Xotic BB Plus Distortion Overdrive Pedal Review

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(More customer reviews)i had heard of xotic effects from a couple of friends who play guitar and i really liked the tone and sound they had so i went on to proguitarshop.com to look at some of their pedals and listen to demos of them after listening to all of them i decided that from the demos i liked the sound of this pedal the most so i bought it with out looking at the price turned out to be one of the best decisions of my guitar playing carrier if you are looking for a really solid overdrive that will give you some great tone this is the overdrive for you yeah it is a little expensive but it is worth every penny that i spent on it.

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The Xotic Effects BB Plus + Pedal is fashioned with Xotic's widely acclaimed circuitry and very versatile preamp, both channels offer shimmering smooth tone with tons of sustain. Based on the circuitry of the acclaimed BB Preamp, the BB + Plus is a dual mode pedal and has two independent channels that can be cascaded into each other. The order in which they can drive each other is selectable on the BB+, so you can actually drive channel A into channel B, or B into A with the push of a button. Cool huh?

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Carl Martin PlexiTone Pedal Review

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(More customer reviews)There are several good analog pedals that replicate ( not model) the sound of a high-gain Marshall tube amp:
The Sansamp GT-2, and Sansamp "British" pedals, as well as the Sansamp PSA 1.1 all do a great job of that.
The Sansamp PSA 1.1 is best for rack-rigs where midi control and signal-routing flexibility are necessary.
The other two pedals are ideal if you must run with batteries.
If you want PURE ROCKIN MARSHALL TONE, PLUS a great boost feature ( up to 20 dB) then this Carl Martin Plexitone pedal is the best I've have ever heard in 40 years of professional playing. It has the TONE and FEEL of my Customized Marshall 100 watt head (circa 1969) that was modified by Jose Arrendondo in the late 70's.
The CM Plexitone has its own internal power supply, which is absolutely necessary for the massive headroom you need for authentic Marshal tone. That also means you do NOT need a "wall-wart" to run it, but it means you must find an outlet for it.
The three footswitches are robust and spaced so my size 12 boots hit the mark without problems. Bright blue LED lights give instant indication of what's ON. The high-impedance input helps reduce signal loss from cables. In effect, this acts as a buffered "front-end" for the rest of your chain... and it's a damn good buffer too.
If you like your basic amp sound, but need a better preamp for the front-end and could use a boost for solos, this is the pedal to get.
Over the last couple of decades, my friends and I have used various CM products. All of them are great. They build everything like they care. They are good at what they do and it shows. CM pedals are worth the extra dough.
Other than lucky auctions, I got the best price on a new one from Prymaxe, a dealer in New Jersey. The shipping was fast with no problems. Highly recommended.

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The Carl Martin PlexiTone, is as the name might indicate an unusual high gain three step rocket of an overdrive.The PlexiTone offers two step overdrive, the crunch channel and the high gain channel, on top of that it gives you an up to 20dB clean boost channel.The crunch channel goes from subtle overdrive to hard rock gain stage, the high gain channel goes from rock gain stages to absolutely meltdown, with loads of gain and low end, and all in a tone that brings the memory back to the early 80's high gain guitar hero's. The PlexiTone has as most Carl Martin pedals a built in regulated (+-12V) power supply, to secure the necessary headroom that gives you the great tone.

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Suhr Riot Distortion Review

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(More customer reviews)Styles I play: progressive rock, blues-rock, hard rock.
I have never been a fan of distortion pedals. Still not, but this is totally usable. This does NOT sound like a buzz-saw or a can-of-bees. It has a fairly warm tube distortion type of sound: it's tone is much better than the worst tube distortion but not as good as the best tube distortion. At the control settings I use it has a tight low-end and just the right amount of crunch without being crunchy like a bag of chips. Seems to have about the right selection of harmonics (that which is distortion). However you can adjust the controls to get a lot of crunch and a little softer of a low-end. It has a fairly wide range of EQ tone adjustment AND distortion range, but always retains the unique signature distortion tone that is specific to the Riot pedal. I don't see getting rid of this, though I can see looking for something with a different distortion signature.
It has a good range of responsiveness that I love from tube-amps: play soft or turn guitar volume control down for light to no distortion and play hard or turn guitar volume up
for full distortion. That said, it does not have that soft compression distortion: still sounds like the guitar signal hits a wall when the distortion starts. It has an OK range from clean to moderately distorted, but there really isn't a distortion range from moderately distorted to really distorted (it's just more of the same).
I am using this into a Mesaboogie Express 5:25. That amp has the worst tube distortion I've ever heard -- very mushy lows and just the wrong series of harmonics for most any style. It has a great clean sound and lots of other features I like -- the Riot pedal totally makes up my dirty sound.
For those looking for true-bypass, I believe this qualifies in a round-a-bout way. I appears to uses a relay or something similar. Pull the power and it stays in the mode it was in: on or off (on without power means no sound passes through the pedal). The bonus is that it can be switched from a remote source through it's FxLink jack. It can also be set to power up in the on or off state.
Check the Suhr website and search you-tube for Suhr Riot videos to hear what it sounds like on different rigs.

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The Riot, as its name playfully hints, is a high-gain distortion box that will make a small clean tube combo sound like a raging stack. We have heard many distortion boxes and were never quite satisfied with how they sounded or felt with a clean amp. We wanted the sonic characteristics of the distortion and the way the pedal reacted to your touch like a high-gain 100w tube head. After much testing, re-working, and re-builds of the Riot over a period of a year, we are finally satisfied with how it performs and sounds in real world music applications with pro musicians performing live or in the studio. The Riot will make you forget that you're playing through a pedal.It works with the amp to deliver a big full sound that never sounds artificial or overly electronic. There are no bees-in-the-jar buzziness, harsh high-end or tubby lows that are often what you hear in high-gain distortion pedals. Again, a pedal is highly dependent on the amp it's connected to and how the amp is set, but the Riot will perform exceedingly well with virtually any decent tube amp out there - even with old vintage-style Blackface type of amps. Get musical distortion and an amp-like feel from the Riot. If you need alternative high-gain sounds without adding another amp, the Riot is the ticket to high-gain heaven in a small package.

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