Re: hughes & kettner amps?

On Nov 27, 6:35 pm, "John P." <John at Pinchin dot karoo dot co dot
uk> wrote:
Hi Nick,

The blueness is indeed most tempting!

I'm after something that will let me have at 4 sounds without having to
compromise the sound quality and has mega simple switching.

I'd like super clean, crunchy - cleans up when you back off the volume,
chunky metal rhythm and thick sustain forever lead tones.

I get the impression I could do this with any of the H&K heads - how do you
find the switching and programming with the trilogy - I looked at the manual
and it looks fiddly, but that might be the way they explain it.

A couple of questions...
Have you compared your Trilogy to a Triamp?
How do find adding fx works in practise (do you use the progammable loop or
stick to pedals).

Thanks
John

Hi John,

The only thing that I found confusing about the switching and
programming was the way that they were explained in the instructions.

I just have a bog-standard Marshall "on/off" footswitch that toggles
the fx loop - which I have set to "on" by default on all the channels.
I use a G Major in the loop, which sounds just mind blowing. I use a G
minor (a piece of crap, but all I have for now) to change the patches
on the effects unit and then click the entire loop on and off with the
toggle switch.

I used to have some of my effects pedals in the loop (delay, chorus
etc) and a couple up front (wah, TS9) and that worked very well
indeed.

The clean channel is one of the best that I've heard, with the
optional "sparkle" setting just fantastic with single coils. Lead
channels tend to be down to personal preference, but I think they're
huge. The heaviest I go is stuff like Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi and Van
Halen, so I can't really say what it'd be like for chugga-chugga-eat-
your-daughter stuff. The only thing that I find to be a *little*
lacking is the crunch channel. I say "lacking", but it's only in
relation to the orgasmic clean channel. I found that it's perfect for
Les Paul rock riffing, but it needed a tubescreamer or similar adding
up front for bluesy Strattish type business. It tends to work best
flat out too ... backing off the volume certainly cleans it up, but
not like a fit-to-burst 800 head.

Switching between the channels is a piece of cake with the footswitch.
The "Lead" and "Ultra" channels are more like a single split channel -
two different gain levels, one master volume and one fx loop toggle
setting between them. A really worthwhile mod to the channel select
pedal is to rip out the standard cable and put a 1/4" jack socket on
the back of it. Mine failed not long after I got the amp, and was
clearly very brittle cable, so my dad rigged it so I could use any
guitar cable (and therefore have no problem if the cable failed) to do
the same job. I hate relying on proprietary connections for that kind
of stuff, where you can't carry a spare.

I've not heard a Tri-Amp aside from some demos on YouTube and whatnot,
but I've heard that they are incredible.

I run the Trilogy through a Marshall 1932 2x12" cab with Vintage
Celestions, but it sounds even better through a 4x12".

Did I mention, by the way, that it glows blue? ;o)

nick
www.guitritus.com
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