This intro hits me right in the feels. All these wimpy dudes talking about 5 watt amps being so good... (I'm looking at you Rhett Shull) ... You can hang with the blues dentist crowd all day .. but not the manly man crowd who realize that the size of your tube chassis is a direct reflection of your $perm count.
I remember a German guy doing a very German thing: he measured the actual output of the mt15 and it was around 28watts if I remember correctly. So it's very close to a 50 watt 6l6s amp that most of the Times runs at 35-40watts max. Anyway, great video, I love my mt15 tonally so you definitely have to mod the mt15 to an mt50 so then i will have an exscuse to do it too.😂
Happy to report that I purchased the 5881 version and it’s great and the loop has zero noise as I am sure some of you realize the original version had issues with that. I am currently running it with a Boss EQ200 using the 4 cable method which puts a 10 band eq in the loop and in front of the amplifier at the same time essentially giving you 2 equalizers both pre and post the preamp section, so I figured that is probably a good scenario for noise considering all the cables. worked for me just fine dead quiet, using cheap cables and everything. this thing is really awesome, honestly I think there was more hype around the problems that it had then how damn good it was. glad i purchased it.
You damn right we wanna see that mod. The value is real! The MT15 was my first/second tube amp, and while I loved it, I didn't yet fully understand FX loop and 4 cable method with a noise gate, so I moved on and did all pedal gain/chain into a clean power amp. Now I wanna get another and do it right, but I still love my Revv Generator 120 that covers everything!
I definitely love my MT15...had it over 2 years and it's always a blast to play...it has 6 preamp tubes and 2 full size 5881 tubes...Zakk Wylde Chorus pedal in the loop and noise gate in front...amazing
I’ve owned the mt-15 3 times now. Sold it twice just to try other amps out. 3 years later, I have yet to find anything I like more in the lunchbox category. (Including the Engl fireball). This amp just does everything I need, including being able to keep up with a drummer. But I would love to see a video of how to do the mod !! And how it fares after the mod. Kyle, you’re awesome !! Keep it up 🤘
I actually played a few fantastic shows with the MT-15. I wound up putting an MXR 10 band EQ in the loop with a Fortin 33 in front...and a Decimator noise reduction pedal. My ONLY complaint was that it was noisy and the Decimator just barely worked. A friend had one and he did the wattage upgrade and did a noise gate mod and turned that amp into a highly desirable beast! I now have an ENGL Fireball 25 ran the same way, which you inspired me to get, Kyle! Haha, so, thanks for all you do, loved the vid and the video format, your bands sound really good too and seems like a really fun show! Also, I was today years old to learn that you play drums! Haha!
When i was shopping for a small amp a few years ago, your video was one of the ones that helped me make my decision. I am very satisfied with mine. Still fun to play and sounds great.
about tubes, i once ran out of 6l6 to get my 60 watt 5150 combo back up, after a tube failed, but i had some old used blue glass ruby 6v6's. For a goof i plug them in and Bam! it worked and was still loud and bassey as ever, the little tubes stayed in the 5150 till death, 6 months use in my shop ! i was cranking it up often,
Excellent video! I've loved the MT-15 for many a year now, though I never actually owned one. Though PRS said that it could not be done, I know of one MT-15 that has been modded to run EL34 power tubes. Might also have the 40-watt mod, cause that thing is brutally loud for such a tiny amp. In our guitar family, we have several lunchbox amps, but they are all EL84 amps, a Friedman Runt 20, and a couple generations of Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister. I'm not going to give away any hard earned tips, but each of these EL84 amps can be made to sound positively next level, like much more expensive amps, by simple tube swaps. Keep the good stuff coming!
Definitely like the video brother it's actually nice seeing the gear in a live situation. It gives a little better perspective of what it is capable of accomplishing in this type of setting. Thanks for the content and stay metal 🎸🤘
I use a 6505 mh with a 16ohm hesu demon cab. In practice and live setting, I dont have any issue with keeping up with everyone. These things sound great. Oh yea, mod it!
Really good amp for gigs, just loud enough and sounds god at a resonable volume, you are never allowed to turn up your 5150 to its sweetspot at smaller venues anyway. Great video, thanks man!
I have both the MT15 and the G20. This video sums it up nicely. Although, I never run my Revv through a cab. I just use some good IR's and it sounds massive.
