PRS Tremonti Amp with Designer Doug Sewell

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[@andrewdimartino7426]

"If I'm gunna be a bear, I'm gunna be a grizzly." That's amazing, I'm keepin that one!

[@Malleuss]

That amp is seriously impressive. Every time I hear it, I know I'm buying it.

[@willdickerson2921]

Phil, Hey it’s Mark. It was great to meet you at the event and thank you for letting me get a pic with you. Love your vids as always and enjoyed speaking with you about this killer new amp. Can’t wait til you are able to review it and do some comparisons to say the Evh lbx and see what you think. Thanks again and hope to see you again in Maryland.

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Hey Mark, it was great meeting you as well. I plan to do a in depth review when I get mine. Not sure when since I ordered mine late. But it will be fun. Thank you agsin for saying hi at the show. It is my favorite part of the show's

[@billyturk8117]

"Ya know, we got high..............intensity leds." This explains everything! Definitely buying this amp.

[@bluesthing7490]

Great Content ! I love hearing the inside details about things I wanna buy. Thanks Man !!!

[@dalepal]

Great interview. It’s so rare that we get to hear how an amp got developed and the concepts behind the design.

[@kristopherdetar4346]

I heard about an independent audio technician did an analysis on this amp and discovered it actually puts out 27 amps. Must be those dual 6l6’s that can’t be helped when juiced up. I bought two of these a couple of years ago. Great amp. Love setting up dual 212’s for that stereo environment for my Strymon’s on the clean channels.

[@jasonricketts4055]

Hey Phil , it was awesome getting to meet you at PRS experience and I even made the highlight reel photo! ha ha

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Hi Jason getting to talk with you and others was the high light of the show for me. I realized that the coolest thing about all of all of this is I can meet someone and in seconds be talking to them like we are old friends. Thank you again for saying hi and commenting

[@MB-yw3pv]

"If I'm gonna be a bear, I'm gonna be a Grizzly" Love it!

[@PhillipMcKnight]

My Favorite part as well. Doug is a great guy.

[@Spidouz]

Nice amp at an affordable price tag... which is probably one of the best decision from Mark Tremonti and not have an ego that get in the way in the race of the "most expensive signature amp" an artist could get. Because let's be honest, there's not 10x more components nor labor between in a J-MOD 100 than in a MT15!

[@riffsnreviews]

Yeah this is a good move from PRS, it'll sell really well except if there's any major conception flaws, but I doubt it, yeah the only thing that costs 10x more in the j-mod is probably the transformers, the labor probably costs a fair amount more as well, but for sure the j-mod doesn't offer 10x more of an amp/tone, but when is that not the case on expensive gear ? But then high end quality comes with a high end price.

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

Phil, thank you so much for sharing this and the other videos of your PRS experience.

[@arglebarglefoofara]

Very cool! I Enjoy your channel Phil. It was also a pleasure to meet you at the event. Cheers!

[@toddscott9143]

So, honest to goodness true story: got a friend that is Mark's cousin and had a chance to hang with Mark during his Cauterize tour with Trivium. Mark had the guts and she'll of what eventually became the MT15. Mark was super jazzed about it then, and that was 2 years ago. It was also a week before he took delivery on his PRS concept guitar. Mark is a cool cat and the real deal. Thanks Phil for this inside look, awesome vid. ("I ran out of room"...hilarious!!!).

[@BrianSGuitars]

Now I need that amp! This is all of your fault Phil!!! :)

[@joemckinney489]

Thanks for letting us join you, Phi!

[@jessebarrera159]

Great video, now I am a PRS fan.

[@geronimostade8279]

It is an impressive sounding amp and the most complete thing you will find for the price. But in my opinion there should be some things updated. - Log Pot for Mastervolume! Makes it easier to dial in low volumes at the moment you acutally feel that the amp is at the end when master is at 50 % because of a linear pot. - The Amp sounds huge not only because of 6L6 Tubes but most likely because of the full reactance that is in the feedback loop. Please consider making it controllable in the back of the amp. It is way too boomy in the lowend especially with an open back V30 Cabinet. It would be so great having this controllable. The other benefit would be that the amp is getting a tiny bit more headroom. Dont get me wrong! It is a very nice amp! Everyone should have one :)

[@martinadams7979]

Hi Phil I found that swopping V1 for a 12AY7 made this head so much more useable by reducing the gain slightly

[@GGRetroRally]

Love how theres a marshall plexi on the bench as well

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Yes, doug said it is super rare and amazing sounding one they had other cool amps there as well. He didnt say but im sure it is for reference since they did not seem to be taking them apart. They seemed to only play through them

[@fmdangelo]

Fantastic videos,great info,thanks! I can't wait for my PRS MT 15 to arrive!

