Tom Johnston

"I ended up using them in my live rig predominantly for soloing and have just recently moved up to the 100 watt Archon and absolutely love it! They both have a sound combination I would characterize as a cross between Marshall and a Mesa. Big bottom end but cuts with a nice edge. Any guitar or amp is only as good as the guy playing it, but these amps have a great clean sound and can rip when you turn ‘em loose on a solo."

"The heads feed a pair of PRS 2x12 cabinets onstage."

"A single drawer in his rack houses all his stomps, which includes a MXR Carbon Copy for added depth/vibe on most parts, while the Boss DD-20 is set for “China Grove.” On most of the time—especially for the clean parts—is the JHS Pulp ‘N’ Peel compressor, crunch and boost tones are bumped up by the Xotic AC Booster, and the raunchiest distortion comes from the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver. A Boss RV-6 Digital Reverb is in the effects loop of the Archon that’s dialed for rhythm duties. All switching is handled by either Tom or his tech Chris Ledbetter who have their own Custom Audio Electronics RS-T 16 controller. Also, the “solo” Archon is routed through a Two Notes Audio Engineering Torpedo Studio Digital Loadbox/Speaker Simulator."