Product: Hughes & Kettner Edition 1 112 Combo
Price Paid: US $175
Submitted
11/20/2002
at
09:20am
by
Don
Email: boonestunes<at>yahoo dot com
Features
:
9
Extremely versatile for what it is- 2 channel, solid state 1-12" combo, with channel switching, reverb, effects loop, headphone out, 50 watts: This is a Great little combo amp- very simple layout but great sounds. The only amp I've found to match the sound of my Marshall Artist heads. I use it for those gigs where rolling in a halfstack is too much.
Sound Quality
:
10
I use Les Pauls or an occasional Tele, straight ahead ROCK. It's a great 2 channel workhorse. The bass can get a little muddy as you turn up the volume, but if you adjust eq as your turn up, it's ok. Like I said, it's the only combo I've found (including the marshall) that will match the sound of my Marshall Artist 3203 heads. Blues rock sounds through heavy rock, probably not good for death metal, but I can get a pretty good "scoop" sound out of it. EQ is VERY responsive and "usable"
Reliability
:
9
I got it used, but it's solid state- when it dies it dies, but I can't see that happening anytime soon (fingers crossed!)
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
bought used, never tried to deal with H&K
Overall Rating
:
10
I've played for 16 years, mostly using Marshall Artist 30 heads, a '61 fender bassman w/212, les pauls & teles. This is perfect for practicing at home (I can leave the 412 at the rehearsal space) or for those extremely "intimate" club gigs. It would be nice if it had a switchable effects loop (not sure if the reverb is switchable or not)
Product: Hughes & Kettner Edition 1 112 Combo
Price Paid: US $95 used
Submitted
08/09/2002
at
12:54am
by
Brandon Reese
Email: blinkertx<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
6
2 solid state channels clean and dirty seperate shared eq, fx loop, headphone jack, line out. this thing gets loud for a 1x12 combo but it also comes with a celestion. it doesnt really need anything else though except for a footswitch which i need to pick up.
Sound Quality
:
6
i use a standard american strat with a jb jr in the bridge into the edition 1. at first i was a bit dissapointed in the distortion of the amp. i had on a set of cheap d'addario strings and i got a very hollow sounding sound out of my humbucker which i thought was wierd. i threw on a set of markleys and it solved the problem with the distortion, but gave me a distorted clean channel through all my pickups. i can fix this with my guitars volume but im lazy and dont like to go back and forth like that. oh well, i play more distorted than clean. i like the distortion, cuts through very well and goes from nice and dirty to way over the top. i also like the amount of bass it can hold at high volumes. its also a bit noisy with high gain, but what amp isnt? not a good mid scooping amp for metal, but for hard rock to classic rock to new and old styles of punk, this thing is great. for the price, it cant be beat.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
no problems yet
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
8
i practically stole this amp off of ebay. i did not expect to get what i got with this guy. i used to have a blue voodoo half stack (which sucked) and i am way more impressed with this amp. i can use it with a band, in my room, or just about anywhere and it sounds great. i definetely recommend amp if you come across one. i guess they were going for close to $300 or more new, but they do not dissapoint whatever you pay for it. my only qualm is the distorted clean tones at higher volumes, but then it might just be my guitar, i havent tried anything else through it yet. this amp cant be beat, the only reason for the 8 is the clean channel at high volumes.
