Hi, Fellasinduction wrote:The PlexiTone uses 4 op-amps. According to Fender56, this is an LM386 driven by an op-amp. Based on that alone, I think nickthemen is probably right, it's a Lovepedal Purple Plexi, possibly with an op-amp input buffer.
Just to add a little more infos, I took some gutshots from my own Hot Plexi, that I'll post here later. In fact, this box is a variation of a Lovepedal Purple Plexi since it carries a JRC386 chip (hidden by the tone pot, barely visible on the circuit board). The added "tubescreamey" JRC4558 chip to the circuit sums a new (old) fashion tone to the overall sound of the pedal. Reading a lot of other posts over the internet made me believe at first, this box was nothing more than a clone or a cross between Carl Martin Plexitone Single and the Wampler Plexi Drive, both great pedals, in my opinion. It even has the same visual as CM. This way, I hope I could find some J201's or even the LF347 on board. But, to my surprise, nothing but the mighty 4558 and the 386 was sharing together the same board, what made me a bit confuse. What made Mr. J. Wong mix the two chips on the same project? I don't know, but to me, that combo made me very happy for two main reasons. First, I liked the sound very much. Think of a Plexitone on steroids (or a turbo charged Tube Screamer, you name it!). Second, this is not a mere clone of a famous boutique pedal, but an upgrade of it, that sounds pretty good, at a fair price
I'm coming over with the pics, soon.
Cheers from Brazil
Gustavo