andy474x
Knows the Drill
But does that mean they still buy them?
Heck yeah!
I resisted the gravitational pull as long as I could. Seriously, this amp weighs enough to have its own gravity field! Definitely the biggest, beefiest PRS amp I've ever seen. Usually I'm a fan of how compact and light PRS amps are, but I'm glad they gave this one some room to breathe; I think spreading things out helps it to stay nice and quiet - I'm talking noise floor, of course! With a 3 channel, high gain amp, it's just a good idea.
I had intended to wait a while and see if revisions needed to be done to hammer out any noise issues, but I came across this specific head in the shop a handful of times, and it was always quiet as a church mouse. My recent HDRX 20 is very quiet as well - I think PRS has figured out some of the noise issues that plagued their earlier imports.
What really drew me to this was actually the D-style middle channel. I didn't have high expectations for it, as I just never thought that PRS' attempts at Dumble tone came out very smooth. BIG surprise on this amp!!! Really nice gain range and refined tone that I immediately loved when I plugged in. I'll get into that a little more below.
The clean channel has noticeably more chime than the MT15; the lead channel is very much the same sound as the MT15. I'll probably post a more detailed review after a little more time with the amp, since there hasn't been much of that around here yet. Let's just lust over some photos in the meantime.
Yikes, running out of wall here!
The deep dive on the middle channel: I have a conspiracy theory, which is that the Sonzera has borrowed the D style channel from two artist signature amps in the PRS line. The original Sonzera came out around the same time as the JMOD amp, which was itself supposed to be a D-style in some ways. I actually heard a lot of similarity between the drive sounds on the two amps, namely that they could get spitty and raspy for a lot of players, myself included in the case of the Sonzera despite several attempts at liking it in the shop. Don't get me wrong, John Mayer made the JMOD sound awesome, and I heard some Strat players get great tone from the Sonzera, but not everyone did in either case.
The new Sonzera 20 came out not too long ago, and certainly within the window where the MT100 overdrive channel was hammered out. I played them side by side when I picked up the MT100, and they sound very similar on the drive channels. Now, please excuse me while I adjust my tinfoil hat.
Back to reality, I'll end with this:
Heck yeah!
I resisted the gravitational pull as long as I could. Seriously, this amp weighs enough to have its own gravity field! Definitely the biggest, beefiest PRS amp I've ever seen. Usually I'm a fan of how compact and light PRS amps are, but I'm glad they gave this one some room to breathe; I think spreading things out helps it to stay nice and quiet - I'm talking noise floor, of course! With a 3 channel, high gain amp, it's just a good idea.
I had intended to wait a while and see if revisions needed to be done to hammer out any noise issues, but I came across this specific head in the shop a handful of times, and it was always quiet as a church mouse. My recent HDRX 20 is very quiet as well - I think PRS has figured out some of the noise issues that plagued their earlier imports.
What really drew me to this was actually the D-style middle channel. I didn't have high expectations for it, as I just never thought that PRS' attempts at Dumble tone came out very smooth. BIG surprise on this amp!!! Really nice gain range and refined tone that I immediately loved when I plugged in. I'll get into that a little more below.
The clean channel has noticeably more chime than the MT15; the lead channel is very much the same sound as the MT15. I'll probably post a more detailed review after a little more time with the amp, since there hasn't been much of that around here yet. Let's just lust over some photos in the meantime.
Yikes, running out of wall here!
The deep dive on the middle channel: I have a conspiracy theory, which is that the Sonzera has borrowed the D style channel from two artist signature amps in the PRS line. The original Sonzera came out around the same time as the JMOD amp, which was itself supposed to be a D-style in some ways. I actually heard a lot of similarity between the drive sounds on the two amps, namely that they could get spitty and raspy for a lot of players, myself included in the case of the Sonzera despite several attempts at liking it in the shop. Don't get me wrong, John Mayer made the JMOD sound awesome, and I heard some Strat players get great tone from the Sonzera, but not everyone did in either case.
The new Sonzera 20 came out not too long ago, and certainly within the window where the MT100 overdrive channel was hammered out. I played them side by side when I picked up the MT100, and they sound very similar on the drive channels. Now, please excuse me while I adjust my tinfoil hat.
Back to reality, I'll end with this:
