All user reviews for the Marshall GV-2 Guv'nor Plus

I have tested the Marshall Guvnor 2 and it will soon be on my pedal board. My pedal board has 47 pedals on it and I use them all. I am in a 3 piece Indie alternative band.
We do all our own tunes. I write with the bass player. I tend towards a distorted tone. She loves the aggressive nature of this approach but she sounds like Nina Simone. Not on purpose..it is just built in.
We often start a tune with could pass as an intro on the first Black Sabbath album...but that could quickly lead into vocals with a lighter sound...even my Martin.
So I use 6 overdrives starting with the light sounding ts 808 and go right up to a Heavy Metal overdrive. I am always looking for an overdrive that is rich and full but will lay down nicely behind the vocals. The Guvnor 2 does this well.
It is a Plexi sound most certainly and I have another myself. What is different is it has a knob that adds the resonance of a Marshall 4x12 cab. this makes the sound having a breathless gasping for air quality to the low end. Nothing else does this.

Same as the other.
I normment appreciates the equalizer, and the knobs sleep. This is the class of Marshall pedals.

USE

It's really too simple.
Positions indicated in the manual are really useful.
Deep Boost is a very intressante option, I recommend putting donf.

SOUND QUALITY

I find the grain really good, very vintage.
But the characteristic that I prefer is the boost deep which makes for really powerful bass. And not just to make Mtal - I do not worry.
Just because a coronation adds a presence in the sound.
I put the gain just above the half - say less than an hour, I dig the sound a bit - 11:00 mediums, I put the bass and treble 3:00 1 hour.
With a, it was a great sound indie pop, and not as Marshall typ than what they say. The distortion is very natural regardless of the level of gain.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I exchange against a Tech 21 Double Drive, it is to say how much I wanted!
I loved the Tech 21 but the tone knob does not allow me to get the sound I wanted. I wanted to sound a bit more and dig a little acid highs. That said, I had some fears because of some scathing reviews I had read.
I am totally reassured and convinced by the quality of this pedal. The grain is really vintage and totally realistic.
In addition, it works for all kinds of uses. I used repetition in my Power Block very high volume, but also to the headphone with a speaker simulator or low volume at home, and in any case renders a its large and powerful.
A true Russianness for me.

i used to have a boss SD-1 overdrive padel i bought from my guitar teacher to replace the horrible distortion on my amp. playing for a few months i got sick with the overdrive pedal to, so i went for the music inn to get me a new pedal.

i whas looking for something in the direction of the Boss DS-1 or DS-2 but they where sold out. i knew they where good pedels and i knew what they sounded like. he next showed me his entire pedal collection, including the new marshall effects

what i like.. you got a few hours?!?! no realy what's not to like about it. the Gov'Nor 2 has kept much of his old sound and feel. however they have added a deep knop that can modify the bass in you sound. also has the volume of the pedal been increased.

the sound is great and the pedal is almost like a second amp (or 3de or 4th etc.) it gives every amp i tested the pedal on a wonderfull sound, and the different options keep amazing me. from smooth fat bluese to hard smashing crunch (maybe not as hard as the Jackhammer, but it can keep up) and from screeming solos to the most weirdest of destortion effects. i'm shure that you will be able to create a other sound everytime you play, if you so wish.

well, there are only a few things i don't like about the padle. the first is the footswitch. compared to the Boss paddels it sucks. ist's small and not verry nice to press. and that counts dubble if you are just on your room playing around with it and wear no shoes.

the second think that i could see as small problem is that it's hard to get the distortion sound you want. there so many options in the thing that some people think it to complicated. it's not couse it works the same as an amp, but it takes a lot of experimenting before you have a sound you like. and some people find that a problem

the construction and quality is of the pedal is great. the casing is verry strong mettal... in fact the whole pedal is, and i'm shure that this pedal is better build than the Boss and Ibanez pedals, and that it beats most other pedal casings i have seen.

the activation button might not be that pleasant for activation, it is strong. verry strong. i remember when i droped my boss pedal once the activation swich had flown off and i had to reatatch it.. a thing that i think would not happen to this pedal even of you droped it 3 floors down

great all improved version of the old Guv'Nor, yet it remained it's load of posibilities and great sound that made the first version so popular. it verry sturdy and i'm shure it will never leave you down as soon as you need it

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An overdrive / distortion pedals among the overdrive / distortion. Nothing less than good.