I've had my Fireball 25 for about a month. I have been using a triple rectifier for the last 15 years. I wish I would've tried Engl earlier. I tried a MT about a year ago but the effects loop sucked and it had a lot of noise, even with a noise gate.
I bought one about a year ago and had to return it. The noise it made with anything plugged into the effects loop was a deal breaker. I dont know if they ever fixed this known issue but if they would i would be on board.
My nephew is borrowing mine and I almost daily think about getting it back. Great amp. Probably the best bang for your buck you can get, especially used.
Yes please do the 40 watt mod and the do us a shoot out comparison. This would be much appreciated. Thanks for the fun and entertaining content. Keep the good work👊
This was great! So my modern high gain style head, herbert diezel mark 2 ,from 2012, 180 watts, kt77 power tubes, says in the manual, great distortion at low, bedroom volumes and at high volumes in stage use, too. The distortion is mainly in the preamp tubes section, so all volumes can get great distortions. Unlike what i understood about 1960s, 70,s, 80,s Marshall jtm45 through plexi through 1959 super leads like Randy Rhoads and Eddie van Halen used initially for heavy metal full 10 volume setting playing, and fenders and voxes and high watts which i've never owned, which used both pre amp tubes and power amp tubes to create the best heavy distortions they offered, ALL (or at least most) modern high gain multiple cascading gain stages from1990's mesa marks, dual rectifiers, diezel VH4s in 1992, engl, vht fryette, soldano, metaltronix, ada mp-1 , through the 2000s with all the modern high gain multichannel designs , like krank, revv, 5150 III peavey evh, randall satan, recent omega, mi amplificatiion monolith, driftwood, lichtlaerm prometheus, etc, use only preamp distortion, and Clean power tube sound, even when the loudness volume is cranked up all the way or close, 100watts to 180 watts? So cream, zeppelin, van halen, ozzy, dokken, Ratt, had some power tube tone, but modern, metallica, periphery, meshugga, lamb of god, ghost, (kind of) bring me the horizon, and many other newer bands have no power amp tube tone? My luthier from 2010 who like phish and umphries mcgee and roots and floyd and jam music with fender guitars, had me thinking that power tubes ( at least in his traditional style rock) distorted like hendrix feedback live and contributed to tone. He had a little neo classical training, too, and his store sold me my peavey 6505+ combo. He said power tubes contributed a lesser amount of distortion and tone, it was a harder kid of sound tone, stiffer, but there. No modern, high gain multichannel revv generarator 120 3s have power tube tone cranked, are just preamp, tone? Why not just use a diezel, engl, ubershall, blackstar premp/ditortion pedal through the 2,000 watt solid state class d inexpensive P.A. or power amp and P.A. speakers? Sure, el34s and 6l6s and kt88s add a little frequency response and distortion variations and flavors, but overdriving them does not? I'm still saving for an Omega tube amp and Axe Fx 3 , so I'm not changing. haha. i know solid state power chips generally do not create distortion well, like the $300 randall 300 watt head my friend wanted but never used it's onboard distortion with, which was not a chip being overdriven, but a designed tube recreation, not a modeller, i tried to explain to him. He plays extreme thrash, death metal. He thinks because of dimebag, solid state guitar heads are best, tubes suck and are overpriced and guitarists just like them because they cost more than his Randall 1503 $300 300 watt head with an mxr full bore distortion pedal does. Because he bought for $300 a heavily used 5150 block letter Peavey 100 watt head that sounded weak , murky , and dull to him, so he said he's right, all other guitarists are wrong, and got angry at me. This is a lot to process, haha! I'm going with what you just showed in this video, Kyle! Thankyou! i need to stick with what the experts like you, Ola, Fluff, many others advise. Maybe sometime a tube power amp play thru test that accepts all kinds of power tubes combinations could be done to show what power amp tubes sound like alone, isolated, so we could get an idea of what their character is better.
