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PRS HG70 Harmonic Generator Combo Amp 1990s - $800 (Franklin)
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In the late 1980's, vacuum tubes used in guitar amps became scarce as more and more tube manufacturers ceased production. Paul Reed Smith set out to design a top-flight guitar amp using
transistor technology, and the PRS HG-70 Harmonic Generator was the result, without doubt one of the sweetest, warmest solid-state guitar amps ever made.
The Harmonic Generator's circuitry was designed primarily by Eric Pritchard, currently of Pritchard Amps, and was innovative in two key ways. First was the use of a harmonic generator that was used to add additional harmonics to the amp's basic tone to create a lively, more tube-like sound and response to playing touch. Secondly, the PRS HG-70 was one of the very few transformer output-coupled transistor amps ever designed. In essence, it actually utilizes an output transformer, much like a tube amp.
The PRS HG-70 sports two channels. "Rhythm" produces fat, rich sounding clean tones, while "Solo" yields overdriven crunch and lead tones. While the Solo channel is ideal for punchy blues leads
and fat classic rock riffing, it stops short of delivering over-the-top, max-gain metal or thrash tones.
The HG-70 is definitely geared more toward lush, vintage-flavored clean and overdrive sounds.
SPECS:
70 Watts RMS
2 Separate Preamps (1 for Vintage American Tones, 1 for Vintage British Tones)
Back-Lit Front Panel
Built-In Reverb
Effects Loop (+4db Line Level)
Noise Gate w/ Variable Threshold Solo Channel
Footswitch Channel Switching and Reverb Switching
16-8-4 Speaker Impedance Selector
Equalized Direct XLR Output (EQ'd to resonate like a 4x12 cabinet)
Aux Amp Output (For Concert and stereo application)