UTILIZATION

Easy, but:
markings on the buttons ridiculously small.

SOUND QUALITY

It mimics the overdrive channel of a tube amp, donations if you have a tube amp with a "gain channel", it has no particular interest.

OVERALL OPINION

2 hours and I go to the store (E. ........... R).
I keep my AMT Du Hast, my AMT California Sound Satchurator my Vox.

Bad purchase for me.

Trs analog pedals as good quality sound qu'esthtique.

UTILIZATION

Easy to use, just like a prampli

SOUND QUALITY

It is used with Les Paul or Start, and on any microphone, the sound is beautiful, soft blues well a lime trs good saturation.

OVERALL OPINION

It is used on clean channel, but also the saturated gain MODR powerful distortion. The price is very reasonable, strength, beauty of the pedals, the ITS. Do not hsiter.
EDIT October 2011:
APRS 7 years of use on DIFFERENT amps, I find that pedals trs trs good. I had distos who rate 3 times the price and I sold it. I still have my Guv!

- Analogue distortion pedals
- 1 input, 1 output, an AC outlet (adapter not included)
- A switch
- 4 buttons rglages (including 2 doubles):
Gain, Bass / Deep Treble / Mid Volume
- Pretty face

UTILIZATION

The buttons are easily adjustable ... more accessible than the jackhammer I think.
Good one connects the switch is pressed and rolled my hen

SOUND QUALITY

Guaranteed effect: D
It sounds god of fire ... a good distortion (like JCM800) ... the sonic palette is pretty tight ... I think decrease the gain when you get good bluesy sounds ... and when pushed we obtain a saturation steady but not excessive especially with a good sustain ...
Rglages with bass, middle, treble it covers a lot of kind ... for fans of casual mtal (like me), even if it is not the vocation of the Guvnor, we can be misled just by pushing the bass and decreasing the middle button ....
The button is quite discreet Deep ... CA adds bass and the "heaviness" in his ... the beginners it seems that it makes no difference but over time he can be apprcier

Oh I forgot: the volume knob (which never Exceeds 1 / 4 of mine) we can do a great boost!
I use AC on a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe in a clear, godin LG humbuckers and split ...
With clear sound like the Fender pedals that assure you a great disto
nickel!

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it three days ago ... I got a good price on it so I did not hsit
I tried the JackHammer ... I liked the last by his cot versatile Overdrive mode and Disto ... but the mode distortion is too typical for me ... mtal damage
And I do not know if it's me but I found galre rgler .. I spent a long time to get a sound that I liked ... whereas with the Guvnor ca pte directly
Report quality excellent price for me ... 63 euros)

Most:
- The JCM800
- Easy to use
- Robust
- Pretty face
- Saturation not too strong but enough to acdc, maiden, guns, led zep, deep purple, RATM ...

the -:
- We would have an AC adapter AIM but ...

See above

UTILIZATION

One branch
is pressed
we rule

SOUND QUALITY

Frankly, I had gone to buy a TS9 but I quickly dchanter when I heard.
the sound is of course terrible, but not versatile enough for my taste, the distortion a bit heavy is impossible to program, sniff
dc I went on this pedals that I find a great sound (of course marshall well-typed, we like it or not), and really versatile: its crunchy distortion or fatter, c possible!
ft. is 50 qd even cheaper than a TS9!

OVERALL OPINION

I advise aminches, if you like the sound marshall and you looking for something that offers a range of sounds rather large, dark!

All CHARACTERISTICS dja t have said, more information and examples on the site rglage Marshall.

