A Legit Vintage-voiced Amp Head That Fits in Your Gig Bag
How’d you like to pack the untamed tone of the Woodstock era into your gig bag? If so, the Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Vintage is right up your alley. Voiced for vintage tones, this 2.5-pound guitar amplifier head delivers everything from Californian clean to British crunch. The Spirit of Vintage sounds — and feels — remarkably tube-like, thanks to its bionic Spirit Tone Generator. And since it doesn’t employ digital modeling, you get true analog, no-latency performance. You also get a Sagging control, which dials in power amp saturation with tube-like compression. A headphones output with a Red Box cabinet emulator makes practicing fun, while an unfiltered line output makes using cab IRs a piece of cake. Beyond that, the H&K Spirit of Vintage’s flexible speaker outputs accommodate most cabinets, including full-sized 412 cabs. Whether you use it

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Hughes & Kettner Spirit Of Vintage 25-watt Nano Amp

25-watt Micro Guitar Amp Head with Spirit Tone Generator, Sagging Control, Emulated DI Output, and Unfiltered Line Out

A Legit Vintage-voiced Amp Head That Fits in Your Gig Bag

How’d you like to pack the untamed tone of the Woodstock era into your gig bag? If so, the Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Vintage is right up your alley. Voiced for vintage tones, this 2.5-pound guitar amplifier head delivers everything from Californian clean to British crunch. The Spirit of Vintage sounds — and feels — remarkably tube-like, thanks to its bionic Spirit Tone Generator. And since it doesn’t employ digital modeling, you get true analog, no-latency performance. You also get a Sagging control, which dials in power amp saturation with tube-like compression. A headphones output with a Red Box cabinet emulator makes practicing fun, while an unfiltered line output makes using cab IRs a piece of cake. Beyond that, the H&K Spirit of Vintage’s flexible speaker outputs accommodate most cabinets, including full-sized 412 cabs. Whether you use it for practice or as the ultimate micro-sized backup amp, every guitarist should have one of these!

Tube amp emulation without digital modeling?

From psychedelic cleans to blues-breaking crunch, the Spirit of Vintage delivers the full gamut of Woodstock-era tones without digitizing your signal. And how does it achieve this? It’s called the bionic Spirit Tone Generator, and it actually mimics a tube amp’s topology via analog components. Tubes get all the glory, but every component in a tube amplifier plays a huge role in the final sound, and the Spirit of Vintage's Spirit Tone Generator deploys the components that are necessary to re-create the sound of a raging vintage tube amp.

Dial in power amp saturation with a built-in Sagging control

Many players love to buy amplifiers for the way that they sag and compress when you hit them hard with your guitar signal. The Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Vintage’s built-in Sagging control fine-tunes this crucial aspect of your amp's response. The Spirit of Vintage faithfully replicates the feel and sound of a real tube amp recovering from a big drop in voltage, and you're in control over how it responds.

Flexible outputs effectively cover all of your bases

At Sweetwater, we appreciate the Spirit of Vintage’s flexible outputs. Its headphones output — complete with the TubeMeister 18’s Red Box cabinet emulator — makes silent practice a lot of fun. You also get an unfiltered line output, which is tailor-made for software-based cabinet impulse responses. Speaker outputs ranging from 4 to 16 ohms complete the package. Whether you use it for practice, recording, or as a great-sounding backup for live performances, H&K’s Spirit of Vintage has the right outputs to cover all of your bases.

Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Vintage Nano Amp Features:

  • 25-watt micro guitar amp head — weighs less than 2.5 pounds
  • Delivers the full gamut of Woodstock-era tones with zero latency
  • Bionic Spirit Tone Generator mimics a tube amp’s topology via analog components
  • Sagging control dials in power amp saturation with tube-like compression
  • Headphones output with a Red Box cabinet emulator makes practice fun
  • Unfiltered line output is tailor-made for software-based cabinet IRs
  • Speaker outputs range from 4 to 16 ohms — can power a full-sized 412 cabinet
SpecificationDetail
Type Solid State
Number of Channels Single
Total Power 25W @ 8 ohms, 50W @ 4 ohms
EQ Tone control
Inputs 1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8" (aux)
Outputs 1 x 1/4" (direct out), 1 x 1/4" (16 ohm), 2 x 1/4" (speaker)
Headphones 1 x 1/4"
Effects Loop No
Power Source 24V DC power supply
Height 3.5"
Width 7.4"
Depth 3.5"
Weight 1.1 lbs.

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