin’! 🤘🎩
I just bought one. I'm trying to figure it out, but everything I've played through it has sounded unbelievably rich harmonically. The bright switches are very useful to sculpt sound and it can roar or be clean. All in all, this is the best amp I've ever had and I've had a lot. Great job, Dave, you are the amp Guru. Thanks.
Only that's the point. You had to mod these stock Marshall amps do get many of these sounds. As a Marshall lifer (still am) I appreciate having all these options in one amp. Don't own this the amp but would love to have it.
@@damonstewart70 thanks! I’ve been focusing on more on Instagram since I don’t have time to make 3 hour demos like everyone else lol. Also life’s been busy so it’s been tough to balance it all out.
Regarding the bright caps please someone explain to me. Friedman says that to the center is off, to the right is 100 picofaraday and left is 4700 picofaraday, and the stock value for Marshalls in channel 1 would be 4700. But in the manual of this amp says that the regular position for channel 1 on a Marshal would be right. Shoudn´t be left? There is a contradiction in there
Dave saw my 50w plxi 1968 marshall and said don't sell it ha ha it's bone stock and the loudest crunchy 50w plxi my techs have ever seen but I can't take it out giging so I'm gonna check this amp out deve is a pretty cool guy !!
I would have thought Dave would have preferred the 100watt. I've also heard Dr. Dan say this model is his personal favorite. I feel like the 100 just has a little more of a percussive response. Killer sounding amp either way.
Many actually use the 50's schenker trower to name just 2 it's considered better for recording for it's warmth and it takes overdrive pedals better than the 100 's I have both 68 plxis the 50 just has a sweeter sound and it's almost as loud as the 100 25 w greenback sound best for the 50's life long marshall player I have 6 heads and the 50w plxi is my go to amp jmho !
need an extraordinary blues rock player that can play off the cuff melodies like Philip Sayce, srv, Hendrix and Brent Mason styles and switch to leads in clean, soft od and harder.
Hope I'm not mis-quoating, but I think I watched a Tone-Talk episode recently where Dave explained the smallbox on 10 is like a plexi at 5. The smallbox has the FX loop though, while a plexi won't. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
@@anmolatwalNot old fashioned hand wired. Items got some modern PCB layout/construction. Given the price some people are complaining already, but as long as the design is quality and optimised accordingly to get the best out of the tech employed it won’t matter. People like to question longevity though even if the sound and feel is good. I say life is too short for such thoughts. If it feels great, sounds great and fits your budget, just rock on people 🤘
I have the small box 50, it's hand wired and channel 1 is a direct copy of Dave's 68 Plexi. Channel 2 is higher gain, really good for GnR and harder rock. It's very loud.
@@jake13b Yeah, I see your point. I would love that too, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dave actually did just that, since JCM 800 is an equally Iconic classic model amp. Even better if he did his version of a seriously hotrodded JCM, a fire breathing monster 🔥
This sounds incredible, it's a wish for sure, but i would really like you to dig a little bit more on the clean sounds! And if you allow me to comment on what would be a fantasy for me, I would love to see a version of a plexi with a single input and channel switching and sensitivity or channel bridge by footswitch. This would open the door to being able to have incredible British clean and crunch with just a change of channel.
You definitely wanna try the ToneKing Royalist mkiii that came out late last year (if you haven’t already) based on your channel switching comments. I’m looking forward to taking my Royalist mkiii and custom BE-50 dlx (Dave put in a Plexi channel 1 for me instead of buxom Betty) to Andertons to compare with this Plex Vintage. Very curious to feel and hear the ABC comparisons in a straight up shootout. 🤗
@@djt6546 dude, your amp is insane, enjoy it! I’m gonna check the royalist, but I’m almost almost full happy with my JJ Jr.. I’m not a metal guy, but loving the fact of having such a nice deep overdrive channel… a JTM45 + a lead like this would be my fantasy come true
Plex sounds incredible as expected! Will send you my postal address to forward on the blue and natch Friedman axes on the wall behind you. Playing is amazing as always Sammy.