UTILIZATION

99% of the common use of pedals disto.Une gain range that goes from clean trsmchante not a distortion but with a grain sensational.
A bad point: if we leave the battery in with a branch in between jack, the battery is flat the next morning ...
The Deep knob is nice, it still adds a bass pedals dja well provided in this area

SOUND QUALITY

Dja As I said, I find that the pedals has a beautiful grain, trs typ Marshall, I find much more than the Jackhammer.
In contrast, beginners, I just fumble for the rglages adquate in my hot-rod, but over time I came to get warm tones and sharp , vritablement acedesse of bottled ...
On the other hand, the fact of trying moult and moult possibilities and combinations rglages fact that we know the end really his pedals and ractions by heart, and you get the sound DSIR trs quickly, especially since the pedals possde a nice range of sound rock.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought OCCAZ to 35, nine state ...
Needless to say that the price of the price quality ratio is exceptional!
But even 75 in France, it's worth it.
. Anyway I love it, it largely supersedes the pod xt distos marshall, and at night I play with the headphone by simply simulator hp.
I recommend it especially to those seeking an overdrive or distortion "soft" for not too expensive

Overdrive pedals. See more advice.

UTILIZATION

has made me even when enough time to find rglages. The same sound is not great ... Morph J'tais used to the button of my Digitech which allowed to change the color of his ... Regarding the manual, it fulfills its function, nothing more.

SOUND QUALITY

So this is where the pedals loses points. It is unusable with my Crybaby compltement GCB95 because when I use it, it loses all its overdrive (even if I put the gain back). I expected her to Marshall so special, but now when I plugged the pedals, there was this sound ... trsdcevant Is either too acidic or too low with PForm. There is no middle ground. I am the normment, I expected better from Marshall. The only sound is an acceptable limit its blues (even if they offer rglages hard rock in the manual), I bought it to play rock, punk and solos ... But ... I recommend you find another pedals, if you do not expect a lot of money. Nothing worse than paying for an expensive pedals they will sell two weeks later than 7 times cheaper ... There is a good point that I want all of the same note: it has no breath! Here I put 2 / 10 because I am normment and it's not used with my Crybaby. I know my notes may seem STRID, but really, it does no more than a MRIT of sound ct. (PS: Check out my other reviews, I do not give notes if STRID usual)

OVERALL OPINION

In résumé
I use it for four months. This is not the most difficult rgler pedals but this is not the easiest either. While the strengths are that it does not breath and she's beautiful (as is Whereas CRITERIA?). It is very well done to your dcor pedalboard! Weak points are that losses while the gain used with my Crybaby and the sound is not great. I tried several distortion pedals in / overdrive later in stores: Digitech Metal Master (I bought it), Digitech Hot Rod, Boss DS1, Boss MT-2, Boss HM2, Boss MZ2 , Boss SD1, Line 6 Uber Metal, Marshall Jackhammer, and Danelectro Liquid Metal Boss OD-20. All dpend style of music you want to play. I pay $ 40 CDN (used) and I would not pay a penny more! New, it is not worth the trouble at all, use either (unless the rating $ 10!). I bought it on the Internet for my Digitech MM complter it based samples that I found, but not the pedals that I needed. I had an overdrive rock, punk, blues and solos. The Guv'nor Plus unfortunately limited to blues (even if in the manual, Marshall offers rglages grunge / hard rock). You might as well try rglages rock, but the sound is too acidic. You can also try rglages grunge, but the sound will be too low PForm. No, I do not have that choice would do if all silent again, I dj for selling $ 25 CDN ... I put 3 / 10 dcevant for this product.

NB: For those who are 10/10 or 8.9 try other pedals (in the same price range), you'll quickly get your notes.

Idem, see other

UTILIZATION

Well, as for the prior notice of, no need to leave to settle the Polytechnic six pots ...
And it is true that it is class ^ ^

SOUND QUALITY

Well, let us.
Initially, I was looking for a pedal that could m'aporter sound rather see hard metal. I essey this pedal, and I've seduced ofSuite t! especially for 45 to OCCAZ ...
c is not the sound I was looking for, but it's true that the small grain vintage and particularly enjoyable. In addition, for the moment I'm playing on a canton hi-fi amplifier awaiting my amp already and yet I find the sound exellent! (I yearn to find an amp lol).

