We gave the PRS Archon 50 a five-star review. Get up to $200 off right now during Sweetwater's Black Friday sale

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With a wide-ranging Clean channel and a vintage-tuned Lead channel, this versatile tube amp is on sale as a head or 1x12 combo right now

A photo of the PRS Archon 50 tube combo
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If you’re looking for a powerful but portable combo that packs shimmering cleans and a versatile lead channel voice for ’70s and ’80s rock tones, the PRS Archon 50 1x12 tube combo would be my first recommendation. And right now you can grab it for $200 off during Sweetwater’s Black Friday sale, making it just $1,149. And if you prefer an amp to a combo, you get all the features in the Archon 50 head for $170 off, making it a cool $979.

Esteemed Guitar Player reviewer Art Thompson was thrilled with the Archon 50 head when he reviewed it, praising it “a solid deal that keeps things simple and delivers great clean and overdriven tones.” It was versatile enough to use on live gigs for everything from rock to world music to backing a singer/songwriter, making it a solid choice for guitar players across the genre spectrum.

PRS Archon 50 1x12 tube combo
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PRS Archon 50 1x12 tube combo: was $1,349 now $1,149 at Sweetwater Sound

For Black Friday Sweetwater is taking a huge $200 off the PRS Archon 50 1x12 combo, a versatile amp for every style of music. With 3-band EQs and bright switches for each channel, global presence and control knobs for nailing your tone of choice, and 50 watts of pure tube power, it's a no-nonsense amp that's perfect for both stage and studio.

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PRS Archon 50 tube head
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PRS Archon 50 tube head: was $1,149 now $979 at Sweetwater Sound

If you prefer a head to a combo, you'll love getting $170 off the Archon 50 tube head at Sweetwater during Black Friday. It packs all the features of the combo, minus the 12-inch Celestion speaker. And with back-panel outputs for 4-, 8-, and 16-ohm cabinets, you'll find it easy to mate with the cabinet of your choice.

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Check out our guide to the best guitar deals this Black Friday. Other amps in the Archon line are also on sale during Black Friday, so check them all out to find the perfect amp for you.

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Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of GuitarPlayer.com and the former editor of Guitar Player, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.