Nux Plexi Crunch Review Reissue Pedal
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- Nux Plexi Crunch Review. In this video, I review the brand new NuX Plexi Crunch Pedal from the Reissue Series. This is a High Gain pedal that emulates the sought after Marshall Plexi amp. In order to offer an objective review, I used a Hotone Britwind amp which includes a VOX AC Amp and Marshall Plexi. This is a really great sounding pedal, especially with a little reverb and tweaking the guitar volume. Enjoy!
0:00 Intro
0:35 Setup
1:08 Tour
1:29 Demo with VOX Amp
4:47 Demo with Marshall Amp
8:17 Conclusion
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I ordered one of these yesterday afternoon. The mid scoop in the tone circuit is largely how come this pedal will likely be a huge step forward in my quest to approximate the Boston guitar tone - without needing a Rockman unit of any kind
actually if you crank it all the way it has so many mids that you’ll likely go into feedback it did with at least three setups I’ve tried it with but it sounded better than any other high gain pedal I’ve come across when I got the settings just right which isn’t as hard as when there’s a 3-band eq or more complex one like the metal zone
Just use a qzone pedal (like Rick Beato does) or get an MXR parametric eq to boost the mids. Using a qzone with a plexi style distortion and stereo chorus gives you a very close Boston sound.
You might want to try master at 10 o'clock ...pre at 4 o'clock ...tone at 10 o'clock and presence at 12 o'clock. This setting actually matches my 50 watt Plexi.
Thanks for the suggestion
Using what kind of pickups? Thanks.
@@SamlonHoldfield humbuckers
I bought the Mosky Plexi-M and I noticed when I crank the volume on the pedal it sounds better, I put the gain around 12-1 o'clock and then the tone i put around 11 o'clock because I'm playing through a JCM 900 with 6L6 so it isn't that warm. The volume is around 2 o'clock
Nice little sound. Or big sound. Off topic, thanks for your series on Trio+ which helped me a lot. Liking this pedal too.
i'm down with that. Trio sries damn good, just like this
Thank you very much. I'll be doing more TRIO vids in the future as soon as I find some time!
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you like the TRIO videos. Be sure to subscribe for future TRIO vids.
Nice Cover! I have the NUX LOOP CORE And The NUX RECTO..... For some Fuzz....... Really Happy with their Products! I might Just get this Pedal!
It’s a good one to add to the collection.
Muy buena revisión
Gracias
Been playing metal and hard rock since '79.my basic rig was always a proco rat boosted with a tubescreamer,vox wah and MXR eq running through a fender 100 watt solid state on clean channel.nithing beats the RAT pedal!!I don't play live anymore and picked up the NUX and was surprised at how good it is on a fender champ 20 watt solid state bedroom practice amp for $49 you can't go wrong..hell the last 40years we have all wasted much more on shit pedals ....great video bro!!
Thanks
I have one of these and I swear my favorite way to use it is the tone knob dialed all the way back. It cuts the mids and it's a pretty usable metal tone.
Cool idea
Very good review. How do you compare it with the Boss power stack ST-2?
Thanks. Haven't tried it against that pedal as we're not a Boss dealer.
I have an old BOSS Power Stack (black stomp box). The ST-2 should be treated more like a stand-alone guitar pre-amp, & less like a conventional overdrive pedal. (If that makes any sense.). That being said, you can get some HUGE sounds out of an ST-2, when properly cranked. I think that the ST-2 could benefit from a good EQ pedal, in order to max out its full sonic potential. Just one old man's humble opinion...
The Boss Power Stack is a badass beast of a toneful pedal... it's versatile asf
What's the name of the track playing behind you at the beginning?
Pretty cool video! Maybe one day you'll be interested about Djenttonic pedal 😉
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I have a 5 watt tube amp. Just one clean channel and two knobs, volume and tone. Will this work?
I don’t see why it wouldn’t
@@ThePedalGuy thank you! I just ordered it 😁😁😁 Great review also!
