Hughes and Kettner Switchblade £1049
Manufacturer's description
For another first in guitar amp history, Hughes & Kettner has packed all the features guitarists have long been dreaming of into one amp: A genuine all-tube design and the boundless versatility of amp modeling. A bona fide tube amp. With tube-driven pre and power amps. And 4 channels that put the full arsenal of classic tones at your fingertips, from spine-tingling clean and crunch to singing lead and crushing ultra saturated sound. You don’t need external effects, because reverb, delay and the most popular modulation effects are already on board in top-drawer digital quality. Best of all, you can store all amp and effect settings in up to 128 presets and activate them live on stage at the touch of a button. And that means your sounds perfectly matched to your songs. No more panicky button-pushing between numbers. And today’s sweet-spot settings are saved many tomorrows to come.
Switchblade.
No compromises in features.
No compromises in handling ease.
And certainly no compromises in all-tube tone.
User comments (1)
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This really is a very good amplifier. After years of using various racks, combos and effects I decided to simplify my setup and try the 50w combo out. I was very impressed.
It has great presence, great tonal flexibility on all four channels - from light clean strat tones to dirty great heavy Mesa/Les Paul distortion on the germanic sounding "ultra" channel.
The reverb has good depth and the tap delay is decent, although not suitable for complex ping pong or old tape delay sounds. My only slight beef is the tremolo - but I guess if you want deep slow tremolo sounds an fx unit of some description is probably best anyway.
The parallel and serial effects loops are very handy and the whole amp being programmable means you can switch between the two and activate external midi controlled effects when appropriate.
It's built like a tank, the control knobs feel well engineered and for 50w it is very loud.
Incredible.
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Specification Show
Switchblade
- Price:
- £1049
- Additional Features:
- 128 programs. Channels: Clean/Crunch/Lead/Ultra.
- Audio Output Power:
- 100
- Available Controls:
- 4 x Channel Select, Bass, Clean, Crunch, Delay Volume, Effects Loop with Single On/Off Switch, Feedback and Time, Gain, Lead, Master Volume, Mid, MOD-FX Effects Selector, Presence, Reverb, Ultra
- Channels:
- 4
- Country of Origin:
- Germany
- Depth (mm):
- 258
- Description:
- Programmable valve amp head.
- Effect Types:
- Chorus, Delay, Flanger, Reverb, Tremolo
- Height (mm):
- 280
- MIDI:
- 1
- Weight (kg):
- 17.6
- Weight (lb):
- 38.8
- Width (mm):
- 750
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benbutterworth
2 weeks ago.
User rating 5 of 5