PRS DGT 15 David Grissom Amp! - His Favourite Vintage Amp Tones for Less!

[@sgre8390]

i own this amp. It is worth every penny. Ive owned a ton of amps and this amp is simply awesome.

[@grahamnunn8998]

Love the design features on this amp, it is like an AC15 with extras you would use. Grissom strikes me as one of those guys like Eric Johnson who know how to push deign just a little further. I love DG for his amazing musicianship and slightly awkward, geeky personality. A truly amazing player who makes no effort to appear "cool", just a regular nerdy guitarist

[@TheStratpicker]

Love the sound, options, and look of this amp. Hitting 100db + easily with that speaker. No problem for small-medium bar/club gigs. A wow moment for me....

[@tonybowen455]

Idk how it sounded in the room, but over youtube I'd say that's my fav tone I've heard. Reminds me of the best of a tele and a lp. I def wouldn't have guessed dgt.

[@tonybowen455]

Yikes, just listened to the silver sky at the end. Incredible. Some people are saying this amp is expensive, but I'm wondering how they made it so inexpensively, and what's making the magic happen.

[@kastnerr]

Is anyone else hearing early 70's Billy Gibbons? That intro was the jam I never knew I wanted from 'Rio Grane Mud' or 'ZZ Top's First Album'. TREMENDOUS!

[@newkoba9479]

We go see DG play at the Saxon reasonably often and normally he's got his custom 30, but we were there the night they were filming for the unveiling of this 15 and it sounded just as good in the room as always. He and his group of local musicians are exceptional.

[@Newbyrock23]

It’s really impressive how good the DGT SE sounds. Lawd

[@onenotesolo256]

Kudos to whoever did the micing and mixing for that cab. It’s the best ‘in the room’ mic’d sound I can remember hearing on an Andertons vid. You could really a get a sense of how that amp sounded. I just watched the Friedman Little Sister and PT15 video, and the recorded sounds were neither as good as this, nor doing justice to the tones that clearly had you guys fired up. Slightly back-handed compliment there, but just so you know that it makes a difference on the other side of the interwebs.

[@chefboy6123]

Best Mellencamp band included him hands down!!

[@fallenstard]

How is Anderton's not at 1 million subs yet???

[@SanDimas234]

They don't wear enough tight low cut tops.

[@jazic82]

I just unsubbed then resubbed to jiggle the system a little. Maybe that'll tip it over the goal.

[@SanDimas234]

@@Podcastforthewin What's a boring scale so I can avoid using it?

[@Alex-mj5dv]

Slow growth but loyal growth.. they stick around. And that’s the best kind.

[@markweaver8529]

Same goes for that pedal show.

[@ajdaames]

The silver sky sounded awesome through the DGT. Great shout. Thanks

[@chzzyg2698]

Okay, for 20 years of my time playing I've been obsessed with building a guitar collection for all the genre's I listen to. I'm fairly upset now that I have to have all the amps. PRS has been making some impressive amps lately.

[@bryanh3057]

Looks and sounds great! 👍

[@joserdiazalmodovar1898]

Hi Captain and Pete. First I want to thank you guys for such an awesome channel. I've just recently bought a PRS 594 SE Singlecut Standard in Vintage Cherry the same model Pete reviewed a couple of months ago and it's an Awesome Guitar. Also Kudos to PRS for the quality and playability of this Awesome Guitar.

[@teachscott]

Funny how Pete is able to find the "LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE" script posted on all this new equip! Such a talent to have. Danish Grissom!!!!

[@efminkane]

all tube lovers should give their amphead a decent hit from time to time. your tube will love it. An by the way you might find out if there is a reverb spring in there. 😆

[@Konan_HQ]

I love how disgusted and impressed the Captain is looking at Pete during the Intro Jam, haha.

[@JayTheLane]

Realisation each time Pete plays is that as decent a player as he is, he'll never reach the taste level Pete plays at.

[@GuitarGroove-p9p]

Agreed. But def a compliment!!

[@Newbyrock23]

Stank face is the purest expression of love, admiration and approval.

[@chadfayrobinson7537]

That sounds so good and nice riff !!!

