shinksma
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So last week I was still looking to scratch that itch about a new amp. And the Archon was calling to me. All the Youtube videos had convinced me it had the sound I was looking for. The standard-issue black tolex with grey-black "stealth" flamed wood would be suitable, but I saw other options - the full Paisley color...hmm, no, not for me; ooh, look, Brian's Guitar's has a couple of heads in Black Paisley, with a cool-looking Black-Gold flamed maple wood fascia. And a matching 2x12 cabinet! I had been considering skipping the cabinet for now, but with a matching cab, I gotta get that set!
I've posted some of these pics just a few days ago in the old thread I started back in June, so sorry for the minor cross-posting:
The color is closest to the last couple - the yellow-ish vs the reddish tone of the maple.
In that other thread, Les asked me to post some clips. I did some recordings earlier today, signed up for SoundCloud, and uploaded them. They sound "representative" to me, but honestly nothing sounds quite like standing in front of an amp. The one clip recorded via just the SM57 is a good example - it is pretty clear, but you lose a bunch of low end due to the nature of the mike itself. Which is why the other two clips are a "stereo" recording of a combo of an SM57 and an MXL A-55 kick drum mike (borrowed from my drum set mike kit) - the A-55 captures a lot more low end (and sacrifices high end as a result).
I kind of just meander in my playing, but I am varying pick attack, strum strength, etc, to give an idea of how sensitive the Archon is (or is not). Plus variation of the guitar's volume knob, pickup selection, and tone knob (on one of the clips) - these are fairly obvious when I switch around.
Anyway, here's a link to the SoundCloud clips:
https://soundcloud.com/steve-hinksman/sets/prs-archon-demos
Let me know if you can actually access the clips (I got errors reported after the upload, but they seem fine), and whether you think the clips are representative enough.
One caveat: I have a mild cold, so my ears are a bit off, and my playing is not all that great (cold or otherwise), so if these sound like garbage...well, that's probably all my fault.
I've posted some of these pics just a few days ago in the old thread I started back in June, so sorry for the minor cross-posting:
The color is closest to the last couple - the yellow-ish vs the reddish tone of the maple.
In that other thread, Les asked me to post some clips. I did some recordings earlier today, signed up for SoundCloud, and uploaded them. They sound "representative" to me, but honestly nothing sounds quite like standing in front of an amp. The one clip recorded via just the SM57 is a good example - it is pretty clear, but you lose a bunch of low end due to the nature of the mike itself. Which is why the other two clips are a "stereo" recording of a combo of an SM57 and an MXL A-55 kick drum mike (borrowed from my drum set mike kit) - the A-55 captures a lot more low end (and sacrifices high end as a result).
I kind of just meander in my playing, but I am varying pick attack, strum strength, etc, to give an idea of how sensitive the Archon is (or is not). Plus variation of the guitar's volume knob, pickup selection, and tone knob (on one of the clips) - these are fairly obvious when I switch around.
Anyway, here's a link to the SoundCloud clips:
https://soundcloud.com/steve-hinksman/sets/prs-archon-demos
Let me know if you can actually access the clips (I got errors reported after the upload, but they seem fine), and whether you think the clips are representative enough.
One caveat: I have a mild cold, so my ears are a bit off, and my playing is not all that great (cold or otherwise), so if these sound like garbage...well, that's probably all my fault.
