Krank Amplification Revolution 100 head

Everything you would need from such an amp. Three channles (the gold standard these days) Good controls with sturdy knobs and easy to read. The Contour and Sweep knobs are an amazing accomplisment in this amp. You can get some very impressive tones from this amp. Many of which mimic almost to a tee some very famouse high-gaim amps! Also the kleen channle is very impressive for such am amp. Not as bright as my Hot Rod Deluxe but does a standup job during shows!

This amps distortion is out of this world. Turn to a gain channle the amp has a strong demanding gain at just 3 and 4. "Krank" this thing up to about 7 or 8 and it forms this Randallish high gain sound but with much much more warmth and power. I don't even play metal or hardcore but i find myself cranking this thing up to 8 and wailing some dimebag rifts just to bring a big smile to myself. I love it!

Very well made... don't be discouraged by past reviews. I had one of the Top tube amp techs in the country look at this thing when i had a problem with a bad connector. He was very impressed with the upscale components in this amp. Said that it's similar to amps costing much much more than $1600.00. The issue with the connector was that the line out must not have any load when a connected. the guy that owned it before me accidently plugged the speaker cable into the line out and burt the input. Sent it to krank fixed it no problem!

Fantastic! Super nice guys with lots of knowledge of these amps! Sent my amp back for an input problem, out of warrenty i must add. Fixed it and told me now to worry about the cost... all they charged me was a $20 bench fee. I've never paid less than $45 for a bench fee! Very impressed! Very!

I think this amp is a very high quality piece with fantastic sound and it would surprise me grately if someone bought this and was dissappointed!

2006 model
metal
2 channel, footswitchable, loop
needs no more features for me
i have used it in the studio and on tour and it is great for both

Pretty good range in tone using the sweep control(which i think many people havn't quite figured out yet)it is more suitable for high gain rock and metal.
The distortion is about as brutal and loud as it gets if you know how to dial it in.
I use Ibanez and Esps with Emg pickups.
The Kleen channel is great..crystal clear and doesn't break up.
It is one of the most quiet high gain amps i have ever heard(in regards to unwanted noise)

I have had no problems with it after months of touring.

I have contacted Krank customer service for various things like to order an extra footswitch and some spare tubes(awesome prices)...I don't know what the previous reviewers problem is?...They said they would do any service my amp needed if out of warranty...they are super helpful guys..they even said they would do any mods to the amp for very reasonable prices.

I have been playing for over 12 years.
I own too much gear to list.
If it were stolen or lost i would get another one a.s.a.p.
It fits my style perfectly and gives me a unique tone that i have been after for many years.
The previous reviewer is clearly mistaken because these amps ARE made with quality parts and mine as well as many other owners i have talked to have been flawless.
The trick to these amps is using the sweep control and the eq. If balanced properly you can get a ton of different sounds.
Many people who are not satisfied with this amp just haven't spent the time to learn how to use it.
I regularly get asked after shows "how do you get your krank to sound so brutal? mine/the one i played doesn't sound anything like that." Also "i can't turn the sweep control past 9:00 without it sounding thin"...i just tell them that they need to forget everything they have done with previous amps and just turn the knobs a little..and to not be afraid of turning up the mids.

I think the amp is a 2006.
I play metal and love many of the artists on the Krank amp roster.
Yet I have many issues with the amp and feel totally ripped off of at least $900!!!

The sound quality is OK. Meaning if you are 13 years old and all you do is mash you sound with heaps of gain, you will love it. The only thing is that your audience won't be able to tell what the ehck you are playing.
I have had several amps throughout the years and the Peavey 6505 I have crushes this amp.
But please read the reliability section for the AWFULL TRUTH about this amp.

The amp broke down after 1 week in the studio, not even gigging. Fortunately I took the amp to a well known custom amp builder and repair guy in the Chicago area to get it fixed and possible modded.
When he opened up the amp I felt sick.

This is not a handmade all USA amp like advertised. Most of the components inside the amp are chinese and we A/B'd it with a $400 B52 head and it is almost identical in components and wiring!
The only difference is that the B52 is $1000 cheaper in price to buy.
The only thing good about the amp were the tubes, which by the way though, blew after a week of use in the studio so they must have installed faulty ones.
Buyers beware. KRANK is ripping you off.

I originally called KRANK for support and weren't that helpful and couldn't (or wouldn't) tell me if my repair was under warranty or not.
Also they told me that the shippinf expenses were on me. To ship this head out UPS Ground is over $50 one way. Another $50 to return it. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I already spent $1300 on this head, the shipping cost me more than having it repaired out here! On top of that, Krank did mention I might have to pay for labor!

Why so many artists are supporting these guys is beyond me!

Krank amps are chinese equipped overpriced junk. I fixed mine up and sold it for $400. I took the loss but now at least I have a GENZ BENZ EL DIABLO which is a monster of an amp.
It sounds way better and is more versatile and reliable.
Krank Sucks!

My Krank is one of the early versions, though I don't know the exact year. I play Punk/Metal/Funk and the Krank almost covers them all. The only place that I find it lacking is that the Kleen channel has so much headroom that there is no way to break it up with just a guitar. Also, there isn't any middle of the road option for distortion. There is the SUPERKLEEN channel, and the BONEKRUSHINGKRANK channel.

