Product: Hartke A35 kickback
Price Paid: GB pounds 75 USED
Submitted
03/29/2007
at
08:13pm
by
Denny
Email: dennis_wootton<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
10
Bought this second hand less than 12 months old, only had studio use, paid ??75 on ebay, amazed at the volume from a 10" driver.great tone from the ali cone.used only for band practice as its light and easy , i use a trace elliot big rig for gigs.
Sound Quality
:
8
playing with an active bass doing rock covers, its good enough for studio rehersall, good range of tones,can handle beeing cranked up.
Reliability
:
5
now here is the cruncher. left the amp overnight in the van, pluged it in then boom,condensation tracked across the board. no internal fuse, so all the tansistors went.so gutted. not an economical repair.
ebay saved the day,found a cheap Hartke B30.(??35 )took the amp out, it slotted straight in,fitted an extention speaker jack, and used the B30 cab as well, now this sounds awsome. by reducing the impedence, its boosted the volume. ive since used this setup for normal pub gigs in our 5 piece rock band, plenty of volume and bottom end. what a result.
Customer Support
:
1
my service engineer got nowhere with Hartke and found that once one tranistor goes, it has a cascading effect and goes through them all, then some resistors, there is no easy repair, an internal fuse might have helped.
Overall Rating
:
10
ive been playing guitar for 30 years and took up bass 3 years ago, main amp is a trace elliot SM150GP7 through peavy black widow 15" and trace 4 x 10" cab.useing an active Spector jazz style bass.just love this hartke though, would get another,i have thought about a Berhinger kick back, would like to try one out.see how it compairs.
