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Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Rock Nano Mini Amp Head
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Sale Price: $199.00 CDN
Original Price: $299.00 CDN
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The Spirit Tone Generator, a multiple award-winning technology from Hughes & Kettner, is now available in a powerful yet exceedingly compact Spirit Nano Head. One of three models, the single-channel Spirit of Rock delivers rock and lead sounds unrivalled in this device class. This amp's astonishing power output belies its miniature format. Pumping out up to 50 watts at 4 ohms, it delivers plenty of juice to drive even a 4x12" cab. Alongside Gain, Tone and Master knobs, the Nano Head offers a unique Sagging control that dials in delectable power amp saturation. A nudge is all it takes to experience the authentic feel and responsiveness of a power amp pushed to its sweet spot - with zero latency and no compromises. Featuring a Headphones Out, a RedBox and an Aux-In for jamming along with tracks, the Spirit of Rock is your constant companion - take it everywhere to rock your world.
A newly designed circuit layout centered on the unique German-made Spirit Tone Generator delivers the sounds of the '80s/'90s arena rock era. All facets of this genre, from classic British leads to smokin' brown sounds, are on the menu and served up with glorious analog authenticity and the icon tones produced by the classic amps of those days.
The Gain, Tone, Master and Sagging controls provide all the tools you need to quickly and easily dial in sounds to delight novices and professionals alike.
Shoehorned into a handy ultra-compact format, every Spirit Nano is a pocket-sized amp that sounds huge. Delivering up to 50 watts at 4 ohms, it packs a punch powerful enough for a 4x12" cab! With a RedBox integrated into the Headphones Out circuit, it's perfect for practicing without a speaker and, with the proper interface, also a great recording tool. And your favorite software speaker simulations are going to love the pure signal provided by its Line Out.
The Spirit of Rock is your go-to sidekick for your living room, home studio, rehearsal space and, as a backup, on stage.
Features
• Nano Head with up to 50 watts @ 4 ohms
• A treasure trove of rock and lead sounds
• Spirit Tone Generator technology
• Fully analog sound generation
• Sagging control for volume-independent power amp saturation
• Headphones Out with the TubeMeister18's RedBox emulation
• Non-frequency compensated Line Out, excellent for software cab sims
Specifications
Power output: 25 watts @ 8 ohms (up to 50 watts @ 4 ohms, depending on the speaker cabinet)
Speaker Out: 4 to 16 ohms
Aux In: 3.5 mm stereo
Line Out: 6.35 mm
Headphones Out: 6.35 mm stereo
AES (Auto Energy Saving)
Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 19 cm
Weight: 1.1 kg with and 725 grams without power supply
A newly designed circuit layout centered on the unique German-made Spirit Tone Generator delivers the sounds of the '80s/'90s arena rock era. All facets of this genre, from classic British leads to smokin' brown sounds, are on the menu and served up with glorious analog authenticity and the icon tones produced by the classic amps of those days.
The Gain, Tone, Master and Sagging controls provide all the tools you need to quickly and easily dial in sounds to delight novices and professionals alike.
Shoehorned into a handy ultra-compact format, every Spirit Nano is a pocket-sized amp that sounds huge. Delivering up to 50 watts at 4 ohms, it packs a punch powerful enough for a 4x12" cab! With a RedBox integrated into the Headphones Out circuit, it's perfect for practicing without a speaker and, with the proper interface, also a great recording tool. And your favorite software speaker simulations are going to love the pure signal provided by its Line Out.
The Spirit of Rock is your go-to sidekick for your living room, home studio, rehearsal space and, as a backup, on stage.
Features
• Nano Head with up to 50 watts @ 4 ohms
• A treasure trove of rock and lead sounds
• Spirit Tone Generator technology
• Fully analog sound generation
• Sagging control for volume-independent power amp saturation
• Headphones Out with the TubeMeister18's RedBox emulation
• Non-frequency compensated Line Out, excellent for software cab sims
Specifications
Power output: 25 watts @ 8 ohms (up to 50 watts @ 4 ohms, depending on the speaker cabinet)
Speaker Out: 4 to 16 ohms
Aux In: 3.5 mm stereo
Line Out: 6.35 mm
Headphones Out: 6.35 mm stereo
AES (Auto Energy Saving)
Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 19 cm
Weight: 1.1 kg with and 725 grams without power supply
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Machine de guerre ... 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Woww j'en revien pas j'ai rester surpris de ça puissance sais fou , avec le cabinet tubemeister 112 sais parfait 👌 je suis
très satisfait , je les recommande ...
