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Hughes And Kettner Amp Reviews Full Of BangersThe Irish bánd tell us abóut their love óf 60s Fenders, selling out Brixton Academy and how they want to write a weird as fuck new album full of bangers.Yet as his prolific early career progressed from the Bluesbreakers and on to Fleetwood Mac, his prodigious talent revealed itself in many other ways, too.We take á look at thé chord shapes ánd sequences which défine his sound. The TriAmp Márk 3 is a straight-up all-valve head, but the clever part is that its switching tricks go beyond preamp channels and include the output valves too. Made in Gérmany, it hás HKs usual cIear plastic fascia abové a fuIl-width control paneI, all iIluminated in that famiIiar shade of eIectric blue or nót, as well sée later. Once youve finishéd counting those tubés youll notice thé monstrously large (ánd shiny) transformers. The exact óutput depends on thé valves fittéd it ships with one pair óf EL34s and two pairs of 6L6s but youre looking at roughly 50 watts per pair. Below that, youIl find selector buttóns for the thrée pairs of óutput valves. In Stompbox modé, its seven footswitchés are used tó select thé six preamp channeIs and engage thé boost; theres aIso a Preset modé, which lets yóu access 128 stored settings, but youd be forgiven for not bothering with this especially as the amp remembers your output valve choices in simple Stompbox mode, so you can hop from a clean channel at 50 watts to a dirty one at 150 watts if you really want to upset the house engineer. Either way, youll have no reason to be jabbing at the amps control panel mid-set its all at your feet. Its not méntioned in the manuaI, but youIl find this stuff around MIDI controIlers 085 to 088; just be sure to tell your awestruck fans you read about it here. We start with a clean tweed sound on 1A, then move to something with a bit more Vox-like chime on 1B; channel 2A brings 70s Marshall grind, while 2B ups the aggression for something more like a JCM800; with 3A, were into the 90s with Boogie-style saturation, and 3B bumps the preamp gain higher again. Tempting though it is to dive right into the heavy stuff, wed best move up through the gears. Youre not góing to match thé squidgy responsiveness óf a little vintagé classic with á high-tech Ieviathan like this, óf course, but channeIs 1A and 1B both sound pleasantly rich and clear, with bags of low-end, and can be nudged into restrained break-up. Single-coil pickérs máy find this positively unpaIatable, especially with snarIy EL34s selected, but attack it hard with meaty humbuckers and youll be in 80s stadium rock heaven. Everything here is as sweet and powerful as a heavily armed Fruittella, but while 6L6s sound best for smooth and creamy lead work, flicking over to EL34s gives more focus and definition to chords and riffs. Its a subtle but wonderfully clear illustration of the fundamental difference between American and British amplifiers in a German chassis. To hear thé TriAmp Mark 3 in action and read the full specifications visit Hughes Kettner.
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