Greek for “ruler” or “lord,” the PRS Archon is a commanding 2-channel amp with versatile overdriven tones and sparkling cleans with plenty of headroom.

The clean channel is fabulous. Stays super clean if you want it to, and has a beautiful expressive treble response, as well as taking pedals extremely well. The clean tone of a high-gain amp is sometimes treated as an afterthought, and it's nice that the Archon makes it easy to dial out dirt. One of the Archon’s greatest strengths is its ability to get so many tonal variations via pick-attack variation, from subtle blues lead, to funky rhythms, to warm jazz progressions.

After such a beautiful array of clean tones, it’s a bit shocking to hear the amp’s hell-raising overdrive channel for the first time. It’s rare that an amp capable of such brutal overdrive can generate such deep, detailed clean sounds. Its power, dynamic responsiveness, and capacity for detail are impressive. The Archon has an exceptional build, outstanding clean colors, and ruthless but defined overdrive, positioning it among today’s top hard rock and metal amps.

So wheater you're a fan of sweet, sparkly, bell like cleans or devastating high-gain, overdrive tones, this amp definatelfy won't dissapoint in any regard.