I’d love to see Friedman make a fire breathing high gain monster, something akin to an Engl Fireball or a REVV. I know that the Butterslax is about as high gain as Friedman has gotten, but I’d love to see Dave create something ball shattering 🤘
Ampli meraviglioso ma non avendo un send e return mi domando come saranno gli effetti di modulazione e delay messi in fronte ?….dalla dimostrazione di Boller suona da Dio……
It's got no effects loop. So no delay or reverb...that doesn't sound like crap anyways into the front of an amp ;( I'm guessing that's why he's using the Ox You could also buy a fryette powerstation for another $800-900 which will give you an effects loop for playing live into a cab. The power station direct line out doesn't send the effects with it to a recording audio interface so that kind of sucks. You'd have to add delay and reverb in the mix on a DAW unless there is another way that i'm not aware of. And the Ox effects don't work with a speaker cab in a live situation... So that one is out for me. The master control volume works pretty good but it's not the same as cranking a tube amp and finding the sweet spot. So the attenuation on the Ox and the Power Station help in that regard. This thing is loud i have one. Anything above 2 is very loud for playing at home. I've been trying to figure out what to do about adding an effects loop so i can have some delay and reverb, and a good recording solution. And i'm not really sure yet. I could always add a power station and mic the cab i guess. Ideally i'd like an fx loop and a way to record direct. Maybe the Boss Waza TAE might do everything i want. I don't know enough about that one yet though.
Just received one yesterday & it’s phenomenal. It reminds me of classic / no reissue Marshall. So far I haven’t plugged any reverb/delay in cause I’m enjoying it that much… this is what it sounds like!! I haven’t ran my power station yet, planning to do that over the weekend. Absolutely 💯 got it right Dave 🤘
But they don’t all sound or feel the same when you play through them. Besides, most our gear is same, same but different. You’re either a tone junky or not I guess 😊
The voice in my head is whispering another sentence through my ears: "You cannot afford it and plus for 15k or 17k less you can buy a proper Plexi amp."
Gets rid of that smudged out Friedman tone that I never got on with. But, man, you couldn't find a guitar player in Pittsburgh that wasn't stuck on the delay teat????!!!
Sounds amazing... but choosing between this at €3400 and a 1987x at €1400... that price difference is just crazy. The MVC is not really needed since I would argue that most people already have attenuators or load boxes. The bright switches are a nice touch but not sure those are worth 2000€ price difference. Just get a SD-1 or some TS pedal for €200 and you're basically there.. saving you €1800 - enough to also get a 100W JCM 800 2203x..
Any tech worth his salt can install switchable brightcaps in 45-60 minutes. My gripe with the 1987x is that Marshall’s production quality has gone down. Suhr is probably the best contender out there. Cost is similar to Friedman, but it’s impecably built. Fortunately I live in a country where 70’s Marshalls regularly are sold for under $1000 so that’s just what I did.
Yeah I wouldnt bother either. I look at it this way…why are you gonna pay such a high premium for an amp that really doesn’t even have much functionality and does a tone that’s now become a bit boring. I mentioned my H&K Grandmeister 40 in another comment-that amp can easily dial in the Eddie stuff if you want it, but it does a shitload more and has a shitload more features and costs far less. Yeah made in China, who cares, it sounds amazing, it’s reliable and I don’t need a cabinet if I don’t want one because the Redbox thing on it sounds killer. In 2024, these one channel semi-boutique amps are just a dumb buy if you ask me. It’s blues lawyer gear.
@@UseTheSupeRsonic Agreed. People attach way too much of a premium to "Made in USA". In my experience, that only makes them 3x as expensive and not at all that much better quality.
