Re: hughes & kettner amps?

nick wrote:

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


Thanks Nick.

It sounds like I'd be very happy with one - I could use a midi pedal board
to switch channels and fx patches - sounds perfect.

One last thing - do you worry about breaking the clear panel? I'm not in
the habit of dropping amps but my gear gets gigged hard and I like to know
it can take repeated transporting etc.

Cheers
John



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