No. Your amp will explode and you will die.
The one problem with these pre amp boxes is using delay or reverb. You can’t place them anywhere except right before the amp and it can really ruin your ambiance tone.
Wonder how it sounds with regular solid state amps rather than tubes.
It sounds great.
He's not running this pedal through a tube amp.. it's an amp simulator... so amp simulator = solid state.
On topic, yet off topic. If I got a wireless NUX mighty air, how would I run foot pedals if I'm wireless?
That one took me a minute. Well, it wouldn't work, as you would need a receiver that's not built into the amp. What you could do is get a B5RC and a Mighty Lite BT. That would essentially get you there. The only drawback would be that you wouldn't have the stereo amp. Hope that helps.
@@ThePedalGuy that does help. I've been contemplating a wireless but when I thought about my pedals I just had no clue. Thanks.
@@Sandy.Squirrel No problem
Actually, you can use the Mighty Air with pedals, but not wireless. The amp has an 1/4" input jack wich enables you to connect via cables. In case one needs to use a pedal, as this amp has many effects already!
I never played Plexi, that has THAT much gain. What they are baseing these pedals on? On plexi with heavy OD in front of them?
It can put out a bit more than a real Plexi but the best tones are set up with it backed off a bit.
My thoughts exactly. Especially when he had the preamp all the way down it was like a real Plexi dimed.
@@ramonaHQ yep
My thoughts too, seems to be a straight in at max pedal, maybe you could ride the guitar volume I suppose
@David Van Budgie that seems very probable :D
settings for fat Cheap Trick sound?
One thing no one talks about is the supposedly “3 gain stages” how do you switch between them? Is the switch inside the pedal?
Not sure what you mean. There’s no switch
@@ThePedalGuy yes. So what gain stage was this set at? If you look at any ad for this pedal it boasts 3 gain stages. Unless it’s just nonsensical jargon for the more you turn up the preamp more gain? Idk , just not sure what they mean by 3 gain stages. Thanks for the reply
@@SaintsCheatI noticed that in ads for it too. I haven’t opened it up yet to look for a switch
Can I run this pedal through a hi gain channel
Yes it’s a high gain pedal.
So, from the way you've demoed it, you made it seem like the Master is, like on the real amp, inducing "power tube" saturation. Am I misunderstanding this correctly? If I'm understanding it correctly, how do you control the overall output of the pedal? I mean if you want both preamp and power tube saturation, won't the output be too hot and wouldn't you risk clipping the A/D converter of some modelers?
That’s correct. The plexi is used as an overdrive in this setup so that you can hear what it’s actually doing. If I were to crank the gain on the amp and just use the plexi as usual it would be rubbing one preamp into another which doesn’t prove the point
@@ThePedalGuy I suppose that'll work just fine on a tube amp.
@@genenery9315 of course
@@ThePedalGuy I really think they ought to have included another volume control for its overall output.
Great review but the pedal isn’t all that in tone (my opinion). With that being said, I believe the panel is only $49.99 so for a beginner it would not be a bad choice (especially if you are on a budget).
That's exactly the point. It's priced to be a beginners pedal or someone who is learning to use distortion or for someone who just wants to dabble in it. However, you can create some really decent sounds. Just need to experiment a bit. Thanks for watching.
The "Plexi Crunch" may be a re-issue of the old HG-6 High Gain Distortion (which was also release fairly recently as the Twinote Pi-Fuzz).
Hope this doesn't hurt sales, TPG.
Couldn't tell you for sure, but it's smoking at the moment. Almost burned through our first shipment.
are you using a Vox aC15C1 here?
The VOX emulation is based on a ac30 I think
@@ThePedalGuy so it was an emulation, not the actual amp
@@chojinkid the Hotone britwind is an amp. One channel emulates a vox. The other channel is a plexi.