OVERALL OPINION

For the price, it is really worth.
I would do is choosing without problem, especially since it is no cheap.
As I've said, I love this vintage cot that found in the sound, plus it has a pretty face ...
cot negative, ca is still pending but expected to serve knob imitate the lamp screw up the grave of my hifi amp, but hey j wait to see what happens on a real guitar amp.

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UTILIZATION

Simple configuration but do not hesitate to tamper with the knobs, the manual gives some idées.Construction robust.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound reminds 800.On JCM has a wide choice of crunch to saturation furieuses.Je rhytmique.Elle'm using it mainly is on the humbucker and the single most sensitive to what is normal.Bonnes low, captures on tube amps.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for several years I have had other models: Electro-Harmonix Big Muff and Little Big Muff; chose.Le is another value for money is good.

Small analog distortion pedal, gain, treble, midle, deep, volume and bypass switch (a priori it is a true-bypass).
In and Out in mono jack 6.35 "asymmetrical.
No MIDI or USB is a basic pedal and not the latest digital multi-effect fashion.

The case is beautiful, the golden knobs are very "classy" and pleasant to the touch.
The switch does not bar testicle after 5 minutes.

8 / 10 is good industrial beautiful finish on the cheap.

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is it simple?
Not necessarily. The search for the sound you have in mind is not very easy and it often gets results strongly imbued with the personality of the GV2 +.

Editing sounds and effects is it easy?
Yes, it's a pedal pretty easy to understand, much less to use.

The manual is clear and sufficient?
Memory, the manual does little to the understanding of the effect. At most it merely to explain the action of the knobs, but nothing can replace the grip and experience.

8 / 10 for appearance "use".

SOUND QUALITY

The effects are they effective, responsive and realistic enough?
The effects are large enough. From a colorful boost to saturation rather violent (but not Nu Metal supercharged) full of harmonics and fat, GV2 + fulfills its mission with gusto. The sound described by advertisements and catalogs as "typical Marshall" is not usurped, relatively speaking of course: a pedal does not replace the JCM, the best there is thinking.

Which instruments do you use?
With a guitar ... more clearly, with a Yamaha RGX-520FZ at the time. I no longer have the pedal and the guitar for several months.

Which ones you prefer, you hate?
The Boost is useful and gives a little juice to soft crunch of the knee, by saturating it more into well-known Marshallian records. Let's say the effect is strongly influenced by the Marshall touch whatever you do, it's a bit of interest in this pedal. So I like this color too excessive.
I do not hate anything, and if that were the case, I would not use it unpleasant to use. I'm not a masochist ...

OVERALL OPINION

I used this pedal a few months, with a scratch "in fashion" all mahogany and humbuckers high output, two bodies in an amp (Peavey Supreme XL Head and 2X12 Cab Genz Benz George Lynch).

I like its looks, its price and its finish. The sound is not bad, with a unique boss, making it a complementary tool. I used some pedal overdrive / distortion / overdrive, but I'm not a fan of these additions, I often prefer to be saturated with the channel of the amp. This pedal adds an extra grain to the pallet. It is not essential and not mandatory, but gives a bit of a Marshall amp with a different color.

She has been in the friend Xavier Bellemoufle must be used in practice as a combo pedal chaispaquoi. Will ask his opinion.

A great little pedal, elegant and cheap which will give a little taste of your Marshall sound.

It's an overdrive pedal robust, basic and very classy, ​​not a Line 6 modulation effect cold and soulless that plugs into the PC and interfaces noon for more technical information I invite you to visit Official Marshall (I think it www.marshallamps.com).

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is simple to understand: Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Volume, or the same settings as the Marshall amps and even those of other brands, plus the knob "Deep" a very original, I have still not well even if used to dig all the frequencies, or just the bass but I like to put it back ...

