I prefer the Golden Plexi, its just so versatile and you can get a range of tones from it from John Frusciante to AC/DC etc, by the way nice playing as always Dave
I've been using the Black Tea on my mini pedal board for my Beatles tribute band dirt tones for years now. It works absolutely perfectly for my gain needs, for that band. I actually run my board thu a newer Vox AC30S1 amp set clean. What I love about the Black Tea is that you can't get a bad sound out of it, and it's extremely versatile. Edge of break up tones, classic rock crunch, or high gain goodness. In fairness, I've never tried the Golden Plexi. There's only so many mini pedals I need LOL :). And I have an XVive Golden Brownie for my Marshall flavored needs. The Black Tea and the Golden Brownie on the same mini pedal board + a mini Ibanez Tubescreamer for a lead boost gives me MORE than everything I need. Great video Dave. I love how in depth you get. Very helpful...and real. Just subscribed. Cheers from Connecticut USA!!!
Dave I just want say your playing is inspirational to me. I watch your videos, and want to jam, and play with the dynamics that you display. Thanks for sharing your musical skill with us on TH-cam.
@@show_that_pedal Of course, we also have, from their anagram range: Bath Lace and Pixel Dongle, from Yet Tonic. I thought for a minute you were from that famous pedal TH-cam site: Pedal That Show.
To me, the Golden Plexi sounds like it has a bit more compression going on which works a lot better for the John Frusciante thing. The Black Tea sounds good also, but not compressed enough for that tone.
That run at 00:40 blew my hair back. Friggin awesome! You want to know what I think? I already have a Golden Plexi and love it. I just went and ordered a Black Tea. I look forward to stacking them! At the price of these two pedals, you can have both of them for less than the price of a double OD pedal. And they both sound GREAT!
Love the sounds of both the black tea and golden plexi. I can also understand about being torn about two really good pedals in which you can't pick one. I have a dunlop ffm2 germanium fuzz face that is my favorite fuzz pedal and I finally bought the blue silicon ffm1 second hand and I'm also torn between the two.
If the BT had more gain would the fizz appear as it does in the GP? Be interesting to know just how similar the circuits are. Could always boost the BT and see if any more can be wrung from it. Sounds fine to me the way it is though. As for the EQ differences, seems like a solution would be just to have a pedal with more controls, preferably active ones. Quick tweak between tunes and you're good to go!
Hi Dave, at first I'm sorry that my English isn't very well.... I think golden plexi is doing really good at the John Frusciante clean tone,but unfortunately it's hard to buy in my country, Jackhammer is hard to buy too. I'm wordenring can any plexi-style pedal can do well at the John Frusciante dirty clean tone and control wh10 ds2's volume jump?Can something like Carl Marting Plexitone or any pedal can do it? Thank you for bringing the tone knowledge to us !!!!
Black Tea warm and inviting still gets my vote! I would use for both clean and distortion!😮... Saying this l believe your decision to use both is the correct one.. it's so close!☺
You can talk yourself into a decision as easily as talk out of one. Both have their own sound. - Do they work together? Is one better in front of the other? How do they sit with other pedals you're using? - I'd consider these before a final choice.
The Golden Plexi seems to me to have a softer, warmer voicing, vs the harder-edged voicing of the Black Tea (I hear that difference on both settings). The Plexi strikes my ear as being more “amp like,” for whatever that’s worth to you. Great tones and playing, as always!
I spent ages watching Andertons demos of these two pedals and couldn't decide on a favourite so ended up not buying either of them. Still couldn't pick one out after watching this, although am swaying very very slightly towards the Black Tea for it's clean and JF sounds. So, to sum up...buy both, they're cheap enough.
they seem exactly the same but completely different!!! really though, i thought the black tea seemed more of a natural 'tube' break up on low gain and would probably cut through the mix better at high gain but i did prefer the sound of the plexi at high gain.
I had to watch this video twice, at first on my phone and chilling and the second with my studio headphones. And the verdict is ... Draw!!!! Because I love the golden plexi for the John Frusciante cleanish. And I really love the distorsion of the black tea. Both are important for what we search and need. Both on the pedal board that’s the perfect choice. And the behave greatly with DS2 and WH10. Again a great video! Greetings from Belgium and keep up your good work, you’re amazingly awesome! Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thank you so much for sharing all those great ideas and passion of playin the guitar.
