Hughes and Kettner are the tone purist's amp maker of choice. Built in Germany, they employ a no comprise policy where tone, quality, parts and service are concerned. Their TriAmp and zenTera models are leaders in their field and redefine the term 'boutique amps'. They also produce killer pedals under the banner 'Tubetools' which, once heard, will hook you forever.
For the 13th time, more than 100 magazines from all over the world voted for the best musical instruments and audio equipment of 2011/2012 in more than 40 categories of the mipa Musikmesse International Press Award.
The awards have been presented to the winners at a special mipa awards ceremony & party held during the Musikmesse/Prolight + Sound on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012.
More than 300 international representatives of manufacturers and distributors of musical instruments and audio equipment got together for the 13th mipa awards show, including guests from the USA, Canada, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Poland, Great Britain, Italy, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
This proves that the mipa Musikmesse International Press Award has established as the “Grammy” of the Musical Instrument/Pro Audio industry.
In the category of Best Guitar Amp Head, the winner was... The Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 18!
Check out the video below to see Hughes & Kettner's acceptance speech at the award ceremony.
Tiltkit now available for Statesman DUAL-6L6
CMI is now stocking the Hughes & Kettner ‘Tiltkit’ to suit the Statesman DUAL-6L6 combo.
The Tilt Kit allows safe positioning of your Statesman Combo slightly tilted backwards. That’s how you achieve an ideal radiation angle to ensure that the sound is directed at your ears, not your legs.
These videos were bonus content related to the January 2012 issue of Guitar World Magazine.
In the following videos, Guitar World's Paul Riario reviews the Tubemeister 18 head.
New endorsee Marcus Catanzaro of Reece Mastin's band
Marcus plays with X Factor winner, 17-year old Reece Mastin, who is currently earning heartthrob status across the nation with tours and a single that's burning up the charts.
Watch the band soundcheck at the launch of Reece's first tour in Sydney's Luna Park on Saturday, December 17.
Clearly visible are a couple of Triamp heads ready to tear it up.
Coreblade voted 'Best Guitar Amp In The World Today'
Musicradar.com is a hugely popular website devoted to the latest updates, artist news and reviews of the newest gear out there.
In late November, readers voted online to choose ‘the 20 best guitar amplifiers in the world today’ and the resounding winner was the Hughes & Kettner Coreblade. They said: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Your votes have crowned the Hughes & Kettner Coreblade “the best guitar amplifier in the world today.” An unlikely champ? Perhaps, but there’s no denying that Hughes & Kettner is a brand synonymous with quality and reliability. The Coreblade is a valve-powered beast of a flagship head with onboard digital effects, full MIDI control and everything that the modern touring heavy rock guitarist requires, including stadium-filling high-gain sounds.’
Hughes & Kettner has unveiled a new line of ultra compact all-tube amps called TubeMeister. As their stunning visuals and stellar sound attest, these dual-channel amps share the same DNA as the acclaimed Custom Tube series.
The line’s lead product is the TubeMeister 18" Head, which may be paired with a matching cabinet (1x12” Celestion). The Combo version (1x10" Celestion) also features reverb.
Product manager Rüdiger Forse notes, “The idea for the TubeMeister came from our Custom Tube endorsers. They kept asking us to develop a gig-ready tube amp that would let them rock the stage, practice at home, and record silently in hotel rooms while on the road. They also wanted it to be as easy to tote as a guitar."
On stage, TubeMeister is loud and assertive. Its handling is equally stage-worthy: The two independent channels may be accessed remotely via footswitch. Lead Boost, which is also footswitchable, kicks up the gain for leads. The ultra-reliable, maintenance-free TSC power amp, combined with oversized transformers, pumps out plenty of power.
In the studio, TubeMeister delivers the goods with its four-stage power-soak and the prize-winning Hughes & Kettner Red Box. They serve up the signal replete with power tube saturation, which makes for a tasty tonal treat for all playing and recording scenarios – best of all, at every volume.
Key features
• Two footswitchable independent channels, each with dedicated Gain and Master
• Footswitchable Lead Boost
• Passive 3-band voicing section
• 2 x 12AX7 preamp tubes, 2 x EL84 power tubes
• Oversized transformers
• Maintenance-free TSC power amp featuring auto-biasing and tube rating indicator
• Serial FX loop
• 18/5/1/0-watt power-soak with silent recording function
• Built-in Red Box providing line level via XLR DI Out
To celebrate their silver anniversary in 2009, Hughes & Kettner has launched a new and improved version of the highly-acclaimed Edition Tube with the 25th Anniversary Edition Tube as a limited Silver Jubilee series.
If there’s a manufacturer who can pump out a genuine 4x12“ punch out of a 1x12“ combo, then it’s Hughes & Kettner. The new 25th Anniversary Edition Tube proves it once again. Two tube channels decked out with dual EL 84 power amps and ”saturation-friendly“ 20 watts, plus the beefy Celestion G12T-100, specially housed to optimize rich bass sound show how it’s done right: merciless, heavy-duty rock even at medium volume! And this, you get only with Hughes & Kettner: a Clean channel with pure, crystal-clear, sparkling sound that can inspire the most soulful of ballads. All of this Made in Germany!
The 25th Anniversary Edition Tube is in stock now and retails for only $1799.00!
Hughes & Kettner are one of the world's finest manufacturers of TUBE amplifiers and are known not only for great guitar tones, but also peerless reliability and durability. Check out this short video, which highlights Hughes & Kettner's dedication to manufacturing great tube amps.
Hughes & Kettner Ampguard now in stock
Your Amp’s Safety Package
We’ve recently received stock of these great gig-bags which offer an unbeatable, low-cost alternative to heavy road cases – the Hughes & Kettner Ampguard. These will fit Hughes & Kettner heads, plus a huge array of other brand heads, making them a fantastic add-on for any amp stack deals.
We've recently received a shipment of Hughes & Kettner ATTAX 100-watt, single 12" combos.
Back in the 90s, ATTAX amps were celebrated milestones in solid-state amp history. They married brute force power to subtle sound-sculpting options, with versatility and uncompromising finishing quality thrown in for good measure. Ten years on, the masterminds who brought you the Tri-Amp and the Switchblade have revitalised the ATTAX, pairing its proven virtues with the latest technology.
Four powerful channels, three effect modules individually configurable for each channel, and a phantom sound tech that activates your effect settings automatically when you switch channels, now that's what is needed to deliver the goods both on, and off, stage.
The ATTAX 100 is endowed with a power amp featuring the same current feedback used in tube power amps. Current flowing through the speaker feeds back into the power amp to lend a distinct tube-approved flavour to its response.
To convert all this awesome potential into sound pressure, the ATTAX comes in a sophisticated multiply wood housing loaded with a custom, second generation 12" Rockdriver Ultra speaker that delivers true 100 watts of output power.
The HT-6 Polyphonic Tuner takes you from tuning-to-tuned faster by showing you the status of each individual string after one strum. With the HardWire HT-6, one strum and you are on to do what you came to, play. Read more
Tubemeister 18 takes out top award at Musikmesse
Tiltkit now available for Statesman DUAL-6L6
