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Some pictures and words about the Plexi - it's the Amp from a friend and he was so nice to let me use it for some weeks.

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First the features not found in that amp:
-effects
-effects loop
-channels
-mode switches
-master volume

But yes, this beast sounds great - and was the loudest amp I ever profiled.
To get this amp into distorting the volume must be cranked - and there is no master volume.
This creates the special sound of overdriven power tubes (100Watt from 4x EL34).

There are knobs for presence (I used them at 12:00) since it can be easily adjusted with the KPA's presence knob later.
And then Bass, Middle and Treble - that's it - and the volume knobs (one for each input 'Normal' and 'Bright').
The amp sounds best when all is maxed out

There are 4 inputs, two "Bright" inputs (high and low) and two "Normal" inputs (high and low).

The normal input was profiled 'classic' with all the tone stack knobs maxed (bass, middle, trebble) and different volume settings (0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)

The Bright input is really bright - even the neck pickup from a LesPauls sounds bright then.
This channel was also profiled with all the different volume settings.
But we created 3 sets of profiles - with 3 trebble settings (0, 5, 10)

Last but not least was the amp jumpered.
As visible in the last picture the bright and normal inputs are connected with a patch cable.
The bright high input is then the input for the guitar.
This gives us the option to use the two volume knobs (from the bright and normal input) at the same time.
By this can we mix the very bright sound from the bright channel with the fat tone from the normal channel.
Several settings were profiled.

How could I handle the volume when the amp was cranked?
I could not.
So I used a passive box to reduce the power from the amp until it goes into the speakers - it was still lound

Both my Strat and LesPauls love this amp - and now the amp profiles (with effects and at any volume I like).

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The profiles of this amp a great! Really well done. Wide variety of tone and gain. I don't know about anybody else, but I know I am not likely to ever get my hands on a real '59 Plexi, so to get these profiles is sweet! The nice part about the Kemper profiles is that I don't have to worry about making my ears bleed to get the amp's full power tone. Even better, with the Kemper's gain control, I can actually saturate the amp beyond what the original could do. And it still sounds great with more gain!

If you dig the tone of a '59 Plexi, you really need to check this profile pack out.

I really like the Armin's Plexi packs. I bought both of them and made a demo clip with the Greenback one when he offered 2 free profile packs for anyone making a clip he could use for a pack. I spent all this evening having a great time with the Bogner Goldfinger pack - one of the packs I received for one of the demo clips I did. It's great - one of the most versatile set of profiles that I've ever heard! It has some of the sweetest cleans as well as plenty of gain for anything that I play. Here are a couple of quick clips I did tonight.

https://soundcloud.com/ba_hill…mper-profiling-amp-tracks

https://soundcloud.com/ba_hill…mper-profiling-amp-tracks

Brian

Armin, may I suggest some just very simple single sm57 powerball 2 profiles that are micd EXTREMELY well and with care. Most of the guys that use that amp are in the metal genre of things, where a single 57 or maybe something like a 57/421 combo rules the Roast for recorded guitar tones....

Yes I'd appreciate that too. Even if its just a handful of the higher gain settings

dat powerball

what fuchs is that?

Are you Ruining all those amps without a speaker load? LOL

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New bundle 7 is out!

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Wow , That Fuchs profile looks very interesting !!I would love when you post new profiles in the forum, for you to share the info on channels profiled, settings , mics used , etc. . And ofc a Photo of the new "beast" .

The fuchs turned me curious , and i was already curious about more info on the Egnater and The Marshall Acoustic Amp Soloist. I think i have seen already you sharing the straight info that you usually put in the rigs pdfs, that would put to the potencial future customer a more complete picture of the profile .

Thanks , Keep them coming, your profiles Rock :

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I found my dream D-Style amp in the Fuchs Back Jack - in the shop I played the amp via a Bogner 4x12" V30 speaker - and liked the sound very much.

Try it with a Electrovoice EVM 12L or a Celestion G12-65. Everybody recommends them for Fuchs D-style amps. I'm using an Electrovoice with my ODS and tried it with a G12-65. Both are awesome depending on what you are looking for (Carlton, Ford, ...).

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Try it with a Electrovoice EVM 12L or a Celestion G12-65. Everybody recommends them for Fuchs D-style amps. I'm using an Electrovoice with my ODS and tried it with a G12-65. Both are awesome depending on what you are looking for (Carlton, Ford, ...).

I'm also owning several Boogie cabs with EVM 12Ls and the difference between old Electrovoice-speakers and new ones is extreme. The very old speaker from my Boogie MKII (one of the first ones made) sounds awesome, no comparison to the kind of sterile new ones.

Every speaker is different, unfortunately there is no simple rule like "this speaker is good for that and this one is good for that"