10-13-2016, 01:13 AM
(10-08-2016, 02:54 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Any of you guitar guys play or tried a Hughes & Kettner amp?
I'm looking into the new Grandmeister 40 Deluxe amp with a H&K 2x12 cab.
The amp has a lot of built in effects controlled by a midi pedal and it's all tube with a built in power soak & noise gate.
The other side of things I'm also looking at a Mesa Boogie Mark v 35 watt.
Great sounding versatile amp but I gotta run some effect pedals with it. It's a tad noisy(hiss)which is typical of a tube amp.
I'm really not a Marshall guy, so that's not an option.
I just don't know a whole lot about H & K but want a tube amp with effects that don't require a lot of stand alone pedals.
I know that H&K amp was/is pretty popular on the guitar forums. I seem to recall a lot of different people using them. I've never personally played one myself.
Just a couple of thoughts:
I would suggest trying one of the Fender Mustang Amps. Don't be fooled by the price, they're really great. You can edit all of your patches online and save them to the amp. Or you can download other users stuff. You can run a four button switch that will allow to have banks, and turn different effect off and on.
Another option could be just running a modeler or pre-amp with built in effects. I know a lot of guys go nuts over these:
http://atomicamps.com/amplifire-pedal/
They're supposed to sound unbelievable. You can run them direct into the board or you run them into the affects loop of an amp or into a powered speaker.
Or of course you can just run into a whatever tube amp you dig, rock a tubescreamer, a delay, a phase 90, and a wah. And fwiw, I love a lot of the Mesa stuff too. I used to use a little Boogie Subway Rocket for years. I wish I never sold it.
Whatever you do get post a review.
