Hughes & Kettner Edition Tube 112 Combo

The amp is a two channel (Clean and Lead), single 12'' speaker tube combo sporting two Ruby 12AX7's and two EL84's, rated 20 watts. The controls share bass, middle, treble and revrb controls; the middle and treble influence each other so that increasing treble reduces mid and vice-versa. The lead channel has controls for Gain and Master (the master tends to act like power tube gain while the Gain acts as preamp tube gain), and the clean channel has a single control for volume. There is a channel footswitch available, an external speaker jack (at least 8 ohms at 20W), and an effects loop. The closed back cabinet weighs about 35 pounds and sports a custom Celestion G12F-60 (think brighter Vintage 30). The score loses a point for each of lacking separate EQ's, a gain/solo boost option, and a presence control.

This amp sounds KILLER! The clean channel stays clean until about 8, but it is a very warm clean sound with a lot of character but not too much coloring. I can even play my Park NiteFly's acoustic pickup and retain a lot of sparkle in the natural acoustic tones of the guitar. It's great for jazz too, with a really warm sound that still bites at mellower tone settings. Crank it past eight and get sweet, gritty blues tones from the EL84 clipping.

And then there's the lead channel. This channel can accomplish a full range of gain tones from blues grit to rock overdrive, metal crunch, and even a good fuzz tone (MUCH warmer than a big muff). And the channel is soooooooooooo responsive to picking attack and the guitar's volume knob. I have no problems transfering from rhythm to solo feel by riding the volume knob and digging in. The clean channel also responds excellently to feel and attack, and when necessary can cut through the band and warm up to bluesy wailing.

I exposed the amp's guts on the second day I had it because of a rattling noise; turned out the reverb unit had a bad spring and came loose. The tubes are clamped in tightly, so there's nooo chance in hell of them coming loose. I gig without a backup, but I always test the amp at intense levels prior to playing; If it works going into the gig it'll make it through. Tubes cannot be replaced without taking off the back panel (unscrewing, that is), which is a pain, but it also shields the tubes from being shattered by a broken drumstick flying into them.

Very knowledgeable on phone, answered my questions quickly and definitively.

Check out this amp, the best sounding and playing amp for under $600. Bravo to H and K for making an awesome product.

Two channel 20 watt tube amp. Sinle 12" celestion G12F-60 speaker.
2 EL84 and 2 12AX7s. Treble, middle, bass amd reverb. Effects loop and speaker out for 8 or 16 ohms. Overdrive channel has master and gain.Tubes are made by Ruby. No headphone or line out, rats.

Using a Mexican strat, telecaster and Guild Bluesbird.
The amp works well for me and at a nice volume. Clean channel stays clean and overdrive channel, while noisey at high gain, it still very bluesy.

New amp, no breakdowns

Have not needed warrantee service but the US distributor was very helpful with questions.

I like this amp. Very light at 36lbs. I didn't want to lug around a heavey amp. While I didn't need to, I replaced the speaker with a Weber P12B. Warmed up the tone and brought out the middle. Nice addition to the amp. Unfortunately, no line out or headphone jack.
I tried Bogners, Top Hats, Fenders, etc. I liked this amp better.
Case is not heavey but still gives it a nice warm tone.