HUGHES & KETTNER SPIRIT AMPMAN / CLASSIC 2-Channel Floorboard Guitar Amplifier

 SPIRIT AMPMAN / CLASSIC  HUGHES & KETTNER 

 2 Channel Floorboard Guitar Amplifier 

The Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Classic redefines the pedalboard-only guitar rig. Thanks to H&K's analog Spirit Tone Generator, this 50-watt, floorboard-style amplifier offers epic tube-like tone at any volume with zero digitizing of your signal. You get two independent channels that cover the spectrum of contemporary clean and high-gain sounds, with independent Gain, Tone, Presence, Resonance, Sagging, and Volume controls for each. This feature-laden amplifier pedal includes footswitchable boost and solo functions, plus an effects loop and noise gate. You also get a built-in Red Box cabinet emulator, a stereo headphones output, and an auxiliary input. Best of all, everything is accessible via the AmpMan Classic 's onboard knobs and switches — no menu diving required. Whether you're recording direct, plugging into a cab, or going live into a PA system, you can expect top-notch tone and performance from the H&K AmpMan Classic pedal guitar amplifier.

A full-fledged, 2-channel guitar amp at your feet

The AmpMan Classic squeezes H&K's analog Spirit Tone Generator into a 2-channel, floorboard-style guitar amplifier. Channel one unleashes crystal-clear, contemporary-voiced cleans, along with sizzling blues textures — if you overcook things a bit. Channel two produces high-gain textures that cover everything from hard rock crunch to Classic, in-your-face metal. Each channel boasts plentiful sound-shaping controls: Gain, Tone, Presence, Resonance, Sagging, and Volume. The guitarists here at Sweetwater took special note of the AmpMan Classic's Sagging feature, which enables you to fine-tune its power amp saturation and compression independent of volume — it faithfully re-creates the feel and sound of a tube amp recovering from a big drop in voltage. Best of all, you're in control over how it responds.

Turbocharge your pedalboard with high-performance features

Tailor-made for pedalboard deployment, the Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Classic is chock-full of performance-ready features. A per-channel Boost adds extra hair to your signal when the situation calls for it. You can also add a 0 to +6dB boost over your Master knob's setting with the Solo function. A serial effects loop makes integrating your stompboxes and processors a breeze. To top it off, the Boost, Solo, and effects loop are all footswitchable. Beyond that, the AmpMan Classic includes the same IDB gate as H&K's Black Spirit 200 amplifier, providing you with a whisper-quiet noise floor between notes.

Red Box cabinet emulator captures amazing tone without a mic

For decades, H&K's award-winning Red Box has been the go-to device for achieving miked-cab sounds without a microphone (or a speaker cabinet, for that matter). The AmpMan Classic includes a built-in Red Box AE+ — the most evolved Red Box yet. It supplies you with eight cab emulations, including gargantuan 4 x 12-inch stacks, compact 1 x 12-inch cabinets, and everything in-between. The AmpMan Classic automatically saves the most recently selected emulation for each channel. You can also switch the Red Box off to use third-party IR cab sims. Thanks to its built-in Red Box, the AmpMan Classic is a self-contained guitar rig that's primed for any musical application.

Features:

• 50W, 2-channel floorboard-style guitar amplifier

• Spirit Tone Generator offers tube-like tone at any volume with zero digitizing of your signal

• Channel 1 unleashes contemporary-voiced cleans, plus sizzling blues textures

• Channel 2 produces everything from hard rock crunch to Classic, in-your-face metal

• Per-channel sound-shaping controls: Gain, Tone, Presence, Resonance, Sagging, and Volume

• Sagging control fine-tunes power amp saturation and compression independent of volume

• Footswitchable Boost adds extra hair to your signal when the situation calls for it

• Footswitchable Solo function gives you a 0 to +6dB boost over your Master knob's setting

• Footswitchable serial effects loop makes integrating your stompboxes and processors a breeze

• Black Spirit 200-derived IDB gate provides a whisper-quiet noise floor between notes

• Red Box AE+ cabinet emulator achieves miked-cab sounds without a mic or a cab

• Separately adjustable headphones output and auxiliary input

• Everything is accessible via onboard knobs and switches — no menu diving required

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