I had a cool idea inspired by this video, Dave you should do a Tone City/Andertons collaboration pedal in the style of Greg Koch, Rabea and Danish Pete...How about a 2 in 1 pedal with these two called the Black and Gold, with the circuits tweaked to be absolutely perfect for you and extras like a switch to change the order....killer lower and higher gain drives in one box covering Vox and Marshall style tones. I'd buy one in a heartbeat!
So I watched the other Anderton vid when they ran the Durple into the Fro and it sounded GREAT!!!!....So I am thinking about the Durple into a Black Tea ..with the booster they make right from my Les Paul and all that with some Strymon reverb......YUPPERS!!!!!!
I'm getting earlier and earlier...wow. There's something about your playing, idk how to describe it, it's different every time I tune in, unique and very varied. Super inspiring. I did prefer the Tea, nice and 'plummy'. You can try to run a booster beside it maybe for more gain but even on its own it's a monster! Best of luck with your move, hope you settle well. ✌️
That is a very tough call Dave. I have to say I preferred the Black Tea to be honest (after several listens through LOL) the Golden Plexi did have a slight "brittleness" to the top end, and the Black Tea seemed somehow more pleasantly rounded. Either will d the job of course, but the real answer is in how many times you grinned while paying them (I know that's hardly a seriously robust test, but it works for me every time!)
I had a black tea. I loved it, it just didn't work with my band as the other guitarist sits in the same frequency range. I sold it and got a tube screamer. I can be heard now but I may get one again for other projects.
Dave , amazing playing as usual. Boss has just Released the Nextone Special with more tonal controls and a waza speake,r ask them to let you demo that! From what I see it is more tonally diverse than the Katana artist!
In this particular video Dave, I will agree the Black Tea has that mildness to it for that Frusciante clean tone, but what's funny is just the other day through my rig I achieved a tone that was really close.😂 these things get so difficult!haha
Black tea for me, I've owned a golden Plexi before and the distortion sound was too fizzy for me. The black tea has really smooth highs and really nice present mids. Might have to make a purchase...
They both sound great to me, they will again both sound different with humbuckers. I got a golden plexi a few weeks ago on you're recommendation and its great! Now i will have to buy a black tea as well!!!!! ;-) Thanks Dave.................
AND YOU PLAY AWESOME AND YOU SURE KNOW TONE,AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED ONE OF THE BEST OUT THEIR. IF I WERE A FAMOUS GUITARIST YOU'D SURELY COULD BE MY SOUND/TONE MAN.
It’s hard to move on but when something new comes along you are compelled to change. Black T just sounds more versatile for your style. At the end of the day you have both so you can swop at will. BT is the one for the primary board and GP is good for the backup..
To me it sounds like the Black Tea cleans up slightly more than the Golden Plexi. both sound real good though, so with your setup I would use both. I would also suggest trying all your drives chained up, an idea could be to set them in order lowest to highest gain, if you got one just for a clean boost with some tone shaping have that in front. Warning, this can be a time consuming thing to start with! :D As example, I started to use an 808 with almost no gain followed by a Getaway Driver at low gain and a Bangeetar with the gain a bit above noon, a Kongpressor after the drives to tighten it up (only slightly to avoid loosing dynamics) and a Two Stroke (after delay, reverb, tremolo) as a mid/volume boost, that added 6 usable options of drive combinations with an without boost and still the ability to use a fuzz in front, although with all drives engaged and going into high gain territory not all fuzzes play along well. Recently I replaced 3 drives, CR120 preamp and 4 other pedals with a Mooer Preamp Live, got my CR120's dirty channel just on the edge of breakup (added a few drive pedals for additional tone shaping and gain staging) tone profiled to it's Rockeverb channels and an Orange PPC412 IR on the DI output which matches the sound of my real cabs in the room. Gives me 2 clean and 2 driven channels, clean, clean with slight break up (for the Furcoat Fuzz with an low octave added), rhythm and lead, also got a scrambler style fuzz in front to go crazy with. No idea how people usually do with a preamp box like that, I got both dirty channels going with low gain settings and using build in pre boosts to add the missing extra, to my surprise it's Riot and Klon gives me a rhythm and lead sound I like besides being able to cut trough a mix with other guitars. I did use some time tweaking it so I can use the channels for different pickups without the need changing anything on the 5 patches that I use, I don't like fiddling around with stomp box knobs while playing, and as long as each of my guitars character get's trough I'm a happy camper.
