PRS amps

[bolero]

tried one of these out, definitely sounded good...sounded much better with the master volume "out" of the circuit, otherwise it was buzzy like all those other attenuators etc

 

but it was modeled after a combo of Jimi & Duane's amp circuits, you could toggle between the different values, which was interesting.

 

Duane's sounded like a super bass, Jimi's sounded more like a lead

 

50w

 

they also had some of the psychedelic tolex ones in there...neat looking amps. Doug Sewell is doing them

 

anyone here got one?

[DetroitBlues]

I've seen a lot of people rave about the amp... But just like PRS guitars, way overpriced...even the SE models...

[James535]

Good to hear from someone that's actually tried one out, I have been yet to find someone who has so far! My local stores haven't stocked any either but I'd love to get my hands on one of those Super Dallas heads. They look incredible, way out of my price range though

[AP515]

I've played the Dallas. There's a used one on my GC. Single channel, sounded great but they want too much for it used. I keep watching it and the price drops a little every month or so. Maybe I can get it before someone else does when they make the price realistic.

[bolero]

would have been interesting to compare to one of the marshall reissue's

 

the PRS is essentially a 50w plexi

[JackBaruth]

I think the amps and the acoustics are unnecessary extensions of the PRS "brand". As nice as they may be. I don't think either product will end up having the kind of resale value the electrics have. They would have been better off tying-in with MESA/Boogie to do matching guitars and amps the way Gibson is doing with Marshall.

 

Slightly off-topic: the temptation to extend brands nowadays is insane. Porsche sells more trucks than sports cars. All the major clothing manufacturers try to sell every type of outfit imaginable. Dell rebrands HP printers just so they can sell a "Dell printer". Montblanc makes watches.

[tulk1]

 

Slightly off-topic: the temptation to extend brands nowadays is insane. Porsche sells more trucks than sports cars. All the major clothing manufacturers try to sell every type of outfit imaginable. Dell rebrands HP printers just so they can sell a "Dell printer". Montblanc makes watches.

Is that a real poncho, or a Sear's poncho?

 

On the "boutique" amps by other guitar manufacturer's ... anyone ever see, hear or play G&L's Whipper Snapper?

[Guest HRB853370]

I think the amps and the acoustics are unnecessary extensions of the PRS "brand". As nice as they may be. I don't think either product will end up having the kind of resale value the electrics have. They would have been better off tying-in with MESA/Boogie to do matching guitars and amps the way Gibson is doing with Marshall.

 

Slightly off-topic: the temptation to extend brands nowadays is insane. Porsche sells more trucks than sports cars. All the major clothing manufacturers try to sell every type of outfit imaginable. Dell rebrands HP printers just so they can sell a "Dell printer". Montblanc makes watches.

 

 

Comon. Porsche trucks? You are kidding of course.

[Guest HRB853370]

tried one of these out, definitely sounded good...sounded much better with the master volume "out" of the circuit, otherwise it was buzzy like all those other attenuators etc

 

but it was modeled after a combo of Jimi & Duane's amp circuits, you could toggle between the different values, which was interesting.

 

Duane's sounded like a super bass, Jimi's sounded more like a lead

 

50w

 

they also had some of the psychedelic tolex ones in there...neat looking amps. Doug Sewell is doing them

 

anyone here got one?

 

I think Derek Trucks uses them.

[DetroitBlues]

Of course an artist would have one...not like he pays for them... PRS gives stuff to artists to push brand recognition....he got one of my favorite guitarists to switch to PRS by giving him several PRS guitars ans amps...

[JackBaruth]

 

 

Comon. Porsche trucks? You are kidding of course.

 

No. The Cayenne outsells the Boxster and 911 combined.

[JeffB]

Of course an artist would have one...not like he pays for them... PRS gives stuff to artists to push brand recognition....he got one of my favorite guitarists to switch to PRS by giving him several PRS guitars ans amps...

The bastard!!!!

Did you type or spit this post?

So if Paul gave you a guitar you would basicaly become his bitch?

If Davy didnt like them or feel they were suitable for his sound he couldve sent them back or just not used them. Seems to me hes a bit of a poster boy for PRS so he's obviously happy with the deal they struck.

[Guest HRB853370]

The bastard!!!!

Did you type or spit this post?

So if Paul gave you a guitar you would basicaly become his bitch?

If Davy didnt like them or feel they were suitable for his sound he couldve sent them back or just not used them. Seems to me hes a bit of a poster boy for PRS so he's obviously happy with the deal they struck.

 

He is not exactly a high profile player such as Warren Haynes or Joe Bonnamassa.

[AP515]

 

I think Derek Trucks uses them.

And Warren Haynes too:

Here's a clip of a lot of stuff (Carlos gets "out there" sometimes). Amp talk is at about 6:50.

 

Here's a great song with Warren using his PRS amp.

 

It is interesting that neither he nor Derek switched to PRS guitars, just amps. I think that shows that they didn't do it for endorsements (or that they are still hanging on to their Gibson endorsements if they have them), They just like the amps.

[GuitArtMan]

I've seen a lot of people rave about the amp... But just like PRS guitars, way overpriced...even the SE models...

I'm not all that familiar with them, but the local GC had one - a two el84 model, two channels, I think they wanted $850 for the head. That's not bad in my book. I never did get a chance to check it out and the past couple of times I've been in there I didn't see it.

[JeffB]

 

He is not exactly a high profile player such as Warren Haynes or Joe Bonnamassa.

Gotta be honest, none of them are high profile players except amongst a certain demographic. Old guys and blues guys.

