Product: Hughes & Kettner Statesman 40 watt
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
07/01/2008
at
10:23am
by
telerocker
Email: frankb at zeelandnet<dot>nl
Features
:
9
Made in 2007. German combo with four EL84's (quad), 1x12 speaker, two channels with shared eq, twang button on the clean channel, boost-button on the drivechannel. Footswitch for channelswitching and boost on/off. Second footswitch for reverb on/of and fx-loop on/off. speakers out, reverbmix per channel is adjustable (say more on the clean and less on the drivechannel). Easy to carry, so perfect for rehearseling or smaller gigs. Yet, still a lot of tubepower.
Sound Quality
:
10
Hughes & Kettner did everything right with the Statesman. First of all: this amp has TONE! Second: it doesn't color the sound of your guitar. Telecaster sounds like Tele, Les Paul stays Les Paul. Third: I thought the shared EQ might be a problem, but for me it's not. Very nice finetuned by H&K. Fourth: all classics sounds you're looking for are here. Fender Tweed clean, Blackface open clean, Vox AC30, hotrodded Plexi (with the boost engaged). Reacts perfect to the guitarvolumeknob. Five: this means this is the ideal combo for a coverband. It's loud enough! Sixth: it handles pedals very well. Seven: it's well built. Eight: the in built speaker (can't see what is is, because it is a closed back-combo) does a perfect job, but sometimes i hook up a 2x12 Koch-cab. Nine: Nice classic look with brown tolex and cream knobs. Ten: sensational tubecombo under 1000 euro? Yes, it exists. Absolute bargain with fabulous tone. Has became the choice of a lot of proplayers, for rehearsels or smaller gigs.
Reliability
:
10
No problem yet. Built very well.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No experience yet.
Overall Rating
:
10
Been playing for 25 years. Also own a Orange Rockerverb 50 Head, which sounds fantastic, but has proven to be less reliable. The Statesman Quad 40watt fulfills all the demands of players, who want (classic) tone for an affordable price. Sounds lovely with my Fender Am. Series Telecaster with John Suhr-pickups, my Yamaha 311ms Tele with Tonezone-T and Dimarzio Paf and my Yamaha 503 SA Troy van Leeuwen Signature which has three p90's. Puts al lot of competitors in this pricerange to shame. Killertone, killerprice!
