Dave Friedman Introduces the All-New Friedman PLEX - In-Depth Review!
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- The All New Friedman PLEX. Get your PLEX at N Stuff Music right now:
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Dave and Sammy stopped by the store during our March Madness event this year, and shot a bunch of product demos for us.
Dave Friedman’s personal 1968 JMP Super Lead “Plexi” kicked off his lifelong quest for tone and inspired the entire Friedman Amplification product line. Friedman has earned the reputation of a master amp builder and capturing the magic of this unique amplifier has been his unrelenting passion-project for years. The Friedman PLEX head is the realization of that dream.
The PLEX is a “verbatim sonic-twin” of Dave’s all-time favorite amplifier - that special ‘68 JMP. Sparing no expense in time and effort, Dave took great care in defining and utilizing the best modern construction techniques, sourcing the exact parts and finding the perfect tubes to reproduce this amp’s character. The Friedman PLEX is, in Dave’s own words “my favorite.”
The Vintage Collection:
The PLEX is the first model in the Friedman Vintage Collection - a series of unique amp designs based on the classic amplifiers that influenced and shaped Dave’s Friedman tonal signature. The Vintage Collection captures the sonic nostalgia and authenticity of yesteryear, while infusing decades of Dave’s knowledge into each design.
Authentic Plexi Tone:
The PLEX is a 50-watt, 2-channel, EL34-driven design that meticulously captures the genuine Plexi tone and feel of Dave's revered 1968 JMP Super Lead. Distinct Lead and Normal channels, each equipped with their own Volume controls, replicate the non-master volume performance of its predecessor perfectly. The harder you push these channels, the more the amp responds with increased saturation, harmonic richness and sustained brilliance.
Internal Channel Jumpering:
The Friedman PLEX features internal channel jumpering, replicating the external blending technique used with vintage Plexi amplifiers. This feature lets you easily blend the Lead and Normal channels to perfection with the turn of a control knob. It’s a seamless and convenient sound-shaping method that pays homage to the amp’s history.
Friedman Post-Phase Master Volume Control:
A modern twist on the PLEX's vintage heritage is Dave Friedman's master volume control. As the Normal and Lead channels' gain increases, so does their volume. Dave’s innovative approach lets you bring the amp back to manageable levels, without sacrificing the tone or dynamic feel, he worked so hard to replicate. This unique post-phase master volume design ensured that, whether you're unleashing the PLEX's full power, or dialing it down for quieter settings, the amp's inherent character and tonal richness remains intact.
Tonal Flexibility:
Completing the PLEX’s sonic palette is a vintage-style tone stack comprising of Presence, Bass, Middle and Treble controls. This tone stack and the inclusion of Hi and Low instrument inputs allows you to sculpt a wide range of sounds and gain levels. The 3-position Bright switch further enhances the PLEX’s flexibility, fine-tuning the amp’s top end to different guitars, pedals, and pickups.
True to the Friedman standard, the PLEX boasts a bullet-proof design, unwavering build integrity, and top-tier components, guaranteeing that it will be a lifelong companion on your musical journey.
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Now imagine this sound but actually better in person. It’s so good.
Holy Toledo! Sounds amazing
Awesome amp! Tons of tone variations. Love it Dave!
Amp capture done right! Thanks Dave! I’ve always wanted an original Plexi, and the PLEX delivers this and more! Can’t wait to get mine! Keep on rockin’! 🤘🎩
Dave, as always another great product. I have your SB50 and IRX so far and I’m very satisfied with your products. Keep innovating!
Glad I got my order in a few months ago. This thing sounds epic.
Great sounding amp!
Sounds killer Dave!!
You are a wizard Dave
Sounds epic!!!
Sounds amazing, Dave.
wow just wow!
Sick!
Job well done Mr Friedman 👏
Wish we could hear it without all the delay, just the amp itself.
Yeah, that one-repeat is really altering the sound.........idiot
It's an oxbox demo...this amp has no fx loop ...but they added one with the ox....
Yeah, strange decision
There are a ton of studio quality demos on TH-cam.
Dave tends to do this, and I don't understand why. Most people probably want to hear the amp dry.
Damn that sounds amazing !
Hey chippy when you coming back? You rock hard as well!!!
@@damonstewart70 thanks! I’ve been focusing on more on Instagram since I don’t have time to make 3 hour demos like everyone else lol. Also life’s been busy so it’s been tough to balance it all out.
This guy builds amazing sounding amps over and over again!!! Damn it sounds epic!!!!!!!