I try and fit one of those demographics and fit the other naturaly, I was "more" aware of Davy Knowles than the other two for a long time and only because of one song I heard on a late night roots and blues radio segment.

If I didnt frequent guitar forums I would be much less aware of any of them.

Davy does a fair bit of PR work for PRS is what I meant by "poster boy".

 

Btw Im selling my PRS guitar. You should buy it!

[kidsmoke]

FWIW - I saw Haynes last night (Gov't Mule) - sold out 18 and over show in Chicago. For sure the bulk of the crowd was older and male, but there were quite a few younger people and women there.

 

Haynes as always had several heads and cabs, and that PRS was not among them. 2 marshalls, his Soldano, and that Red faced one shown in the video above.

 

They played two sets, the entire second set as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and he was on Strats for that whole set with a different amp configuration than for the Humbucker/P90 laden first set. The Soldano and Marshall stack were absent, but a Marshall head and that red faced head remained. Lots of work during the set break.

 

PunkKitty and Gio were there as well..Perhaps they remember it differently.

[TalismanRich]

Warren may be using PRS amps, but that trusty Diaz has been a mainstay on stage with him for YEARS. The several times I've seen him, its been paired with a Soldano, a Marshall, and now the PRS. I did notice that this past summer he didn't have the plexiglass isolator in front of the amps. Maybe he's found the tone he wants at a more manageable volume. When he had the Soldano/Diaz a few years ago, it was cranked pretty hard.

[212Mavguy]

Totally stereotyping here...intentional foul... -1 rep point

 

PRS amps remind me of the kind of refined products seen within the affluent baby boomer market that devotedly follows the kinds of top end new production guitar related musical equipment of Tonequest magazine. Some of these foks are not afraid to spend mooooooooo-ney to get something nice, like there's no credibility or quality to the brand and product until a suitably high price is attached. And quite a few of them can play electric guitar very, very, very, well and have other $$$$$ amps of similar unique qualities and (at least to their owners) uber-capabilities..

 

Not having seen the insides of one or heard, I'd bet I'd see good lead dress, fairly traditional values used with high quality brand iron and parts. The specs describe fairly simple, very well thought out and artfully executed designs, by virtue of such tech- tweakable for a given player to boot. To their buyers they are worth every penny and if they didn't think they were getting some pretty amazing tones to be justifying the $$$$$ the brand would have already died in this amp buyer's market of all time...

 

especially being a satellite product of a main branding.

 

Art has class, y'all. Gots to pay for that stuff.

 

I won't be buying one but's that's because I'd rather spend the moooooooo-ney researching and sourcing as good or better materials to build three amps.and three speaker cabs for others or myself.

 

Have great respect for Mr. Sewalls art..

[fxdx99]

Played a PRS Sweet 16 at a shop 'bout a year ago that had a used one on consignment. Really liked it. Went back a 2nd time and in addition to again using a tele thru it used a 150 as well. The tele was, well... sweet. The humbucker's 'okay', but not as much. Came close to buying it as it sounded sooo good w/that tele. Didn't need another amp, but still. A really nice combo.

[Gitfiddler]

Interesting comments about PRS Amps in this thread.

 

It leads me to ask if Heritage Amplification of Tennessee was a similar brand spin-off attempt? Even though Heritage Amplification was not directly part of the Heritage Guitar company, the people involved with their distribution and marketing wore that hat for both companies. Wasn't it Zane Lastrow?

 

Yes, it failed after just a few years, but they produced exquisite boutique quality amps, priced on the high end of the market and had the Heritage Guitar brand as a close kissin' cousin. That is what it appears PRS Amps has done, only with much better funding and marketing.

[bolero]

I would bet the Heritage amps were at least as well made, and as good sounding as the PRS

 

the PRS is basically a marshall knockoff

 

which is Colonial territory

[Kuz]

Well, I am amazed at all the PRS bashing on this forum. Paul must be doing something right to be right behind Fender & Gibson. If you don't like a PRS then don't buy one, but to dismiss the whole company is bias and rediculus.

 

I have had a number of PRS guitars and I current own two. They sound great, and no one gave them to me. Oh, and Santana, Al Dimeolo, and David Grissom all BOUGHT their guitars from Paul for years before Paul offered them a signature guitar.

 

As far as PRS amps being Marshall clones, maybe. But remember a Marshall is just a clone of a Fender Bassman.

[Guest HRB853370]

Well, I am amazed at all the PRS bashing on this forum. Paul must be doing something right to be right behind Fender & Gibson. If you don't like a PRS then don't buy one, but to dismiss the whole company is bias and rediculus.

 

I have had a number of PRS guitars and I current own two. They sound great, and no one gave them to me. Oh, and Santana, Al Dimeolo, and David Grissom all BOUGHT their guitars from Paul for years before Paul offered them a signature guitar.

 

As far as PRS amps being Marshall clones, maybe. But remember a Marshall is just a clone of a Fender Bassman.

 

That last sentence is SO untrue!

[bolero]

well I wasn't trying to be negative in my post, it is pretty factual....I guess it could be read that way but it wasn't my intent

 

fact: I bet the Heritage amps are at least as well made as the PRS

 

fact: those PRS amps are direct circuit copies of a plexi marshall, complete with component values to approximate Jimi & Duane's sound

 

Kuz is correct...the JTM45 is pretty much a Fender Bassman: Jim Marshall & his tech team deliberately copied the circuit as American amps were hard to get in England around that time. only real differences were speaker/cab ( 4x12 vs 4x10 combo ), and the WWII surplus transformers they used. and originally KT66 tubes vs 5880