H&K Switchblade

m3ta1head · 03-23-2008, 11:24 PM

I played one of these at Guitar Center and was really impressed with the clean channel...it was glassy and had a lot of sparkle, sounded really good! I found this video on youtube

Sweet clean channel, right? It sounds great IMO. I didn't know H&K was german until I watched that video, btw. I started messing with the dirty channels and they sounded good, but I didn't really have time to dial them in, however oh my god the amp sounds awesome in this video

Dynamic, fluid, woaaah!

Anyone have any opinions on this amp? GC had the head brand new for $999, it seems like a really good deal! Should I spring on one? I want to go back and try to get some tight sounds out of it, but GC is an hour away from my house

Mattmc74 · 03-24-2008, 12:48 AM

I found the the H&K Switchblade was an amazing amp!

budda · 03-24-2008, 01:21 AM

all the guys i know who've tried one loved it.

Shannon · 03-24-2008, 01:41 AM

$999 for that head? DO IT!

Michael Wilton (Queensrhyche), Alex Lifeson (Rush) & Allan Holdsworth have switched to this head. Talk about 3 different genres of music. This amp covers a lot of sonic territory.

cow 7 sig · 03-24-2008, 04:58 AM

and tony mac

Mr. S · 03-24-2008, 05:11 AM

i've played the switchblade combo a few times and i loved it, also i agree the cleans were dreamy

LordOVchaoS · 03-24-2008, 05:30 AM

I tried one extensively and if my wife didn't walk in and talk me out of it I would have bought it! It's not my Engl Invader and I really don't have a use for it but it was a KILLER amp for the money! Extremely versatile and it can get br00tal! I'm not a tube snob so it doesn't bother me that there's some diode clipping in the preamp (no way can you get that gain out of two tubes) but being a fan of solid state and tube distortion I was really impressed with the combination!

m3ta1head · 03-24-2008, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by LordOVchaoS

I tried one extensively and if my wife didn't walk in and talk me out of it I would have bought it! It's not my Engl Invader and I really don't have a use for it but it was a KILLER amp for the money! Extremely versatile and it can get br00tal! I'm not a tube snob so it doesn't bother me that there's some diode clipping in the preamp (no way can you get that gain out of two tubes) but being a fan of solid state and tube distortion I was really impressed with the combination!

Wait, can you explain the preamp clipping a little further? I know NOTHING about how tube amps work, that went way, way over my head

I know the amp has 2 12AX7s in the preamp and 4 EL34 power tubes.

supertruper1988 · 03-24-2008, 01:15 PM

Yeah can you explain this for us n00bs

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03-23-2008, 11:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
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