[@NINEWALKING]

If you design certain type of amplifier and you want the highest quality you do not want to ruin it with the effects loop. We are talking about the amplifiers for cork sniffers and tone chasers. Amplifiers with highest signal integrity. You can also make it so that amplifier accepts all pedals infront of it as well. It's just mad to stick the effect loop before phase inverter if your signal is like 15V there. If you do you lower it back to 0.1 to 0.2V and then boost it back to 15V using two triodes or even two transistors as lot of amplifiers do. Imagine you design a preamp with 4 gain stages that amplify a little bit per stage.You do that to get get rich gain structure and tone and more good harmonics. But then you buffer it, drop the signal back to input level and boost it back with one gain stage to go back into the phase inverter.You just have used your nice preamp design for nothing but some tone stack action. You deny purpose of such design. Such high end boutique amplifiers loose more on tone than your PCB build in China amplifiers. Sure you can fake it and hide it but initial signal quality gets degraded. Some of dynamic will/might be lost as well. You can design amplifier that is really great and still can take all effects pedals in front of it. On "cheap" amplifiers you can go with digital reverb too. It's feature and can sound good. You should not do that on amplifiers that cost 7K plus and compete with the best amplifiers out there. I find this amplifier properly priced though. For it's brand There are amplifiers in this class that are mass production boutique amplifiers with PCB and the same power that cost 3.5K and people are happy with it. Real good amplifiers. I do not see why 1K amplifier from PRS and signature model at that, is to expensive compared to those other amplifiers.

[@davidcollin1436]

Even a crappy old Princeton sells for $2, 000

[@NINEWALKING]

@davidcollin1436 I see your point. A lot of vintage gear got the invincible status, and it's priced according to its fame. But it's not like everybitem is the same. Somecarevjust lemons. In the case of the amplifiers, some were moded and repaired by people who should have never opened the tube amplifiers. I have seen terrible crimes done to nice amplifiers. Princeton amplifiers are great amplifiers but are subjected to 60 years of abuse in some cases. BTW here in Europe, everything USA made costs twice as much. Some vintage guitars that almost no one wants to have in the USA cost fortune here 😞

[@Mpcoluv]

I have one of these and it is awesome. For me, you need to use an attenuator like a Hotplate to get fantastic tone and a low volume.

[@MrShoryuken1]

To be fair, a lot of this is due to inflation. As an example, Andertons now sells the Vox AC15 for £669. I bought one in 2013 for £459. Adjusted for inflation that is £624. Other economic factors make up the remaining £45. Compared to other things, especially raw materials, we aren't actually too badly off with guitar gear.

[@fallenstard]

As wages fail to match inflation, the traditional way of determining inflation becomes meaningless. 669 today is a much higher percentage of median income than 459 was in 2013.

[@OtherTheDave]

I’d agree if my pay was keeping up with inflation.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

I've been talking about the inflation issue for ages now and no one listens to me. It's like musicians don't follow finance and economics at all. Not that it's in an interesting subject LOL I'm just saying it's the reality we live in. It's been that way for decades. Take a look at the price of your food in the grocery store.

[@kianshahrokh]

@@OtherTheDave purchasing power is different to inflation

[@sellola]

@Joe-mz6dc, Musicians don't follow economics, 'cause they have no money to be affected by it. 😅

[@jeffreydonahue8564]

Great review! Thanks guys.

[@rowbags3017]

I definitely want to get on of these when funds allow! 😎

[@buck7477]

I have it! It’s a great amp but you have to have pedals! The Amp barely breaks up on its own. Volume all the way up, Master barely on you get a little distortion but not much. You’ll need a Digital delay a Good chorus and a couple really good overdrive pedals.

[@tjnugent62]

Damn! Danish Pete in the HOUSE! You burn baby... so groovy.

[@TheMadStrater]

I dig this amp, that said, Pete can make a cardboard box sound good!

[@evanjfraser]

And find where on the cardboard box it says "please like and subscribe"!

[@Civic.]

Best tones I've heard straight from an amp at any price. And it doesn't really need pedals. I think this might become a classic.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Really want to try this amp!