I don't feel these amp simulators are going to do this pedal justice... I heard another demo a guy did on tube amp... it sounded completely different then this demo did... I sounded a lot better... I may be buying one from OfferUp
@@bluesmakesuhappy yes I gigged with this pedal through a proper AC15 and AC30 and it sounds superb, for the price is a no brainer, sounds much better than many more expensive ones
Physically, it looks a lot like a RambleFX Marvel Drive.
That's true.
I wish it sounded like that ;o)
@@liedgitarrist Yea, they are very different sounding pedals.
A Marshal Plexi is not a high gain amp so maybe "Plexi + high gain" is a better description?
Thanks for the feedback
Would a metal band use this pedal?
Yes. The Recto is also a good solution.
Enough of all the nay Sayers. I have one question, I just bought this today and I need to know how the amp settings should be. I have the Peavey 7:41 7:41 Classic 30. I play Epi Les Paul Special. I really don't understand how the amp and petal work together. I don't like much distortion, I like that crunchy but clean bluesy sound. Just not sure where to begin
You experiment until you GET SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE when you play.... L O U D😮
@brimans3092 I feel ya on that we are getting there sometimes quickly s sometimes slowly. No petal anymore either learning to get the blues tones I like but the clean evades my touch the way I like it. My high e and B strings are out of tone to the high side. An that gets on my nerves playing to a backing track. Raised my neck pick up a little on the top end side, not much difference. Any ideas how to get ride of a flat sounding too high pitch on those 2 strings. Been told it's because the tube's aren't energized enough because the sounds too low. My family an neighbors don't appreciate the amp turned up at night
@@user-if5sv9ot9h get an MXR Compressor. That will even out the sound. If your using thick strings 10 or 11..try 9's..Relax when you play. Play along to your favourite band or artist for hours until you mesh, become part of band your playing along with. Try Jimi Hendrix album Axis Bold As Love. Play along to tbe whole album. Back off your volume on the guitar to soften the 'attack'... Keep playing. Dont ever give up. Find some musician friends of same level of ability to play with in a rehearsal room. Dont play too loud at home and annoy people. Go to a rehearsal room. When you play with other people you will get better and its exciting. Listen to The Ramones first Listen to the Buzzcocks and Motorhead and Led Zepellin and Black Sabbath..... and The Beatles, Kinks, Rolling Stones, Djanho Rhinehart and Nirvana...
Kind of a one trick pony pedal. Reminds me of the Friedman BE-OD (which is a one trick pony) but the Nux is probably half the money.
Thanks for the feedback. Kind of....you can get a wide palette of tones out of this pedal depending on the amp that you use with it. That's why I showed it with a VOX and Marshall so you could hear it for yourself.
Thanks for watching!
Funny thing, but I don't hear that at all. I think it's capable of emulating a Fuzz Face, a true Plexi, a Rectifier and a few things in between. My endeavor remains to approximate the Boston guitar tone. I suspect this pedal can make it so.
I have many distortions and gain/overdrive pedals... none of them are one trick ponys... you can be creative when you play to get all the tones you need...
Way too much drive too soon..
Thanks for the feedback
Flabby.
F*****g Fuzz!!!!
I was really disappointed with this pedal. I mean it had a good slightly splatty tube-like sound, but like a lot of cheaper amps and overdrive pedals, it was voiced badly in the high frequencies. I found it had too much of an aggressive high-frequency roll-off I had to use an eq pedal after it to bring back in the 6k. IMO a boss blues driver sounds a lot better but for $50 I can't complain too much I guess. to be fair if you prefer a darker sound and don't like a lot of 6-7k slice in your sound you might love this pedal.
The XTC might be a better solution. But at $50 it’s pretty good
The Presence Is too high ..Just saying !
Thanks for the feedback
Sounds plasticy, fuzzy, clipped.
Basically a Boss HM-2.
Ok
Sounds terrible
Ok
This dude has one of the crappiest tones I've ever heard. Nothing but fuzz and mud... on an out of tune guitar no less. 🤣
LOL. I always love "constructive" feedback 🙄