DougUSMC
Perpetual Practicer
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2019
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Ok, I'll admit it: After all of the back and forth at the beginning of the summer I completely punted on the combo amp I was researching. Truth be told, I've been a "head + cab" guy for the last bunch of years, and was talking myself into a combo. I finally accepted over the weekend that my challenge wasn't that I wanted something more transportable (as I was telling myself), but that I was no longer happy with what I could do with my current heads. For a long time I told myself I didn't need "crazy expensive amps" to get what I was looking for out of my playing, but I've finally accepted that there's another truth I've been avoiding:
I'm artifically limiting myself by keeping my max price in the "Don't need to spend $1, 2, 3k on a head". I'm playing a Core PRS as my primary, and have a PS on order. It's time to accept that I have to reevaluate that upper limit on the head.
That being said, I love me some PRS, and have decided that's my first look. I know there are many nice builders out there, but I've done some homework, and I'm asking for advice on the following:
- I'd narrowed it down to a Custom 30 on the combo side, so it makes sense to look for a Custom 25/50 head.
- I've never gotten the Dallas 50 I played through out of my mind, it's always been what I measure all others to, mentally
- The Archon is the only current production on the list. It's currently running third on my list tho.
I know what I'm looking for out of the amp, but don't want to color others' responses. We all know our baby is the most beautiful, so I don't want to say "I want vintage" or "I want clean", only to hear the unconscious bias of everyone telling me their favorite does that best! What I'm hoping for is "I have a Dallas, and it's great at XX and not quite my favorite at YY"
That being said, Oh Great and Knowledgeable PRSers, please shine down upon me with thine knowledge!
I'm artifically limiting myself by keeping my max price in the "Don't need to spend $1, 2, 3k on a head". I'm playing a Core PRS as my primary, and have a PS on order. It's time to accept that I have to reevaluate that upper limit on the head.
That being said, I love me some PRS, and have decided that's my first look. I know there are many nice builders out there, but I've done some homework, and I'm asking for advice on the following:
- I'd narrowed it down to a Custom 30 on the combo side, so it makes sense to look for a Custom 25/50 head.
- I've never gotten the Dallas 50 I played through out of my mind, it's always been what I measure all others to, mentally
- The Archon is the only current production on the list. It's currently running third on my list tho.
I know what I'm looking for out of the amp, but don't want to color others' responses. We all know our baby is the most beautiful, so I don't want to say "I want vintage" or "I want clean", only to hear the unconscious bias of everyone telling me their favorite does that best! What I'm hoping for is "I have a Dallas, and it's great at XX and not quite my favorite at YY"
That being said, Oh Great and Knowledgeable PRSers, please shine down upon me with thine knowledge!