The Hot-Rod Plexi pedal from Tech 21 has all-analog SansAmp technology to provide two operating modes that’ll change the personality of any guitar amp. In Stock mode, you have an emulated signal path from the input jack to the speaker jack (without the speaker emulation) of a stock ‘68 Plexi. Stomp on the Hot mode button and add the sound of an extra, “virtual” 12AX7 tube in the pre-amp stage with its own level control. Hot mode adds up to 28dB insane in the brain pre-amp gain.
Other tone carving tools are: the Tone control cuts the high-end fizz without losing midrange cut and Drive works as an Яber gain and overdrive control—awesome. Thump adjusts the low-end for the resonant frequency of a 4x12 cabinet. Other features include a high-impedance input and a silent-switching, custom footswitch actuator.
The Hot-Rod Plexi pedal is available exclusively through Musician’s Friend during its introductory launch. It sells for $215 MSRP. For more information and a demo video, visit http://tech21nyc.com.
By Barry Rudolph
miniBio: Barry Rudolph is a recording engineer/mixer with over 30 gold and platinum RIAA awards to his credit. He has recorded and/or mixed: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hall & Oates, Pat Benatar, Rod Stewart, the Corrs and Robbie Nevil. Barry has his own futuristic music mixing facility and also teaches recording engineering at Musician’s Institute, Hollywood, CA. http://www.barryrudolph.
