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Hughes & Kettner Blues Mater - $390
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What a great specimen of an all analog, pre-amp, cab simulator and amp all in one! Many different routing options and solutions. Thing sounds great and has so many uses. I hate to let it go, but it should get played more than it does here. Here is what the pros have to say.
Blues Master contains an 12AX7 (ECC83) and an EL84, run to give crunch. The Crunch Master has a great, complete feature set and provides actual cranked tube power-amp tone, for classic Fender crunch tone at reasonable levels. It's like have a 59' Bassman in a small box. Add an external reverb unit and it matches the sound very closely. The Crunch Master is "VINTAGE AMERICAN CLEAN & CRUNCH.”
The Blues Master is for the player who wants crystal clear valve clean sounds and bluesy over-driven "crunch” sounds. Crunch is not a specific type of distortion, but mild overdrive or distortion. Crunch has a tone that resembles the sound of breakfast cereal crunching blended to a guitar sound.
It has an EL84 power stage and a 12AX7 pre-amp stage. 1 channel instrument input on front and back of the unit. Pre-amp gain, master volume, 3-band EQ (treb, mid, and bass controls), a bright switch and power switch on the front. The back of the unit has a jack to plug in a speaker cab using the 5W power amp of the unit, tube amp out jack. There is a switchable line / instrument out and a H&K Red Box (Cabinetulator) built in. It also has outputs for tube amp out and mix out. There are eight 1/4" jacks on the unit for all the input / outputs.
This device is capable of a large variety of rich natural clean, blues to crunch tones. The sounds range from clean to bluesy to dirty-sounding solo-blues, with output-stage-valve soft-clipping. Think Eric Clapton (1989), and B.B. King.
Specifications
1. Input
Input jack for electric guitar
2. Gain
Gain attenuator to control gain of pre-amp
A / B / C equalization (Treble / Mid / Bass)
Bright switch
3. Bypass
Displays state of the bypass switch
On = Tube circuit
4. Master
Controls the power amp overdrive and output power
5. Power
Mains switch
6. Power indicator LED
7. Fuse
0.1W Slo-blo
8. Mains cord
9. Speaker
Speaker output
1W - 8 Ohm
10. Tube Position = Crunch Master Signal
Bypass Position - Instrument Signal
is on Line/lnstr. Outputs
11. Footswitch
A Standard footswitch plugged into this socket
fulfills the same function as switch 10.
12. Tube Amp Volume
Controls the output power ofthe tube stage
13. Tube Amp Out
Only tube amp signal is available.
NO Signal in Bypass position
14. Instr Out
Only instrument signal - no signal in Tube position
15. Line / Instrument
Switches the outputs 13, 14, 16 and 17 to Line or Instrument level Output to: Switch Position
Guitar amp input Instrument
Power amp Line
Tape machine Line
Mixing desk Line or instrument Stereo system
Line16. Mix out
Either the Tube or the Bypass signal is available
17. Cabinetulator Mix Out
Same as Mix Out with added 4 x 12” Celestion
18. Input
Parallel Input to front Input socket (front switches off when used)