What amp is Paul reed Smith playing through here?

RandallFlagg

PRS being a teeny little bit annoying showing off his pedals here but more interestingly, what amp is he playing through from 09:00? It looks like a Blackface fender but that's not a Fender badge. Is it an original Boogie (modded Fender)?

professorben

Sounds nice, I'm not up with fender models and clones but my first thought was "oh that looks a bit like the Friedman nameplates"

Funkfingers

The cabinet proportions are not quite right for a Princeton or a Deluxe. More like a Bandmaster Reverb head that has been cut down and rebuilt narrower.

uncledick

Please tell me that I'm not the only one who thought it sounded terrible.

sweepy

That snare rattle would drive me insane 

professorben

uncledick said:

Please tell me that I'm not the only one who thought it sounded terrible.

The octave sounded immense

Sassafras

Shouldn't he be using one of his PRS amps?
That's not very good advertising.

peteri

Am I not the only one who had a Pearl Octaver in the mid-80's because it sounded good in the shop, only to find no use for it and to take it apart for fun before throwing it away?

Only to now be gutted that people hunt them out (like the Arion Chorus which was the next pedal in my chain!)

mynamesnotbob

Sassafras said:

Shouldn't he be using one of his PRS amps?
That's not very good advertising.

Stranger still that he's playing a 408 not a Pauls guitar. To be fair to Paul he always says he loves guitars and will play anything he likes, the factory is filled with all different types of guitar apparently 

professorben

mynamesnotbob said:

Sassafras said:

Shouldn't he be using one of his PRS amps?
That's not very good advertising.

Stranger still that he's playing a 408 not a Pauls guitar. To be fair to Paul he always says he loves guitars and will play anything he likes, the factory is filled with all different types of guitar apparently 

Still got his name on the headstock. 

ChuckManual

professorben said:

The octave sounded immense

I saw Alan Murphy use one of those Pearl OC-07 octave pedals back when he was a demonstrator for Yamaha guitars - and I totally fell in love with the sound; all four octaves going, touch of grit = instant Hammond B3!    Couldn't find one anywhere though...

Eventually, some 30+ years later, I discovered (and bought!) the only octaver that's come anywhere-near to sounding as good as the Pearl did in my memories of that night - and that's the TC Sub'n'Up.

I'm sure, technically, the TC is probably better in every single respect, but the Pearl still has my heart - and I'd still like to get my hands on one, one day, if only to A/B them for old times sake...

Strat54

mynamesnotbob said:

Sassafras said:

Shouldn't he be using one of his PRS amps?
That's not very good advertising.

Stranger still that he's playing a 408 not a Pauls guitar. To be fair to Paul he always says he loves guitars and will play anything he likes, the factory is filled with all different types of guitar apparently 

Yep, he even has some Chad Underwood built Fender clones complete with 'F' decals! 

longshins

There must be a clone for the Pearl out there somewhere? I know Madbean do a PCB for one. Personally I hate the sound of the digital polyphonic octavers out there, to me they sound thin and trebly with annoying latency.