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Published on 07/28/11 at 21:48Hughes and Kettner is a company that has some stellar amps and combos and then a bunch of stuff that people really never know about. They have the staple amps such as The Coreblade, Duotone, and the Triamp and then they have amps such as this one that never really catch on. Many of these types of amps where a company goes of in a direction that is unfamiliar territory to them makes. This is one of those amps where it is a solid state amp and not a very good one. It does was it is supposed to do but it isn't something that I think a great company like Hughes and Kettner to do. Leave its to Vox and Marshall to make garbage solid state amps for the non professional
UTILIZATION
Channels 3: Clean, Crunch, Lead
Power 100 Watt
Poweramp Current Feedback
Effects Accutronics® Spring Reverb
Effects Loop parallel
Footswitch/Stageboard FS-2
Headphones Yes
Speaker Outputs 2x 4-8 Ohms
Suggested Speaker Cabinet AX 412
Dimensions 745 x 275 x 245 mm
Weight 13 kg
SOUNDS
Certainly this is not a bad amp when it comes to solid state amps but I guess I just don't expect thing like this from a great company like these guys. This is a three channel amp that has some great features and the overall tone is a pretty good one in this arena.
First you get a clean channel and that is generally pretty good on solid state amps. At least I prefer a solid state clean sometimes especially when we are talking about a Roland JC120. This is not JC120 quality and tone but it does a nice job for the price point. Next you have a crunch channel and this is good for classic rock tones such as The Who, some AC/DC, or even some LEd Zeppelin. This channel can even go all the way through the 80's hair metal days up through the garbage 90's when the didn't know what amp distortion was and to today's modern rock. The final channel is the lead channel and it is voiced for leads. It has a bite and good upper mid in the frequencies. It is also good for shredding and nu-metal type tones
OVERALL OPINION
These amps have long been discontinued so the used market is the only way to go. I would not suggest this amp. Hughes and kettner have some newer solid state amps that have more features and a general better all around tone. The tone of this is decent and if you can get it for around $100 then I'd go for it, but I would suggest the newest edition to the Attax family. That amp is where it's at as far as solid states.
UTILIZATION
Channels 3: Clean, Crunch, Lead
Power 100 Watt
Poweramp Current Feedback
Effects Accutronics® Spring Reverb
Effects Loop parallel
Footswitch/Stageboard FS-2
Headphones Yes
Speaker Outputs 2x 4-8 Ohms
Suggested Speaker Cabinet AX 412
Dimensions 745 x 275 x 245 mm
Weight 13 kg
SOUNDS
Certainly this is not a bad amp when it comes to solid state amps but I guess I just don't expect thing like this from a great company like these guys. This is a three channel amp that has some great features and the overall tone is a pretty good one in this arena.
First you get a clean channel and that is generally pretty good on solid state amps. At least I prefer a solid state clean sometimes especially when we are talking about a Roland JC120. This is not JC120 quality and tone but it does a nice job for the price point. Next you have a crunch channel and this is good for classic rock tones such as The Who, some AC/DC, or even some LEd Zeppelin. This channel can even go all the way through the 80's hair metal days up through the garbage 90's when the didn't know what amp distortion was and to today's modern rock. The final channel is the lead channel and it is voiced for leads. It has a bite and good upper mid in the frequencies. It is also good for shredding and nu-metal type tones
OVERALL OPINION
These amps have long been discontinued so the used market is the only way to go. I would not suggest this amp. Hughes and kettner have some newer solid state amps that have more features and a general better all around tone. The tone of this is decent and if you can get it for around $100 then I'd go for it, but I would suggest the newest edition to the Attax family. That amp is where it's at as far as solid states.