EKO Herald 4

Tube amp head, 2 channels, one clean and the other with reverb and tremolo. 2 inputs per channel. 1 volume and 2 tone dials for each channel. Footswitch jack. Twin 12 closed back speaker cabinet. Quite heavy. Can be used with 120 volt or 240 volt AC current. You can take it to gig in Europe. If you want lots of features...you will have to buy a newer solid state amp.

Great clean sounding amp. Stays clean at high volume. Good spring reverb and great tremolo. With treble at max and bass min...incredible dry sound that cuts through any noisy band. Could be interesting for someone who wants a weird high dry sound. Amp operates with no hum or other noises. I use one channel for guitar and the other channel for harmonica. I tried a bunch of other tube amps for harmonica and this one was the best I have used. I mike the amp just a bit when playing in larger bars or clubs. Very little feedback with harmonica which is usually a nightmare for harmonica players. I use just a touch of slap echo delay with my harmonica. Someday I may add a bit of chorus or distortion to get more of a "Chicago" sound for my harmonica or use a smaller tube amp and drive it harder. I turn up the volume to about 4 or 5 for the harmonica and about 2 or 3 for the guitar. I cut back on the volume knobs on the guitar. This is a very loud strong amp. Very little or no hum with single coil guitar.

Well, I've had this amp since 2001. I have not even changed any tubes or fuses. I have been gigging and practicing with this amp for close to 4 years (this is my second review of this amp) and even the knocking about, subzero weather....works flawlessly. Very robuste construction.

Made during the 60's by the EKO company of Italy. This company made most of the amps for "Vox". This is probably a "Vox" clone. This company still exists and is one of the largest companies in Europe. I have not needed to contact the company for support.

Been playing since the early 60's. I play mostly blues and blues/rock. The amp has a beautiful clean clear sound with any guitar. If you want to add something dirty to the sound, you will have to use effects pedals or pierce the speakers.

Mine was made in 1969. I have repaired it - new capacitors and tubes but could not repair the reverb. It has four inputs and two channels without switching. It's powerfull and clean at high volumes. I only use it becouse I have it. I ussualy use Fender DeVille212. EKO's sound is just too clean for me. Output: 2XEL34

I play this amp with all my guitars - AM. Strat - delta tone and Texas special, Ibanez RoadstarII and Ibanez AR250 and Melodija Les Paul. I play Zappa music style - confusion - lots of jazz and rock and this amp is so cool when we are talking clean sound even at high volumes, but when it comes to distortion it just wont work well although I have tried several pedals with it (digital metalizer, Ibanez, Marshall gounor, home made fuzz unit)

Becouse this amp was made in 1969 I do not want to push him, and I gig only with Fender DeVille212 or Marshall JMP. It has broken down two times, but I do not count one becouse tubes were gone.

never dealt with company; repaired it myself with some help from dad

I own the amp for 5 years and I respect this machine for being in such goo condition after more than 30 years. I love the extreme cleans and hate the weight, but all good amps are heavy. I play for 12 years and I now have EKO HERALD IV, Fender DeVille212, Marshall JMP (1971) head in red colour, cabinet 4X12 120W in red colour, cabinet 100W black.

Made in Italy probably in the early 70's. 2 channels, each with 2 inputs, vol and tone controls. 1 channel is clean while the other channel has tremolo and reverb. Point to point wiring. 120 or 240 volts. The 2 speakers in the enclosed cabinet are above one another and set up diagonally. The cabinet is about 24 inches wide, 27 inches high and 12 inches deep. The head is the same width and depth as the cabinet and is about 7 inches high. Both components very heavy and look solid. Huge air vent covered with a metal grill on top of the amp. No standy by switch. 160 watts input 50 watts output. Matched EL-34 (tubes) output. Rating for features....depends on what you want. For someone who wants no extra junk that will break down....this amp is great. From what I have heard, this amp was made to imitate a Vox. It even looks and sounds like a Vox.

I use a heavy, solid body guitar with neck through construction, 2 gibson style humbuckers with tap switches and all brass hardware and nut. The sound is very loud and very clean. The amp will not distort at any volume. You can actually play acoustic like guitar chords at maximum volume and you can hear every string. If you want dirty sound.....use effects pedals.....that's what they are made for. If you want everyone to hear the sound of a guitar above the noise.....this is a great amp for that. Absolutely no hum. The spring type reverb is quite weak. This is not an amp for surfer music. Maybe my reverb is not working right. 2 knobs for tremolo (intensity and depth). The tremolo is very good with lots of adjustment. I play blues music (Roy Buchanan, Ronnie Earl, Gary Moore etc) I like a strong clean sound that can twang yet I can wet down with phaser, distortion, compression.

I haven't had it for very long. Point to point wiring is easy to repair.

This is louder and much cleaner sounding than my Silvertone Twin Twelve. It's almost as clean as my Yamaha Thirty 112 but much louder. The tube tone is very obvious and I hesitate to use any effects. This is a great amp for rhythm guitar. Even with the bass at maximum on guitar and amp, you can hear each string of the guitar. Not a good amp for grunge music. With distortion pedals, it's easy to get the Black Sabbath sound. I prefer a clean sounding amp that I can muddy than a muddy sounding amp that is impossible to clean up. For the price I paid and for the fact I can play my harmonica as well as the guitar through the amp I guess I couldn't have bought better. All that is left to see is how long it will be free of problems.

From the 60's. Not versatile at all. 2 bright ans 2 normal. No channel switching. All valves, similar to a vox. 1 head and a 2*14 cabinet

It is a clear amp which sounds the best witha tele. No sustain at all and very bright.

When I got it it was damaged. So I got it for free and decided to have it repaired. THe main transformer was destroyed due to an electric overcharge. No it works very well.

It was worth repairing it.