6 Cool Recent Medium Enclosure Plexi Pedals

This was actually announced back in March of last year, but does not seem to have resonated particularly and thus operates as something of a dark horse.

This is essentially a 3-Band EQ version of Plexi - with Vintage and Modern modes, and 3 levels of Lead Boost as such - activated by second / left-hand footswitch. This has generally been very well received - but has still largely ended up being under the radar, and even considered for discontinuation - which would be a real shame.

This is another great Cusack Music release and well worth a consideration.

And so to my obvious front-runner here, and one that has been featured quite a few times on this blog. As mentioned previously - I would have preferred this as a vertical format edition, but all those extended control quite justify the use of the horizontal here.

The Plexi-side of the pedal has Level, Gain, Tone and Shape (Countour / Mid-Shift) controls; while the RangeMaster-side has Range (Frequency Focus), Level, Low and High Frequency controls. There is also of course a central Channel Order switch for - A/B | B/A.

This is just a fantastic extended-range execution, and it seems like Zvonko Suhodolcan has considered every eventuality here. This is really fantastic attention to detail and is surely the finest example of its type currently available. One of these will be min soon enough!

This Italian-made variety has popped up on the radar a few times, but is still somewhat in the shadows for most of the mainstream. Actually not that conceptually different to the Cusack Meta Plexi - albeit with quite different controls.

The 1987 V2 has Drive, Tone, Level and Eleven (Boost/2nd Channel) knobs, with toggle switches for Tight and Mids. And the second footswitch is indeed '11' which is controlled by that Eleven knob! That whole part is very similar to the Meta Plexi's Lead element - in both cases I see those as sort of equivalent to a boost element.

This is another great sounding and very compelling mid-size Plexi - possibly a little harder to get hold of than most - but very much worth a punt as such if you can track one down.

Phillip McKnight first introduced me to PedalPalFX pedals - probably one of the world's most foremost shops for MIAB style pedals and with a number of classics already in the roster. I've long wanted at least one of the PedalPals,and the 800 V3 Gold is the most likely candidate for that. While I'm always amazed that these are still made and shipped from Venezuela.

We have in effect 4-Band EQ here including Presence, then a switch for the Slash #34 Mod, and a Classic / Modern voicing switch. We also have a I/II second footswitch channel selector - which delivers two levels of gain, via an interior trim-pot control too as fas as I gather. So operating in some similar way to the Meta Plexi and 1987 V2 also in this selection.

Like I have said before - I have long since determined that I want one of the Pedal Pal types - and this is surely the one to get for me.

It is well known that I'm a significant fan of Marc Ahlfs and his Skreddy Pedals output. I've said many times before that we buy into a pedal-builder's Ears essentially - and their preferred take and calibration of a particular genre. So if you like a number of pedals from one imprint, then you are likely to enjoy most of them.

This is a slightly different take on a Super Lead Plexi - with that fairly typical 3-Band EQ - while Marc always does something special to his mid-range band, and we have a 6th Sag control which is a little rarer in these circumstances.

It's quite evident that this selection makes for a few difficult choices. I think each of these pedals will find happy homes though. Each solution here definitely has merit and is worthy of your consideration.