I suddenly really want one of these...

 
Or at least, to try one.
 
 
Sweetwater has them going for $299 - that's a $100 price drop, I think. If I'm not mistaken, you don't even need to hook them to a cab and they have a DI/emulated output built in (which seems pretty impressive if the video demos are to be trusted). Though I'd obviously want to get a little 1x12 matching cab later.
 
I was planning/trying to budget a MIM strat - but I guess I could revert to my previous plan and have my old MIA fixed. Anyway, I rarely let go of the SGJ these days. My other option was trying to find a little 1x12 combo amp that I liked for under $500.
 
But that little H&K looks like quite a deal.
 

Yeah, I'd much rather if it looked like this:
 

 
 
But at $299 for such an otherwise cool amp, I can put up w/ blue. :P

Pretty lights

I'm building 2 different 5 watt amps right now. The first one is based on a tweed Princeton and the other is a British model. You hook one up to a 2x12 cab and you get amazing tone for recording. I'm also doing the attenuator for silent use with headphones or as a line out. We seem to be on  a journey to smallness as everyone gets old.
 
I can't buy the parts for $299. H&K make great gear, I even love their solid state stuff. And I hate solid state stuff.

And, just for fun, a reply that's ON topic!  (Imagine that.)
 
I know a couple of guys who have just gotten one of these and are raving about it (in a very good way):
 

 
Several 5 watt channels of goodness plus higher wattage if it's necessary.
(Sorry Rain, it also seems to only have blue lights - lol).
 

Rain

It escapes me precisely who at the moment, but one our fellow forum members has one which he also like quite a bit IIRC. 
 
I'll have to try one. I've watched a bunch of demos and I liked what I heard - but then again, that's not always reliable. Also, Tommy Thayer of KISS uses H&K and I like the tones he gets. All in all, they do seem to cover a lot of tones which I'd be likely to use.


Hey Rain.
You and I talked about the H&K head a few months back after I bought mine.
I got the 1,5,18 watt version.
And yes, I am quite fond of it.
The clean side is amazing to my ears.
The 1x12 matching cabinet sounds very good with it.
I had the Sweetwater sales guy hook up a couple different cabinets to it and I went with the H&K cab.

The overdrive side could be 'better' but if you use pedals or a processor then that becomes a wash anyway.

My .02

Dave

I have this, and I love it !