Get a good sound is very easy (only if you like Marshall, of course), but get the sound you want is more boring: the sound is what happens but the range of sounds offered by the different Guv'nor Plus makes it necessary to tamper with a long time to find the sound we were looking for, however it is very rare to not eventually get there, since this defect is due to the incredible versatility of this pedal, you can not really talk about failure, but a side effect of an important quality.

As for the manual, the only thing I find useful in, is the examples of settings, but I have not tried because my amp has too much personality and pre-designed settings would not have the desired effect.

SOUND QUALITY

Since this is a true overdrive and not a modulation effect, there is no problem on the side of realism ... This is an overdrive that varies from mild crunch to boost or distortion remains wild and quality every time.

I use a Fender Super Reverb 1967 (combo 45W 4x10 "tube) with a BCRich NJ Bich in 1986 with microphones Gibson '57 Classic, a Telecaster, a BCRich Masterpiece Mockingbird and ESP MIII cutomer limited to 1987 equipped a micro EMG 81.

The list of sounds that would get a bit long but I include the following:
With Bich, I managed to reproduce exactly the sound of AC / DC on the album "Let There Be Rock", with Mockingbird, I was amused to reproduce the sound of Black Flag Nervous Breakdown in with the Telecaster I managed to get the sound of Joe Strummer in the early Clash ...

Whatever happens, the sound is warm and the grain vintage. And you can even have a crap if it's what we want (I make punk).

One small problem: I tried it on a Marshall MG100DFX (100W 1x12 Combo "transistor) and though I set the treble to the bottom, he was still missing, so I do not recommend the Guv'nor Plus for those seeking make a little more distortion of the vintage Marshall transistor. But I think it is a fault of the amp and not because of the pedal on my Fender, I put the treble half of the pedal and the amp, and it is almost too much so I put 10 anyway.

OVERALL OPINION

For me it's a great pedal that perfectly meets my expectations for a reasonable price (54 € on www.thomann.de / en).

Before buying it, I tried several models from Boss and I found it clean, mastered, full of good technical quality but totally devoid of warmth and soul, which is not the case GV2 who has the soul of an old Marshall.

I do not see the point to re-elect now that I say that but if I lose I will redeem the same.
I use it for two months, and I can already do without.

Sounds tenderly and warmly overdrive distortion.
more beautiful and less complex than the jackhammer test also just before

UTILIZATION

Simple beautiful efficient can not do better at this price
large grunge blues rock (acdc eg) that you ask for
2 knob pokey rglage the coup has taken a few sucks, less than a Boss DS for storing the battery, but equally good cold, quite the opposite and that's the point.

SOUND QUALITY

Need a distortion less aggressive to replace my mxr dime distortion rather large pieces of thick raw funk rock with my band lol.
Not read the manual before the test and would therefore like we talk about grunge and blues in the opinion, the first approach I adopted in trying (??????). Test the jack hammer just before and frankly the Guv'nor asks you to ring bah it sounds hot on its books. A slight crunch to see and drool ca not rev the masses rather soft to the ear. Good on the other hand for the van halen 's death is better now but hey I have not taken to ca ...

OVERALL OPINION

Testtrifouill an hour with at least half an hour just before jackhammer with which I have not hooked at all, (I just found the cool switch overdrive and distortion but it is too incisive and the jackhammer sounds yucky cold) must say that I have to change twice scratch then I am getting tired of the award every time I do my test from the last one lag arkane M100 and a head arches which is pretty bad compared to my bbs (mesa boogie, seymour duncan ...) that they will be delighted to receive this pedal effect to knob "Golden" on the board.
I have not picked up as already seen the boss ds 1 and 2.
The distortion of my amp Marshall Valvestate vieu I miss it horribly pk I turned to the guv nor. Well it's something else in the meantime I think ke possible to draw something with this hot brilliance.
ca 79 euro bought back the same Preska o OCCAZ purchase with shipping and against reimbursement. The smallest of my board composed primarily of mxr.