Paul Reed Smith PRS Archon 50 Watt Head
Presenting the all new updated PRS Archon 50 Watt Head. The Archon is a commanding 2-channel amp with versatile overdriven tones and sparkling cleans with plenty of headroom. Designed with five gain stages before the master volume, the Archon’s lead channel is voiced to cover everything from Classic Rock to Metal with full, lush distortion. The clean channel provides rich tones that retain clarity even at high volume, and there is ample headroom, creating an excellent platform for your favorite 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 PRS Archon is powered by two 6CA7 power tubes, which fall sonically between EL34 and 6L6 tubes, offering the best of both worlds. 6CA7’s are warm, full, and articulate, with smooth high end and tight low end. They chug, distort, and get heavy without over-saturating, and they sing without becoming harsh. Utilizing a ‘no flash or trash’ approach, the Archon’s control layout allows for detailed and intuitive tone shaping. Each channel features volume, treble, middle, bass, and master volume controls as well as a bright switch. The 3-band EQ lets players better dial-in their desired tone, while the volume and master controls work together to command the amp’s distortion and loudness. The bright switch acts almost as a treble boost, putting a shine on the amp’s high-end without going into icepick territory. The global presence and depth controls in the Archon’s power amp section both work to modify the feedback network of the amp to unleash the potential of the high- and low-end respectively. Turning up the Presence control releases more high- mid and treble frequencies, bringing the amp’s tone forward. Depending on the tone stack and volume settings, the Presence can change the gain/ texture and loudness of the high-end, making your tone wilder and more 3-dimensional (or more “present” sounding). In addition to adding low-end, Depth adds a resonance to those frequencies that more 3-dimensionally shapes the Archon’s tone. GENERAL Configuration: Head ELECTRONICS Wattage: 50 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Lead Channel: Master Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, Bright Switch, Volume Clean Channel: Master Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, Bright Switch, Volume Global Controls: Presence, Depth BACK PANEL FEATURES Inlet: Fused Power Inlet (IEC) Effects Loop: Series - tube driven Bias Adjustable Extension Speaker Jacks: 2x4 parallel, 2x8 parallel, 1x16 Channels: 2 (Lead & Clean) HARDWARE Covering: Black Textured Vinyl Grill Cloth: Black British-Style Knitted Weave Panel: Brushed Black Aluminum Piping: Black Embossed Welt Output Transformer: 19H01-OPT TUBES Power Tubes: 2x JJ 6CA7 Preamp Tubes: 6x JJ ECC83S MEASUREMENTS Amp Width: 21.5” Amp Depth: 10” Amp Height: 10” Amp Weight: 32.4 lbs ACCESSORIES Included Accessories: 1-Button Footswitch for Channel Switching
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