[@fredricekermark]

Alex, hope you will get your guitar connected into this one in a future video. You make magic! Stay on top, bro! 🙂

[@dash4786]

Can you guys please!!! Do a video of head and cab shootouts! For example having this head with its matching cab vs other matching head in cab amp models in a big shootout for overall stage volume and even at home volumes. You said this one doesn't really sound good at low volumes you need it cranked which would be a negative for me but the on stage sounds great. A shootout at 15 watts to 20 watts would be great

[@alastair6356]

Danish Pete rocks.🤩👍

[@semin811]

Lee and Pete would you please check the back of the amp again, I am informed that the head has a spring tank, thus making the reverb not a "digital reverb". Thank you for the content.

[@RafaMuntean]

No FX loop is insane! We want old school sounds, not old school problems....

[@davidcollin1436]

No FX loop on a Dumble either, a thousand hit records, get another excuse for your weak skills.

[@RafaMuntean]

@@davidcollin1436 uuuu we've got a virtuoso over here! People who don't have millions to spare, care about getting as much value as possible for their money... An FX loop cost pennies compared to the rest of the amp, and don't tell me they tried to keep the costs down. Not at that price. Would you buy a car without AC or power steering for someone you love, because all the greats of yesteryear managed just fine without? Would you tell them to get good and stop complaining?

[@BennyCornelissen]

It seems that the DGT15 amp gets a good bit of its breakup from the EL84 power stage (which is pretty much intended to run wide open). Sticking an FX loop in that amp and running it in the designed way would still give you breakup on the time-based effects, which then defeats the point. Also, I'd imagine the switchable master volume would not play well with an FX loop. I like my FX loops, but I'm not convinced this particular amp design would be better with one.

[@mikedfurman]

This is a signature amp for a particular player who has loads of videos about how he uses delay and pedals straight in for his sound.

[@theprisonier]

Danish is right, the SE is the right guitar for this amp. It’s Grissom without busting the bank ! (Not really but kind of 😅😂)

[@davidcarlson8571]

10/10 for big daddy reference

[@GrumpyOldGit60]

So top boost must boost things I can't hear!

[@ascgazz]

SNIIIFFFFFFFFFFF!!!

[@mrredritehand]

Ikr?

[@ascgazz]

@@mrredritehand every week.

[@pieve5516]

PRS is a divisive brand. The truth is they put out high quality gear at decent prices except for their top if the line guitars which are a tad high.

[@LiveFromAhch-To]

Okay, where does Pete get his military style shirts and jackets from?

[@tjshine7444]

You may hear something in the studio...but here in KZbin land, the Top Cut feature made absolutely no difference, even when you turned the brightness on.

[@briannelson1057]

DG said in an interview that he wanted his amps to have elements of his favorite Vox, Plexi, and Tweed amps.

[@tyroneenglish8396]

Wonder how it sounds compared to the OR30?

[@daltrokanto9072]

Wow!😮

[@tris88]

👌

[@MikeHomar-u8c]

Add an FX loop, make it a bit cheaper and I’m in…. Oh, and please remove the massive cartoon signature from the front, the one above the input jack is more than enough! 🤨

[@TheCrystalyne]

How can a tube driven reverb be digital??!!

[@andrewknowles6027]

Why doesn't Pete play his PRS? Did he sell it ?

[@SpiralJucifer]

Burn mark or oil on the tolex above the input jack? Anyway, far too sophisticated an amp for my level of playing but I could listen to a real guitarist like Pete or DG all day!

[@PeteLonsdale77]

The chassis angles in at that point, it's just a shadow. You can see it's replicated on the other side above the power switch. I guess it's angled in to allow better access to the dials.

[@SpiralJucifer]

Yep, I see that now.

[@mobeus84]

Is Pete like sniffly and sick everyday if his life? Lol it seems like hes had a headcold for 3 years.

[@natearchuleta2003]

I imagine he's always running full tilt. Idk his touring schedule but think about how often he must be filming plus any active projects he has going on.

[@mobeus84]

@@natearchuleta2003 im busy alot ...never have I got the sniffles from being busy or working alot lol. Im honestly just poking fun, but seriously hes had a head cold in every video for quite some time.

[@jasmith85]

£999 for this (head on it's own, £1349 with Amp+Speaker). I know the PRS stuff is top notch (as I had a PRS SE) but £999 is ALOT. I like what these companies are doing but in 2024 how can the joe on the street really afford this now a days. I'll wait from P.G. Spark 2

[@pads-zr9ln]

You can buy an mt15 for £450 at the moment, they'll come down eventually

[@adamzalewski6135]

Ask your government the question of inflation, not why are you paying more from good companies ❤

[@Podcastforthewin]

@@pads-zr9lnpeople on marketplace here in Canada, are asking over $700

[@BetterCallJamie]

We’ve been ran by the Tories for the last 14 who screwed the working man over and over again more so than ever before here in the UK.

[@brandonanderson2066]

A grand is the new 500 since 20/20. Highest inflation we've ever seen.

[@aleksandarpopovic369]

Review H.B. TUBE 15

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

They can't do that, because it’s not a product they sell!

[@aleksandarpopovic369]

@@matthewtyler-jones8317 Yes, you're right. I'm so fascinated with that amp that I go blind sometimes...

[@monco3512]

What's going on around 5:55? I don't watch every video.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

I’m considering this amp and the Marshall ST 20. I’m really torn on which one will give me the best range of tones.

[@clydebillingsworth8574]

@@sgt.grinch3299 get a Friedman runt. You will thank me later.

[@davidLPST]

By them both and return one?

[@kaekayyy2554]

4:57 WHAT DID HE SAY???????????????

[@pepmasters-999]

Calm.

[@kierenmoore3236]

lol … I often can’t understand what he says; and it’s not an ESL thing, he just mumbles a lot …

[@richgrothaus5971]

Unfortunately these are made overseas, it’s about money and not about America. Brits don’t care but we in the US do. It’s about $$$$$. Hate me if you wish.

[@bobbyarthur-yf3yf]

They are made in Indonesia ? Is that a problem , you can buy the Maryland made one for 5 Times the price if that suits you better but it will be the same amp

[@richgrothaus5971]

@@bobbyarthur-yf3yf yes it makes a difference, you should wise up.

[@bobbyarthur-yf3yf]

@@richgrothaus5971 how is it that it makes a difference ?

[@richgrothaus5971]

@@bobbyarthur-yf3yf it makes a difference if your country is bleeding jobs. Selling things at a premium built in foreign countries, doesn’t help.

[@bobbyarthur-yf3yf]

@@richgrothaus5971 this amp is built in the country I live in so I feel ok about it , also it’s a big world out there but I understand being in the US we often miss that it’s a big world out there … it’s not all just about one countries with only 5 Percent of the worlds population and not the best production work any more

[@bobgamble8204]

Paul just wants his name all over absolutely everything doesn't he? Lol think something a bit more subtle would have been more tasteful. What tone plastic is he using in it?

[@mattrosen5438]

@bobgamble8204 how do you feel about the Marshall logo then? Or fender or pretty much every other brand named after the dude who started it? Their names on everything they make too.

[@bobbyarthur-yf3yf]

Silly band wagon comment .. it’s a brand bro

[@markiecoleman1]

Fender, Marshall, Vox etc Such a ridiculously pointless comment.

[@bobgamble8204]

@@markiecoleman1 well don't be so hard on yourself, you'll do better next time

[@UphillGardener-ly5sh]

Considering Paul would have you believe it's all about the small things, that logo is gash

[@bobgamble8204]

Lol it's shite isn't it? Paul knows nothing about restraint, all about his name up in lights. Surprised he hasn't got a neon version. Yet.

[@oyvindreynen3800]

For me personally, trem on an amp is the most useless inventon ever, waist of space and research they could have used for a much better sound...as i always think, 99% of hobby guitar playerd arent rich..so why not produce quality good amps for under $200... Even the prs is most likely made in Indonesia or in the east... probably costs $70 bucks to make...

[@paulobombarde1097]

Amigo desculpe mas esse camarada de blusa verde nao toca muito.

[@richgrothaus5971]

I’d rather buy a Marshall, a Sheriff, Or Deputy, made in their country of origin.

[@riffmondo9733]

I would never pay this for a 15w amp. Out of their minds.

[@mattrosen5438]

Since when are amp prices based on wattage?

[@kierenmoore3236]

More to the point, it sounds pretty average … 😏

[@Mark_B585]

​@@kierenmoore3236 Bullshit

[@Mark_B585]

Well that's what a broke person says.