[@everydaybrian]

This was awesome! Thanks Phil!

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Thank you everyday brian.

[@carlosadame3888]

That comment he said about Harley Davidsons being detuned, he is 100% correct. Its only done this way because they need to pass emissions. Once you get an exhaust and intake, you can squeeze a hell lot more power out of them if you tune the bike on a dyno … & yeah that MT15 keeps up and is right up to par with my Archon 50W… unfortunately they sound and feel very similar.. or more importantly, you can make the Archon sound like the MT15, but you cant make the MT15 sound like the Archon. The difference is in the mid frequencies. MT15 is more scooped than the Archon

[@cliftongardner4367]

Not gonna convince me to sell my DSL40 for one, but this amp sounds absolutely wicked from what I'm hearing. I typically hate "signature" gear, but this one looks like a winner.

[@metalhead6659]

I really need to look into one of these.......

[@MarkJohnsonJams]

Ok now I want one

[@charlesb7831]

I always prefer the sound of 6L6 tubes over el34. EL34 have too much top end sizzle for me, I like the big bell like bottom end and clean headroom they have. I've converted most of my el34 amps to 6l6 because it just sounds better to me, and they seem to run cooler and last longer. Great video too Phill! I really would like to pick up one of these amps, sounds great for what I heard.

[@insanegamer1992]

I think I'm one of the only customers who has it at the moment. Got mine in May. It's a fricken killer amp. And it's not a joke when we say it's loud. On 7 watts it's a struggle to keep it on home volume xD. The thing sounds huge though. Hopefully I'm gonna review it when I get my cab later this month :)

[@masonlaboski6859]

Calvin Mulder as far as gigging.. small venues and bars how is it

[@insanegamer1992]

Mason Laboski I've not had the chance to get out with it just yet, as I'm using a loaned cab until the matching cab comes in later this month. But I'm fairly confident you could EASILY play a bar, with barely touching the volume. Sometimes for home use, I run my Boss ME80 in the effects loop only because it has a master out to the cab and it keeps it at a reasonable volume and I can turn the amp up a little more. If you're concerned about getting over a kit, it should be the other way around. The kit should be concerned about getting over you xD It's definitely not TOO loud either. It really does everything well:)

[@masonlaboski6859]

Calvin Mulder awesome. I’ve been all for this amp since I heard about it. Just wanna make sure it serves the main purpose im looking for lol

[@insanegamer1992]

Tiger blood 1978 I was looking at the 6505MH before the MT15 was officially announced. I decided to hold off on it and wait for the MT15 and decide then. How is it though? Might be my next amp, I'm not sure yet.

[@Allann882]

Calvin Mulder in some reviews I saw it’s possible to use at bedroom levels, is it false?

[@ColinStuart]

Like my dad used to constantly ground into me."A real 15 watts will knock down the walls!" Of course, he was one of those who believed that distortion was bad!

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

That's a neat idea for the preamp indicator!

[@Claimjumper55]

Yep, REVV does that as well.

[@JohnnyBeane]

Right on Phillip!

[@MetallicA29]

Thank you for this Phil!

[@guyfromnj]

That was a cool video Phil. Penny for your thoughts on that amp...

[@Claimjumper55]

He bought it if that helps.

[@mooferoo]

The more i hear that amp the more i want it.

[@prestonmoore9130]

Hi keep up the good work Phil your channel is the greatest

[@richardcramp2850]

never fear just know yer gear

[@guitarlobos5069]

Phil I’ve ordered 2 MT-15s and I’m still waiting for these from PRS. What the Hell People! where are my Amps and cabs. Come on!!!!

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

Keith Villalobos Yep. I ordered mine on February 8th and I’m still waiting. I was told the cabinets probably won’t ship until August.

[@RackhirTheRed]

That's a heck of a reasonable price if what I'm seeing is right. I'll have to try one of these out after they hit shelves. If I can find one anyway.

[@__Timothy__]

Excellent vid Phil!

[@erikavery8083]

AAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! I Need One!!!! (Gotta save my back!)

