The Friedman Plex is officially out

[fastredponycar]

Review vid is up

Disclaimer - Zzounds sent this to me to try out for a few weeks and then send back to them. Not sponsored and not paid.

[Spaced Out Ace]

That looks like an Explorer with a Firebird headstock. Is that correct?

[Spaced Out Ace]

What is "Dave's Plexi"? What cab is Dave's "naked" Marshall cabinet? By this, I mean what is the lineage/ownership of both items.

[Guitarbilly]

What is "Dave's Plexi"? What cab is Dave's "naked" Marshall cabinet? By this, I mean what is the lineage/ownership of both items.

Dave's plexi is his favorire amp that he usesd as his main reference point for the Plex a '73 50w lead circuit.

Naked cab is a 72 (I think) 4x12 with blackbacks that is missing the tolex. That's the cab he uses to test/voice all of his amps. I don't think there's any lineage to them, they're just the stuff he uses as the starting point for his designs.

[Ry Manchu]

I'll Zelle $100 to the first guy to send one to David Hopkins to make it sound mo' betta.

[zozobra]

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Gutshot for people who like that kind of thing

[fastredponycar]

That looks like an Explorer with a Firebird headstock. Is that correct?

Yeah it's the Lizzy Hale Explorerbird. It's an absolute beast and my favorite guitar I've ever played. Shame that Gibson did literally zero marketing for the thing.

[fastredponycar]

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Gutshot for people who like that kind of thing

Thomas Blug did a great video with the Plex, his own Plexi and his Amp1 Mercury and they were all really similar. Still really impressed at how good of a sound he gets from that Mercury.

He did a guts analysis of the Plex and it was cool hearing someone who knows a lot about how amps work go through and offer commentary on Dave's design.

TL;DW - Thomas said Dave did a good job and it was nice seeing Dave's own personal touches applied tastefully to a beloved circuit.

[Guitarbilly]

I still have my Amp1 Mercury here. That's a really good amp all things consideres. Not exactly like my tube rigs but definitely close enough that I wouldn't care on a gig.

[zozobra]

plexi.jpg

Gutshot for people who like that kind of thing

Thomas Blug did a great video with the Plex, his own Plexi and his Amp1 Mercury and they were all really similar. Still really impressed at how good of a sound he gets from that Mercury.

He did a guts analysis of the Plex and it was cool hearing someone who knows a lot about how amps work go through and offer commentary on Dave's design.

TL;DW - Thomas said Dave did a good job and it was nice seeing Dave's own personal touches applied tastefully to a beloved circuit.

Nice. I'll give that a watch later on.