Signature Grissom Tone, Session-ready Tools and Effects, Combo Portability
After receiving many accolades from the release of the DGT 15 amp head, PRS now offers the same great tone in an all-in-one ported combo enclosure. PRS designed the original David Grissom 15-watt tube amp to capture the conviction, warmth, and fidelity of the versatile guitarist’s favorite vintage amplifiers. With three footswitchable effects and four global parameters, this amp exceeds the capabilities of most compact combo amps! Lower levels produce sparkling and soulful vintage-style cleans similar to those David lays down when working with artists such as Storyville and John Mellencamp. Meanwhile, the Master volume control and a footswitchable boost provide a vast canvas for dynamic rises and falls, as well as saturated overdriven tube tones. Speaking of tubes, the DGT 15 Combo boasts quite the collection: two EL84s, one GZ34 rectifier, three 12AX7s, and one 12AT7. Your three onboard effects, a reverb, a variable boost, and a vintage-style tremolo, are fueled with real-time changes in the bias of your tubes, and each effect can be triggered with the included PRS footswitch. The Boost, Bright, Master volume, and Tremolo toggle switches tailor how these parameters behave with the footswitch. The sum of these controls, their vast array of possible combinations, and the included Celestion Vintage 30 loudspeaker add up to an incredibly robust 15-watt amp that you simply must experience for yourself.
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Small footprint, massive potential
Choosing a smaller, lower-powered tube amp can often mean fewer tone options. That's not the case with the DGT 15 Combo! In addition to three onboard effects, the front panel is jam-packed with premium tone-sculpting controls. For instance, the Master volume control can be deactivated if desired, or you can link it to the footswitch’s boost mode, which provides a more customizable boost and a secret second channel. Similarly, the 3-way Bright switch can be set to deactivate Bright mode when the boost is triggered. The Presence knob provides a global EQ for adjusting overall brightness to suit different rooms, microphones, pickups, and guitars. At the same time, Top Cut takes cues from prickly vintage British builds by allowing you to cut unpleasant ultra-high frequencies. Lastly, a 3-band tone stack offers a significant EQ advantage over similarly sized amps.
Three effects onboard: tube tremolo, reverb, and boost
Doug Sewell, senior amp designer at PRS, called the David Grissom 15-watt tube amp head “one of our most feature-laden designs to date.” With the DGT 15 Combo, all the same great features and effects are available without compromise. While some small tube amps are minimalist affairs best reserved for studio recording or blues styles, this tube combo amp lets you have it all with lush built-in reverb, boost, and an exciting new tremolo circuit. The tremolo is a true old-school tube bias design, so you get all the warmth and immediacy of amplitude variations happening right inside your amp’s vacuum tubes. Each of the combo's three effects is footswitchable, so you always have a treasure trove of different textures by your side when performing live. Vintage enthusiasts at Sweetwater love pairing the tremolo and reverb together to craft lush sounds with distinctly retro appeal.
PRS DGT 15 Combo Features:
- 15W, 1-ch amplifier based on David Grissom’s favorite vintage amps
- Compact and easy to transport with a robust feature set
- Presence, Bright, Top Cut, and Master volume supply pinpoint global control over output and tone
- Tube-bias tremolo with Speed and Depth controls results in sumptuous vintage trem tones
- 3-band tone stack wields major EQ advantages over similarly sized combo amps
- 3 extension speaker jacks with 2-, 4,-, and 8-ohm options for near-universal compatibility
- Powered by 2 EL84 power tubes, 1 GZ34 rectifier tube, and 3 x 12AX7 and 1 x 12AT7 preamp tubes
- Customizable footswitch functions open up dynamic realms of possibility
- Ported back rewards expressive playing and keeps tones from sounding boxy
- 1 x 12-in. Celestion Vintage 30 speaker handles loud vintage tones with stunning ease
- Includes a 3-button footswitch for activating boost, reverb, and tremolo
