All user reviews of 3/5 for the Hughes & Kettner Switchblade 50 Combo

Tube amp which generates a power quite phenomenal.
The connection is pretty rudimentary (no line out, only one entry), although it is possible to insert effects.
The settings are very fine and most importantly, the revolutionary digital system is like having 32 CHANNELS absolutely independent and fully adjustable

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, pre-recorded sounds are enough if we are not too difficult. The manual is correct

SOUNDS

It has a very wide spectrum of sounds, versatile. But versatility does not compromise we reach extreme sounds, both in saturation as in the sounds flashy and clean.

OVERALL OPINION

For a month, I repeat once a week, so I did not have many practice settings.
The sound is absolutely incredible, I'm really completely reversed. It has heat lamps with the cleanliness of digital.
I do not do it again though maybe not this election, because it has a crippling defect: its volume is very poorly calibrated. This amp is not recommended for use at home. It is too strong to repeat with a battery in a soundproof room: I'm less than 1!! when I touch the volume, the sound jumps from nothing to a great disturbance, which covers all the others. I have one word, it's very stupid, because I stay between 0.7 and 0.9, I have great trouble to adjust my volume. We do not, however, chamber music: after each rehearsal with the group, my ears whistling. I know this is not good, but it says something completely disproportionate to the volume of the amp. I am 50 but I do not think qu'enter the 50 and 100, there is much difference at this level. What is infuriating is that (I guess I never really tried) the increase in volume between 0 and 1 is certainly no greater than that between 1 and 10, or even less. It's really very silly, makes the amplifier used in very large rooms or outdoors.

Otherwise, a final remark on the digital sound. It is true that the chorus, flanger lack of adjustment options, but that does not bother if it does not make significant use. I find it sounds very good, very well configured. Clearly we have no margin manooeuvre. But with this amp, you'll carefree wonderful effects.
I put 5 for its failure to calibrate the volume annoys me a lot