Members elsupermanny14 Posted September 21, 2008 Members Share Posted September 21, 2008 I just wanted to know anything and everything you guys could tell me about Hughes & Kettner amps. Experience, sound quality, versatility, everything and anything you guys wan to tell me. I know very little to nothing about these amps would like to know more about them. Anyone want to tell me about the Edition Tube 20 amp? Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted September 21, 2008 Members Share Posted September 21, 2008 The Edition Tube 20 IMO gets a good Voxy clean and a good Marshall crunch. Bass is present & tight due to the enclosed back. If I remember correctly, part of the tone stack is shared, but I don't remember having any difficulty getting good, footswitchable sounds on both channels. I also have to say the stock speaker wasn't in need of replacement unless you just want to; sounded fine to me. It didn't sound boxy at all. Fast-forward 2 years & the Statesman series has sparked my interest. Haven't even seen any in stores around here yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members parrotheada1a Posted September 21, 2008 Members Share Posted September 21, 2008 I just wanted to know anything and everything you guys could tell me about Hughes & Kettner amps. Experience, sound quality, versatility, everything and anything you guys wan to tell me. I know very little to nothing about these amps would like to know more about them. Anyone want to tell me about the Edition Tube 20 amp? Thanks guys! I have an Edition Tube 20 as do a few people around here. Made in Germany, EL84 tubes in the power stage, Eminence 12" speaker. I've had it for over 2 years now, and the honeymoon is far from over. Bought it from MF when they still carried 'em regularly. The tone is incredible I think. Kind of like a Fender + Marshall combined 40/60%. It's got two channels, which are COMPLETELY different. The clean channel is the better one I think. It takes pedals insanely well. I run a string of 8 boxes into the front end, and another 3 in the FX loop. This channel runs as a non master volume amp. It'll start to get a bit crunchy w/ volume at about 5, less if you put pedals in front. Switch the pedals off and it gets clean again in a hurry. It loves OD pedals, I run a Rocktron Austin Gold in there, and the tone is very fat with it switched on. The lead channel has a master volume, with a seperate gain pot. It uses the same tone stack as the clean channel. The gain ramps up really fast on this side. There is a pushbutton on top of the amp to switch channels. It's footswitchable too, though the FS-1 is another 40 bucks. If you rarely go between the two channels, you could probably go without. I find the lead channel less versatile, but I've been playing around with it more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members parrotheada1a Posted September 21, 2008 Members Share Posted September 21, 2008 MF has some on closeout for 650 +change. Scratch & dent, looks like the last ones left there. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=480426X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 So everyone loves it then? That's pretty tight! I found one for $425 and am highly considering buying since I just got my deposit back from my old place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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