I like the black tea, clearer throughout but they work together so no need to choose, problem solved, if I had to choose then black tea. Shoes Dave or would it be uncool to wear slippers. :)
Personally, I think the Black Tea would be great in a stack as a booster (or getting boosted). The Golden Plexi is great for solos. That's my opinion, of course. Considering I mainly play riffs/chugs, the Black Tea would be great for that kind of thing.
I prefer the Black Tea. The Golden Plexi clean is too distorted for my tastes. It's that mid range distortion that accounts fir the perceived brightness and aggressiveness. As for the Plexi's hot mode while nice it's a bit too muddy for me. To me the Black Tea is a nice combination of open sound and distortion. But in the end they're both great and it's all a matter of taste.
Hey David, nice playing. Do you have a video on what you’re rocking on your line 6 hx? I’ve got a line 6 floor and was curious about the best “John set-up” there aren’t too many videos on it, cheers :)
Hey Dave, we need to get together again soon for a '68 Plexi vs '71 Super PA head to head. Regarding this video, I think you keep both the BT and the GP. If you need to switch anything out, get rid of the Boss DS1. That's my opinion 😀
I would go with the Black Tea if I had to choose between the two of them. But, that and the Golden Plexi do sound pretty great. On another note: What is that smaller Marshall head that is to your left?
Looking at the schematics of the originals (like a lot of budget pedals these are straight clones, in this case of the Carl Martin AC-Tone and Plexitone apparently) they are very similar pedals with the Plexi using LED soft clipping and the AC using Transistors for clipping instead. So that's the reason they sound similar. Generalising because I'm no expert, LEDs tend to clip with more "knee" to the wave form so will tend to have a harsher/crunchier sound. The Guvnor uses LED clipping as well but In a different way as hard clippers. The type of clipping also effects the amount of compression and distortion available, hence the difference there. You could actually have a pedal that toggles between the two pretty easily...but that would mean less sales I guess.
Yeah that's right, LEDs also have a higher headroom so they clip less with the same amount of amplification (compared to something like a silicion or germanium diode). They also light up when they clip, which looks great.
Black tea had slightly more mid range i think listening on headphones, I bet the circuit is identical in each pedal with just a slight value difference in one or more of the components probably a resistor or two. Also you need to try humbuckers too and maybe plug into a few amps see which appeals more. from what i can hear i'm liking the Black Tea.
Like you say not much in 'em, but the Golden Plexi is a bit more classic 60's/70's blues strat like to my ears. It's more Hendrix like ! I bet we've all got a fraying sock or two, don't worry.
Around 11:50 Dave sitting inside the house. Wait.. are there seagulls in the sound backdrop?... Ah YES I know. Its the squeaky itchy chair he is sitting on. :D There is the Golden Plexi 2 on the market. Any ideas of it or already tested?
I have both (I got the Golden Plexi due to you, Dave, haha). I prefer the Golden Plexi. I think my Black Tea sounds underwhelming compared to yours. South of noon it sounds too clean.
Black tea for me. I thought it was killer on the original 19 pedal demo and I thought it was better again. The Golden Plexi sounds bit harsher to me. Edit - And then I got to the point on the video where you said just that about it being harsher.... 😄
@@adam-sy2fj I'm no tone wizard like Dave, but, I'd say nothing in it comes too close to a Boss DS2, which is essential to J.F. tone. But you can get pretty far with everything else. I used Dave's settings for his zoom from the Desert Island Pedal video, and they sound the same.
I prefer the Golden Plexi, its just so versatile and you can get a range of tones from it from John Frusciante to AC/DC etc, by the way nice playing as always Dave
cant wait for the videos from france
me too...iasked whrn he was going in an earlier video comments..told me he was already there so shouldnt be long????!!!!😉
Man! That opening solo made me want to turn my guitar into a coffee table. Incredible!
Plexi clean to a Back Tea distortion. Sounds like a signature Gravy pedal right there.
