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Title: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on August 06, 2011, 02:24:28 AM
Hey guys!

First, a disclaimer...

Shot with an iPhone 3GS...quality sux (video and audio)... plus I'm not good at demos...but here u go anyways! hehe

Thanks for watching! :)



-Kaleb
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: jstbrowsin on August 06, 2011, 02:46:24 AM
 :o all that tone out of a pedal and a tele  ???  nice Kaleb. . . real nice playin too dude you rawk 8).

Thanks you inspired me to make this and the AC Tone as well. . . great! now I have to by more enclosures btw what model is that enclosure please? neermind I got it its a 1590BB horizontal eh
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: redbean on August 06, 2011, 02:50:10 AM
Nice demo, cool pedal, and AWESOME LED light show!! :D 8)
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: chip46 on August 06, 2011, 02:56:29 AM
Sounds awesome to me Kaleb, nice choice in amps too  ;D
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: bigmufffuzzwizz on August 06, 2011, 04:23:50 AM
Wow! That sounds incredible. Honestly your demo really makes me wanna build one. And yes the LEDs!!!
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: nzCdog on August 06, 2011, 05:29:59 AM
Wow man... that really sounds good, might have to build yet another overdrive! :o
Thanks for the demo :)
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: jtn191 on August 06, 2011, 06:09:23 AM
man, that thing sounds as pretty as it looks. You've got me GAS'ing to make one... an OCD/Egodriver is the closest thing I've got to doing this. Seems like this would also beat a BSIAB2 in versatility
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: slimtriggers on August 06, 2011, 12:32:18 PM
Great demo!

Did you do the R5 mod?  And if so, did you change C5 as suggested in the Boneyard mods thread?

Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: Haberdasher on August 06, 2011, 12:36:13 PM
I have no business building this, but now I have GAS.  I think I'll go plug into my crunchbox to curtail this GASsy discomfort.
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: gtr2 on August 06, 2011, 12:53:44 PM
Wow.  I thought the demo was great.  It's a lot better than what you normally see on the tube.  Even with the iphone I think it's a more than acceptable demo!  I like the mix between chords and lead, it gives us a really good idea on how this thing sounds.  I had no, I mean NO, interest in building this before.  Now my tune has changed...  ;D

Maybe you can build another and we'll work a trade. haha

Josh
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: mjcyates on August 06, 2011, 02:00:19 PM
Sounds great! I think your demo is very representative of what this pedal can do. It sounds very similar to the one I built. Cool pedal.
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on August 07, 2011, 01:18:07 AM
Quote from: jstbrowsin on August 06, 2011, 02:46:24 AM
:o all that tone out of a pedal and a tele  ???  nice Kaleb. . . real nice playin too dude you rawk 8).

Thanks you inspired me to make this and the AC Tone as well. . . great! now I have to by more enclosures btw what model is that enclosure please? neermind I got it its a 1590BB horizontal eh

Thanks dude! the size of the enclosure is a 1790B. I posted the documents I used for my layout on my build report. You can check'em out ;)

Quote from: redbean on August 06, 2011, 02:50:10 AM
Nice demo, cool pedal, and AWESOME LED light show!! :D 8)

lol thanks dude...I know, those LEDs were killing the video. I had originally set the pedal in another angle so the LEDs wouldn't do that, but I moved it at some point and realized it halfway through the video...haha oh well!

Quote from: chip46 on August 06, 2011, 02:56:29 AM
Sounds awesome to me Kaleb, nice choice in amps too  ;D

thanks man! I love my classic 30....although I've been recently thinking of either buying a Weber Blue Dog speaker for it, or a Celestion Green 25...still not decided yet...

Quote from: slimtriggers on August 06, 2011, 12:32:18 PM
Great demo!

Did you do the R5 mod?  And if so, did you change C5 as suggested in the Boneyard mods thread?



Yes! I used the 47ohm on R5, no cap change though. I thought it sounded great with that value in. I did add a 150pf ceramic cap across pins 1 and 8 to filter out some high frequency over the sound (it's kinda hard to explain) but that did the trick...

