Carl Martin Lo Gain Plexitone, demo by Pete Thorn 

The best pedal demos on RU-vid. This is just another in the series, keep it going, Pete!

Besides the ridiculously killer tones/playing/technique/production, I just really, really appreciate how in-tune you always are. Thank you!

I'm always inspired to grab my guitar after watching Pete's videos. Great tone, clear and concise demos. Thanks!!!

Fantastic layering of guitars and wonderful demo song. Thank you for doing these Pete!

Gotta agree with you Pete. Those Mid-gain and Lo-gain tones are hard to deny. Love it.

so good. Love your vids man!

enjoying this channel so much. thank you, Pete.

I've been lusting over this for months and months. Finally ordered it, largely based on your demo. Love it; perfect for what it is designed to do. Thanks for your awesome demos!

This is my favorite of your vids and my favorite pedal. AMAZING demo.

Wow, fantastic opening song Pete, superb riffing. And TONE! Thanks for posting, I'm inspired.

Pete you do such a good job, been watching you for years!!!!

This channel is dangerous to my wallet. Makes me want to buy everything you demo. Keep up the amazing playing, Brother.

Big inspiration, Pete! Awesome demos and channel!

Another great review! Thank you Pete

Sounds great man! Carl Martin has made fine pedals for a long time, this one is a winner. Thanks for the excellent demo Pete, have a great one!

Fantastic demo Pete, setting the bar again.. Wonderful stuff :)

Fantastic sounds, thanks for your videos

Pete, as usual (maybe this time even more than usual) awesome awesome tone!

Pete, You Da Man! I have purchased 2 of these and 1 "normal" Plexitone after repeatedly watching and listening to your videos.

I totally agree with kids these days using too much gain, no one knows how to find a nice clean tone anymore! There's nothing like the feeling of walking into a guitar shop and have kids with the gain maxed trying to sweep pick! Quality work again Pete, you have the best demo videos on RU-vid and you're a super cool dude!

Everytime you play that 335, it's AMAZING! It fit you so well! Great tones and great song :)

what a great hook in that jam,, nice to see you enjoying different guitar models.

That's an amazing Les Paul Pete! Definitely my dream LP.

Great demo Pete! The pedal has some really great tone.

Amazing Pete!!!

Thanks Pete,another great demo,i recently bought a EHX Glove and think it`s a great Plexi sounding pedal as well.

Pete Thorn and the coolest tone and riffs on RU-vid!

That's a KILLER track in the opening! Damn. Hope a longer version makes it onto the next record...

Amazing playing and tone as always Pete. Digging the new..."digs" ha.

Very knowledgable chap. Great playing to boot.

So there I was talking to fellow gear-nut and I looked around his place it was all this really boutique equipment. And I said "Did you see the Pete Thorn videos?" He sighed and said "Yeah.....that didn't help". But seriously : Your Videos are so helpful to all of us, thank you Pete! (and yeah I DO own a Carl Martin Plexi because of YOU!

Got one today....wow it’s so so good....sweet sound

Sounds amazing my friend! Rock On ;)

Will be adding this to my board soon! My plan for this pedal is to run it into my el34 amp (not a Marshall) that is set to a lower gain setting and use the pedal to give me that Super Lead character. You're demo has shown me that this might be the perfect pedal to do that.

Such a fan of the band you don't have. So musical in your expression ❤

Finally got around to seeing this demo .. I really like the lower gain tone of this pedal .. could use a boost pedal in front of it to kick it up for solo craziness !! But the basic tone of this sounds really good and with a clean boost you could work it nicely with single coils or humbuckers !! Great demo Pete .. I was a little late to this party ..haha

Awesome video!! to the point and with awesome riffs to exploit the pedal, I also love low gain OD/DS, not a fan of super heavy DS... thanks for sharing man!!

Wicked opening tune!