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@Mark_B585 No, seriously

[@JpeterZoom-gt3pn]

this just does not sound as good as the these amps kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXXFdnR6pLF2o5I Supro Delta King...after earhing these amps and going out and play them nothing comes close

[@stevehughes_5733]

Ughh.... GAS is strong with me on this one! 🙃

[@isaacwest]

No fx loop really isn't a selling point. It's an instant no consider for me atleast. There is just way too much functionality in an fx loop to ever buy an amp, even a practice amp, that doesn't have one. Edit: just found out the price. Yeah, for that money no fx loop is being ripped off.

[@hoboroadie4623]

An FX loop is often a deal-breaker for me, as well. I can do without the corruption of my signal parh. A useless waste of parts in my book. I have a few Fryette Power Stations that could do that effect, if I wanted it. Fortunately there was a DG Custom 50 made without the loop, and it is allegedly able to pull off a lot of the tones of the little one. If you wanted.

[@OtherTheDave]

If you’re doing the wet/dry thing (which obviously won’t be the case for everyone), some (not all… read the manual) DI boxes can handle speaker-level signals as long as they aren’t functioning as a load - as long as there’s a speaker plugged into their “through” port. So you can use that to tap the signal between the amp and cab, then send that to your wet FX and into your wet amp. You might need to use a 2nd DI box run backwards with a gender bender to convert back to instrument-level 1/4”, depending on what your gear likes to see.

[@kierenmoore3236]

I’d be more concerned about how average the amp sounds, to begin with …

[@davidrustad2084]

Plug stuff in front. If you crank the amp so much that your effects sound bad...probably just turn off the effects? Most effects loops sound bad and are more trouble than they're worth. Dimed amps don't need reverb.

[@isaacwest]

​@@davidrustad2084 damn bro, you must be like really super smart or something. if i ever have any tone wood questions, you're surely the first person i'll ask.

[@wernermoser3406]

Is the housing of the amplifier made of tonewood? 😅 You didn't mention that! But anyway, it has no FX loop, so I won't be buying it!

[@cyclesgoff9768]

More QVC.

[@mrredritehand]

You'll listen and bloody like it!

[@cyclesgoff9768]

@@mrredritehand It’s the greatest amp I’ve ever heard. Oh “ It takes pedals really well” 😉

[@stoneysdead689]

LOL- "For less"- it costs over a thousand dollars. As far as I'm concerned- PRS who again? Seriously, they may as well not exist in my world- because just like Gibson everything they make costs far, far, far more than it could ever be worth. This sounds good- I don't deny that, but I've heard ppl make a Blues Junior sound every bit as good, maybe better- and it costs 600$ less. PRS is a joke.

[@brandonanderson2066]

Blues jr is great but I think I might prefer the dgt! A grand is the new 500 since good ol 2020.

[@consgchaos]

PeOpLe EnJoY sOmEtHiNg I dOn'T lIkE aNd I'm MaD aBoUt It. Being you must be a joyless hell.

[@guitargeartips1951]

So I think Pete is far better than DGT who I think is overhyped by PRS. 😄😄

[@clydebillingsworth8574]

I'm not a doctor. And therefore I am not interested. Save these for the mid-life crisis crowd.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Physicians Requisitioning Stuff

[@davidcairns9177]

Do you truly believe PRS standard products are just for doctors?? They are for guitarists of all abilities who love the sounds, looks and excellent quality control tha PRS give. I make minimum wage but have a wood library 24/08,as it is darn well worth the sacrifice in my book, but plenty of SE options for any price point. Don't be down on craftsmanship dude. ❤

[@hoboroadie4623]

@@davidcairns9177 Exactly.

[@davidramos4317]

David Grissom is a boring boring player busting out boomer bends 🥱

[@Joe-mz6dc]

And he's a professional guitar player who is very successful. Can you give us an idea of what you're doing for a living? Does it involve a name tag? 😆

[@hoboroadie4623]

Doug Sewell found him to be a talented and useful collaborator, and that is what is pertinent here. More than your opinion, anyway.

[@benlogan430]

I’m feeling that you might not be a fan of DG? But, why watch a video on his endorsed product if you don’t like him or his tones?

[@brandonanderson2066]

​@@Joe-mz6dcto be fair you can have an opinion on a dish without being a cook 😉