[@justinespinosa7878]

Amazing video!

[@HoosierGuy]

Sounds incredible! Would be even cooler if they were shipping 😉 Why...if it's a Tremonti Signature Amp does it have PRS'S signature on the front?

[@jamiethomas8975]

Damn, knowing what went into this amp and what Tremonti looks for in amps. I kinda wanna get this amp now! And i just bought a marshall origin. Oh well

[@ThunderFalcon333]

E fuck that sounded huge... Guess i know what next amp is..

[@hawg427]

This is one of those 15 watt amps that would fool the avg player. I borrowed my friends Orange OR15 amp head and that's another amp that will blow you out of the room playing thru a 4x12 cab.

[@roosky203]

1000th like, I'll take a kiesel 😂

[@riffsnreviews]

The gain structure sounds a lot like a Krank rev jr, well the 20w Krank's with 2x6L6, the gain structure sounds dry and percussive, I've noticed the dry gain style on all the mt15 videos, I believe the dry gain has something to do with the low b+ plate voltage and high plate current on the tubes, as opposed to your standard higher plate voltage and lower plate current.

[@goddessintriptych7046]

It has a clandestine sound that all bad amps have. You can hear that bad frequency exaggerated in those little Hotone amps. Same thing with this PRS

[@qfz2112]

If you think you can get an accurate idea of what an amp sounds like from 1 minute of playing through a camera mic, you're kidding yourself

[@lorencing]

Love the amp, love the sound, but really hate the FX loop noise (as many of other owners) and there is still no solution for that. The led lights are too bright and a bit too gimmicky for my taste so I put a bit of gaffer tape over them, also swapped the knobs which feel awful and cheap. If anyone has a solution for the FX loop, please share.

[@intrinsictube]

Agreed. I tried swapping out the fx loop tube for a 12AU7 tube as some have noted, but it just reduced the volume. This does lower the noise but not in a real way. I think it is a ground loop causing the noise. I am going to try a few things. Will keep you posted

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

I ordered one of these on February 8th and I’m still waiting. I’m being told the cabinet might not ship until August.

[@willdickerson2921]

Hang in there my friend. I was at the Experience and was told they just received 500 of the amps and are checking them out before shipping and another big batch is heading this way by ship right now. You will be rockin in no time. Enjoy

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

Will Dickerson I just got the head today, and it showed up broken! The little u shaped protector bar to the right of the buttons was snapped off in the box. Now they’re telling me it won’t be until September before they get more heads in. This totally sucks.

[@willdickerson2921]

Chord Theseeker I am really sorry to hear that my friend. Is the amp still usable as far as playing on it? Did you even get to test it out? Sucks man. I’m sad for you and I’m sad it may be September until more are in as I have not gotten mine yet. I know PRS will make it right for you so that’s the good news. I have some good friends there. Hang in there and keep us posted.

[@jlagrassa]

Love to check this amp out!

[@juliansedor7101]

For the record, a Mesa Dual Rectifier is better with EL34 tubes.

[@joshsvoss]

Nice finish on that guitar in the back. What color is that?

[@20mrspiggy]

Great Video!!!

[@jimmylee522]

pretty cool!

[@rezakhan8290]

Awesome video.

[@Filterbear]

Hello,so for you for Jerry Cantrell kind of sound(i play a Prs Tremonti)you will go to the MT15,the Runt 20 or the EVH 5150 III 50w? Thanks

[@michaelcantinieri7890]

Hey Phil..Nice amp here !! so what you're saying here is that this is really a 50 watt amp scaled back ? Do you need to put a different transformer in there to do that ? ( in 30 minutes) To keep the cleans cleaner at higher volumes would you switch out the transformer ? which one do you recommend or do you have one we can put in there ? I want to keep the same tone on channel 2.Thanks Mike from NY

[@ianyoung8392]

"What's 2 watts between friends" **cough cough an extra 10 watts cough cough**.

[@buzzsaw63]

Great video

[@Maldoro]

Nice amp

[@DeadShred9]

Nice but I couldn't be any happier with my Boss Katana V.2 50-w for $200 bucks can beat it . I added Sneaky Amps to The Tone Studio so I can model just about anything I want .With Boss quality effects any time I want !!