I've been using the Black Tea on my mini pedal board for my Beatles tribute band dirt tones for years now. It works absolutely perfectly for my gain needs, for that band. I actually run my board thu a newer Vox AC30S1 amp set clean. What I love about the Black Tea is that you can't get a bad sound out of it, and it's extremely versatile. Edge of break up tones, classic rock crunch, or high gain goodness. In fairness, I've never tried the Golden Plexi. There's only so many mini pedals I need LOL :). And I have an XVive Golden Brownie for my Marshall flavored needs. The Black Tea and the Golden Brownie on the same mini pedal board + a mini Ibanez Tubescreamer for a lead boost gives me MORE than everything I need.
Great video Dave. I love how in depth you get. Very helpful...and real. Just subscribed. Cheers from Connecticut USA!!!
Dave I just want say your playing is inspirational to me. I watch your videos, and want to jam, and play with the dynamics that you display. Thanks for sharing your musical skill with us on TH-cam.
I prefer the Golden Tea and Black Plexi pedals from Cone Tity
Lol.
I like the Tolden Pea and the Glack Blexi by Phone Pity!
@@show_that_pedal
Of course, we also have, from their anagram range: Bath Lace and Pixel Dongle, from Yet Tonic.
I thought for a minute you were from that famous pedal TH-cam site: Pedal That Show.
To me, the Golden Plexi sounds like it has a bit more compression going on which works a lot better for the John Frusciante thing. The Black Tea sounds good also, but not compressed enough for that tone.
I prefer the golden plexi when clean. It enhanced the sound of your strat
That run at 00:40 blew my hair back. Friggin awesome!
You want to know what I think? I already have a Golden Plexi and love it. I just went and ordered a Black Tea. I look forward to stacking them! At the price of these two pedals, you can have both of them for less than the price of a double OD pedal. And they both sound GREAT!
Love the sounds of both the black tea and golden plexi. I can also understand about being torn about two really good pedals in which you can't pick one. I have a dunlop ffm2 germanium fuzz face that is my favorite fuzz pedal and I finally bought the blue silicon ffm1 second hand and I'm also torn between the two.
Preferred the Black Tea for sure. Also, that trouser leg and sock looked liked something out of Night Of The Zombies :D
Black tea for me. I know you want the extra gain but I think it can be compensated for with the other gain pedals you have on your board already.
Combine the two and have a signature tone city pedal!
Such a subtle difference on the recording, both sound great individually but they did seem to come alive when you stacked them.
If the BT had more gain would the fizz appear as it does in the GP? Be interesting to know just how similar the circuits are. Could always boost the BT and see if any more can be wrung from it. Sounds fine to me the way it is though. As for the EQ differences, seems like a solution would be just to have a pedal with more controls, preferably active ones. Quick tweak between tunes and you're good to go!
Hi Dave, at first I'm sorry that my English isn't very well....
I think golden plexi is doing really good at the John Frusciante clean tone,but unfortunately it's hard to buy in my country, Jackhammer is hard to buy too. I'm wordenring can any plexi-style pedal can do well at the John Frusciante dirty clean tone and control wh10 ds2's volume jump?Can something like Carl Marting Plexitone or any pedal can do it?
Thank you for bringing the tone knowledge to us !!!!
Black Tea warm and inviting still gets my vote! I would use for both clean and distortion!😮... Saying this l believe your decision to use both is the correct one.. it's so close!☺
I like the plexi,I have the drive turned right down and boost it with an SD1 for a bit extra.
You can talk yourself into a decision as easily as talk out of one. Both have their own sound. - Do they work together? Is one better in front of the other? How do they sit with other pedals you're using? - I'd consider these before a final choice.
The Golden Plexi seems to me to have a softer, warmer voicing, vs the harder-edged voicing of the Black Tea (I hear that difference on both settings). The Plexi strikes my ear as being more “amp like,” for whatever that’s worth to you. Great tones and playing, as always!
I’m hearing exactly what you’re hearing, which is totally opposite of what he is describing.
Not rubbing anything in - but Dave probably is missing his house already for it is a cosy one.
My favorite guitar channel! Absolutely fantastic!
I spent ages watching Andertons demos of these two pedals and couldn't decide on a favourite so ended up not buying either of them. Still couldn't pick one out after watching this, although am swaying very very slightly towards the Black Tea for it's clean and JF sounds. So, to sum up...buy both, they're cheap enough.