Beautiful
Sounds perfect
Holy crap! ❤
Sounds great. How did you set your OX Box up for this demo? I mean cab and mics used…
Damnit Dave, I thought I was done with amps!
Home Run Dave!!
Sounds great with your Tele! What kind of pickups?
Holy moly
I honestly think this is the best sounding amp of all time, and I want to use it for death metal.
I know a Plexi can do blues; I'd like to hear that demo'ed one of these days. I play some metal but more classic rock and blues.
Maybe one day I can afford one of Dave’s awesome Amps! He’s a wizard making amps. Merlin of the Amp world
Hmm, Channel 1 of the IR-X was Dave's take on a Plexi preamp. Then this comes out. WOnder if the preamp is similar or the same?
Now that's an amp.
take my money !!!
Sounds great, who cares if there’s too much delay.
Plex sounds incredible as expected! Will send you my postal address to forward on the blue and natch Friedman axes on the wall behind you. Playing is amazing as always Sammy.
This sounds incredible, it's a wish for sure, but i would really like you to dig a little bit more on the clean sounds! And if you allow me to comment on what would be a fantasy for me, I would love to see a version of a plexi with a single input and channel switching and sensitivity or channel bridge by footswitch. This would open the door to being able to have incredible British clean and crunch with just a change of channel.
You definitely wanna try the ToneKing Royalist mkiii that came out late last year (if you haven’t already) based on your channel switching comments. I’m looking forward to taking my Royalist mkiii and custom BE-50 dlx (Dave put in a Plexi channel 1 for me instead of buxom Betty) to Andertons to compare with this Plex Vintage. Very curious to feel and hear the ABC comparisons in a straight up shootout. 🤗
@@djt6546 dude, your amp is insane, enjoy it! I’m gonna check the royalist, but I’m almost almost full happy with my JJ Jr.. I’m not a metal guy, but loving the fact of having such a nice deep overdrive channel… a JTM45 + a lead like this would be my fantasy come true
Dreams! I own so many amps.... I hate to say this but.. I might have to own thus one...
love it. i know dave is a plexi guy, but would love to have hm do a JCM800.
He kinda already did with the JEL
@@kollabrock thinking more a simplified one channel amp
@@jakebenigni Yeah, I see your point. I would love that too, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dave actually did just that, since JCM 800 is an equally Iconic classic model amp. Even better if he did his version of a seriously hotrodded JCM, a fire breathing monster 🔥
@@kollabrock yeah, agreed. would be cool since jerry uses his stuff if he did it with a snorkeler switch on it. obviously calling it something else.
This in a smaller format, like a 20w version, would be amazing...
need an extraordinary blues rock player that can play off the cuff melodies like Philip Sayce, srv, Hendrix and Brent Mason styles and switch to leads in clean, soft od and harder.
Are there any plans to come out with a 20 watt version?
My dream amp! Now I just need 2800.00 smackers😂
I’d love to see Friedman make a fire breathing high gain monster, something akin to an Engl Fireball or a REVV. I know that the Butterslax is about as high gain as Friedman has gotten, but I’d love to see Dave create something ball shattering 🤘
Something 5150 like or revv like would be sick
Nice. What I will do is copy the modifications to my amp. Thanks.
This sounds great, but what's the difference against the small box 50 other than the variable?
Hope I'm not mis-quoating, but I think I watched a Tone-Talk episode recently where Dave explained the smallbox on 10 is like a plexi at 5. The smallbox has the FX loop though, while a plexi won't. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Small box is hand wired.
This is not???
@@anmolatwalNot old fashioned hand wired. Items got some modern PCB layout/construction. Given the price some people are complaining already, but as long as the design is quality and optimised accordingly to get the best out of the tech employed it won’t matter. People like to question longevity though even if the sound and feel is good. I say life is too short for such thoughts. If it feels great, sounds great and fits your budget, just rock on people 🤘
I have the small box 50, it's hand wired and channel 1 is a direct copy of Dave's 68 Plexi. Channel 2 is higher gain, really good for GnR and harder rock. It's very loud.
Would love to own a friedman one day... but then i'm sure the price is as insane as the sound.
Just received one yesterday & it’s phenomenal. It reminds me of classic / no reissue Marshall. So far I haven’t plugged any reverb/delay in cause I’m enjoying it that much… this is what it sounds like!!
I haven’t ran my power station yet, planning to do that over the weekend.
Absolutely 💯 got it right Dave 🤘
How good is the master volume? Could this be played in a condo late night?
I'm also quite curious about that master vol. Dave says it's a new design and works great.