On top of it all, a friend wants a new version of the all tube McIntosh stereo receiver for 2 channel home music he had in the 1970's in college. To listen to his aerosmith and Foreigner albums on an expensive turntable, which is cool to me. It starts at $9,000, for the classic tube sound of McIintosh, receivers now and goes higher. My guitar player extreme thrash death metal friend, however, insists his $200 2001 Phillips boom box with bass boost sounds as good as any home theater, except its not as loud. I just had to tell that story. I wonder what the modern $9,000 McIntosh all tube stereo receiver will sound like, tube wise, and what goes on inside, sonically. I know high end hi fi tube receivers have a clean smooth, warm sound, compared to thesolid state $3,000 dolby atmos 9 channel surround sound av recievers for home theater that are dominant. They're clean, clear, digital sonding that try to ad a little non digital tone to them , like mosfets do, to make the sound accurate, but not too sharp. but plugging a guitar into one will probly destroy them. guitar amp are mor rugged.
I have one and use it as a pedal platform amp on the clean channel, it has more clean headroom than many 40-50 watt amps and is small and easy to carry
Thanks for this, Kyle. I feel like a teenager/twenty-something again. I used to play small shows like that all the time, back in the day, and that really brought back some fond memories! I have a bunch of amps and cabs, these days, but back then, it was just me, my guitar, TU-2 and my block letter 5150. Well, I didn't find the 5150 until like 1997, so before that I went through a few other heads (Ultra 60, a Transtube and a shitty Crate Excalibur). Anyway, definitely do the mod, I'd love to see/hear the difference, and record more shows for us to enjoy!
We used that same MT15 for re-amping some leads on our new album, works great on a studio environment. PS: The Revv hanging there spiked my anxiety to a 666% XD. Great video.
Very cool amp, played a few. It's the only lunchbox amp I like. It's just the headroom either, the G20 is noticeably darker the others. So dark that I don't like
Go with the Heyboer 4k 50watt transformer. Thats what I have in mine and it kills! Also, go with 6L6s. They have more scooped low and high mids. Overall, more guttural tone.
Kyle, would you agree then that the Fireball 25 would be sufficient for most hardcore/metal shows? I know it has 6L6’s but I don’t know anything about the transformer on it. I’d think the Fireball 25 would be in the same boat as this PRS maybe even a tad more headroom slightly?
I absolutely love the sounds out of my MT-15. You don't need a boost for tight metal at all. The only caveat to it is that it's very noisy. You can kill the fx loop noise with a noise gate but there's still some hum going on that none of my other tube heads have. It's not a deal breaker but I wish PRS would fix the noise issues with a revision. Otherwise it's perfection.
I can't attest if they fixed the FX noise issues, as in they made a fixed revision. BUT, I can attest that a couple of MT-15's I just bought, DO NOT have noise issues. I boosted the shit out of them and they produce less noise than other high gain heads that I have. FX loop active or not, either using a straight patch cable or pedals, there's no noise like I hear from countless videos showcasing the issue. I'm so picky with noises that I ALWAYS run a four cable method noise gate in all my amps, and the MT-15's do NOT need to be gated 😂😂😂
@@JohnWiku Yep..I had one when they first came out in 2018 and it was way too noisy but did sound great..I am a play at home guy only and the volume went from zero to WFO really quick..I hope they changed the volume pots taper so it will not come on so loud so fast..other than those 2 gripes I have considered buying one of the new ones too see if they made any changes.
I told you months ago that I'd be buying an MT15, and last week I snagged one! Under $500 shipped used, and it is as brutal as it sounded in your OG video! At this rate, I may not even need to get the SYN-1 as an interchangeable preamp/Pokémon thing! Seriously, thank you for that video. It's just the sound I've been hearing in my head.
Intro :D. FYI, You can get a free decibel meter for your phone... NIOSH Sound Level Meter. I really enjoyed my MT15 until someone broke into our practice space and stole it. Tone wise for me it's the Archon all day, the other 2 are a little fizzy for my taste. An Arhon 50 is on my wish list. Great video, great amp, thanks Kyle!
Still a full size head and 4x12 user here. I have a few smaller 30w and lower heads as well, but would never use them for a show, unless it was a backup. Also while the MT15 is nice, you can get a MT100 for a little more if you're on the lookout. I picked up an open box one in mint condition for $1100 with free shipping.
IMO The PRS MT 15 is all you need for band practice and home use ! It’s basically a EVH 5150 iii 50w ! If I could go back that’s probably all I’d own !
I bought one from Sweetwater about two months ago. I run it into an old Peavey 4×12 from the late 80's. Its what I have so I figuresd I'd use it. Old celestion gk 1275 speakers...and the PRS does it no problem! Very impressed with that " little" amp, I think you will love yours as well. Congrats!