Buy them both, they are cheap enough all things considered..
When you’re playing in you’re band, it wouldn’t make the slightest difference, both pedals sound good. Don’t worry about it.
they seem exactly the same but completely different!!! really though, i thought the black tea seemed more of a natural 'tube' break up on low gain and would probably cut through the mix better at high gain but i did prefer the sound of the plexi at high gain.
I had to watch this video twice, at first on my phone and chilling and the second with my studio headphones.
And the verdict is ...
Draw!!!!
Because I love the golden plexi for the John Frusciante cleanish. And I really love the distorsion of the black tea.
Both are important for what we search and need.
Both on the pedal board that’s the perfect choice.
And the behave greatly with DS2 and WH10.
Again a great video!
Greetings from Belgium and keep up your good work, you’re amazingly awesome!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Thank you so much for sharing all those great ideas and passion of playin the guitar.
Amazing playing as always Dave, makes me smile. Makes me want to A/B this pedals myself, will have to dig them out
You need to try the Tone City Little Heat also. Might be just the ticket?
I thought the Back Tea being boosted by the Golden Plexi had a very Gary Moore "Red House" vibe to it.
Great playing Dave... You are on fire🧯☮️😎🎸🎶
I had a cool idea inspired by this video, Dave you should do a Tone City/Andertons collaboration pedal in the style of Greg Koch, Rabea and Danish Pete...How about a 2 in 1 pedal with these two called the Black and Gold, with the circuits tweaked to be absolutely perfect for you and extras like a switch to change the order....killer lower and higher gain drives in one box covering Vox and Marshall style tones. I'd buy one in a heartbeat!
So I watched the other Anderton vid when they ran the Durple into the Fro and it sounded GREAT!!!!....So I am thinking about the Durple into a Black Tea ..with the booster they make right from my Les Paul and all that with some Strymon reverb......YUPPERS!!!!!!
I'm getting earlier and earlier...wow.
There's something about your playing, idk how to describe it, it's different every time I tune in, unique and very varied. Super inspiring.
I did prefer the Tea, nice and 'plummy'. You can try to run a booster beside it maybe for more gain but even on its own it's a monster!
Best of luck with your move, hope you settle well. ✌️
That is a very tough call Dave. I have to say I preferred the Black Tea to be honest (after several listens through LOL) the Golden Plexi did have a slight "brittleness" to the top end, and the Black Tea seemed somehow more pleasantly rounded. Either will d the job of course, but the real answer is in how many times you grinned while paying them (I know that's hardly a seriously robust test, but it works for me every time!)
I had a black tea. I loved it, it just didn't work with my band as the other guitarist sits in the same frequency range. I sold it and got a tube screamer. I can be heard now but I may get one again for other projects.
I like the black tea. Maybe add the Hubcap John treble booster for the extra push you would like?
Dave , amazing playing as usual. Boss has just Released the Nextone Special with more tonal controls and a waza speake,r ask them to let you demo that! From what I see it is more tonally diverse than the Katana artist!
They are very similar. Put one on one board and the other on one of your other boards. Job done
In this particular video Dave, I will agree the Black Tea has that mildness to it for that Frusciante clean tone, but what's funny is just the other day through my rig I achieved a tone that was really close.😂 these things get so difficult!haha
Black tea for me, I've owned a golden Plexi before and the distortion sound was too fizzy for me. The black tea has really smooth highs and really nice present mids. Might have to make a purchase...
They both sound great to me, they will again both sound different with humbuckers. I got a golden plexi a few weeks ago on you're recommendation and its great! Now i will have to buy a black tea as well!!!!! ;-) Thanks Dave.................
Black T , that really is special pedal great drive and clarity it really has that head turning attention grabbing what pedal is he using sound .
AND YOU PLAY AWESOME AND YOU SURE KNOW TONE,AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED ONE OF THE BEST OUT THEIR. IF I WERE A FAMOUS GUITARIST YOU'D SURELY COULD BE MY SOUND/TONE MAN.
Dave is one of the best on the planet!
It’s hard to move on but when something new comes along you are compelled to change. Black T just sounds more versatile for your style. At the end of the day you have both so you can swop at will. BT is the one for the primary board and GP is good for the backup..
