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HH bass amps!
- Thread starter Muziekschuur
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I don't play or own one, but noticed where you're living. My wife and myself just spent a beautiful week in October in Stavenisse.
My first 'proper' amp was an HH VS Musician coupled with an HH 2x15 cab front-ported cab. Built like a tank on two strips of extruded aluminium. The green backlight was a godsend on dark stages.
Similar for me, I had the bass one with a HH 4 x 12" cab. I flogged it mercilessly for several years until the cab just fell apart one night. Can't remember what happened to the amp. Probably still chugging away somewhere
The IC100 series amps were beautiful. When switched on the whole front panel lit up green. I have one but it now has a tube pre-amp.
I have a mono HH power amp which I have coupled with an instrument pre-amp for 200W into 4Ω.
I have a mono HH power amp which I have coupled with an instrument pre-amp for 200W into 4Ω.
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They were very briefly distributed by Guild Guitars in the 80's in the US.That's before Guild was absorbed by Fender. Guild had troubles of their own then.A buddy of mine bought one when a local Guild dealer was blowing them out .He has one of the HC series. I can't remember which one.I wonder if he still has it. He doesn't play anymore so maybe I can make him an offer! I do remember it sounding good into a Peavey TX410.
I used to love these amps. After listening to these at the NAMM show and being blown away in the early 80's, we ordered a few for the store I worked for back then to be our premium bass amp line - powerful, tight, punchy, compressed sound. Unfortunately, they did not sell as we had hoped. Once we sold through what we had, we did not reorder. Great amps, though! Seeing the photos brings back fond memories.
In '85 Trace Elliot hit the market, and we sold 'em like crazy.
Thanks for posting!
Excellent, showing the 5-pin DIN effect connector. I had a 'Clockwork Concubine' flanger. Power and signal down the DIN cable, housed in extruded aluminium, with a bright orange backlit logo.
I was in the air studio's (London) . They powered the mains with HH rack amplifiers. They loved them.
They allso made their own speakers... or didn't they? Were those rebranded? Curious minds want to know.