@@lordgraga Eh, Suhr SL67 MK2 is €4300 so a heck of a lot more expensive than even Friedman, which is already overpriced. The production quality of Marshall might be inferior on paper, but it's also WAY cheaper to buy - plus the end quality is not that different. I don't see a lot of people having issues with their Studio series amps, nor the DSLs - both of which are PCB amps. I think people have this notion in their head that hand wired amps will be better quality, but in the end product they really don't. People often cite that they can "fix" their amps if they break, but honestly who in Europe has their own soldering iron? Not many. I'd rather send the amp back and have an authorized technician fix it instead. And yes, I also live in a country where second hand Marshall amps are very cheap.
Any plexi style amp sounds best without any delay or reverb. I cant figure out why Dave would add that on a demo. Most every tube amp demo on youtube uses the just the amp itself without and boost pedals so you know exactly what the amp can do by itself. And then they may add overdrive pedals later in the video so you know how it takes pedals. The Kyle Bull channel is very popular for that reason. So this was really a wasted video.
@Gearslayer92 And I respect that, different guitarists make an amp sound totally different which is why I have to watch at least 5 reviews of an amp to know what it really sounds like. It still doesnt make sense to use reverb, it doesnt make the amp sound better, its a space effect so it sounds like youre playing in a large room. If he really wanted that effect Dave could have had the amp played in a large room.
The video is really disingenuous. The clips has WAY more gain than the amp is actually able to produce and you can hear that in countless clips on the web! So, Sammy has to be hitting the front end with something. Likewise, there is Delay, but no FX loop in the amp! So, somewhere being introduced and doesn't depict what the amp sounds like raw direct-in, which is only how all amps should be demonstrated!
Wow ANOTHER ‘68 plexi. Funny enough my Grandmeister 40 on the lead channel with the boost on and the gain set lower sounds more like EVH than this does.
Lets go! Sammy is the perfect guitarist to demo this thing too. Super badass.
It's phenomenal, almost like there's a clean and overdriven signal running simultaneously
That's not a good thing. Crossover distortion is not pleasing
Amp capture done right! Thanks Dave! I’ve always wanted an original Plexi, and the PLEX delivers this and more! Can’t wait to get mine! Keep on rockin’! 🤘🎩
Now imagine this sound but actually better in person. It’s so good.
Got mine yesterday. Its absolutely awesome.
Congratulations!
Holy Toledo! Sounds amazing
I just bought one. I'm trying to figure it out, but everything I've played through it has sounded unbelievably rich harmonically. The bright switches are very useful to sculpt sound and it can roar or be clean. All in all, this is the best amp I've ever had and I've had a lot. Great job, Dave, you are the amp Guru. Thanks.
Glad I got my order in a few months ago. This thing sounds epic.
You are a wizard Dave
Dave, as always another great product. I have your SB50 and IRX so far and I’m very satisfied with your products. Keep innovating!
Thanks Dave
Sounds killer Dave!!
What an achievement Dave, well done sir and for making superlative British amps in California.
wow just wow!
Great sounding amp!
Damnit Dave, I thought I was done with amps!
Thanks Marshall
Only that's the point. You had to mod these stock Marshall amps do get many of these sounds. As a Marshall lifer (still am) I appreciate having all these options in one amp. Don't own this the amp but would love to have it.
Thanks Fender
Job well done Mr Friedman 👏
Awesome amp! Tons of tone variations. Love it Dave!
Sounds epic!!!
Best amp I've ever played
This guy builds amazing sounding amps over and over again!!! Damn it sounds epic!!!!!!!
9:25 i hear a 1978 jmp, another good sound
Damn that sounds amazing !
Hey chippy when you coming back? You rock hard as well!!!
@@damonstewart70 thanks! I’ve been focusing on more on Instagram since I don’t have time to make 3 hour demos like everyone else lol. Also life’s been busy so it’s been tough to balance it all out.
Sick!
Holy crap! ❤
Beautiful
Wish we could hear it without all the delay, just the amp itself.
Yeah, that one-repeat is really altering the sound.........idiot
It's an oxbox demo...this amp has no fx loop ...but they added one with the ox....
Yeah, strange decision
There are a ton of studio quality demos on RUclips.
