Any word on the MT100?

[sleewell]

hopefully it sounds better than it looks.

why would they ever put those knobs on an amp they want to charge more than 500 bucks for?

 

[Jon Pearson]

Honestly they could have stuck with the original Archon aesthetics and just slapped Mark's name on it. The aluminum panel on the 50W Archons always looked so slick.

 

[Mprinsje]

The whole thing is revolting really. The "U.S." camo one is also hard to watch. It's like a PRS headstock that had to wear neck rings.

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Those are Dan Spitz' guitars right? Always wondered why he went for the absolute worst headstock and didn't just stick to his Jackson's. Those looked cool on him.

 

[LCW]

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Looks boring.

Actually looks decent to me. The worst part though is the generic knobs. And no dedicated standby switch.

 

[adriangrizzly]

 

[Gudbrand]

Actually looks decent to me. The worst part though is the generic knobs. And no dedicated standby switch.

The lack of a standby switch is probably a good thing. Most guitarists seem to think it’s a mute or that it protects the tubes when you’re not playing. In fact, leaving an amp in standby shortens the tube life. It can be useful for vintage amps to power them up in standby for a minute while they warm up, but it’s really not necessary for most modern amps.

 

[LeftOurEyes]

And no dedicated standby switch.

It does have a standby though just not a separate switch for it. I looks like a 3 position toggle switch that goes from off to standby to on. It does't look to be like the newer Archon 50 that just has an on and off switch with no standby at all.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

It does have a standby though just not a separate switch for it. I looks like a 3 position toggle switch that goes from off to standby to on. It does't look to be like the newer Archon 50 that just has an on and off switch with no standby at all.

Oh shit, you're right. I thought it was an on/off/on switch with different polarities on the 2 different on positions like some old amps, but nah looking closer, it's off/standby/on. Dunno what advantage a dedicated standby switch would have tbh.

 

[drb]

I think it looks really good aesthetically, a nice big brother to the MT15.

There doesn't appear to be a resonance control, at least on the front. I wonder if they're just not going to have one like on the MT15 or if it will be on the back. Not that it would be a dealbreaker if I was looking to buy one, just curious.

 

[MetalDestroyer]

Amp aesthetics straight out of the early 2000s, just like that chinstrap

 

[Choop]

The grill looks a whole lot like a Framus Cobra's.

 

[lattjeful]

It’s alive!

 

[TheWarAgainstTime]

Never seen this guy from PG before, but he did a great job showcasing a wide range of tones as well

 

[Decapitated]

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Leave it to Fluff to make it sound like the amp of all time

Really cool to see that guy (can't remember his name offhand lol) doing demos for PG now. He makes everything sound great

 

[KnightBrolaire]

All three of the demos posted so far have this weird crispy high end quality to the lead channel, which makes me think it's part of the amp's character to an extent. Cleans sound great, even in Fluff's demo. Lead channel seems a bit thicker and rounder on the low end than I was expecting, but I guess since Mark loves the triple recto/uberschall, that kind of makes sense. Zach's demo was the best but I'm still not sold on the amp tbh.

 

[protest]

Leave it to Fluff to make it sound like the amp of all time

Really cool to see that guy (can't remember his name offhand lol) doing demos for PG now. He makes everything sound great

Zack Wish. He does make everything sound good. High quality videos.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

OKAY now I remember what the amp reminds me of lmao.
The Randall RM100. The front grille is pretty much a spot-on copy.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Zack Wish. He does make everything sound good. High quality videos.

Yeah hes one of those Pete Thorn types where I can't trust his demos too much because everything sounds great lmao
Then again he pretty much tends to demo more expensive, higher quality amps.

 

[BadSeed]

Here's my video


I enjoyed the amp overall. Basically a big, 100 watt MT15 with a dedicated 2nd OD channel based on a Dumble ODS. I think the amp does great at the "Wall of sound" thing and overall has a very pleasing high gain sound. It is noisy, much like the MT15, so you will more than likely want to run a 4 cable method gate with it, but other than that, no glaring issues.

8 Preamp tubes ensures that each channel gets it's own tubes for the tonestack which is great, and each channel has it's own dedicated EQ. It's simple, yet well thought out.