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Well I took delivery of a Hughes & Kettner TriAmp last week, and I've had a few days to put her thru her paces and the results are......
She's a killer sounding amp - possibly a Keeper. Here is a quick rundown - made in Germany, the amps fit and finish is nice, clean and sturdy. The amp has a cool plexi-glass front, which lets you see the tubes glow... and there are many tubes in there. 4 12AX7, 1 12AX7 Hi Gain, 4 E83CC Hi Gain and 4 EL34.
The amp is actually 3 2-channel preamps that share a single power amp. The amp is nice and warm, great sounding cleans and great sounding distortions which are not overly compressed or gainy.
So... each amp has 2 gains (one for each channel) which shares a common EQ, plus a master volume. So this is how I would describe the amp:
Amp 1 - Channel 1 - Very clean - sorta like what a JC-120 would sound like with tubes
Amp 1 - Channel 2 - Clean to a light distortion - bluesy, Voxy type clean
Amp 2 - Channel 1 - Very Marshally - AC/DC, Gary Moore - good OD sound
Amp 2 - Channel 2 - More distortion - not fond of this channel as it gets muddy as you turn up the gain
Amp 3 - Channel 1 - High gain, very good for leads, not very grainy or in your face but good articulation of the notes.
Amp 3 - Channel 2 - Even more gain, very modern metal, good chunka-chunka on the bass
You then get an overall Master volume along with presence and parallel loop. With an Xpression, quadraverb or Pod in the loop, the amp sounds very alive. The built in reverb is also very good, but it isn't switchable.
Overall, its a really nice amp. This is a mark 1, so it's been out for a while now. The mark 2's are now out, and they supposedly sound even better. The price on these amps are outrageous, but no one buys new, right?
Here are a couple of pictures - if you ever get to try one, I think you'll want to buy one. This amp came highly recommended by a friend, and I bought it on his recommendation. I don't think anyone could go wrong - even at paying full price.
She's a killer sounding amp - possibly a Keeper. Here is a quick rundown - made in Germany, the amps fit and finish is nice, clean and sturdy. The amp has a cool plexi-glass front, which lets you see the tubes glow... and there are many tubes in there. 4 12AX7, 1 12AX7 Hi Gain, 4 E83CC Hi Gain and 4 EL34.
The amp is actually 3 2-channel preamps that share a single power amp. The amp is nice and warm, great sounding cleans and great sounding distortions which are not overly compressed or gainy.
So... each amp has 2 gains (one for each channel) which shares a common EQ, plus a master volume. So this is how I would describe the amp:
Amp 1 - Channel 1 - Very clean - sorta like what a JC-120 would sound like with tubes
Amp 1 - Channel 2 - Clean to a light distortion - bluesy, Voxy type clean
Amp 2 - Channel 1 - Very Marshally - AC/DC, Gary Moore - good OD sound
Amp 2 - Channel 2 - More distortion - not fond of this channel as it gets muddy as you turn up the gain
Amp 3 - Channel 1 - High gain, very good for leads, not very grainy or in your face but good articulation of the notes.
Amp 3 - Channel 2 - Even more gain, very modern metal, good chunka-chunka on the bass
You then get an overall Master volume along with presence and parallel loop. With an Xpression, quadraverb or Pod in the loop, the amp sounds very alive. The built in reverb is also very good, but it isn't switchable.
Overall, its a really nice amp. This is a mark 1, so it's been out for a while now. The mark 2's are now out, and they supposedly sound even better. The price on these amps are outrageous, but no one buys new, right?
Here are a couple of pictures - if you ever get to try one, I think you'll want to buy one. This amp came highly recommended by a friend, and I bought it on his recommendation. I don't think anyone could go wrong - even at paying full price.
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