GREAT SOUNDS PETE THORN

Great demo as always Pete. How well will this stack with the single channel Plexitone? As if to make them a drive+boost or two channels? Thanks again and keep rocking! =)

Great Vid as always, I also really enjoyed the video of you and Tim, two of my favourite players in one vid! I have a question btw, owning multiple guitars myself, how do you keep your strings fresh do you just use string conditioner or replace them very often? Personally I replace them every 3-4 weeks if I don't brake strings earlier. I always find it annoying to keep multiple guitars in shape to play whilst not using them all at the same time but still trying to keep them playable for when they need to be. How do you handle this problem?

Love that Tele Pete! More videos with that please. The end.

Pete, if I may ask? How well does it work to tighten up a higher gain channel like the tube screamer trick? Thnx, be well my friend.

Hey Pete! When it comes to recording/using loads and IRs, which product or products do you feel are best for reproducing the true sound of a mic'd cab. The Suhr Reactive Load into an IR of your choice or the Torpedo Live/Reload? Or maybe even the Rockcrusher? Thanks for all that you do!!!

I have a plexitone single that I love, and wondering how this low-gain is different than setting the plexitone single at low gain? are the voicings that different? I'm playing through a carr skylark.

Hi Pete, great demo again. Does the 2012 version, on a low gain setting, sound the same as the new lo-gain version?

Sounds great, as always! Was that into the torpedo load box with own hammer responses? Cheers!

Good stuff.

Great tone as usual! What about using it straight in the amp return as a preamp?

Great demo! And great playing!! Can you get a Black Crowes or Stones sound out of it or is this too 'high gain'?

Hi Pete, not sure if you'll see this question on an older video, but with this pedal would I get the higher gain sounds of the previous Plexitone by using something like a Timmy pedal in front of it? Similarly, could I user the older high gain version to get the sound of the lower gain version by just turning the gain down? I'm confused about which one to get now :-)

Yes I agree...very generous....thank you.

Say if I were going to stack with two other overdrives. Should I go with the plexitone or the PT lo-gain??

damnn awesome

Damn - every time I hear you play that Tele it sounds might fine, Pete...also are those "Thornbuckers" in that Les Paul - or stock? You + that Les Paul + the pedal and everything else in the chain sounded excellent - especially liked that 03:56 "nasally" tone.

Hi Pete, how does this compare to the crunch channel of the original Plexitone? Seems to be a smoother and wider range on the gainpot? I'm diggin the sound and feel of the big box PT, but always struggle with too much happening too fast on the volume and gain-pots

If you want that early Van Halen sound is the lo gain version best or high gain version?

I own the original big one. Has this pedal any similarity with the "crunch" low gain channel of that?

Hey Pete, would you mind doing a 2016 Pedalboard video of yours? I'm really interested in how you achieve these broad and thick sounds with your bands and live projects. I'm currently searching for input regard on more wet sounds for my band especially to complement my keyboarder, because if he goes off making broad space sounds the whole band sound collapses and falls back, so I want to get sounds that compliment that lack of broadness and keep the level of dynamics even if he switches to soloing.

Great sounding pedal. Would love to test it besides it's higher gain brother. It sounds great but wouldn't know if it would be versitile enough for in my band.

Man Pete...these videos are making me sick to my wallet! How many great gain pedals can there possibly be? Great time to be a guitarist! Then again, you just might be talented enough to make a toaster sound phenomenal.

Hey Pete...would this be YOUR Choice for say, early (72) Blackmore Stuff? Think Made In Japan, or something like that. Always enjoy your playing and any of your videos.

Sweet Riff....Love it,pedals not bad either!!

Awesome Shemp haircut!

Hi Pete.....your vids are amazing, because I"m not a tech guy and you explain things so people like me can get it....I presume you were playing thru the Bandmaster....do you think this is a pedal needed with vintage Marshalls like I play....I use an original Marshall Guv/nor for leads, a Reverend Drivetrain II when I really cut loose, and a Analogman modded TS9 for tamer leads and punchy rhythms....but mostly play straight thru....I've been using a '77 2204 A/B with a Handwired Vox AC30 (thank you very much) or a '71 Superlead...sometimes I go with a '91 JCM900 MK III...

KooL !

