14 DAY TRIAL // Again, a brief piece of news from the Europe's biggest music technology event, the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. USA-Germany combo Hughes&Kettner, one of the world's most revered names when it comes to guitar and bass amplifiers, has showcased their new bass amp, the BK300.
The Hughes&Kettner BassKick series are amps destined for all kinds of bass players, from blues to the hardest metal around, also being able to satisfy from pure beginners up to the most demanding spirits. Coming in 100, 200 and now - 300W, the BK amps are a great piece of tech on any stage, from the small venues up to medium-to-large stages.
What's different from so many other brands around, might you ask (and thus let me know you've never played a Hughes&Kettner). Well, once and for all, everything H&K do is built to last and last while sounding best without drilling a huge hole in your budget. As a matter of fact, the newly-born BK300 is a (obviously)300W amp which runs on solid state technology while retaining cool features commonly met on tube-amps but which price is under 600$!
The BK300 series even sports top-notch features taken from the premium bass amps developed by Hughes&Kettner, the Quantum. Thus "tools" like the True Parallel EQ and Tube Growl compression are add-ins for which other manufacturers would charge you big time. Compare the quality and heritage of Hughes&Kettner to almost any similar make and add its awesome price in the balance: you'll see that the new amp presented at the Frankfurt Musikmesse is one of the best choices out there.
The 36 kg combo will blast its 300W from a 15" Eminence speaker and will also let you control your sound by means of punch-switches, footswitches and the also switchable HF-horn. Add a nice present from Hughes&Kettner and things are really on their way to a bestseller-tag: with each Hughes&Kettner BK300 you buy, you get a brand new, top-shelf set of bass strings coming from one of the most serious names around Elixir Strings! A perfect present no matter if you're a newbie in the bass world or Stuart Hamm.
Get a small preview of the BK300 at the Musikmesse courtesy of GearWire or visit the BK300 page .
