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The Hughes & Kettner TriAmp... you think these are worth the money... with my new job, i will have 2k in a couple weeks.. the problem is this: if i buy this i wont have a lot of money left over for dating/gas/live/school... i'm not sure... i found one on ebay for 500, but the reserve was not met... the buy it now price was 1k... does anybody know anything about Hughes and Kettner?
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BillSPrestonEsq loves them. I think he's actually paid a Tri-Amp as well.
I'm curious what your new job is...I'd like to make that kind of money
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I have wanted to try one of those, since it looks like a pretty nice amp.
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P&D at a carpet mill would be my job.. but i've been thinking about it and i need to get work done on my car AC, i'm just gonna get the peavey...
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I've found H&K to cover alot of ground on the versatlility end, but sort of a compromise tonally all around. If BillS would like to interject about that, I'd love to get a real opinion on one.
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a lot of major artists use them.. i know 3DD endorses them...
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I like H & K. My supervisor owns a triamp and heres a few things to consider.
1) That is one expensive amp. Its really nice, and Id love one, but... can you afford it? Thats more important than the tone ultimately.
2) Have you spent much time on H & K gear? It has its own sound. I wouldn't call it British or American. As my coworker puts it, its a German distortion. Be prepared for it to sound a bit different than you are used to with Marshall, Peavey, Mesa, Fender, Vox, etc, cause it will. They seem to be built solid. I love their little preamps and such, as they add a lot of versatility.
I like the tone, but I have only played a little with one of their true power amps. (The Cream Machine sort of cheats.) Having used two of their preamps fairly extensively, I like the sound. Very versatile, but like a Mesa, you better spend some time on finding a tone cause everything is quite responsive and its very easy to dial in a crap tone.
I love the high gain sound of one and the medium gain sounds of it. Tonally, this guy and a peavey are not too similar in my opinion. i found the hughes and Kettner far better for lighter drive than the peaveys I have. (have I mentioned I got a new Peavey preamp not too long ago?)
Anyway, thats a beautiful amp. I started this post after I read you got the peavey, oh well.
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i don't have the peavey yet.. the thing is though that i need a new car.. but i think i can wait on it, i have a car, not an amp... and i'm gonna drop 600 on a PS3, and i'm stilll looking to buy that schecter.. but i'm gnna put it on my credit card....
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Originally Posted by AXguitar i don't have the peavey yet.. the thing is though that i need a new car.. but i think i can wait on it, i have a car, not an amp... and i'm gonna drop 600 on a PS3, and i'm stilll looking to buy that schecter.. but i'm gnna put it on my credit card.... don't go into debt on account of a guitar or guitar equipment. not having an H&K or some other amp isn't going to damage your credit as a guitarist as much as huge CC debt will damage your line of credit.
(i'm not saying this is what you're thinking...just a quick forewarning to be careful)
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i'm thinking about an AD30, but i'm not sure if it's gonna be loud enough... the AD140 imo is not worth paying for, because for that price i can get a TriAmp or a Rockerverb...
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Originally Posted by AXguitar i'm thinking about an AD30, but i'm not sure if it's gonna be loud enough... the AD140 imo is not worth paying for, because for that price i can get a TriAmp or a Rockerverb... Tell that to all the bands that use the old AC-30
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no my concern is, is the 30 Watts loud enough? if it is i'm gonna try and find a reasonably priced used one... i might be micing it so it wont matter much.. but still... and where would i find a reasonably priced cab that has the quality and capability of the orange name? i would wanna get orange cabs, but they are expensive...
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Originally Posted by AXguitar no my concern is, is the 30 Watts loud enough? if it is i'm gonna try and find a reasonably priced used one... i might be micing it so it wont matter much.. but still... and where would i find a reasonably priced cab that has the quality and capability of the orange name? i would wanna get orange cabs, but they are expensive... I know. AC-30 are just 30 whats. If you are going to be micing it then 30 watts will be plenty. I have it and a Mesa Boogie 85 watts and i never get to open these beast up.
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but if micing isn't an option then will it be loud enough?
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Originally Posted by AXguitar but if micing isn't an option then will it be loud enough? it's according to the scenario what how much you really need, but for many situations the answer would be yes.