Another feature this amp has that I find invaluable is the dual effects loops. This makes switching from kleen w/effects to distortion w/no effects a breeze! (no tap dancing ever again!!!)

I use this amp in my band and we play club gigs. Plenty of power!

I really love the sound of this amp. The secret to the tone is the SWEEP knob.

I use both a Gibson LP and an American STD strat through this amp. The Kleen channel w/the strat may not be as warm as I would like, but face it, this is no tweed combo.

The amp is so damn quiet with and without pedals that you wouldn't know it was on if there wasn't a light. No noise suppressor necessary for stop/start metal riffs.

This amp is a great complement for my band's sound as the other guitar player plays with a Marshall JCM800 and scoops his mids.

I purchased this amp in a blown state. The tech who fixed it said that the whole power section was blown out but he repaired it and I have had no issues with it at all ever since.

I've emailed Krank before and received a response from Tony Krank himself within 24 hours. He gave me tube suggestions and was very friendly and helpful. Can't wait until they have more traffic on their message boards, though.

I've been playing for 18 years and have never had an amp that I love as much as this one. If it were stolen I would surely get another one just like it.

I love the dual effects loops, the krushing sound, the noise free operation.

The only thing I miss on it is a crunch sound that isn't so brutal, but a tubescreamer can fix that right away.

Don't let anyone talk you out of trying this amp out if you're curious. Many people will hate on this company due to stupid reasons, but don't believe the hype. I'm now a Krank soldier for life!

this amp is great, the dirty channel is unbelievable i honestly can't see how they have got a heavier sound of of the Dime Krankenstien... The features on this amp are all i need, i couldnt ask for more all i want is clean and dirty and it does all that and a bit more... 2 channels with a boost on the dirty channel for solo's etc...

the kleen chanel is possible its weakest point but depending on your guitar and its pickup situation you can still get an awesome crisp tone loud as you like without breaking up...
The dirty channel is where its at with this amp, its unbelievable from blues to funk to metal to death its all in there...
I play alot of different stuff with this amp and it covers it all 100% of the way, every note on the guitar rings out even when playing bar chords on the highest gain...
i say f"ck the Boogies and Marshalls step up and get yourself a Krank just check out the site to see some of the artists using these babies

no probs yet, hold thumbs (Approx 2yrs old)

e-mailed them for a footswitch and had one delivered within a week from the US, great service

great amp, only thing i can say is mabey its too loud, i'd kind of like to hear the clean have a bit of break up... but that's just being picky... this truly is an awesome one of a kind amp they sure know what they're talking about at Krank, and probably the only amp manufacturer making their cabinets from solid wood, and not cheap shitty plywood. (just shows their dedication)

This amp has two channels, Kleen and Krank. An effects loop, a foot pedal a voltage selector and speaker ohm selector. The two best features are the 2 master volumes (perfect for setting up a solo boost level and standard level) that are switchable on the pedal and the EQ shaping sweep button which allows you to sdjust the sound from sub shattering bass to shrieking treble.

To be honest thats not a lot of bells and whistles but it has all i need to get the range of sounds i use from clean through to rip your throat out raw and all at 100w's of pure tube power.

The design of the amp is modern and looks as mean as hell, like a cornford on steroids, i chose the blacker than black version. The best bit of the design is the front grill which looks great and allows air to go through to the tubes (visible)

This amp is primarily designed for rock and metal so jazzers should probably look elsewhere. The clean channel stays clean upto 95% of its travel which is great but it doesn't give you any raunchy break up. The krank (dirty) channel is where it is at though. This channel is so well executed that with the slightest of adjustments you can achieve any rock or metal sound. The levels of noise are low (especially compared to my marshall dsl 401) but i still use an isp noise gate just to shut the rest of my pedalboard up.

Because of this amps focus on rock and metal i have found that i don't need any distortion pedal except 1. I use a maxon OD-9 in front of the clean channel to bring about breakup and allow me more tonal variety that wouldn't otherwise be there, it works really well.

I use this amp with a Japanese tokai LS-65 that has bareknuckle miracleman high output humbuckers, the amp and the guitar work really well and with the eq sweep, i can get rid of some of the les paul dark tone when i want to lighten my sound up a bit.

I have had this amp 6 months and so far (touch wood) all is well.

There are only 2 distributors of this amp in the UK so it would be tricky to solve issues with it so i will only give this amp an 8 for customer support. Krank never really got back to me when i emailed them so a bit disappointing really.

I love this amp and so i have tried to be as honest as possible without going on about its best features. The nearest comparison in the uk for sounds was the mesa boogie dual rectifier and as much as i like mesa boogie stuff. They seem a lot more complicated (i like to dial a sound and let it go!!) and due to import costs they are over ?2000 just for the head. This amp cost me ?1299 new from sounds great music so although expensive, it is a relative bargain for a pro quality touring head. I bought it despite the people moaning about the proliferation of krank stuff on the forums. In my opinion these people need to find the time to form there own opinions on the sound of these amps and stop slating them because they have bought an engl, mesa or marshall. we all like different things and the bottom line is if you like metal or rock try this amp side by side with the competition. you will like it i am sure.