My Small Box Plexi: A re-creation

The Sound

So how does it sound? Wonderful. I can dial in all kinds of old Marshall sounds, from a JTM45-ish mild crunch to a mid 70's metalface scream. It's of course Too Damn Loud, but that's what attenuators are for...

I found that I almost never use the "bright" cap switch, so I may re-configure it for something more useful. I do like and use the "boost" cap switch - it definitely gets that metalface extra edge happening.

Sound Clips

The guitar went straight into the head, and output was connected to a cheapo MG-series 4x12 Marshall cabinet. This was close-miked using an SM57 into an older Mackie mixer, then into a mid-fi cassette deck. The tape was then sampled using a run-of-the-mill Sound Blaster card.

I also had a THD Hotplate set to -4db in the line (I forgot it was connected!)

The guitar used here was a middle-aged Ibanez solid body "pointycaster", with a Lace Sensor in the neck position and a DiMarzio SD by the bridge.

• Crunch using the Ibanez bridge humbucker
     Pres 6 Bass 4 Mid 10 Treb 5 Vol 6 (boost on)
• Dimed using the Ibanez bridge humbucker
     Pres 6 Bass 4 Mid 10 Treb 5 Vol 10 (boost on)

Recorded Live

Here it is in actual use. :) From different jams recorded using a Fostex MR-8HD.

Schecter C-1 Classic (Duncan JB and Jazz pickups) -->
{zero or more pedals} -->
Smallbox -->
THD Hotplate -->
Foot-switchable 100w LPad -->
Swanson 2 x 12 cab (1 Celestion G12H, 1 "brand W" Silver Bell)

Pedals:

Dunlop "Jimi Hendrix" wah -->
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay-->
Line6 Modulation Modeler -->
Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde Ultimate Overdrive -->
Fulltone OCD

Random Jam

Blues Jam (large: 4.5M)