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PRS Archon

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Mark Tremonti

"Everybody owes it to themself to plug into this amp. This is a do-it-all, standalone amplifier."
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Tosin Abasi

"I'm considering an entirely different rig for the Generation Axe tour. The good folks at @prsguitars sent me some stuff to demo! I already feel bad for the neighbors????????????"
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Neal Schon

At 27:30 in this video rig rundown, Adam Day, Neal Schon's guitar technician, explains that they "just started using the Paul Reed Smith Archon, and he's been very pleased with it." Neal Schon has two of these PRS amps in his setup.
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Fredrik Åkesson

“I really enjoy playing the amp. Not many amps have that warm punchy gain.”
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Andy Williams

"One of the best high gain amps I've ever used."
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Trevor Young

“The Archon has one of biggest tonal spectrums of any amp I've ever used. For distorted or clean tones this is a amp I will keep in my arsenal forever.”
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Mark Holcomb

at 0:53 mark is seen sitting next to his PRS Archon head
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Dustie Waring

He uses this amp for "absolute tube power", according to Premier Guitar's rig rundown.
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Jason Richardson

In this post you can see Jason's Prs archon amp. he uses this amp in combo with his Prs cab. He often switches between this amp and his Engl amp head
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Jeff Loomis

All guitars were the album takes, reamped through the 100w 6L6 version of the head. The cabs are Hesu 2x12 cabs with Celestion V30 speakers. Drum mix by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer, song remix by Keith Merrow. Filmed at Jeff's studio in Seattle.
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Seth Morrison

Beginning in 2015, Seth is now combining his Dual-Rec with PRS Archon.
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Ryan Johnson

“For bands with one guitarist, sometimes finding the fullness from the layered tracks on your record can be a pain live. You'll always be looking for that blend of amp heads or guitar pedals to replicate that perfect tone. Paul Reed Smith's Archon is finally an amp head that can achieve that, and with so many options, you aren't limited to one particular sound. This amp does it all from crystal clear cleans to raw heaviness; it caters to the needs of literally any type of player. PRS really knocked it out of the park with this one! It's definitely found a permanent place in my live rig!”
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Emil Werstler

“Finding the right amp can be a life-long journey. There always seems to be an imperfection in design covered up by excess features. For the multi-genre player, It is nearly impossible to find one amp for all styles until now. The ARCHON delivers the best clean and dirty channels I've ever heard in one amp. Finally, I get to just plug in and play.”
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Jesse Liu

In this Instagram photo, Jesse Liu has a PRS Archon (middle)
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Jeff Kalal

PRS Archon is at time stamp 3:56 on the right on top of marshall 412 cab
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Rob Chapman

"My 100 watt head also switches to 50 if you need it to" Rob says and which point The Captain chimes in saying "they all switch to half power". This is all while talking about the PRS Archon at 4:00 of this #product-demo.
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Greek for “ruler” or “lord,” the PRS Archon is a commanding and versatile 2-channel amp with aggressive overdriven tones and sparkling cleans with plenty of headroom. The Archon’s lead channel was designed with five gain stages before the master volume, delivering full, lush distortion. The clean channel provides ample headroom with rich clear tones that retain clarity even at high volume and are an excellent platform for pedals. The Archon has remarkably responsive tone with incredible note separation, whether you’re playing on the clean channel or chugging on the lead. The added option of 6L6 or EL34 power tubes allows players to further personalize the tone and feel of the Archon. 6L6 tubes offer plenty of versatility and warmer, more balanced tone across the full range of frequencies. They will also push with less saturation for a bit of a sweeter, smoother tone. EL34 tubes offer focused, tight, punchy gain. They run a little hotter, distort earlier, and deliver a wider range of overdriven, crunch tones that are great for rock distortion. Utilizing a ‘no flash or trash’ approach, the Archon’s control layout features volume and tone controls for each channel, a global depth control to add a thunderous low end, and a presence control to effect the high end chime. A half-power switch allows players to choose either 100 or 50 watts of output adding to the Archon’s extreme flexibility.

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blackbird384

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BEAST

I come from the "Mesa Boogie is KING" genre of music and time, but when I saw a demo of the Archon on YouTube I needed to hear it with my own ears. This amp RIPs high gain, full, warm and meaty tones for hard rock and modern metal. The cleans are very crisp and warm as well. My only con-s for this amazing and pricey amp are that it has only two channels. Clean and Lead. If PRS puts a third channel on this bad boy in the future it will be unstoppable.

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