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Hey everyone,
I made a comparison of the Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister Deluxe 40 tube amplifier and the Black Spirit 200 solid state amplifier. I thought this would be quite interesting since these two amps are very similar in some ways (the effects, the midi, the tonal options and all the other extra features) but the core of the amps is quite different since the GMD40 is a tube amp and the BS200 is a solid state amp.
I don't think they were intended to be exactly the same sound-wise and they indeed have their own voice, which to me is a good thing. The black spirit 200 does give you an extra control in the form of the 'sagging' control, which is a very nice feature to have btw. It emulated the power tube sag/compression/saturation that you get with some amps when you crank them up high.
The effects are basically the same and the amp channels are similarly voiced. The clean channels can go from pristine clean to crunchy clean, the crunch channels have a nice british crunch with plenty of gain-range, the lead channels have a nice and solid high-gain tone with plenty of mids and the ultra channels take care of the scooped rectifier-ish sound. The boost control gives more control over the character of the channels. This is also a very cool feature!
The BS200 is bit smaller and it weighs quite a bit less than the GMD40 so that one wins in terms of portability but can you miss the tubes when it comes to tone? I'd love to know what your thoughts are and which one you would pick...
So here's the comparison. There are clean, crunch, rock and metal segments both in full band and isolated context. Check it out:
I made a comparison of the Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister Deluxe 40 tube amplifier and the Black Spirit 200 solid state amplifier. I thought this would be quite interesting since these two amps are very similar in some ways (the effects, the midi, the tonal options and all the other extra features) but the core of the amps is quite different since the GMD40 is a tube amp and the BS200 is a solid state amp.
I don't think they were intended to be exactly the same sound-wise and they indeed have their own voice, which to me is a good thing. The black spirit 200 does give you an extra control in the form of the 'sagging' control, which is a very nice feature to have btw. It emulated the power tube sag/compression/saturation that you get with some amps when you crank them up high.
The effects are basically the same and the amp channels are similarly voiced. The clean channels can go from pristine clean to crunchy clean, the crunch channels have a nice british crunch with plenty of gain-range, the lead channels have a nice and solid high-gain tone with plenty of mids and the ultra channels take care of the scooped rectifier-ish sound. The boost control gives more control over the character of the channels. This is also a very cool feature!
The BS200 is bit smaller and it weighs quite a bit less than the GMD40 so that one wins in terms of portability but can you miss the tubes when it comes to tone? I'd love to know what your thoughts are and which one you would pick...
So here's the comparison. There are clean, crunch, rock and metal segments both in full band and isolated context. Check it out:
Enjoy your BS200!