@@Newnodrogbob it showed up on time, I haven't really gotten to mess with it too much because of work but the little I did play with it, it was awesome. Even the little bit Ive gotten to use it, I can say it was worth every penny.
Never got my MT15 to sound how I wanted it or like all the extensive videos and reviews I watched prior to buying it. It sounds great in this video though ☺️💪👍
I saw an amp/electronic tech on youtube test the output wattage on the MT15 in stock configuration, and it's actually putting out 24 watts. That explains how loud this amp is.
I have a MT 15...it sounds so good for it's price. I even love the clean channel and play my 7 string A standard there. They say it is the poor man's Mesa Boogie rectifier? Sure. Fine by me.
Of course we want to see the mod...... was that a rhetorical question? I wonder how the Bluguitar Amp1 Iridium would hold up in a band situation being 100watt and tube driven.
This is definitely your best video to date. I loved your soliloquy at the beginning. I would love to see the difference with the 40 watt mod, btw. Keep up the good work.
Yes, Kyle. We would like to see you mod a MT-15 to 40w.
*everyone nods heads in agreement*
DO IT!
Yes please and tell us exactly what you did so we can do it too.
100% want to see this mod
This ☝🏼
Would be fire but how would that be any difrent from just getting an MT100
I run my MT-15 through a Fryette Power Station for an extended 50 watts. The added headroom and volume of this thing now is crushing
Man, that intro... was art. So beautiful. I can't remember the last time I cried so hard at the site of pure beauty
Yup of course we want to see the mod. Love the live band footage too
This intro hits me right in the feels. All these wimpy dudes talking about 5 watt amps being so good... (I'm looking at you Rhett Shull) ... You can hang with the blues dentist crowd all day .. but not the manly man crowd who realize that the size of your tube chassis is a direct reflection of your $perm count.
😂
How do you produce $perm with ur v@gina?
indeed - bigger chassis= lower sperm count. Zappa said pointy guitars would make you sterile....
💪👊
TRUER WORDS NEVER HAVE BEEN SPOKEN!
Please tell me you did a video where you swapped the transformer?! I’d love to see the difference and if it is actually worth the work!
The first 2 minutes are the best production value you have ever made! HOLY SHIT that was satisfyingly entertaining!
Appreciate you!!
I remember a German guy doing a very German thing: he measured the actual output of the mt15 and it was around 28watts if I remember correctly. So it's very close to a 50 watt 6l6s amp that most of the Times runs at 35-40watts max.
Anyway, great video, I love my mt15 tonally so you definitely have to mod the mt15 to an mt50 so then i will have an exscuse to do it too.😂
Happy to report that I purchased the 5881 version and it’s great and the loop has zero noise as I am sure some of you realize the original version had issues with that. I am currently running it with a Boss EQ200 using the 4 cable method which puts a 10 band eq in the loop and in front of the amplifier at the same time essentially giving you 2 equalizers both pre and post the preamp section, so I figured that is probably a good scenario for noise considering all the cables. worked for me just fine dead quiet, using cheap cables and everything. this thing is really awesome, honestly I think there was more hype around the problems that it had then how damn good it was. glad i purchased it.
You damn right we wanna see that mod. The value is real!
The MT15 was my first/second tube amp, and while I loved it, I didn't yet fully understand FX loop and 4 cable method with a noise gate, so I moved on and did all pedal gain/chain into a clean power amp.
Now I wanna get another and do it right, but I still love my Revv Generator 120 that covers everything!
Revv generator 120!!
I like how you revisited this amp, I actually watched your previous MT15 video multiple times :)
I definitely love my MT15...had it over 2 years and it's always a blast to play...it has 6 preamp tubes and 2 full size 5881 tubes...Zakk Wylde Chorus pedal in the loop and noise gate in front...amazing
I’ve owned the mt-15 3 times now. Sold it twice just to try other amps out. 3 years later, I have yet to find anything I like more in the lunchbox category. (Including the Engl fireball).
This amp just does everything I need, including being able to keep up with a drummer. But I would love to see a video of how to do the mod !! And how it fares after the mod.
Kyle, you’re awesome !! Keep it up 🤘
8:20 - yes yeah yep please do a transformer mod on this little beast! 🙏
Sold my 5881 last year and I will most likely re-purchase it as well. HUGE Headroom- and Extremely Versatile!
