For sale is my hughes and kettner tubemeister 18 head. Has anybody got personal experience with exchangeupgrade of the tubemeister 18 tubes. It probably wouldnt be my first choice, tone wise, out of the box, but i have to say that it does have stellar cleans and, when pushed hard, the clean channel gets nice and crunchy and stays full. Free hughes kettner diagrams, schematics, service manuals. Footswitch with led, phantom powered for tour reverb combohead, triplex. I use this one the most because no one else can do that creamy distortion. The amp is in excellent condition overall, save for a smudge in the label on the back next to the fx loop return see pictures.
In this case, insert the red box 5 between the power amp and speaker in the same way you would connect a tube amp head. Just a quick demo of the hughes and kettner tubemeister 18, looking at the clean channel and its breakup, as well as the lead channel. Problems with tubemeister 18 fender stratocaster guitar. Fortunately, i have a tubemeister 18 with the same tube compliment, except the rectifier its ss.
The tubemeister excels at classic and modern rock tones. Ive owned a tubemeister 18 head and 1x12 cab for just over a year and ive never managed to settle into it, my ears find the tone brittle and harsh w. I wish the drive function was footswitchable, but the tubemeister 5 sounds so good, we can look past that. Think of gain and master as the yin and yang of soundshaping rather than volume controls. It has the cabclone di built into the back with a closed backopen back switch. Would appreciate if someone could lend a hand to a newbie forum member and someone who is trying to get through the honeymoon stage with my new head.
Im not in love with the di sound, but each channel can run independently at 25w or 10w and the amp is pretty cleverly laid out. I guess the idea is like a boost or dirt pedal into a tube amp. Easier to tote than your guitar, the delightfully compact tubemeister 18 head comfortably goes where you go even as a carryon in planes. The hughes and kettner fs2 is a two channel double footswitch.
The solid state amps ive used all have an xlr out to go to the board. Blackstar, mesa boogie, line 6 spidervalve, peavey all were sold. Judging by the schematic of the ht5 i found there are opamps boosting the signal and diode clipping for the od channel. The red box di circuit is completely separate on its own pcb, which. View profile view forum posts private message user info menu. When i saw the first ad for the hughes and kettner tubemeister 18 i was excited, with its blue glowing front panel. Alltube amps can create some sounds that still cant be faithfully replicated with dsps or software yet.
I just have a few questions regarding mismatches of some caps in the schematic and the layout not mentioned before, as i am trying to come up with a bom and source the parts. I ordered some tubes to replace the cheap china brand tubes from the factory thinking that was the problem. Oversized transformers deliver tons of headroom with. Then i noticed the boost only works with the overdrive channel. It looked fantastic, and the description of features sounded like just what i was looking. Easier to tote than your guitar, the delightfully compact tubemeister 18 head comfortably goes. Ive also got a tubemeister 18 that just sounds digital compared to the dsl 15. Call gak now for product info, advice and the best prices. The tsc takes failing power tubes out of the circuit to protect your amp and lets you see their status at a glance. The capacitor between c4 and gnd in parallel with the 1. Should i save a little more and get a mesa boogie minirec. Frontpanel switches allow easy toggling of clean or.
The tubemeister 18 features independent gain and master controls for the clean and lead channels. To set the basic volume level for the stage, rehearsal room, or living room, use the. It will be very nice to see how to setup the amp for to sound like acdc or other guitar heroes. I know ive posted quite alot about amps recently, but seeing as il have to save for a while im keeping my options open. I am a fan of tubemeister head mine is 18 head anniversary version with nos tubes. The dsl40 in the classic channel just screams of marshally goodness, especially with the gain low and the volume up pushing the power tubes. I felt the urge to give back for all the awesome advice shared on these boards ive been pouring over before i purchased amp. It features two 12ax7 preamp tubes and two el84 power tubes capable of driving an 8 to 16 ohms speaker cabinet via a 14 speaker output. Transistor buffers and then into a two stage tube preamp 12ax7. Hughes kettner tubemeister 18 w guitar amplifier head. Has anyone heard of this or other problems with tubemeister 18.
Need vacuumtube circuit components audio electronics. Marshall dsl series dsl100h 100watt alltube guitar amplifier head black. I agree, too, that adding tubes to the design toolkit would really be a monster plus for circuitlab. Hello, i cant seem to find a post which answers my question. Hughes kettner diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. I would think for starters that a triode tube model for the purpose of simulation could be created similarly from how a bjt model works but put in a tube schematic symbol and for a tube, obviously work at much higher voltages. I just got a tubemeister 18 head at a crazy good deal. Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians. Able to deliver three different sounds at the tap of a toe, the soulful tubemeister 18 is the musthave guitar amp for gigging guitar players. Hammond b2 split preamp with optical expression control. Even better, it has the not inconsiderable benefit of an excellent sounding speakersimulated direct output.
Dont want to deal with sending it to ny for repair. If the input circuit is anything like the tubemeister 18, then. We concluded that it is small, good value and loud enough to take on small gigs, despite its tiny dimensions. Tubemeister 18 combo noise problem i love this amp but. The 18 wasnt quite it but i do hear more warmth and harmonic response in the 36 and noticed 3 12ax7s instead of 2, hopefully they will have a tubemeister 50 with 4 12ax7s so there will be plenty of gain and a tube phase inverter and a tube rectifier with a sag control.
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