To me it sounds like the Black Tea cleans up slightly more than the Golden Plexi. both sound real good though, so with your setup I would use both.
I would also suggest trying all your drives chained up, an idea could be to set them in order lowest to highest gain, if you got one just for a clean boost with some tone shaping have that in front.
Warning, this can be a time consuming thing to start with! :D
As example, I started to use an 808 with almost no gain followed by a Getaway Driver at low gain and a Bangeetar with the gain a bit above noon, a Kongpressor after the drives to tighten it up (only slightly to avoid loosing dynamics) and a Two Stroke (after delay, reverb, tremolo) as a mid/volume boost, that added 6 usable options of drive combinations with an without boost and still the ability to use a fuzz in front, although with all drives engaged and going into high gain territory not all fuzzes play along well.
Recently I replaced 3 drives, CR120 preamp and 4 other pedals with a Mooer Preamp Live, got my CR120's dirty channel just on the edge of breakup (added a few drive pedals for additional tone shaping and gain staging) tone profiled to it's Rockeverb channels and an Orange PPC412 IR on the DI output which matches the sound of my real cabs in the room.
Gives me 2 clean and 2 driven channels, clean, clean with slight break up (for the Furcoat Fuzz with an low octave added), rhythm and lead, also got a scrambler style fuzz in front to go crazy with.
No idea how people usually do with a preamp box like that, I got both dirty channels going with low gain settings and using build in pre boosts to add the missing extra, to my surprise it's Riot and Klon gives me a rhythm and lead sound I like besides being able to cut trough a mix with other guitars.
I did use some time tweaking it so I can use the channels for different pickups without the need changing anything on the 5 patches that I use, I don't like fiddling around with stomp box knobs while playing, and as long as each of my guitars character get's trough I'm a happy camper.
already had the golden plexi cause of dave and love it.... just bought the black tea to replace it haha
I like the black tea, clearer throughout but they work together so no need to choose, problem solved, if I had to choose then black tea.
Shoes Dave or would it be uncool to wear slippers. :)
I’m getting the golden plexi next month 👌👌👌
love your content and insights! gotta stabilize that video tho - the slight shakiness makes one dizzy....
Hello! And good afternoon from Talent, Oregon. 🌎
Personally, I think the Black Tea would be great in a stack as a booster (or getting boosted). The Golden Plexi is great for solos. That's my opinion, of course. Considering I mainly play riffs/chugs, the Black Tea would be great for that kind of thing.
Bought the golden plexi , love it
Do we see another collaboration, Good Gravy Tonecity pedal! Sounds like a Black Tea with a rouch more gaiin! LOVE!!!
I prefer the Black Tea. The Golden Plexi clean is too distorted for my tastes. It's that mid range distortion that accounts fir the perceived brightness and aggressiveness. As for the Plexi's hot mode while nice it's a bit too muddy for me. To me the Black Tea is a nice combination of open sound and distortion. But in the end they're both great and it's all a matter of taste.
Holy socks n trousers.... I love em both
For John Frusciante tone, try the pedal "weehbo jtm drive" , very good pedal.
bonjour dave super video, j'espère que tout va bien en france
Hey David, nice playing. Do you have a video on what you’re rocking on your line 6 hx? I’ve got a line 6 floor and was curious about the best “John set-up” there aren’t too many videos on it, cheers :)
I have a few vids on the hx yeps. :)
These socks are awesome :D. Really if i was as shameless as u are i´d have a better live !
Hahaha. I think it's because he just spends each single penny on guitar gear.
What about using the booster with the Lowend switch engaged with the GP..??????
Hey Dave, we need to get together again soon for a '68 Plexi vs '71 Super PA head to head. Regarding this video, I think you keep both the BT and the GP. If you need to switch anything out, get rid of the Boss DS1. That's my opinion 😀
Great intro !!! Thank you...again.
You're awesome Dave. I want to play like you one day.
Hi Dave have golden plexi for 1 thing and black tea for the other
I would go with the Black Tea if I had to choose between the two of them. But, that and the Golden Plexi do sound pretty great. On another note: What is that smaller Marshall head that is to your left?
Its a lead 12 head. Great little thing. :)
Great video are you gonna get the v3 one day trust me I feel it sounds more powerful with the ds2 and more intense than v2.