Loved this form of video. I purchased an MT15 after watching your review on it, and it sounds like the tone I've always wanted.
I actually played a few fantastic shows with the MT-15. I wound up putting an MXR 10 band EQ in the loop with a Fortin 33 in front...and a Decimator noise reduction pedal. My ONLY complaint was that it was noisy and the Decimator just barely worked. A friend had one and he did the wattage upgrade and did a noise gate mod and turned that amp into a highly desirable beast! I now have an ENGL Fireball 25 ran the same way, which you inspired me to get, Kyle! Haha, so, thanks for all you do, loved the vid and the video format, your bands sound really good too and seems like a really fun show! Also, I was today years old to learn that you play drums! Haha!
Nice man! The Fireball 25 is another super solid choice in the world of small amps! Actually wish I still had mine!
Do it! get this thing modded and document it. Alot of people want to get this done but don't know what to ask for when talking to a amp tech.
best amp review ever. humor full and even went through the effort of showing us your live field test which was also quite entertaining and enjoyable.
Do the MOD Kyle!
When i was shopping for a small amp a few years ago, your video was one of the ones that helped me make my decision. I am very satisfied with mine. Still fun to play and sounds great.
about tubes, i once ran out of 6l6 to get my 60 watt 5150 combo back up, after a tube failed, but i had some old used blue glass ruby 6v6's. For a goof i plug them in and Bam! it worked and was still loud and bassey as ever, the little tubes stayed in the 5150 till death, 6 months use in my shop ! i was cranking it up often,
What guitar brand is that explorer?? Looks absolutely killer
Excellent video! I've loved the MT-15 for many a year now, though I never actually owned one. Though PRS said that it could not be done, I know of one MT-15 that has been modded to run EL34 power tubes. Might also have the 40-watt mod, cause that thing is brutally loud for such a tiny amp.
In our guitar family, we have several lunchbox amps, but they are all EL84 amps, a Friedman Runt 20, and a couple generations of Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister. I'm not going to give away any hard earned tips, but each of these EL84 amps can be made to sound positively next level, like much more expensive amps, by simple tube swaps.
Keep the good stuff coming!
Man Kyle, definitely get it modded. More power!
Need more crazy intros and full videos like this. You rock 🤘🤘🤘
Definitely like the video brother it's actually nice seeing the gear in a live situation. It gives a little better perspective of what it is capable of accomplishing in this type of setting. Thanks for the content and stay metal 🎸🤘
I use a 6505 mh with a 16ohm hesu demon cab. In practice and live setting, I dont have any issue with keeping up with everyone. These things sound great. Oh yea, mod it!
Really good amp for gigs, just loud enough and sounds god at a resonable volume, you are never allowed to turn up your 5150 to its sweetspot at smaller venues anyway. Great video, thanks man!
Yes do that mod. That's incredible the possiblity exists
Mod & Customize EVERYTHING!!! So yes would love to see you do the mods to this MT15 man 🙌🏻
I really want to hear a hotrodded version of this. I really want to know what the higher output version sounds like
I have both the MT15 and the G20. This video sums it up nicely. Although, I never run my Revv through a cab. I just use some good IR's and it sounds massive.
I definitely respect the MT stuff for cost and tone. But for me those small ENGL heads are the best in class.
I haven't played either, but have looked heavily into both and I must agree. That Fireball 25 is so badass!
Yep. My Fireball 25 rages. Beautiful and raucous cleans and gain. Full spectrum of tones. My 100w EVH EL34 isn’t bad either 😊
Yes! I tried an ironball and its a great sounding amp! One of the best in the metal department
I've had my Fireball 25 for about a month. I have been using a triple rectifier for the last 15 years. I wish I would've tried Engl earlier.
I tried a MT about a year ago but the effects loop sucked and it had a lot of noise, even with a noise gate.
Nah, for price the PRS MT15 is the king of small amps.
Yes! I would love to see a video of the upgrade process and end result.
This guy has come so far in his video production.
appreciate you noticing!
Dude your into was gold 🤣 especially that pop punk reference haha
Love your videos. This amp i have been close to making an impulse purchase on many occasions. Rock on!
This is a great segment Kyle great new addition
Your lav mic clipping is wild
I've had the amp a couple years now and it's great, works for me. I run a precision drive in front and a tuner and that's it.
