Seymour
Duncan
PowerStage 700
The team at Seymour Duncan is touting
its sleek new 700-watt power amp, the
PowerStage 700, as “the first power amp
designed specifically for guitar players who
create their tone with pedals, modelers
and effects processors.” I can’t verify the
complete veracity of this statement, but
it seems true enough. Either way, the
PowerStage 700 is a great idea whose time
has definitely come. It’s a very compact
700-watt solid-state amp with stereo ins
and outs, a sweetly tuned three-band EQ,
and switchable onboard cabinet simulation
for going direct out from the stereo pair of
XLRs. It takes pedals, preamps, and effects
like a champ, using its abundant headroom
to stay clean, warm, and musical sounding
even when being punished by hot input
levels and gobs of gain. Along with its lower
wattage pedal-sized sibling, the PowerStage
170, the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700
might be the ultimate amplifier for pedal
people and AxeFX-ers.
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