5 Minute Tones - Plexi 6550

[@stumblingfreevideo]

Should have High Cut at 6550 instead of 6500.

[@dougdirt]

This is like watching those Bob Ross painting videos. Happy little wah here, and lets put a nice bit of reverb here.... good shit.

[@unktopia]

I just ordered an Ax3 yesterday and I'm currently overloading on your videos while I wait for it's arrival.

[@LeonTodd]

YESSSS!

[@AaronIsLoud]

Just got mine a month ago!!! I’ve been using amp modeling since it was really a terrible idea. I thought I loved my Kemper, but the absolute tweakability and tone of this unit are unmatched. I’m excited for you! Enjoy!!!!!!!

[@BrettKingman]

Mental. I did read that the 6550 was Cliff's favourite Plexi too. Great new intro graphic, LT!

[@LeonTodd]

I can absolutely understand why, what a beast. Gurtej Singh put the intro together for me, he does the Tone-Quest vids with the Axe-II that always look and sound incredible.

[@ChrisMuellerMusic]

New Intro? Nice one. I like it a lot!

[@mrparkinson]

I recreated this as close as i could on the ax8.... and there goes this afternoon. haha. Thanks!

[@RipVDub]

I'm liking the (extended) 5 Minute Tones. Those tones sounded awesome through YT. If the sound is there, you'll play better. Love it! Well done my friend from down under!

[@LeonTodd]

Good tone makes you play more.

[@RipVDub]

@@LeonTodd Saw that you replied...listened to the video again...London Plate at 6:22...it does sound really good! Keep up the great work (topics, sound quality, video work, editing, and effort)! Appreciated.

[@jacobmoline]

Dang son. One of the best sounds you have made yet! Sounds sick!

[@LeonTodd]

Jim Marshall and Cliff Chase did all the work here!

[@cornelius5595]

I’m digging your intro bit. Good job, and great video.

[@LeonTodd]

My buddy gurtej Singh did it - he's got a great guitar based channel too!

[@GurtejSinghGuitar]

Thank you so much Leon!

[@208414]

Man, that sounds good! You have a great ear for tone.

[@LeonTodd]

Much appreciated!

[@GurtejSinghGuitar]

I second that! Couldn't agree more :)

[@stevenmgyori3826]

"Great Tones and Demonstration!" Be Well, Thanks for sharing Brother!

[@RockGuitarVibes]

Great - big fan of the 5 Minute Tone videos 🤘

[@trbmp]

And as always spot on Leon 🎸😎

[@MrRandali]

Thanks LT; I super enjoy your excellent axe III vids! Very impetus inducing 🙂

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks for tuning in mate!

[@SHREDTILLDEAD]

You should check out the celestion blackbacks. They remind me of a cross between vintage30 and greenbacks. Great with mesa amps and royer 121

[@LeonTodd]

Justin York posted some blackback IR's a while back that sound insnaely good.

[@JakeTerch]

Sick intro buddy!

[@samhillband]

Sounds balls to the wall as always!!!

[@Eventual420]

Sounds great Leon, another expert demo. Thank you.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Leon. Great stuff. I can't really justify an AxeFx yet, but man do you make me want to go in debt. 😂😂 You get the best tones and have the best tutorials for it my friend. Very cool and great tone. I still think I will try the new ADA rack effects that's now in pedal format first. Man, if you can ever do a shoot out that would be killer. 👍 I realize you're busy and have enough to do, but I think that the ADA has to be one of the best rack preamps ever designed. To me at least, and to a lot of late 80s and early 90s bands and guitarists extrodinares. 😂👍

[@LeonTodd]

I always have time for ADA :D

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@LeonTodd That would be too cool kind sir. 👍💝👍💝👍 If it sounds as good as the 80s rack I will have to buy one as well as their cab sim pedal, or some cab sim pedal too. I'm trying to set up a recording at home / giging direct to FOH and / or FOH and Cab solution.. Something that will allow me to kill several birds with one stone. Criteria are it must sound good above all, must be portable, must be all analogue if possible even though I have nothing against digital per sey, but I feel they have better touch response in my experience. This will allow me to start my own YT channel as well. 😀 I think the channel will be dedicated to 80s guitar since I lived and played thru that time and still feel it was by far the best time for taking guitar tones and playing to a level never equaled really as I think you would agree, and I think I have some interesting stories about all the killer bands I saw back then and studied. I watched, listened, and even would talk to sound engineers, etc about the equipment used with the bands at times. It was so interesting for a nerd like me and I learned so much. Some was even funny like seeing bands with amps stacked up and turned on, but not really plugged in, and a small 2 x 12 combo being used of some amp you would never think was being used. Just so interesting. 👍👍👍

[@davidslattery6750]

wow! that is a killer tone. really enjoyed that vid. 😎

[@TheCjbowman]

I really enjoyed watching you enjoy the tone!! Badass right up my alley 🎸🎶

[@LeonTodd]

So much stank face going on

[@trbmp]

Love ur riffs ar the begining to test presets 👍 Make a tut on that ?

[@HasseC]

Thanx in a million!! Love it ...

[@brandonproctor3639]

Damn, that sounds great man!

[@sim1_7]

Really great amp! It sounds amazing

[@darflaminorencos1932]

where is the preset to download?

[@GurtejSinghGuitar]

Oh such face melting tones 😱😱! Holy cow! Great job Leon, can't wait to try these. Quick question, is the transformer match available for the axe FX 2?

[@LeonTodd]

Sure is!