Your highly entertaining!!! You kill it every time. Keep it up.
Yes, please mod the amp. I would like to see how it's done if that's possible.
All of that video intro was hilarious bro, and well written. 👏 💪🏼
I bought one about a year ago and had to return it. The noise it made with anything plugged into the effects loop was a deal breaker. I dont know if they ever fixed this known issue but if they would i would be on board.
I had the same problem. Decided to run a noise gate both in front of the amp and in the loop and problem solved.
I sent my first one back and Sweetwater sent me another one and I didn't have any issues with it. PRS has fixed the issue
Awesome Kyle! I didn't see that live coming. That All Out War vibe was great too
I still like ENGL fireball 25.
Fireball 25🤘🏻 Best one for me
Big Tube Amp Energy vibes 🤣Intro was hilarious Kyle!
My nephew is borrowing mine and I almost daily think about getting it back. Great amp. Probably the best bang for your buck you can get, especially used.
Yes please do the 40 watt mod and the do us a shoot out comparison. This would be much appreciated. Thanks for the fun and entertaining content. Keep the good work👊
Editing is getting so good bro!
This was great! So my modern high gain style head, herbert diezel mark 2 ,from 2012, 180 watts, kt77 power tubes, says in the manual, great distortion at low, bedroom volumes and at high volumes in stage use, too. The distortion is mainly in the preamp tubes section, so all volumes can get great distortions. Unlike what i understood about 1960s, 70,s, 80,s Marshall jtm45 through plexi through 1959 super leads like Randy Rhoads and Eddie van Halen used initially for heavy metal full 10 volume setting playing, and fenders and voxes and high watts which i've never owned, which used both pre amp tubes and power amp tubes to create the best heavy distortions they offered, ALL (or at least most) modern high gain multiple cascading gain stages from1990's mesa marks, dual rectifiers, diezel VH4s in 1992, engl, vht fryette, soldano, metaltronix, ada mp-1 , through the 2000s with all the modern high gain multichannel designs , like krank, revv, 5150 III peavey evh, randall satan, recent omega, mi amplificatiion monolith, driftwood, lichtlaerm prometheus, etc, use only preamp distortion, and Clean power tube sound, even when the loudness volume is cranked up all the way or close, 100watts to 180 watts? So cream, zeppelin, van halen, ozzy, dokken, Ratt, had some power tube tone, but modern, metallica, periphery, meshugga, lamb of god, ghost, (kind of) bring me the horizon, and many other newer bands have no power amp tube tone? My luthier from 2010 who like phish and umphries mcgee and roots and floyd and jam music with fender guitars, had me thinking that power tubes ( at least in his traditional style rock) distorted like hendrix feedback live and contributed to tone. He had a little neo classical training, too, and his store sold me my peavey 6505+ combo. He said power tubes contributed a lesser amount of distortion and tone, it was a harder kid of sound tone, stiffer, but there. No modern, high gain multichannel revv generarator 120 3s have power tube tone cranked, are just preamp, tone? Why not just use a diezel, engl, ubershall, blackstar premp/ditortion pedal through the 2,000 watt solid state class d inexpensive P.A. or power amp and P.A. speakers? Sure, el34s and 6l6s and kt88s add a little frequency response and distortion variations and flavors, but overdriving them does not? I'm still saving for an Omega tube amp and Axe Fx 3 , so I'm not changing. haha. i know solid state power chips generally do not create distortion well, like the $300 randall 300 watt head my friend wanted but never used it's onboard distortion with, which was not a chip being overdriven, but a designed tube recreation, not a modeller, i tried to explain to him. He plays extreme thrash, death metal. He thinks because of dimebag, solid state guitar heads are best, tubes suck and are overpriced and guitarists just like them because they cost more than his Randall 1503 $300 300 watt head with an mxr full bore distortion pedal does. Because he bought for $300 a heavily used 5150 block letter Peavey 100 watt head that sounded weak , murky , and dull to him, so he said he's right, all other guitarists are wrong, and got angry at me. This is a lot to process, haha! I'm going with what you just showed in this video, Kyle! Thankyou! i need to stick with what the experts like you, Ola, Fluff, many others advise. Maybe sometime a tube power amp play thru test that accepts all kinds of power tubes combinations could be done to show what power amp tubes sound like alone, isolated, so we could get an idea of what their character is better.