Posted by Richard on Dec 31, 2023
This thing is crazy good. 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Orleans, Ontario
I watched all the very positive YouTube videos, and wanted to see for myself. Yes, it is awesome. I like it a lot better than my Orange Micro Dark. It goes very loud as well, Very happy I bought. it.
Posted by EastEndBearDog on Oct 30, 2023
Fun in a box 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Ottawa, Ontario
Really is fun through inexpensive headphones, and even more fun through a HK 12 inch box....not the best use of the box, but the amp is really a great deal of fun.
This will certainly hold you until such time as you can afford a tube amp.
Posted by GaryMB on Jun 7, 2023
Massive sound in a small box! 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Bedford, Nova Scotia
I ended up buying this on a whim for a 1x12 cabinet I was building. Such a great decision. This thing packs so much punch for being able to fit in my pocket! I use it to play in a rock cover band and it can get plenty loud for gigs.
It also takes pedals beautifully. although it is missing an FX loop (which can be found on other small amp heads around this price), I find it still does a fantastic job running through my pedalboard.
Pros:
- Super loud!
- Great bang for your buck
- amazing vintage cleans and great distortion
- Tone knob makes it more versatile without pedals
- Emulates the sound of a tube amp pretty darn well
- very portable and lightweight
Cons:
- No FX loop
- Sagging knob and tone knob can be hard to dial in at first
- No on-board reverb (I actually a prefer reverb pedal anyways so it might not be a problem for some)
I plan on coming back for some more Hughes & Kettner products in the future when I decide to upgrade my setup.
Posted by Luke on Jan 23, 2023
You should checkout the reviews on YouTube. They are 100% real 2 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Surrey, British Columbia
I bought it to replace the heavy line 6 spider IV 75 I use for church. I had a few passive speakers in the garage so I thought this would work with em. It did, but for those of you who wishes to repurpose an old speaker that you already own:
Decouple the tweeter from woofer. Or else the gainy setting will sound bad. I used a switch so that I can go back and forth between hifi and guitar cab mode.
Decouple the tweeter from woofer. Or else the gainy setting will sound bad. I used a switch so that I can go back and forth between hifi and guitar cab mode.
Posted by Jin on Aug 21, 2022
Little monster! 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Chinook, Alberta
Spirit of Metal.. in your face melting metal tone. Boosting it with a precision drive pedal to add more mids
Posted by WUND 2.0 on Jun 23, 2022
Amazing, Punchy Amp! 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Halifax, Nova Scotia
I only run this on the 12.5W setting through a 16ohm cab and I can still only turn the Master Volume to 2. I use this mostly at home for convenience and to save my tubes for shows, but this thing could easily serve as a backup. It is very customizable, the tone knob goes from chimey cleans to class A fuzz to Marshall Rock to Extreme scooped metal. The sagging knob allows for even more tweaking on the amp sound/saturation and compression. I have a Vox MD 50 AC lunchbox head and this one has way more sounds and is quite a bit punchier than the Vox, which is no slouch on its own. The only lacking parts potentially are an effects loop and/or a proper speaker cab for the line out (I use that feature a lot on my tubemeister and skip the speaker all together). Takes pedals up front better than the tubemeister! Highly recommended!
Posted by Ryan Z on Jan 4, 2022
WOW ! 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Vancouver, British Columbia
I came in to try out the Orange Micro heads. Tried them both, then the H & K nano Spirit of Rock and found out pretty quickly this is comparing boys to men. With the gain at 12 oclock I couldn't move the master volume much past 2. And this little thing sounds crazy good. You can get John Mayer sounds to Judas Priest and everything in between. I don't normally write reviews but felt I had to with this one because I was just blown away by the sounds this thing has to give. It completey embarrased my other lunchbox heads. I'm running a strat with a FS-1 in the bridge with 91 American Alnico pups for middle and neck + a Telly with Reilander pups through a Marshall 1960 slant 4x12 with G12T 75's and everything was sounding fantastic. The only thing I'm not stoked on is the looks but that goes away immediately once you plug in.
Posted by Brent Watson on May 2, 2021
Spirit of Metal is ALIVE! 4 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
Yup, this little thing rips! So much fun! Tons of different ways to sculpt and play with the tone. I hooked it up to a 10' cab I had handy, and this this would easily shred it to bits haha. I might have had the volume at 1.5-2 and that was enough for that little cab. Im sure It will easily power a 4x12. Will be trying that next! With headphones on it sounds just as great and is so compact you can setup anywhere really. Id recommend giving it a shot!
Posted by J. on Mar 13, 2021
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| Spirit of Rock Nano Mini Amp Head | 738309 |
