Hughes & Kettner TM18H TubeMeister 18 Head 18W 2-Channel Tube Guitar Amplifier Head with Onboard Red Box Output

For TubeMeister, Mr. Hughes and Herr Kettner packed all their know-how and over a quarter of a century‘s passion for tube amps into a remarkably compact chassis. Thanks to German engineering, it can go from a roar to a whisper, shaking the boards on stage, tingling spines in the studio, and raising goose-bumps in the still of night - even during silent recording.

Serving up three different sounds at the touch of a footswitch (sold separately), the soulful TubeMeister 18 Head is the go-to guitar amp for gigging, with its four-step power soak that brings the sound of the big stage into small clubs and your own four walls. Oversized transformers deliver tons of headroom with phenomenal dynamic range that sweeps from sparkling clean to throaty punch. The Lead channel offers harmonically rich tube distortion and gain reserves to go from edgy overdrive to soaring lead sounds, while the integrated Boost re-voices the Lead channel to a modern high-gain sound that pairs plenty of punch with endless sustain. Plus, with the onboard Red Box and silent recording capability, you can lay down pro-quality tracks at any time day or night.

Hughes & Kettner TubeMesiter 18 Head Features:

• Clean: Warm tube tone with phenomenal dynamic range that sweeps from sparkling clean to throaty crunch
• Lead: Harmonically rich tube distortion and the gain reserves to go from edgy overdrive to soaring lead sounds
• Boost: Re-voices LEAD to summon modern high-gain sound that pairs plenty of punch with endless sustain
• EQ3: Passive voicing section with separately tweaked frequency response for Clean and Drive
• 2x 12AX7: Preamp section sporting two 12AX7 tubes
• 2x EL84: Push-pull power amp that pumps out stage-approved 18 watts
• XXL: Oversized transformers that allow greater headroom on Clean and more punch on Drive tones
• TSC: TSC-protected power amp featuring auto-bias and status LED
• Foot Switch: Footswitch connection enabling remote channel switching and Boost actuation
• FX Loop: Serial FX loop for adding effects-flavored spice to the sonic stew
• Quad Stage Power Soak: Automatic/switchable Quad-Stage Power Soak with Silent-Recording-Function
• Red Box: Balanced and speaker-emulated Red Box Out for authentic recording tracks

Hughes & Kettner TubeMesiter 18 Head Specifications:

• Channels: Clean, Lead + Boost
• Power: 18 Watts
• Power Soak: 5, 1, 0 Watts
• Power Amp: 2x EL84
• Preamp: 2x 12AX7
• TSC: Ja
• Effects Loop: Serial
• Footswitch: FS-2 (optional)
• Switching Functions: Channels, Boost
• Speaker Output: 1x 8 - 16 Ohms
• Dimensions: 355 x 155 x 150 mm
• Weight: 5 kg
• Protective Cover: Softbag included

Note

Note: Ensure that you purchase your Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister with the correct voltage. The European standard 230 volts + 10% is officially correct for Europe and the UK. Hughes & Kettner also manufactures Tubemeister Series in 240 volts to take account of the significant variations in UK voltage in comparison to voltages within the European mainland.