On top of it all, a friend wants a new version of the all tube McIntosh stereo receiver for 2 channel home music he had in the 1970's in college. To listen to his aerosmith and Foreigner albums on an expensive turntable, which is cool to me. It starts at $9,000, for the classic tube sound of McIintosh, receivers now and goes higher. My guitar player extreme thrash death metal friend, however, insists his $200 2001 Phillips boom box with bass boost sounds as good as any home theater, except its not as loud. I just had to tell that story. I wonder what the modern $9,000 McIntosh all tube stereo receiver will sound like, tube wise, and what goes on inside, sonically. I know high end hi fi tube receivers have a clean smooth, warm sound, compared to thesolid state $3,000 dolby atmos 9 channel surround sound av recievers for home theater that are dominant. They're clean, clear, digital sonding that try to ad a little non digital tone to them , like mosfets do, to make the sound accurate, but not too sharp. but plugging a guitar into one will probly destroy them. guitar amp are mor rugged.
I have one and use it as a pedal platform amp on the clean channel, it has more clean headroom than many 40-50 watt amps and is small and easy to carry
Thanks for this, Kyle. I feel like a teenager/twenty-something again. I used to play small shows like that all the time, back in the day, and that really brought back some fond memories! I have a bunch of amps and cabs, these days, but back then, it was just me, my guitar, TU-2 and my block letter 5150. Well, I didn't find the 5150 until like 1997, so before that I went through a few other heads (Ultra 60, a Transtube and a shitty Crate Excalibur).
Anyway, definitely do the mod, I'd love to see/hear the difference, and record more shows for us to enjoy!
The amp review was great, but I really liked the footage of you playing live. 🤘🤘🤘
Appreciate the feedback!
We used that same MT15 for re-amping some leads on our new album, works great on a studio environment. PS: The Revv hanging there spiked my anxiety to a 666% XD. Great video.
Very cool amp, played a few. It's the only lunchbox amp I like.
It's just the headroom either, the G20 is noticeably darker the others. So dark that I don't like
Jesus Christ you’re editing has gotten so good 😅 laughed my ass off at the intro
Yes a 40 Watt Mod!!
Would you say it has more headroom than a Mesa Single Rectifier?
I had one too. Put it through a Palmer Loadbox. At full volume it had arround 45 Watts on the watt scale of the Palmer
The MT15 is a killer sounding head.. sounds massive and can many good metal tones outta it
Love the video!!! Best of all the videos I’ve seen on this amp PERIOD!
the intro is awesome :D
Go with the Heyboer 4k 50watt transformer. Thats what I have in mine and it kills! Also, go with 6L6s. They have more scooped low and high mids. Overall, more guttural tone.
Kyle, would you agree then that the Fireball 25 would be sufficient for most hardcore/metal shows? I know it has 6L6’s but I don’t know anything about the transformer on it. I’d think the Fireball 25 would be in the same boat as this PRS maybe even a tad more headroom slightly?
That will go great with my 4x8 cabinet. Great intro!😂😂😂
I absolutely love the sounds out of my MT-15. You don't need a boost for tight metal at all. The only caveat to it is that it's very noisy. You can kill the fx loop noise with a noise gate but there's still some hum going on that none of my other tube heads have. It's not a deal breaker but I wish PRS would fix the noise issues with a revision. Otherwise it's perfection.
I can't attest if they fixed the FX noise issues, as in they made a fixed revision.
BUT, I can attest that a couple of MT-15's I just bought, DO NOT have noise issues.
I boosted the shit out of them and they produce less noise than other high gain heads that I have. FX loop active or not, either using a straight patch cable or pedals, there's no noise like I hear from countless videos showcasing the issue.
I'm so picky with noises that I ALWAYS run a four cable method noise gate in all my amps, and the MT-15's do NOT need to be gated 😂😂😂
@@JohnWiku Yep..I had one when they first came out in 2018 and it was way too noisy but did sound great..I am a play at home guy only and the volume went from zero to WFO really quick..I hope they changed the volume pots taper so it will not come on so loud so fast..other than those 2 gripes I have considered buying one of the new ones too see if they made any changes.