[@DeadShred9]

Its a free amp modeling program that you can use with solid state amp's . You can switch from Marshall stack to Fender Twin Reverb , Mesa Boogie ect. & so on . If you do a search on KZbin you can get a better explanation that's how I found it . Someone linked it to people who had bought a Boss Katana that's how I learned about it. You have to have a amp that has PC interface capabilities . Check it out its cool either way , there may be other ways to use it I'm still learning ??

[@DeadShred9]

Yeah I like Tube amps better but the hit to my wallet I dont like . Weather conditions blown or cracked tubes . I need reliability and today's Modeling amps can emulate Tube amps so well it justifies the price difference imo . I gig and have session work enough that I have to be able to go in a moments notice .

[@DeadShred9]

Whats your point I love Tube amps I said that but economically they arent in my budget . Transtube tech can give you the warmth you crave . Everything has its good and bad points . Tube amps vs Digital is like the Tone Wood debate everyone has their own opinion . I'm over 50 and have 34 yrs and then some experience . I look for quality at the best price I can get . Tube / Modeling whatever gets the job done and is affordable is what I use for now . That's all I got to say on the topic . I was just answering a guys question nothing more ...

[@Chris-Ian]

Ben Hackett Man I have a VOX VT80+ that I hate so much I still play through my Fender Frontman 15g. Don't know why I bought it in first place.

[@vhcxhbvg]

Aaron KM can you use a zoom g3x with sneaky? It has a zoom studio thing on PC. I only see people talking about boss with sneaky

[@ianyoung8392]

PRS comes out with an amazing line of Amps and remembers what Doug says about Fender being the staples of Amps and Guitars from the same company........... Gibson then basically goes out and buys Mesa Boogie (RIP). So the companies with guitar amp pairs has grown loads. Fender + Jackson + Charvel + Gretsch + Fender Amps + EVH PRS + Sewell Gibson + Mesa (so sad) Friedman + Friedman Washburn + Randall Peavey + Peavey Warwick + Framus Kiesel + Kiesel (RIP) Anymore I wonder? One big player who could suit up with someone great would be Ibanez. If Ibanez bought Mesa that would have been amazing. Another player left on the market is MusicMan..... We shall see how the music landscape pans out.

[@eduardozamora1947]

Did you had a chance to test it at 5W "practice" volume? I really like what I've heard of this amp but I need to see if I can play it without waking the neighbors

[@PhillipMcKnight]

I hope to have one soon and go through those tests and do some A/B stuff

[@jovialdrake]

No. You can't. It's fucking loud even at 0.1 volume

[@Mememememe9512]

Can u turn this amp into a 50watt? And it sound just as good or would it loose some of its good tonez??

[@rockinchairboogie3222]

Hey Phil, that is a great sounding head. Do they make a cab for it?

[@willdickerson2921]

Jeff, Yes sir they have a matching cab with a v30 speaker which sounds amazing with the head. I have mine ordered and can’t wait!

[@rockinchairboogie3222]

Awesome, thanks Will.

[@rubentrevino6288]

This amp is the best 15 watt made

[@rijosigns]

wow!!!! insane

[@brianpostoloski2698]

That amp is friggin wicked! Where do I find one?

[@michaelcantinieri7890]

Sorry I do apologize I meant to write DOUG at PRS !! Dumb ass I am ! My apologies

[@alexandersalas1751]

I want to s so the transformer on mine and bump it to 50-55w

[@joeheflin5503]

Nice

[@scampthelazycat9891]

phillip is that amp totally unusable at home due to rapid onset of volume ?

[@PhillipMcKnight]

no it play well at low volumes and has a power reduction mode

[@scampthelazycat9891]

Phillip McKnight phil if i put a passive volume box in the loop, would i be able to get this amp down to no wife complaining levels , the amp sounds awesome and has exactly the features im looking for, 2x6L6 and 15w = heaven

[@MrTrixzzzz]

Yea im getting one. Cant stand mark tremontis music but this amp can djent.

[@jimmygreen5872]

This vs the Friedman pink taco?

[@shredding51]

This is not a 15/7 watt amp to me. This thing will blow your head off. More of a gigging amp then a practice amp. Sounds good though!!

[@Maxx61]

There's going to be a fair amount of these showing up on reverb and eBay when owners realize that despite it's size, this is no bedroom or apartment amp. In most cases, even these 5-watt jobbers are simply too loud...ya gotta have a 1/4-watt to 1-watt option though I suppose an attenuator could solve that issue if the amp itself is simply too righteous to let go.

