I know this amp has only been out for a year or so but it seems like a very popular amp and for good reason! I love mind and I haven't regretted getting it .
The reasons for it's popularity are probably 1. That it's an affordable amp. It only costs around 550 euros here. 2. It sounds great! The cleans are good and the distortion sounds are pretty amazing! 3. It has 'big 6L6 tubes'. I'm personally not against small tubes, in fact I really love all my EL84 amps just as much as my big bottle amps but I know that other people aren't too fond of the smaller valves. So it's a smart move by PRS to put in 6L6's. 4. It's the signature amp by Mark Tremonti. 5. It's light and portable compared to most 50-100w amps. 5. It looks cool. Gotta love the blue and red lights for the different channels. It does look kind of industrial, so not as classy as a Marshall. If you're not into that I could see why you don't like the look of this amp. 6. It works pretty great with pedals. I've tried to demonstrate this in the demo by plugging in various pedals such as the Friedman BE-OD and Diezel VH4-2 into the clean channel. Sounds killer!
One cool feature that this amp has is the treble pull boost. It makes the clean channel quite a bit louder and it pushes the amp a little bit more into slight overdrive. Don't expect this channel (or amp) to do a good classic mid gain rock crunch well though. For that I would recommend adding a pedal to engage on the clean channel when such tones are needed. The clean tones are very balanced in general, perhaps a little sterile sounding but that does make it very pedal friendly. It would have been cool to have a little more gain on that channel and/or a bright switch to make it more versatile.
The distortion tones are great! This amp has plenty of gain on tap and the eq is very responsive. As can be seen in the demo I like to crank my mids and treble for more definition. If you leave those low the amp will feel looser and more soggy, which could work better for boosted high gain tones. I do recommend to try and raise the mids and treble for more midrange cut and bark. The low-end isn't as tight as an ENGL but it's also not as loose/flubby as a Recto. Boost pedals can make this amp VERY tight as I've also demonstrated in the video. It's great for rock, hard rock and metal but as I said earlier, not amazing for low gain classic rock tones. I imagine a Wampler Plexi Drive Deluxe would be a great pedal to add to this amp for more flexibility.
Who else has one? How do you like it? What are your favorite settings? I would love to know!
Here's the demo. I used 14 different guitars and various styles, just to see how versatile this amp is, also with some cool pedals:
The reasons for it's popularity are probably 1. That it's an affordable amp. It only costs around 550 euros here. 2. It sounds great! The cleans are good and the distortion sounds are pretty amazing! 3. It has 'big 6L6 tubes'. I'm personally not against small tubes, in fact I really love all my EL84 amps just as much as my big bottle amps but I know that other people aren't too fond of the smaller valves. So it's a smart move by PRS to put in 6L6's. 4. It's the signature amp by Mark Tremonti. 5. It's light and portable compared to most 50-100w amps. 5. It looks cool. Gotta love the blue and red lights for the different channels. It does look kind of industrial, so not as classy as a Marshall. If you're not into that I could see why you don't like the look of this amp. 6. It works pretty great with pedals. I've tried to demonstrate this in the demo by plugging in various pedals such as the Friedman BE-OD and Diezel VH4-2 into the clean channel. Sounds killer!
One cool feature that this amp has is the treble pull boost. It makes the clean channel quite a bit louder and it pushes the amp a little bit more into slight overdrive. Don't expect this channel (or amp) to do a good classic mid gain rock crunch well though. For that I would recommend adding a pedal to engage on the clean channel when such tones are needed. The clean tones are very balanced in general, perhaps a little sterile sounding but that does make it very pedal friendly. It would have been cool to have a little more gain on that channel and/or a bright switch to make it more versatile.
The distortion tones are great! This amp has plenty of gain on tap and the eq is very responsive. As can be seen in the demo I like to crank my mids and treble for more definition. If you leave those low the amp will feel looser and more soggy, which could work better for boosted high gain tones. I do recommend to try and raise the mids and treble for more midrange cut and bark. The low-end isn't as tight as an ENGL but it's also not as loose/flubby as a Recto. Boost pedals can make this amp VERY tight as I've also demonstrated in the video. It's great for rock, hard rock and metal but as I said earlier, not amazing for low gain classic rock tones. I imagine a Wampler Plexi Drive Deluxe would be a great pedal to add to this amp for more flexibility.
Who else has one? How do you like it? What are your favorite settings? I would love to know!
Here's the demo. I used 14 different guitars and various styles, just to see how versatile this amp is, also with some cool pedals:
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