Brett Kingman | 1 decade ago
http://www.hotoneaudio.com/nanolegacy/britishinvasion.html
I was floored when I plugged into and turned onto this little amp. And it is little. It would fit in most car ashtrays (when they were standard). This teensy little 5W amp makes no bones about wanting to sound like a classic, healthy AC30. And while there will be obvious differences, this little dinghy parks right up close to the yacht that is the real thing and holds its own pretty darned well. Several people whose opinions I respect have been trying to turn me onto these little Hotones and now I know why. Maybe you'll be convinced too.
From their site:
"British Invasion is a 5W Class AB guitar amplifier head.
It captures the main characteristics of the legendary AC30 at low volume.
Tweak the 3-band EQ, Volume and Gain knobs to recreate some authentic British Sound in your living room!
✪ Sound inspired by Legendary VOX AC30*
✪ Extremely compact configuration for portability
✪ High quality tone with Volume and Gain controls
✪ 3 Band EQ controls for shaping your tone
✪ Speaker out can automatically fit cabinets of different impedances (4-16Ω)
✪ FX LOOP for using external effects
✪ Headphone output jack is very convenient for practicing and recording
✪ Aux In jack can let you play with an external music player
✪ 18V DC power supply (Adapter included)
✪ Power Output: 5 Watts
✪ Dimensions: 128mm (W) x 75mm (D) x 59.5mm (H)
✪ Weight: 440 g
* VOX AC30 is an amplifier model of KORG INC. The mentioned manufacturer and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners. The trademarks were used merely to identify the sound character of this product."
Today's tools:
Guitar: Palir T-Style (Apple Tree) with Porter Custom Tele Pickups
Amp: Hotone 'British Invasion' 5W Class AB amp to Palmer 1x12 cabinet (Celestion Greenback).
Extra effects: Hotone EKO Digital/Analog delay
Cables : Providence and Montreaux
Mic : SM57 (amp) Samson Airline77 (me)
Camera : Canon 60D (me) and Sony HDR CX150 (pedal)
Soundcard : AVID Mbox Pro 3
Computer : Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software : Pro Tools 10 LE, Waves CLA Guitars (slight comp over input track), Waves L3-16 Limiter (to keep levels in check at output), Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).
