The Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 is a Seymour Duncan amplifier. Close alternatives include the Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 2 and the Randall RRM 2-200. It pairs well with the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive and the Carl Martin Crunch Drive.
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.
- preamp
- transparent
- modern
- headroom
- huge
- preamp or modeler
- clean headroom
- solid state
Good for
- Live
- Silent Stage
Pedals that stack with the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700
Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive
Fulltone
19% matchThe high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive gives it fuzzy to fill it with
Carl Martin Crunch Drive
Carl Martin
19% matchInto a high headroom tone, Carl Martin Crunch Drive brings the crunchy it's missing
Carl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3
Carl Martin
19% matchRun Carl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3 into that high headroom platform and it finally gets some high gain
EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter
EarthQuaker Devices
12% matchEarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter's low gain voice goes after Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's own transparent character
Lab Ratz 3D Boum Warming Unit
Lab Ratz 3d
9% matchWhat Lab Ratz 3D Boum Warming Unit brings here leans toward low gain — that's worth building a pairing around
Binson Echorec Delay
Binson
7% matchPut Binson Echorec Delay 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)
Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-44 Reverse
Old Blood Noise Endeavors
6% matchKeep Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's transparent voice out front: Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-44 Reverse goes in Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's effects loop so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2
Dr Scientist
tonal matchThe high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 gives it fuzzy to fill it with
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 2
Blackstar
62% similarityShared character: solid_state, preamp
Randall RRM 2-200
Randall
89% similaritysimilar tone character
Vox VT100X Modeling Amp
Vox
89% similaritysimilar tone character
Boss Katana 100 MK3
Boss
88% similaritysimilar tone character
Bad Cat Cub V Hand-Wired 112 Combo
Bad Cat
88% similaritysimilar tone character
See all alternatives to the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 (cheaper + boutique) →
Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700?+
The closest matches in character are the Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 2, the Randall RRM 2-200, the Vox VT100X Modeling Amp.
What pairs well with the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive, Carl Martin Crunch Drive, Carl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3 — The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive gives it fuzzy to fill it with.