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The Ibanez 2027xl is my choice of the two, but I always love RGs. I think ESP makes awesome guitars too, but of the choice between those very different guitars, I lean toward the Ibanez. I don’t like telecaster style guitars, and I’m really not a fan of EMGs.

yes I did this years ago with one of their pedals and an HD500. It works great! I will say the weird MIDI-style connectors are the only reason I do not still use pedalsnake.

If you're playing them at bedroom volumes, the EVH 50 watt heads have MIDI, 3 channels, and a better FX loop. If you're playing them loud, the EVH has full size transformers. Both amps get loud, but any variant of the EVH smokes it at high volumes. I've owned an MT15 and an EVH 50w EL34. Hands...

Ha I like it. Actually a fun little video.

Clearly anyone complaining about :greatkat: doesn't get the joke.

99.9% of the time this is caused by a preamp tube. Snag one or two 12ax7 tubes and swap out each tube one by one until you find the problem tube. You own a tube amp now, this is basic maintenance you will need to do from time to time.

Dude I love that you got the rackmount!! It looks awesome, and I agree with you in that it's a bit more modern sounding than the Mark amps, for sure.

You know what, you're right, and I stand corrected. I've used the MS3 and HX Effects in the past for this, and they worked great for channel switching. I assumed the FS 4/5 on the Stomp could be an output like on the HX Effects, but I stand corrected. You'll need a MIDI box like the new MIDI...

I had one of the MT15s, and it's excellent as long as you are ok with some 60 cycle hum in the effects loop. It's the one glaring design flaw. I even had mine sent back to PRS under warranty. They fixed it, sent it back, and it still hummed. IMO I am hopeful they fix this with the next iteration...

I agree, and I think it's because it's an amp that has simple controls, yet is difficult to get it just right. I played a triple rec in a band for years, owned all kinds of rectifiers over the years, and I currently own a MW Dual rec, and I have to say once you get your sound dialed in, it's an...

I agree. I think Crush mode sounds quite a bit like Shred mode on the JP2C, a tubescreamer-type of overdrive tuned to make the amp sound better. Maybe I'm wrong on that, but that's how it appears to me.

Most mult-effect pedals do it now. HX Stomp, HX Effects, Boss MS3, Fractal FM3, they can all do this.

I can't get onboard that at all. The Rev C-F Rectos from the 90s are on a pedestal to most recto guys. The MW Rectos just nail everything right and IMO are the best ones made up to now. The 3 channel ones from the 2000s are great amps, but unless you buy a triple rec, the clean sound is lifeless...

I've gotta disagree chief. These are the same knobs, I think, that are on the Iridium preamp pedal, and they're great. You can see them from across a room or stage. Try to see recto knob positions from across a room, especially with the silver knobs or with eyes older than 40 :)

It doesn't really need it though with only one footswitch. You can run a quarter inch cable from almost any multi effect and set channel changes perfectly in your effects device preset. I played a Mark V25 live before and it was exactly the same switching. That was actually why I chose the 25...

FM3. Go with the known commodity. I have one and it's fantastic.

$30 for a line selector isn't bad. Now if only it had a buffer like the Boss pedal.

There's also a third type like me, where the player uses an effects box in 4CM like the G System or HX Effects and switches amp channels via MIDI. I'm probably in the minority, but it's simply the best system to get ideal switching with tube amps instead of modelers.

I had an AMT P2 for a long time as well and it was simply awesome. On the plus side, it had a clean channel instead of a bypass, which made it ideal for a pedal-only rig.

The real test is the effects loop. I had an MT15, it sounded great and I loved it, but the effects loop had the dreaded hum many owners have complained about. I sent it back to PRS for warranty repair, a month later they sent it back with a list of changes they made to it to fix the hum. I...