Dave tends to do this, and I don't understand why. Most people probably want to hear the amp dry.
It sounds great!!! What cabinet are you going through? What speakers?
Sounds perfect
Home Run Dave!!
Maybe one day I can afford one of Dave’s awesome Amps! He’s a wizard making amps. Merlin of the Amp world
Holy moly
Sounds great with your Tele! What kind of pickups?
I know a Plexi can do blues; I'd like to hear that demo'ed one of these days. I play some metal but more classic rock and blues.
Now that's an amp.
Regarding the bright caps please someone explain to me.
Friedman says that to the center is off, to the right is 100 picofaraday and left is 4700 picofaraday, and the stock value for Marshalls in channel 1 would be 4700. But in the manual of this amp says that the regular position for channel 1 on a Marshal would be right. Shoudn´t be left? There is a contradiction in there
I honestly think this is the best sounding amp of all time, and I want to use it for death metal.
Hmm, Channel 1 of the IR-X was Dave's take on a Plexi preamp. Then this comes out. WOnder if the preamp is similar or the same?
Sounds great. How did you set your OX Box up for this demo? I mean cab and mics used…
Do it without the OX Drainer ?
Dave saw my 50w plxi 1968 marshall and said don't sell it ha ha it's bone stock and the loudest crunchy 50w plxi my techs have ever seen but I can't take it out giging so I'm gonna check this amp out deve is a pretty cool guy !!
I would have thought Dave would have preferred the 100watt. I've also heard Dr. Dan say this model is his personal favorite. I feel like the 100 just has a little more of a percussive response. Killer sounding amp either way.
Many actually use the 50's schenker trower to name just 2 it's considered better for recording for it's warmth and it takes overdrive pedals better than the 100 's I have both 68 plxis the 50 just has a sweeter sound and it's almost as loud as the 100 25 w greenback sound best for the 50's life long marshall player I have 6 heads and the 50w plxi is my go to amp jmho !
need an extraordinary blues rock player that can play off the cuff melodies like Philip Sayce, srv, Hendrix and Brent Mason styles and switch to leads in clean, soft od and harder.
Sounds amazing, Dave.
This sounds great, but what's the difference against the small box 50 other than the variable?
Hope I'm not mis-quoating, but I think I watched a Tone-Talk episode recently where Dave explained the smallbox on 10 is like a plexi at 5. The smallbox has the FX loop though, while a plexi won't. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Small box is hand wired.
This is not???
@@anmolatwalNot old fashioned hand wired. Items got some modern PCB layout/construction. Given the price some people are complaining already, but as long as the design is quality and optimised accordingly to get the best out of the tech employed it won’t matter. People like to question longevity though even if the sound and feel is good. I say life is too short for such thoughts. If it feels great, sounds great and fits your budget, just rock on people 🤘
I have the small box 50, it's hand wired and channel 1 is a direct copy of Dave's 68 Plexi. Channel 2 is higher gain, really good for GnR and harder rock. It's very loud.
Sounds great, who cares if there’s too much delay.
Dreams! I own so many amps.... I hate to say this but.. I might have to own thus one...
love it. i know dave is a plexi guy, but would love to have hm do a JCM800.
He kinda already did with the JEL
@@kollabrock thinking more a simplified one channel amp
@@jake13b Yeah, I see your point. I would love that too, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dave actually did just that, since JCM 800 is an equally Iconic classic model amp. Even better if he did his version of a seriously hotrodded JCM, a fire breathing monster 🔥
@@kollabrock yeah, agreed. would be cool since jerry uses his stuff if he did it with a snorkeler switch on it. obviously calling it something else.
This sounds incredible, it's a wish for sure, but i would really like you to dig a little bit more on the clean sounds! And if you allow me to comment on what would be a fantasy for me, I would love to see a version of a plexi with a single input and channel switching and sensitivity or channel bridge by footswitch. This would open the door to being able to have incredible British clean and crunch with just a change of channel.
