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Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959

Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959

Track with the legendary sound of rock in all its power and glory.

  • Use your Apollo with Unison™ technology to track through the only authentic Plexi Super Lead emulation — with no latency
  • Re-amp previously recorded tracks with any UAD-2 hardware
  • Dial-in perfect studio amp tones with three different microphone combinations — FET, Valve, and Dynamic
  • Fine-tune your guitar tones with 50 presets by legendary AC/DC engineer Tony Platt

Runs on macOS or Windows. Requires an Apollo audio interface or UAD Accelerator. View full system requirements.

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Track with the Legendary Sound of Rock

The undisputed alpha dog of rock and roll guitar amps, the Marshall 1959 Super Lead amplifier is as legendary as the music it helped create. From Jimi Hendrix to Jimmy Page to Eric Clapton, the plexi’s raunch defined the sound of rock. Developed by Softube, the Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959 plug-in gives you the sound of this 100-watt British classic.

Voiced by a Legend

Producer/engineer Tony Platt has recorded some of the most quintessential Marshall tones ever committed to tape — most notably AC/DC’s landmark albums, Highway to Hell and Back in Black. Softube enlisted Platt to capture exquisite cabinet and microphone simulations using his Platinum-approved, tried-and-true mic recipes. You can choose from 50 Platt-designed presets, or craft your own tones.

Mix Between Seven Expertly Placed Microphones

Open up the plug-in’s Channel Strip section, and easily dial-in your sounds with Panning, global High/Low EQ, and Level control over each microphone, allowing precision fine-tuning — during tracking or mixdown. No matter the genre, or type of guitar, you’re afforded tons of tweakable options, from pin-point single miked tones to roars of glorious room ambience.

Get Authentic Plexi Tones with Unison™ Technology

The interaction of your guitar’s pickups to an amp’s front end is crucial to capturing the tone and feel of the amplifier. With UA’s Unison technology, Apollo user's guitar pickups will see the exact impedance load as if they’re plugged into a vintage Marshall Plexi — a feature found only on Apollo audio interfaces.

What They Say

We chose the combination of amplifier and cabinet very carefully and spent a lot of time finding the optimum microphone combinations and positions. The result is superb - this is really what a vintage Plexi actually sounds like.

Tony Platt

AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Bob Marley

So many options, so much power, so much control — this plug-in sounds amazing.

James Ivey

Pro Tools Expert

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you’ll need an Apollo audio interface, UAD-2 Satellite, or UAD-2 PCIe card to run these plug-ins, using the onboard DSP. The plug-ins run on the hardware itself, without adding strain to your computer’s CPU. In an Apollo, onboard DSP processing allows you to run realtime UAD plug-ins with near-zero latency, and even record that processing directly to your DAW.

Yes, you can start a fully functional 14-day demo from any plug-in bundled with the UAD software. Simply click “Start Demo”, and start using it in your DAW.

UAD-2 licenses follow the hardware, it does not matter which computer they are connected to. You can have up to six UAD-2 devices registered to a system in your Universal Audio account, which share those licenses. See UAD-2 Plug-In Licensing Explained for full details. Authorization of UAD-2 hardware is managed by the UAD Meter & Control Panel Application.

Check our Knowledge Base for additional questions

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