Following the success of their tubemeister 18, hughes and kettner have spun off a lowpower variant, the tubemeister 5. The chassis is all metal which reduces weight and size. The cream machine is not best for clean tones it is designed to produce marshall style amp distortion. With variable power and software control this tube amp seems to promise all things to all guitarists. John browne browne is guitar player and composer for the metal band monuments and flux conduct. Overall it makes a great head for practice amp or recording di or as an effect unit in a pedal chain. Grandmeister deluxe 40 combines alltube tones and smart control features in a supremely playable package. Set the master volume and the amp 3 master volume to fully off. On its own you can get a really good metal tone, but if you stick a boost in front of it. The sound experience and feel of a highquality tube amp circuit. Hughes and kettner make the crunch master, which is almost a powertube saturation pedal. I think this amp was a great purchase and i am really happy that i bought it. Hughes and kettner have a power tube management system called tsc. Providing plenty of flexibility to keep any pro player happy, this prized amp covers all the bases for all styles of music.
The bassbase 250 wa s designed by a group of musicians and technicians to. One or several gain and master controls may be turned all the way down. Hk metal master operation manual hk metal master schematics hard to read hk metal shredder operation manual hk premium pro owner manual hk projector owner manual hk projector bass service manual hk qc 310 412 415 421 operation manual hk qt 600 operation manual hk redbox 5 operation mnaual hk redbox mkii operation mnaual hk redbox mkiii. Theres a bent metal lid, removable end pieces and a separate metal base. When desired it will blare out 1980s style screaming metal with the gain turned up. Hughes and kettner triamp mkiiquestion for owners of this. The channels the switchblade features four channels clean, crunch, lead and ultra. Three cool, simple and affordable amp mod ideas hughes. Orange amps have a similar system see orange amp repair. This site helps you to save the earth from electronic waste. Metal master metal shredder hughes and kettner micro. Hk diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items.
And to top it all off, you can program up to 128 presets of your choice using any. Yep, well ask the guy who does the get the guitar sound blogs if he can try and do ty tabor in a future edition. Hughes and kettner blues master crunch master fractal. The higher gain channels in particular experienced a huge evolution between the.
Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians. On top of its plethora of amazing sounds, every knob and switch setting on grandmeister deluxe 40 can be easily saved, stored and recalled at the touch of a button, and the studioquality onboard effects settings are saved right along. All parameters apart from the master volume can be stored in up to 128 presets and recalled any. Moved out, so selling things that need to go to a new home. Starting with the ada mp1 and the chandler tube driver, preamp tubes were. The master section of the amplifier located to the left of the channel controls contains. Access preamp, attax 80, bass master, bassbase 600, bk 200, cream machine, duotone tommy thayer. It has never been gigged, and has been used almost exclusively at either 1 or 0 watts of output. Hughes and kettner tour reverb service manual download.
These amps have a quite sophisticated biasing system that automatically adjusts the output valve grid voltage for optimum bias, and also shuts the amp down in the event of valve failure to prevent further damage. The red box 5 is the latest version of the award winning industrystandard di box with speaker simulation, now with new filtering options for smalllarge housings, modernvintage. Free hughes kettner diagrams, schematics, service manuals. The sound machine philosophy the only way to achieve a genuine and desirable alltube sound is by feeding the signal, not only through a tube preamp stage, but also through a tube output stage and output transformer. From jazz to metal think big big rock but not at the same time with paul, telecaster huge in ampli1, esp kh2 not bad on amp 1 and 3 little tip for those like me who are not angry effects in. Even better, it has the not inconsiderable benefit of an excellent sounding speakersimulated direct output. I really like how this amp looks especially at night and how it sounds and there is nothing to hate on this amp the. This beautifully engineered instrument came to be called the tubemeister. Manual metal shredder metal master en matrix 100 head. Certainly better than those toy like practice amps currently available. It provides a great clean tone and a superb light to moderate power amp crunch. Crunch master, blues master, bass master, metal shredder, metal master. For sale is my hughes and kettner tubemeister 18 head.
The hughes and kettner rep replied that as a tape delay emulator, the replex is a real alternative to true tape delays. Hughes and herr kettner decided to pack all their knowledge and over a quarter of a centurys passion for tube tone into a remarkably compact amp. The instructions for using the metal shreddermetal. This knob adjusts the clean channels volume without volume knob of the guitar connected to the tubemeister deluxe 20 all the affecting the level of the lead channel. Ive been a huge fan of this tiny 4watt class a tube amp for many years. Its really solidly built with discrete components almost completely. A vintage tape delay would obviously be high priced, but even if someone wants to purchase one of the new tape delays available on. Metal master metal shredder hughes and kettner micro distortion. Yes, the triamp mark 3 was a total overhaul of the mkii in pretty much every respect from the controls on the front and back panels to the channel and sound designs. Brutal modern metal amp whats good at bedroom volumes. To avoid very loud and unwelcome surprises, make a habit of backing the clean master. The zentera was the first modeling amp i bought to use live, it was ahead of its time, sounded pretty decent, but mine wasnt dependable to use at gigs, after sending it back and getting another one it started to act up too at rehearsals, so i got rid of it and continued with tube amps, the axe fx was the first modeling unit i ever used live, and continue to use.
European name are nearly identical to those of the cream machine and blues. Retaining the originals trademark blueilluminated front panel, knobs and aesthetics, this new amplifier eschews the singleended, classa convention common to this class in favour of a pushpull output based around a rather uncommon dualtriode valve, the 12bh7. This is an 18w fixed bias amp that uses 2 x el84s in the output stage. For clean tones use a cream machine in sequence with a crunch master blues master and have the crunch master provide the clean tones and act as the power amp to. We concluded that it is small, good value and loud enough to take on small gigs, despite its tiny dimensions. A dream of a tonegenerating machine, it goes from clean to mean and from a roar to a whisper. Hughes and kettner triamp mkiiquestion for owners of this amp. Kettners powerful deluxe tone technology, which pairs an innovative circuit. Though departed, this man remains an object of adulation for many who worship at the altar of sizzling blues guitar sounds.