PRS MDT amp ... Or Paul's amp?
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Dusty Chalk
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Not both, but I love my MDT. It's slightly tweaked by CAD, so don't know if all MDTs will sound like mine, but if it's even close I'd still highly recommend it.
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My understanding is the Pauls Amp is simply the MDT renamed. An artist balked at the unintentional trademark infringement so they renamed it. I was told this by a PRS Rep.
justmund
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Or Paul's MDT amp...
"Paul’s MDT amp takes his favorite PRS amplifier model and adds a Cinemag transformer, midrange and presence controls, and a clean/dirty switch. These additions help to create a single-channel amplifier with two distinct voices that echo Paul’s ideal clean and gain tones."
"Paul’s MDT amp takes his favorite PRS amplifier model and adds a Cinemag transformer, midrange and presence controls, and a clean/dirty switch. These additions help to create a single-channel amplifier with two distinct voices that echo Paul’s ideal clean and gain tones."
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The MDT is a perennial number 2 because there is always a sexy number 1 that is the is the latest flavor du-juor. In this case, it's the Marshall Astoria Custom. The designer of the Astoria did the Vintage Modern, the reissue of the JTM45/100 and a couple of other outstanding classic Marshall reissues. The Astoria line is really neat because it's a totally new take on Marshall tone. Having said that, my MDT holds its own with any amp, and no matter what shiny object catches my attention, I always come back to it
The Astoria with the DGT is as good as it gets though. This was done within 5 minutes of unboxing it. It's not nearly as dark as it sounds, but in my haste to record it, I left the snare drum in the background engaged, so I had to delete the far field SM57. I really like the Voodoo ribbon mic, but without something brighter combined with it, it's a relatively dark sound.
Aristotle, I don't think the recording sounds too dark at all; it sounds natural, as opposed to the in-your-face mids that a 57 puts out, but a blend of the two mics is also not a bad thing of course!
What I like about your new amp is its clarity. It's a more open sounding amp, with a brighter, spankier top end than most Marshalls.
On the other hand, there's a certain vocal quality that your MDT has shown on other recordings that I like quite a lot. You're right about the whole thing with new amps. It's always, "Step up to the plate, Next Shiny Object!"
Lately I've been rediscovering and appreciating more and more the tone of my DG30, and what has really led to the way I'm feeling about it has been how it responds to the recently-acquired Suhr compressor pedal. I find that it smooths the overall frequency balance of the amp in a really distinctive way, and thus I'm using the amp for a few things I wouldn't have before. It's also a great match for the 30th CU24's pickups and configuration, and that guitar has become my everyday go-to.
So right now, the DG30 has been my temporary #1, having even more uses on tracks than my beloved HXDA.
But then...today I played the HXDA straight in, guitar>cord>amp, and remembered why I love it so much!
I get use out of the Mesa Lone Star, too, but it's a different kind of thing of course.
What I like about your new amp is its clarity. It's a more open sounding amp, with a brighter, spankier top end than most Marshalls.
On the other hand, there's a certain vocal quality that your MDT has shown on other recordings that I like quite a lot. You're right about the whole thing with new amps. It's always, "Step up to the plate, Next Shiny Object!"
Lately I've been rediscovering and appreciating more and more the tone of my DG30, and what has really led to the way I'm feeling about it has been how it responds to the recently-acquired Suhr compressor pedal. I find that it smooths the overall frequency balance of the amp in a really distinctive way, and thus I'm using the amp for a few things I wouldn't have before. It's also a great match for the 30th CU24's pickups and configuration, and that guitar has become my everyday go-to.
So right now, the DG30 has been my temporary #1, having even more uses on tracks than my beloved HXDA.
But then...today I played the HXDA straight in, guitar>cord>amp, and remembered why I love it so much!
I get use out of the Mesa Lone Star, too, but it's a different kind of thing of course.