[@GurtejSinghGuitar]

@@LeonTodd AwesomeSauce :)

[@fndrn8]

never liked how palm muted notes sounded with effects processors or stomp boxes. other than that, i really like the solo sounds.

[@oldman0995]

Love that Marshall growl with humbuckers. Is this out on axechange does it also have the cab model thx for sharing and love the tweaks to make it sound Awesome “edge of explosion” sound ps love the guitar faces 👍👍

[@LeonTodd]

Search my handle "2112" on axechange to find the cab. Will post preset up today.

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

You are one busy gent! 👍

[@jupjuck]

Bit of a nice spot between marshall and mark series

[@LeonTodd]

Yes, my exact happy place!

[@witeshade]

I misread the title as Plexi 6505 and I was waiting for some unholy combination of amplifiers, until I finally remembered that the 6550 is a tube (which is sad because I have a pile of them in my DIY box). Still, really awesome tones. It sounded maybe a little bit gritty perhaps but in a mix or live I bet it would slay.

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah this thing has some stankiness to it.

[@binface9]

Cool video and great tones. I was wondering if it wouldn't be too much trouble to edit-in a sample with the stock settings once you've finished tweaking the tone for a direct 'before and after' comparison? (Maybe publishing time stamps in the description would do the trick?)

[@LeonTodd]

That's a great idea. Will implement in future vids.

[@binface9]

@@LeonTodd Thanks!

[@Smittefar1]

Super cool - Do you ever play with the speaker drive settings? I think it adds a bit of the right stuff with greenbacks.

[@LeonTodd]

On the AX8 they're one of my go-to settings but I haven't toyed much with them on the III. Will investigate.

[@TrebbienGuitar]

Cheers Leon! Would something similar to this be able to be dialed in on the AX8?

[@LeonTodd]

Try it and report back :D

[@TrebbienGuitar]

Leon Todd Fuck yeah it sounds killer mate! I uploaded a small clip, shredding out the Plexi model🤟🏼🍺 cheers

[@Atttuner]

just a lil bit of eq and this and that and this and that and this.....tone-gasm mind explosion.

[@froag4003]

Hey Leon, i've really wanted to get into modelling recently and i just sold my amp. I have been looking into the amplifre 6 but i dont think they ship to canada. Any advice on something with great sound like the amplifire for around the same price?

[@RaúlCabezalí]

My goodness! Someone please pick up my jaw from the floor!

[@xroxx1]

make a cool T with your new(?)LT logo on it and I'll sport/support... keep on keepin' on, Brother Leon...

[@LeonTodd]

I think it has to happen.

[@jhonackerman9624]

Hello! I’ve been watching this vid and since I’m brand new to the AXE FX III, I’m trying to figure out why, for example, at 0:28 you have a Plexiglass 50W 6550 at number 177 but I don’t! I’ve got “Satan’s Hollow (Em)” in that spot. When I type it in the search engine, nothing comes up! I’m SURE I just don’t understand how to properly update this thing and/or “Axe Edit III” because I’ve just tried to do both and still don’t have the same options. What have I done or not done?

[@jhonackerman9624]

HEY! I am gonna leave my embarrassing question up here, just in case anybody ever has the same one. I was looking in the WRONG MENU!!! Leon’s Plexi 50W 6550 was found in the “Type” menu that pops up after clicking on the “Amp” icon in the list of ingredients . . . .You’ll see it on the left side. I’m so new to this that I totally blew it. It’s okay though. I got it now. Thanks LT.

[@dan8402]

I think this is more fun than any human should have! LOL

[@NorseJedi]

I'd love to see you take on the ENGL models. I have an ENGL Savage Special Edition (the discontinued one) head with an ENGL 4x12 V30 cab, and I'm trying to get the same(ish) sound from my Axe FX III, both clean and high gain, but there's just too many knobs (one of them might be me...) :P Watching someone who actually knows what they're doing when they turn the knobs would be interesting.

[@LeonTodd]

The Savage model is an interesting one - the presence control works totally different to anything else I've heard. That model with the grinder boost is just nuts though, instant chuggachugga

[@NorseJedi]

Thanks for the tip. I haven't actually played around much with adding a boost to the amp block itself, only played around with boosting with a Drive-block in front of the amp block. Gonna have to experiment a bit more with that. Right now I've split my signal into two paths with one going into an Angle Severe 1 block and the other into an Energyball (both with their own ENGL V30-cab IRs), and that's gotten me a bit closer to the tone I'm looking for, but in doing so I've also doubled the amount of knobs, so... well, you see my problem... ;) I am going to get there eventually I hope, but if not I might stumble on to an even better sound in the process :)

[@irecki1]

Is this AX8?

[@rastadarrin]

It's the Axe-FX III

[@davidhendrox]

Hey Leon! Do you use the enhancer block on any of your recordings by any chance ? and do you recommend any small tweaks for using the axe with monitoring headphones ?

[@LeonTodd]

I don't use the enhancer but it is a fun block that I need to do a video on at sims point. I like a touch of verb (rec studio C, mix around 10 % time around 0.5s) when using headphones

[@primaballerina84]

I hear Meat 👊

[@Archon747]

Dude....

[@MrRockinson]

God, endless Amps Lol

[@zvonimirbaljak76]

too much gain

[@kimseniorb]

Its a mistery to me why you are wasting the time with the awful modelers having such a great amp collection haha

[@danielvernon6841]

kimseniorb I think that is testament to how good the "awful" modellers actually are!

[@mrparkinson]

I recreated this as close as i could on the ax8.... and there goes this afternoon. haha. Thanks!

[@LeonTodd]

Cup of coffee and a Plexi - BLAM!