Wampler Plexi-Drive British Overdrive Pedal

Get that vintage British crunch from the Wampler Plexi-Drive. This overdrive pedal includes a bass control to help emulate the sound of a fat 4x12 cabinet.

Overall User Ratings (based on 2 ratings)
  • Overall:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Ease of Use:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    5 out of 5 stars
Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Submitted January 19, 2013 by Charlie G in Tullahoma, TN

"FINALLY! A Plexi in a Box pedal that douns like a PLEXI"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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The message I wrote to Wampler after getting this pedal says it all. This pedal has Malcolm, Angus, and VH1 tone for days. I'm very pleased...----Letter Text-----I just wanted to say Thank You. I have been looking for an OD/Distortion boxthat i can run into a clean amp to get that "dirty tone in my head" formonths. I've literally tried over a dozen pedals across all price ranges. Ijust wanted something that was dynamic and sounded like a good old Marshall with a nice bite. Not some buzzy DSL sounding thingy, or some uber scoopedthrash thing, or some smooth squishy blues or tweed thing. I had basicallygiven up, thinking that no "pedal" was going to sound like the "amp" tone Iwas after. After reading the descriptions on all of the various Wamplerpedals, I decided to try the Plexidrive. I'm an anal retentive tone snoband an old Electrical Engineeer to boot. I read the comments about Brianslaving over his breadboard, and it still being one of his favorite pedalsto date. I thought,...maybe...just maybe...here's a guy who's tone tastessimilar to mine, so I took a chance and I ordered one from zZounds.com. I got it, and I prepared myself to be be disappointed as usual. On every pedal I'vetried so far I've either known in 10 seconds it wasn't even close, or I'vediddled knobs for 10 minutes and couldn't quite get it there. Imagine myabsolute shock when I plugged in the Plexidrive, set the knobs all at 12 andhit the first "A" chord. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!! No way...It blew mymind. I took another 10 seconds to tweak the tone knob back a tad andbalance the bypassed and "on" levels and I was THERE. THE best rock tone Ihad EVER gotten out of my grab n go rig. I then played with the volume knob on my guitar, and it cleaned things up nicely...awesome. I cannot tell you howpleased I am to FINALLY find a pedal that works for me. Thank you, thankyou, THANK YOU for your tone obsession. I'm glad I didn't give up. Thispedal is the shiznit for me.------End of Letter Text---------Let me just add that the folks at zZounds have been EXTREMELY easy to work with. Lord knows how many pedals I've bought and returned during this process. NEVER had a single issues with zZounds. Speedy shipments, easy no hassle returns, and price beating. zZounds.com remains my preferred internet music dealer.

Musical Background:

Guitar Player going on 34 years now

Musical Style:

Classic Rock, Blues, Country
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Submitted May 27, 2014 by Paul A in McKinney, TX

"Wampler Plexi Drive"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Another amazing pedal from Brian Wampler Pedals. Indeed provides a Marshall voicing to the tone in a wide range of gain level. One of my fav drives and one that stacks well with other drives.

Musical Background:

decades old school player

Musical Style:

heavy fusion fm a lifetime of blues, rock, metal
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