It may seem a bit repetitive and a little less insincere every time we tell you what a great video you've created or how awesome your playing is, but you REALLY are absolutely awesome at what you do, and I think it's a real treat for all of us to be able to watch your demos, lessons, and the other various guitar geekeries... You're very inspiring and I hope you continue to produce quality content like this. ...and btw - That's an awesome hoodie. -Cheers

The opening song sounded very Steven Wilson ish, loved it!

Great demo! But what's up with the 90's tribal thing?

I wish you did more in depth tones with the tele or a strat :(

Loved the demo and great playing. Not only demonstrates the product, I get ideas from the riffs and licks you come up with too. That piece of music when demonstrating the maxed out gain, was that something you came up with beforehand or was it done on the fly? It was a cool bit of rock.

Real nice sounding pedal. It still gets some sizzling, crunchy tones. You're right, gain is way overused most of the time and I'm guilty of it occasionally myself.

This pedal appears to be very articulate....Pete has good hands which helps. Very complete demo of what appears to be a nice pedal.

FWIW, I own the original 120V large sized PlexiTone and I purchased the small format PlexiTone because I love the large one so much. I ended up selling the small format PT as it didn't compete (at all) with the large 120V. Some claim they sound the same but I found they didn't at all. I too was excited when they came out with a small chassis PT, but I was very disappointed compared to the big brother 120v model. Not saying the small format PT's are bad - Just pointing out that the small guy and the big guy were very different. Basically, the little guy sounded like a pedal and the big guy sounded like an amp. I am curious about this low gain guy. My dream would be that the normal crunch on the large 120V PT was this low gain style and the high gain channel on the 120V PT became what the normal crunch is now....but I know that's a dream! ...thanks for the great demos Pete and I am excited about the new Tim&Pete show!!!

What camera are you using nowadays?

Hey Pete, will you say this is the crunch channel of the original Plexitone pedal? Or is just different? It sounds pretty similar. That crunch channel on the original Plexitone is to me the best.

ROCK ON

Hi Pete, yet another great demo! Just wondered if this would be good as a booster as well as a stand alone? Cheers.

Would this pedal work well with something like a Tumnus in front to push it a bit?? Btw grear demo as always. The music is great...

Love that 335 :-)

Damnit man. You can make Fisher Price crap sound great. I've not heard you demo anything that sounds bad. So, I end up wanting to buy it all! Thanks man, love your writing.

Pete, you're so good in what you do you could sell me any gear! :D

You're sending that through a Fender Bassman, the combo 410? At minute 4:39 your "clean" sound sounds amazing but it sounded like you where pushing the preamp a bit. What are your levels on the Bassman and are you jumping it? If you've already answered these questions I apologize in advance.

Great video. Thank you. Just subscribed to your channel.

As others have asked, would this pedal work in front of a plexi to give it a modded quality?

You are a monster!! I have a request....could you explain to us the difference in types of od pedal? Like tube screamer....Klon.....ocd......plexitone....ect.....I don't know and I'd love to learn. Thanks for sharing and teaching us and your jams!!!

hey Pete!!! I have the 1 Chanel version like this one... whitch one is best for van halen fist and second albuns? thank you and great vídeo! congrats from brazil!

Awesome demo, as always! I'm curious how this compares to the lo gain side if the original plexitone? I have that one (ordered it on the basis of your incredible demo) and it's amazing, but I wish it had a wee bit less hair. (Also the bass is insane on the one I've got. I play a 64 Bandmaster, and keep the bass at 5 for all pedals except this on; for this one I have to roll back the bass to 2 ½.)

Dang man. Nice pedal but what a sweet intro!

what's that last chord on the intro song?

The bite of that GY burst, tho.

I am actually convinced that Mr Thorn could practically plug his Les Paul into potato and his guitar sound would still be absolute filth.

Couldnt we just use the high gain version and just lower the gain knob?

Rush's Far Cry intro's end at 1:00min ;-)

Epic Pick Drop at 4:10

Pete Martin on the Carl Thorn pedal

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I hear about the nice low gain seeing man

That 335 mmm so tasty

not to say Carl Martin is Fisher Price. Quality stuff there.