You definitely wanna try the ToneKing Royalist mkiii that came out late last year (if you haven’t already) based on your channel switching comments. I’m looking forward to taking my Royalist mkiii and custom BE-50 dlx (Dave put in a Plexi channel 1 for me instead of buxom Betty) to Andertons to compare with this Plex Vintage. Very curious to feel and hear the ABC comparisons in a straight up shootout. 🤗
@@djt6546 dude, your amp is insane, enjoy it! I’m gonna check the royalist, but I’m almost almost full happy with my JJ Jr.. I’m not a metal guy, but loving the fact of having such a nice deep overdrive channel… a JTM45 + a lead like this would be my fantasy come true
Plex sounds incredible as expected! Will send you my postal address to forward on the blue and natch Friedman axes on the wall behind you. Playing is amazing as always Sammy.
I’d love to see Friedman make a fire breathing high gain monster, something akin to an Engl Fireball or a REVV. I know that the Butterslax is about as high gain as Friedman has gotten, but I’d love to see Dave create something ball shattering 🤘
Something 5150 like or revv like would be sick
This in a smaller format, like a 20w version, would be amazing...
Would love to own a friedman one day... but then i'm sure the price is as insane as the sound.
Ampli meraviglioso ma non avendo un send e return mi domando come saranno gli effetti di modulazione e delay messi in fronte ?….dalla dimostrazione di Boller suona da Dio……
If it's got a master why do you need the Ox?
It's got no effects loop. So no delay or reverb...that doesn't sound like crap anyways into the front of an amp ;( I'm guessing that's why he's using the Ox
You could also buy a fryette powerstation for another $800-900 which will give you an effects loop for playing live into a cab. The power station direct line out doesn't send the effects with it to a recording audio interface so that kind of sucks. You'd have to add delay and reverb in the mix on a DAW unless there is another way that i'm not aware of. And the Ox effects don't work with a speaker cab in a live situation... So that one is out for me.
The master control volume works pretty good but it's not the same as cranking a tube amp and finding the sweet spot. So the attenuation on the Ox and the Power Station help in that regard. This thing is loud i have one. Anything above 2 is very loud for playing at home. I've been trying to figure out what to do about adding an effects loop so i can have some delay and reverb, and a good recording solution. And i'm not really sure yet. I could always add a power station and mic the cab i guess. Ideally i'd like an fx loop and a way to record direct. Maybe the Boss Waza TAE might do everything i want. I don't know enough about that one yet though.
Just received one yesterday & it’s phenomenal. It reminds me of classic / no reissue Marshall. So far I haven’t plugged any reverb/delay in cause I’m enjoying it that much… this is what it sounds like!!
I haven’t ran my power station yet, planning to do that over the weekend.
Absolutely 💯 got it right Dave 🤘
How good is the master volume? Could this be played in a condo late night?
I'm also quite curious about that master vol. Dave says it's a new design and works great.
Also us it a hand wired amp ? Thanks
An amp genius. Using his powers for good not evil!
Just but a headrush. Sounds just like one of my rigs.
Nice. What I will do is copy the modifications to my amp. Thanks.
Demoing an amp or a delay?
How many different versions of the same amp can you make? And why do they all sound exactly the same.
But they don’t all sound or feel the same when you play through them. Besides, most our gear is same, same but different. You’re either a tone junky or not I guess 😊
His amps tend to sound bright and brittle but this one sounds the best so far.
Are there any plans to come out with a 20 W version?
take my money !!!
Sweet and Juicy. Wow.
Just when I'm feeling satisfied with my BE100 Deluxe you drop this on us. Lol
My ears keep saying " buy it ...buy it....buy it " 🙂
The voice in my head is whispering another sentence through my ears: "You cannot afford it and plus for 15k or 17k less you can buy a proper Plexi amp."
That's the delay
IR-Plex coming up …
Got mine this past Monday. 100 watts would have been tits.
Too much delay and too prominent.
