The Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 is a Seymour Duncan amplifier. Close alternatives include the Randall RRM 2-200 and the Standel Super Custom XV. It pairs well with the Origin Effects DCX Boost and the Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31.
Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700
Seymour Duncan · amplifier
The Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 is a compact 700-watt solid-state guitar power amplifier designed to turn a preamp or modeler into a full rig. Dave Mustaine runs his Quad Cortex into a pair of them. It delivers clean, powerful, transparent amplification that faithfully reproduces the preamp's tone, suited to modern modeler-based and preamp rigs needing serious headroom in a small package.
What stands out
“It delivers clean, powerful, transparent amplification that faithfully reproduces the preamp's tone, suited to modern modeler-based and preamp rigs needing serious headroom in a small package”
— from the listing
“The Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 is a compact 700-watt solid-state guitar power amplifier designed to turn a preamp or modeler into a full rig”
— from the listing
“A compact high-power solid-state guitar power amp that transparently amplifies a preamp or modeler with huge clean headroom, ideal for modern modeler rigs”
— from the reviews
“Caveats are that it is purely a power amp ( ) requiring a preamp/modeler”
— from the community notes
“Standout strengths are power and transparency”
— from the community notes
- clean headroom
- transparent
- solid state
- headroom
- huge
- full
- stage
Good for
- Live
- Silent Stage
Pedals that stack with the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700
Origin Effects DCX Boost
Origin Effects
19% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → low gain)
The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Origin Effects DCX Boost leans it toward low gain to fill it in
Goes in front of the amp
Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31
Tone City
18% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)
Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31 leans this high headroom tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own
Goes in front of the amp
Beetronics Fatbee JFET Overdrive
Beetronics
18% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → crunchy)
The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Beetronics Fatbee JFET Overdrive leans it toward crunchy to fill it in
Goes in front of the amp
EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3
EarthQuaker Devices
11% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Put EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3 after Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 in the signal chain, clear of Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor
Wampler
11% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (high headroom → compressed)
Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
TC Electronic Alter Ego V2 Vintage Echo
TC Electronic
6% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Put TC Electronic Alter Ego V2 Vintage Echo in Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's effects loop, clear of Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay
Electro-Harmonix
6% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay's analog warmth voice goes in Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's own high headroom character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2
Dr Scientist
tonal matchGoes in front of the amp
The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 leans it toward fuzzy to fill it in
Alternatives
Randall RRM 2-200
Randall
53% similarityShared character: solid state, headroom, transparent
Standel Super Custom XV
Standel
50% similarityShared character: solid state
Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 100
Ceriatone
47% similarityShared character: headroom, stage
Orange Tour Baby 100
Orange
47% similarityShared character: solid state, headroom, transparent
Hiwatt Leeds AC60 Acoustic Combo
Hiwatt
46% similarityShared character: headroom
Marshall Valvestate 8080
Marshall
45% similarityShared character: power, solid state, stage
Music Man 410 Sixty Five
Music Man
42% similarityShared character: solid state, full
AER Compact XL
amplifier
41% similarityShared character: headroom, transparent, full
Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 2
Blackstar
40% similarityShared character: solid state, full, stage
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700?+
The closest matches in character are the Randall RRM 2-200, the Standel Super Custom XV, the Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 100.
What pairs well with the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Origin Effects DCX Boost, Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31, Beetronics Fatbee JFET Overdrive — The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Origin Effects DCX Boost leans it toward low gain to fill it in.