They sound so flat though. Weak highs and boring midrange freq. Very dark and cloudy sounding voicing.@@JohnWiku
I told you months ago that I'd be buying an MT15, and last week I snagged one! Under $500 shipped used, and it is as brutal as it sounded in your OG video! At this rate, I may not even need to get the SYN-1 as an interchangeable preamp/Pokémon thing! Seriously, thank you for that video. It's just the sound I've been hearing in my head.
would really love to see you do an A B test comparing a stock MT15 vs a Modified 45 watt MT15 to hear how it changes the headroom response.
Intro :D. FYI, You can get a free decibel meter for your phone... NIOSH Sound Level Meter. I really enjoyed my MT15 until someone broke into our practice space and stole it. Tone wise for me it's the Archon all day, the other 2 are a little fizzy for my taste. An Arhon 50 is on my wish list. Great video, great amp, thanks Kyle!
Oh and that guitar is sick, been wondering about them too :)
Still a full size head and 4x12 user here. I have a few smaller 30w and lower heads as well, but would never use them for a show, unless it was a backup. Also while the MT15 is nice, you can get a MT100 for a little more if you're on the lookout. I picked up an open box one in mint condition for $1100 with free shipping.
Great idea, it would be cool to see a comparison with some other lunchboxes/medium sized amps before you mod it though.
IMO The PRS MT 15 is all you need for band practice and home use ! It’s basically a EVH 5150 iii 50w ! If I could go back that’s probably all I’d own !
No where close to rating what you got right now but I just recently purchased the Blackstar Fly and totally happy for a bedroom amp😊
Mine is scheduled for delivery later today.
I bought one from Sweetwater about two months ago.
I run it into an old Peavey 4×12 from the late 80's.
Its what I have so I figuresd I'd use it. Old celestion gk 1275 speakers...and the PRS does it no problem!
Very impressed with that " little" amp, I think you will love yours as well.
Congrats!
Hell yeah dude enjoy!!! Getting new gear is like Christmas morning.
Did it show up? Do you like it?
@@Newnodrogbob it showed up on time, I haven't really gotten to mess with it too much because of work but the little I did play with it, it was awesome. Even the little bit Ive gotten to use it, I can say it was worth every penny.
Never got my MT15 to sound how I wanted it or like all the extensive videos and reviews I watched prior to buying it. It sounds great in this video though ☺️💪👍
Yes! Do the 40 watt mod!! Would love to see it!
Yes! Please do the MOD and comparison!
Yes, we like the format and yes, do the mod!
You also have to swap the power transformer to get the plate voltage higher to get 50 watts or so.
Hell yeah mod it, been wondering the same thing since I saw know your gears video.
Great performance drums and chugging riffs on guitar with the Mt 15
Would you choose the PRS MT15 over the ENGL Fireball 25?
Awesome video. I would like to see that MT-15 40w mod and maybe you will compare stock and moded mt-15 with Engl Fireball 25?
I may do a comprehensive roundup on lunchbox amps at some point!
@@belligerentamateur That would be fantastic. Thanks man!
Definitely love to see what the upgrade would do
I saw an amp/electronic tech on youtube test the output wattage on the MT15 in stock configuration, and it's actually putting out 24 watts. That explains how loud this amp is.
Haha, what an intro. Your videos just keep getting better.
I have a MT 15...it sounds so good for it's price. I even love the clean channel and play my 7 string A standard there. They say it is the poor man's Mesa Boogie rectifier? Sure. Fine by me.
Yeah do the Mod !! Lets see what it can really do !
Sounds good. Is there anyway you could do a demo with solo tones? I'm more interested in note separation
MT15 sounds awesome! What was that Explorer style guitar you were playing in the beginning?
Of course we want to see the mod...... was that a rhetorical question? I wonder how the Bluguitar Amp1 Iridium would hold up in a band situation being 100watt and tube driven.
I did the 50W mod to mine and it’s awesome, you don’t really need to but it’s a great amp either way.
6v6 sound great in my 20 watt fender deluxe reverb…and yes it chugs.
Would definitely be cool to see the MT15 mod to see what a difference it is as well as it's it's economically worth it vs just buying a different amp
This video is next level! Mad props 🤘
i prefer that archon. wow that amp sounds great
This is definitely your best video to date. I loved your soliloquy at the beginning. I would love to see the difference with the 40 watt mod, btw. Keep up the good work.
Just saying... that Explorer is sick ! (I'm a total explorer fan, usually not with pickguard... but yours... dayum !)
Grzenia makes a sick guitar!