Quote from: gtr2 on August 06, 2011, 12:53:44 PM
Wow.  I thought the demo was great.  It's a lot better than what you normally see on the tube.  Even with the iphone I think it's a more than acceptable demo!  I like the mix between chords and lead, it gives us a really good idea on how this thing sounds.  I had no, I mean NO, interest in building this before.  Now my tune has changed...  ;D

Maybe you can build another and we'll work a trade. haha

Josh

haha thanks Josh! I might just take you up on that trade! You seem to be a delay guru around here so maybe we can figure something out ;):D


Thanks all for your great comments! I really wasn't expecting such a great feedback...iMovie does a great job at taking a crappy video and turn it into something pretty :) haha

Oh, and sorry for causing so much GAS around here...hahaha


-Kaleb
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: chip46 on August 07, 2011, 01:31:02 AM
Yeah, I've actually got a Warehouse Guitar Speakers Veteran 30 coming on Monday that I got used from a buddy. Should sound pretty awesome, but I think any speaker upgrade will make the amp sound better.
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: Haberdasher on August 07, 2011, 03:38:59 PM
Quote from: chip46 on August 07, 2011, 01:31:02 AM
Yeah, I've actually got a Warehouse Guitar Speakers Veteran 30 coming on Monday that I got used from a buddy. Should sound pretty awesome, but I think any speaker upgrade will make the amp sound better.
Veteran 30 is what I use in my American amp.  Nice sounding speaker, very versatile.
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: chip46 on August 07, 2011, 09:59:02 PM
Glad to hear that, I can't wait to put it in tomorrow. I'll get to run it through its paces at a gig next Saturday too.  ;D
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: ct88 on August 12, 2011, 01:20:58 AM
great demo man ;) and nice looking :D.. u're running it @18 or 24 v :O? and which mod did u use?
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on August 12, 2011, 01:52:02 AM
Quote from: ct88 on August 12, 2011, 01:20:58 AM
great demo man ;) and nice looking :D.. u're running it @18 or 24 v :O? and which mod did u use?

Hey dude! thanks! :D

I'm actually running it at 9V. It's stock just like Brian's documentation. I only changed R5 to 47ohms which he also has updated on the documents since it was an overall consensus around here that it sounded better.

I also added a 150pf cap across pins 1 and 8 to filter out some high frequencies over the tone. :) Build it! It's an awesome circuit.

-Kaleb
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: shawnee on August 13, 2011, 11:52:30 AM
Quote from: ct88 on August 12, 2011, 01:20:58 AM
great demo man ;) and nice looking :D.. u're running it @18 or 24 v :O? and which mod did u use?
Standard 9 volts in but the 1044 IC gives +9 and -9 out so it is 18 volts but not 0-18v.
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on August 15, 2011, 04:01:49 AM
Guys, my friend (the owner of the Plexi Legacy now) recorded this with it...it sounds awesome!

http://soundcloud.com/krock86/plexi-legacy-demo

-Kaleb
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: timbo_93631 on August 17, 2011, 02:43:01 PM
That freakin sounds freakin great!   :o   Freakin! Great!   :)  I mean it!  ;D 
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on August 17, 2011, 02:47:59 PM
Quote from: timbo_93631 on August 17, 2011, 02:43:01 PM
That freakin sounds freakin great!   :o   Freakin! Great!   :)  I mean it!  ;D 

hahaha Thanks dude! I think I had a very similar reaction when my friend sent me that clip...really does sound freakin' great hahaha


-Kaleb
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on August 25, 2011, 09:14:39 PM
Quote from: chip46 on August 07, 2011, 09:59:02 PM
Glad to hear that, I can't wait to put it in tomorrow. I'll get to run it through its paces at a gig next Saturday too.  ;D

Hey chip, did you end up changing the speaker in your classic 30? How did you like it?

-Kaleb
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: keysandguitars on August 27, 2011, 06:04:08 PM
Wow, that sounds awesome! Nice work.
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on August 29, 2011, 04:39:13 PM
Quote from: keysandguitars on August 27, 2011, 06:04:08 PM
Wow, that sounds awesome! Nice work.

Thanks dude! This is one of my favorite OD builds so far :)


-Kaleb
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: bs_ane on February 19, 2012, 04:39:52 PM
You put 150pf cap to 1 and 8 pin to lf347??You make it in pcb or over the ic??
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on March 26, 2012, 06:55:53 PM
Quote from: bs_ane on February 19, 2012, 04:39:52 PM
You put 150pf cap to 1 and 8 pin to lf347??You make it in pcb or over the ic??

Holy crap, I slacked on responding back to this comment haha I'm sorry man! I just inserted the 150pf cap in the socket with pins 1 and 8 since the leads were pretty thin. I also did it like that in case the owner really didn't notice a difference and wanted to take it out.

I know I'm a month late on responding, but, oh well haha Good luck man!

-K
Title: Re: Plexi Legacy (Boneyard)
Post by: k.rock! on July 03, 2012, 06:03:28 PM
EDIT 07/03/12: I closed my old YouTube account and loaded this video back up for a friend. I'm posting it up again for any of you that want to hear the Plexi out :)


-K