The Maza FX XPLEX V2 is an analog distortion with a booster, built to emulate the sound of Marshall Plexi JTM and JMP amplifiers. RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as capturing the amps used by guitarists who made history in music, naming Hendrix, Blackmore, Page and Van Halen among them1. It sits in the distortion family, alongside other Maza FX drives such as the Rebel Atomic Dist ORIGIN, the Kirk Distortion and the Kidrock Distortion.
What it does
The pedal's job is to put a Plexi-style overdriven amp sound in front of a clean or pedal-platform amp, with a booster stage on board for pushing solos or harder hitting passages. Because the circuit is analog, it processes the guitar signal continuously rather than converting it to digital1.
A notable feature is the switching. The pedal includes a soft switch relay system, the v2 mod Flexi version1. Soft switch relay bypassing uses a relay controlled by a footswitch rather than a direct mechanical contact in the signal path, which is a common approach in modern pedal design.
Power
The XPLEX V2 runs on a 9V DC supply with center negative polarity and draws 30mA of current1. That is a modest draw by pedalboard standards, well within what a typical isolated power supply output provides.
Maza FX publishes an English manual for the XPLEX V2 as a PDF on its website1, which is worth having for the full control layout and operating details.
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Questions
Is the Maza FX XPLEX V2 analog or digital?
The XPLEX V2 is an analog pedal. Maza FX lists its circuit type as analog on the product page carried by RockBoard PedalPedia. It runs on a 9V DC supply with center negative polarity and draws 30mA of current, so a standard pedalboard power supply output handles it without trouble.
What amplifiers does the XPLEX V2 emulate?
Maza FX describes the XPLEX V2 as a distortion that emulates the sound of Marshall Plexi JTM and JMP amplifiers, the amps used by guitarists the maker names as having made history in music, such as Hendrix, Blackmore, Page and Van Halen.
Sources (1)
- XPLEX V2 by Maza FX, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
