The clean of the Hughes and Kettner Statesman Dual EL84 delivers the soulful shimmering tone of an open tube combo. Its Twang switch lives up to its name by adding a healthy helping of punchy high-mids that put the spank in funk and do the country twang thing so well; even contemporary ballads benefit from the upper mids boost. Dial in a dab more gain, and dive into a world of dynamic crunch tones and hair-trigger response to every subtlety of your touch. The Drive channel offers more than merely more gain. It delivers the secret ingredient that is so critical to a classic rock sound - the powerful punch of a half-stack. The Gain knob takes you on a magical mystery tour from a throaty mid-‘60s bark to a typical ‘70s rock bite. The Boost button is a time machine, taking you and the amp’s overdrive tone a few years down the road!
A genuine Accutronics spring reverb can be found on the Hughes and Kettner Statesman Dual EL84; the Reverb Balance knob controls each channel’s amount. A modern effects loop lets you add external effect devices to the sonic equation. And the included footswitch lets you tap your toes to conveniently activate the two channels, Boost, the FX loop, and Reverb.
An Eminence speaker developed especially for these amps brings together the grooviest tried-and-true design features of US and UK speakers. They are the key to these rigs’ jaw-dropping tonal versatility.
Hughes and Kettner Statesman DUAL EL84 Guitar Amp Combo (code 45119)
All Valve Guitar Amplifier Combo, 20 Watts, 1x12" Eminence Rockdriver Speaker, Reverb. Pure and warm valve amp sound; from expressive and sparkling clean to punch wielded overdrive.
£707.71 (inc vat)