Looking at the schematics of the originals (like a lot of budget pedals these are straight clones, in this case of the Carl Martin AC-Tone and Plexitone apparently) they are very similar pedals with the Plexi using LED soft clipping and the AC using Transistors for clipping instead. So that's the reason they sound similar. Generalising because I'm no expert, LEDs tend to clip with more "knee" to the wave form so will tend to have a harsher/crunchier sound. The Guvnor uses LED clipping as well but In a different way as hard clippers. The type of clipping also effects the amount of compression and distortion available, hence the difference there. You could actually have a pedal that toggles between the two pretty easily...but that would mean less sales I guess.
Yeah that's right, LEDs also have a higher headroom so they clip less with the same amount of amplification (compared to something like a silicion or germanium diode). They also light up when they clip, which looks great.
JWlademann. Have you found a way to increase the bottom end of the Golden Plexi? Love the pedal but lacks in the bottom.
Need to do one Dave for us humbuckers players.!👍
They are both killer I just think the golden plexi has more character 🔥
Hey it's Shoeless Dave! Clean tone Plexi has more overtones than the Black Tea making the Plexi harsh vs Tea.
What about the new Golden plexi 2?
black tea has that all around rock sound
Brilliant video Dave I'm sure that's the same guitar from the orange amps instagram from the other night ❤️
They both sound amazing, but I think jackhammer and guv'nor combination sounds even better :)
Black tea had slightly more mid range i think listening on headphones, I bet the circuit is identical in each pedal with just a slight value difference in one or more of the components probably a resistor or two. Also you need to try humbuckers too and maybe plug into a few amps see which appeals more. from what i can hear i'm liking the Black Tea.
Can you please show your amp settings also love your playing style and ur content keep up the good work mate! ✨🔥
Like you say not much in 'em, but the Golden Plexi is a bit more classic 60's/70's blues strat like to my ears. It's more Hendrix like !
I bet we've all got a fraying sock or two, don't worry.
Black tea, Nice warm sound
Both awesome, BT cleans up better, but the Plexi sounds better with DS2
Easy,,, the Golden plexi. Warmer, fuller with more dynamics... dang it dave,, now I want a golden plexi..
Hi Dave, have you (or any other people of the tube) tried either of these through a Boss Katana, and if so what did you think?
I like both of them very cool pedals 👌👌👍
Around 11:50 Dave sitting inside the house. Wait.. are there seagulls in the sound backdrop?... Ah YES I know. Its the squeaky itchy chair he is sitting on. :D
There is the Golden Plexi 2 on the market. Any ideas of it or already tested?
Too close to call, at least on my iPad in the kitchen.... both HAS to be the right choice! 😊👍
I have both (I got the Golden Plexi due to you, Dave, haha). I prefer the Golden Plexi. I think my Black Tea sounds underwhelming compared to yours. South of noon it sounds too clean.
Amp, mic, pups, strings.
And different hands.
When Elon Musk perfects the neural interface, I wanna download your guitar skills man!
Frade socks are cool dude
I prefer Golden Plexi.
not gonna lie, i think i like the black tea more, just from the john style cleans!
Yup both together ow yes
Can you do a studio tour in france?
Preferred the Golden Plexi in all examples. The Black Tea has a kind of Vox thing going on. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
The conclusion of this video is: you need both!!! ;)
niether the jackhammer covers every sound you could want
Black tea for me. I thought it was killer on the original 19 pedal demo and I thought it was better again. The Golden Plexi sounds bit harsher to me.
Edit - And then I got to the point on the video where you said just that about it being harsher.... 😄
Did Hendrix also used Plexi?
Luckily they both have a small pedalboard-footprint :D
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Thank you. :)
Black Tea, it just 'sounds' fuller
Have you tried the Zoom G1x4 Dave? I'm thinking of getting one
I love mine, apart from the scroll function. It does so much for the money.
@@jamescarey3995 How well does it do a Frusciante tone?
@@adam-sy2fj I'm no tone wizard like Dave, but, I'd say nothing in it comes too close to a Boss DS2, which is essential to J.F. tone. But you can get pretty far with everything else. I used Dave's settings for his zoom from the Desert Island Pedal video, and they sound the same.
I haven't tried one yet. Sadly.
@@jamescarey3995 That's fine because i already have a ds-2. Thanks for the help man