Hughes And Kettner Tubemeister 5 Review

A basic rundown of my hughes and kettner tubemeister 5 a 5 watt tube head through two old speakers to get to the 8 ohm impedance minimum required for the head which takes 8 16 ohm.

Hughes and kettner tubemeister 5 review.

The hughes kettner tubemeister 5 takes the same incredible tube tone from the rest of its tubemeister family and distills it down into a simple no nonsense class a 5w head. Hughes kettner tubemeister 5 amp review. We concluded that it is small good value and loud enough to take on small gigs despite its tiny dimensions. I admit i can be dazzled by sparkly things.

Powered by a 12ax7 preamp tube and a 12bh7 dual triode power tube this is a class a tube driven amplifier. Even better it has the not inconsiderable benefit of an excellent sounding speaker simulated direct output. Known for a blend of high fidelity and stinging detailed highs their creations have held been fixtures on the backlines of hot pickers from alex. Tube guitar amp head hughes kettner tubemeister 5 head.

A backlit glass panel lets you see the tubes at work while separate master and gain knobs let you get raw overdrive at bedroom friendly volumes. We rated it and continue to rate it very highly. Newest addition to the tubemeister family is the venerable 5 watt series. Retaining the original s trademark blue illuminated front panel knobs and aesthetics this new amplifier eschews the single ended class a convention common to this class in favour of a push pull output based around a rather uncommon dual triode valve the 12bh7.

I bought the tubemeister 18 head to use in my rig. A a germany based hughes kettner have long been one of the most successful premier boutique amp builders in europe. It looked fantastic and the description of features sounded like just what i was looking for. 147 images 14 videos 6 classifieds 1 user review and 1 news item.

Even better it has the not inconsiderable benefit of an excellent sounding speaker simulated direct output. Last year we had the world s first official review of hughes kettner s groundbreaking tubemeister 18 head. When i saw the first ad for the hughes and kettner tubemeister 18 i was excited with its blue glowing front panel. Following the success of their tubemeister 18 hughes and kettner have spun off a low power variant the tubemeister 5.