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Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 18 Head
Horayll Horayll

«  Beautiful little head! »

Published on 07/21/12 at 10:33
All Tube amp (2x 12AX7 preamp in and power 2xEL84) 18w switchable in 5 and 1w.
Effects loop and integrated red box.
3-band EQ common to both channels.
Gain and master controls by independent channels.

UTILIZATION

Configuration simple but effective.
We get a good sound as long as we dwell a bit on the knobs of equalization.

SOUNDS

A very good clean channel slamming the "twang" to slight bluesy crunch.
With regard to the overdrive channel, it goes from slight crunch to a nice saturation.
The boost gives much of his body and can be used as a third channel.
I use it with an EMG arkane 1000 and do not give full dimension to the clean channel.
I use a Blackstar HT Dist X to venture in the field of metal (imperative as the head alone can not do) and the rendering is pretty good!

OVERALL OPINION

The amp is ideal for combining the "all lamps" and the game at home. Nevertheless, it will be quite able to follow for repets or small scenes. Very versatile, it will still need to add something to tease the metal and think about investing in modulation-type effects reverb, delay and chorus to complement the clean may seem a bit dry at first.
Too bad there is no equalizer for each channel but for the price, there will be hard to do better!