[@CedricSatterfield]

You can always build a box and put a resistor in there, and put it in the effects loop with a volume sweep. Easy project, or even premade one is only 30-40 bucks. MT15s have a serial efx loop so any number of Amazon pre-made passive attenuators will work- in the efx loop ONLY. For any readers not sure what I mean, a passive attenuator can't take a speaker load so you put the attenuator in the efx loop but still have the speaker hooked up. A passive attenuator is not a "silent solution". For that you need an amp with its own switchable load or an attenuator that is external (like a Suhr, or a Two Notes Captor, or a Weber, etc) that has a DI out or a speaker sim/headphone out. Otherwise all that voltage normally going to the speaker has no where to go and will toast your power section.

[@Maxx61]

@@CedricSatterfield As you know, an effects loop attenuator is nothing more than another master volume. It won't push those bottle rockets.

[@CedricSatterfield]

@@Maxx61 Yeah, I know but if someone doesnt' have a volume pedal, sometimes these little boxes are a bit cheaper, and at least will make the volume more manageable until they can save up for a non-passive attenuator. When I didn't know as much I thought that volume attenuator all had to be expensive, but once I understood that at least for at home a passive one would work, I make sure to at least toss them out as an option to someone. Heck, even Bugera has a halfway decent active attenuator for around 100 bucks. I wouldn't trust it for gig use, but for a home player, it would work until they could afford something more robust.

[@tragicallymalicious1]

You can put a volume pedal in the loop. You'll never "push" 2 6l6's hard enough to get power tube distortion at apartment or bedroom levels anyway. You always have to play as loud as possible to achieve that. The whole point of overpowering the amp is to offer as much clean headroom as possible before the power tubes break up.

[@Maxx61]

@@tragicallymalicious1 a volume pedal in the loop is nothing more than a master volume, it's not a true attenuator.

[@winstonmackay5477]

long time fan. can you swap 6V6s tubes for 6L6s with a bias change in any amp? thanks for all your great advice.

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

Why would you want to castrate this nice amp?

[@winstonmackay5477]

was told 6L6 is better tube for large sound

[@riffsnreviews]

Yeah you can generally go from 6v6 to 6l6, but not always the other way round, but you always should check your plate voltages and everything before hand and chose your tube accordingly, coz they don't all support the same plate voltages and all that, there's a lot of technical variations. Let's say you have to chose your tubes carefully, like if your going from a low watt 6l6 no problem as the plate voltages are low enough for 6v6s, but if you go from a 6l6 "standard powered 50w" to 6v6 you're going to need a 6v6 that can handle 450+v, the JJs and EHs can but they aren't really considered "real" 6v6s, more in common with a 6l6 than a 6v6. As for from 6v6 to 6l6 yeah, i'd probably chose sovteks, as they have the capacity of going to very high currents or 500v plate voltage which allows them to be used in pretty much any octal tube situation. And remember always respect the watt dissipation the amp is designed for.

[@winstonmackay5477]

thanks for the reply and btw its a 1971 garnet revolution 1 22 watts

[@riffsnreviews]

It's probably around 320/350vdc plate voltage, so yeah a sovtek 5881/6L6 should work ok when biased correctly, somewhere around 45/50mA per tube for those plate voltages to get 20 ish watts. Obviously it all has to be biased properly, tested and measured before hand.

[@Zelomeisterdude]

IS there any other company besides Fender that is respected for making guitars and amps that are considered equally great?

[@oranstakeover8981]

Zelomeister prs... friedman...

[@delatmic92]

Evh(which is also owned by fender)

[@marksh24]

Suhr

[@oranstakeover8981]

marksh24 true, but i feel like suhr really arent known for their amps unlike the other brands mentioned

[@marksh24]

In my perception the Suhr brand is just not as well known as most others listed but guitars and amps are pretty much equal to me. Pete Thorn signature model amp for one.

[@co8544]

Sigh.....do I sell the tri-rec?

[@kionihernandez356]

tri rec is love, tri rec is life

[@andrep0wly35]

Made in China?

[@tonyhayek1086]

I really want this amp badly, however, I can’t shake the stigma of an amp made in China it just drives me crazy somebody correct me if I’m wrong!!

[@humro5960]

Sadly is made in China.

[@orkboy59]

Man, I am going to have to save more than just my pennies for this thing.