Also us it a hand wired amp ? Thanks
Just but a headrush. Sounds just like one of my rigs.
An amp genius. Using his powers for good not evil!
Ampli meraviglioso ma non avendo un send e return mi domando come saranno gli effetti di modulazione e delay messi in fronte ?….dalla dimostrazione di Boller suona da Dio……
Demoing an amp or a delay?
IR-Plex coming up …
Are there any plans to come out with a 20 W version?
My ears keep saying " buy it ...buy it....buy it " 🙂
The voice in my head is whispering another sentence through my ears: "You cannot afford it and plus for 15k or 17k less you can buy a proper Plexi amp."
That's the delay
Got mine this past Monday. 100 watts would have been tits.
How many different versions of the same amp can you make? And why do they all sound exactly the same.
But they don’t all sound or feel the same when you play through them. Besides, most our gear is same, same but different. You’re either a tone junky or not I guess 😊
His amps tend to sound bright and brittle but this one sounds the best so far.
brown sound
Too much delay and too prominent.
Sounds amazing... but choosing between this at €3400 and a 1987x at €1400... that price difference is just crazy. The MVC is not really needed since I would argue that most people already have attenuators or load boxes. The bright switches are a nice touch but not sure those are worth 2000€ price difference. Just get a SD-1 or some TS pedal for €200 and you're basically there.. saving you €1800 - enough to also get a 100W JCM 800 2203x..
Any tech worth his salt can install switchable brightcaps in 45-60 minutes.
My gripe with the 1987x is that Marshall’s production quality has gone down.
Suhr is probably the best contender out there. Cost is similar to Friedman, but it’s impecably built.
Fortunately I live in a country where 70’s Marshalls regularly are sold for under $1000 so that’s just what I did.
Yeah I wouldnt bother either. I look at it this way…why are you gonna pay such a high premium for an amp that really doesn’t even have much functionality and does a tone that’s now become a bit boring. I mentioned my H&K Grandmeister 40 in another comment-that amp can easily dial in the Eddie stuff if you want it, but it does a shitload more and has a shitload more features and costs far less. Yeah made in China, who cares, it sounds amazing, it’s reliable and I don’t need a cabinet if I don’t want one because the Redbox thing on it sounds killer.
In 2024, these one channel semi-boutique amps are just a dumb buy if you ask me. It’s blues lawyer gear.
Viet transformers
@@user-jq4fz6co8b Agreed. People attach way too much of a premium to "Made in USA". In my experience, that only makes them 3x as expensive and not at all that much better quality.
@@lordgraga Eh, Suhr SL67 MK2 is €4300 so a heck of a lot more expensive than even Friedman, which is already overpriced.
The production quality of Marshall might be inferior on paper, but it's also WAY cheaper to buy - plus the end quality is not that different. I don't see a lot of people having issues with their Studio series amps, nor the DSLs - both of which are PCB amps. I think people have this notion in their head that hand wired amps will be better quality, but in the end product they really don't.
People often cite that they can "fix" their amps if they break, but honestly who in Europe has their own soldering iron? Not many. I'd rather send the amp back and have an authorized technician fix it instead.
And yes, I also live in a country where second hand Marshall amps are very cheap.
Total Marshall fatality!
Gets rid of that smudged out Friedman tone that I never got on with. But, man, you couldn't find a guitar player in Pittsburgh that wasn't stuck on the delay teat????!!!
Wow ANOTHER ‘68 plexi. Funny enough my Grandmeister 40 on the lead channel with the boost on and the gain set lower sounds more like EVH than this does.
Does it DJENT? If so TAKE MY MONEY!!
I have a 68 50 watt and it don't sound like that! Glorious yes but not like that
Any plexi style amp sounds best without any delay or reverb. I cant figure out why Dave would add that on a demo. Most every tube amp demo on youtube uses the just the amp itself without and boost pedals so you know exactly what the amp can do by itself. And then they may add overdrive pedals later in the video so you know how it takes pedals. The Kyle Bull channel is very popular for that reason. So this was really a wasted video.
@@marshallkingofamps And I respect that, different guitarists make an amp sound totally different which is why I have to watch at least 5 reviews of an amp to know what it really sounds like. It still doesnt make sense to use reverb, it doesnt make the amp sound better, its a space effect so it sounds like youre playing in a large room. If he really wanted that effect Dave could have had the amp played in a large room.
This dude has the weirdest haircut.
Too much gain
turn off delay! cheat!
Switch off that fuckin delay. WTF!!!!
Wtf is in the signal… it sounds like shit
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