NAMM News .. PRS 15 Watt tube amp head - Page 2

LouieAtienza · #16 02-02-2018, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by KevWind

Yes as you say if the sound is up to par, I would think the lights would be great for the gigging player on a dim stage.

My only complaint about my Supro FT Sw. pedal for switching the onboard reverb and tremolo in and out is no LED's on the pedal, which if I have them set for more noticeable effect is no big deal, but if I have them set for just a very slight effect (which I usually prefer ) I sometimes can tell

I've been doing the digital thing for a long time now - VG-8, VG-88, VG-99, GR-33, GR-55, AXON - but looking for a more analog solution lately. I was looking at the HeadRush as I think it sounds phenomenal, but as with moth digital modeling, I don't feel the "pull and push" of the amp when I play.

MaurysMusic · #17 02-02-2018, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Looks like PRS took a page from the old Ampeg (and to a lesser extent Supro) playbook here: running high-power tubes in class-A mode, well below their rated output, gives you the benefits of tube longevity, ungodly amounts of headroom/dynamics for this type of circuit, broad frequency range, and that inimitable class-A tone quality - as anyone who has ever owned a 7591-equipped blue-check Ampeg Gemini I/Rocket/Jet or cathode-bias B-15 will attest. Not too popular among rockers until now - historically more of a mainstream jazzers' amp for the reasons cited - but kudos to Mark and PRS for thinking "outside the box" (pun intended)...

Probably be a total tone monster with a pair of Eminence Swamp Thangs in a closed-back 2x12" cab - and a nice complement to your Supro Titan, Kev...

Interesting. I thought 7&15 watts was attractive because of the inherent lack of headroom.

KevWind · #18 02-02-2018, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by MaurysMusic

Interesting. I thought 7&15 watts was attractive because of the inherent lack of headroom.

Not being an amp tech by any stretch, I'm wondering

could it be (maybe something to do with 2 6L6 's ?)
In one of the video's Tremonti stated lots of headroom on the clean channel