Great comparison! It's amazing how affordable both of these heads currently are on the used market as well (at least around the MTL area). Imo the EVH sounds nastier and has a distinct snarl, though the Archon is much more versatile and really cuts well. Recently offloaded a MKII and snagged a 100W MKI and safe to say it'll be with me forever.
I owned both at the same time and I sold the EVH kept the Archon! I use an Overdrive pedal in the clean channel for midgain sounds because the Archon clean is so pedal friendly. I find you can get away with turning it up louder than most amps in a live setting because it’s less ear fatiguing. Also I think the Archon voicing sounds best Drop B to Drop E. I’m not that big of a fan of it standard tuning. Great video!
EVH for me with all the cabs.
Great comparison! It's amazing how affordable both of these heads currently are on the used market as well (at least around the MTL area).
Imo the EVH sounds nastier and has a distinct snarl, though the Archon is much more versatile and really cuts well. Recently offloaded a MKII and snagged a 100W MKI and safe to say it'll be with me forever.
I owned both at the same time and I sold the EVH kept the Archon! I use an Overdrive pedal in the clean channel for midgain sounds because the Archon clean is so pedal friendly. I find you can get away with turning it up louder than most amps in a live setting because it’s less ear fatiguing. Also I think the Archon voicing sounds best Drop B to Drop E. I’m not that big of a fan of it standard tuning. Great video!
I’m a huge fan of the archon