Great amp but it also sounds like a delay demo.
brown sound
My dream amp! Now I just need 2800.00 smackers😂
Gets rid of that smudged out Friedman tone that I never got on with. But, man, you couldn't find a guitar player in Pittsburgh that wasn't stuck on the delay teat????!!!
Sounds amazing... but choosing between this at €3400 and a 1987x at €1400... that price difference is just crazy. The MVC is not really needed since I would argue that most people already have attenuators or load boxes. The bright switches are a nice touch but not sure those are worth 2000€ price difference. Just get a SD-1 or some TS pedal for €200 and you're basically there.. saving you €1800 - enough to also get a 100W JCM 800 2203x..
Any tech worth his salt can install switchable brightcaps in 45-60 minutes.
My gripe with the 1987x is that Marshall’s production quality has gone down.
Suhr is probably the best contender out there. Cost is similar to Friedman, but it’s impecably built.
Fortunately I live in a country where 70’s Marshalls regularly are sold for under $1000 so that’s just what I did.
Yeah I wouldnt bother either. I look at it this way…why are you gonna pay such a high premium for an amp that really doesn’t even have much functionality and does a tone that’s now become a bit boring. I mentioned my H&K Grandmeister 40 in another comment-that amp can easily dial in the Eddie stuff if you want it, but it does a shitload more and has a shitload more features and costs far less. Yeah made in China, who cares, it sounds amazing, it’s reliable and I don’t need a cabinet if I don’t want one because the Redbox thing on it sounds killer.
In 2024, these one channel semi-boutique amps are just a dumb buy if you ask me. It’s blues lawyer gear.
Viet transformers
@@UseTheSupeRsonic Agreed. People attach way too much of a premium to "Made in USA". In my experience, that only makes them 3x as expensive and not at all that much better quality.
@@lordgraga Eh, Suhr SL67 MK2 is €4300 so a heck of a lot more expensive than even Friedman, which is already overpriced.
The production quality of Marshall might be inferior on paper, but it's also WAY cheaper to buy - plus the end quality is not that different. I don't see a lot of people having issues with their Studio series amps, nor the DSLs - both of which are PCB amps. I think people have this notion in their head that hand wired amps will be better quality, but in the end product they really don't.
People often cite that they can "fix" their amps if they break, but honestly who in Europe has their own soldering iron? Not many. I'd rather send the amp back and have an authorized technician fix it instead.
And yes, I also live in a country where second hand Marshall amps are very cheap.
Total Marshall fatality!
Does it DJENT? If so TAKE MY MONEY!!
I have a 68 50 watt and it don't sound like that! Glorious yes but not like that
Any plexi style amp sounds best without any delay or reverb. I cant figure out why Dave would add that on a demo. Most every tube amp demo on youtube uses the just the amp itself without and boost pedals so you know exactly what the amp can do by itself. And then they may add overdrive pedals later in the video so you know how it takes pedals. The Kyle Bull channel is very popular for that reason. So this was really a wasted video.
@Gearslayer92 And I respect that, different guitarists make an amp sound totally different which is why I have to watch at least 5 reviews of an amp to know what it really sounds like. It still doesnt make sense to use reverb, it doesnt make the amp sound better, its a space effect so it sounds like youre playing in a large room. If he really wanted that effect Dave could have had the amp played in a large room.
The video is really disingenuous.
The clips has WAY more gain than the amp is actually able to produce and you can hear that in countless clips on the web! So, Sammy has to be hitting the front end with something.
Likewise, there is Delay, but no FX loop in the amp! So, somewhere being introduced and doesn't depict what the amp sounds like raw direct-in, which is only how all amps should be demonstrated!
Wow ANOTHER ‘68 plexi. Funny enough my Grandmeister 40 on the lead channel with the boost on and the gain set lower sounds more like EVH than this does.
turn off delay! cheat!
This dude has the weirdest haircut.
Too much gain
Than turn the volume on your guitar down 😂😂😂😂😂
Switch off that fuckin delay. WTF!!!!
Wtf is in the signal… it sounds like shit
Chorus
Are there any plans to come out with a 20 watt version?