Hughes & Kettner

SPIRIT NANO – Hughes & Kettner brings professional-grade tone and features to the micro-class of amplifiers

October 1st, 2020

Hughes & Kettner has released its first family of micro amps with the new Spirit Nano series. Based on the company’s award-winning Spirit Tone Generator technology, these three models deliver the rich sound and response of traditional tube amps. With up to 50 watts output power, a built-in Red Box cabinet simulator and the groundbreaking […]

A message from Team H&K on the current global situation

April 1st, 2020

Hi guys, These are extremely tough times for all of us. At the moment, we’re taking the recommendations of experts and the Federal Government very seriously and showing solidarity in the fight against the corona virus. But we also want you to know that we’re here for you too! Like many of you right now, […]

We have a new distributor in the UK and Ireland

March 30th, 2020

We’re delighted to announce that H&K is now exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by Polar! That means that, from April 2020, Polar is taking on responsibility there for all our electric and acoustic amps and spreading the word for us as best they can! So whether you’re after Black Spirit 200 (Head, Combo […]

BLACK FRIDAY WEEKS GRANDMEISTER DELUXE 40 OFFER!

November 25th, 2019

We are offering a fabulous Black Friday Weeks special deal: buy a GrandMeister Deluxe 40 between November 25th 2019 and December 31st 2019 and get an FSM-432 MK III MIDI Board for free! All you need to do is buy the amp from any participating dealer – online or instore – and you’ll receive the […]

Meet the Black Spirit 200 Floor!

September 24th, 2019

We are over the moon to be able to announce the third amplifier to feature our revolutionary analog Spirit tone generating technology – Black Spirit 200 Floor. Black Spirit 200 Floor combines the exhilarating range of sounds and the immense power of the award-winning Black Spirit 200 head, and adds in the practical switching and controlling […]

Black Spirit 200 official App for iPad available now!

September 6th, 2019

Yes, we’ve all been waiting a while for this one, but now the official Black Spirit 200 App for iPad is here! You can download it at the App Store right now: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/black-spirit-200-remote/id1411337258 Of course the App is free of charge, and it’ll let you create, edit, save and share all your favorite sounds via […]

Massive Summer Sale on our award-winning era acoustic amps!

August 1st, 2019

H&K is offering its premium quality, made-in-Germany series of award-winning era acoustic amplifiers at an unbeatable Summer Sale price. From August 1 2019 to September 30 2019, era 1 will offered by all participating dealers at the Summer Sale price of €799.00 (manufacturer’s Summer Sale reduced MSRP) – down from €1,199.00 (manufacturer’s MSRP) – while […]

Introducing Black Spirit 200 Combo and the TS 112 Pro cabinet!

June 18th, 2019

We are absolutely delighted to unveil the second amplifier to feature our revolutionary Spirit tone generating technology – the Black Spirit 200 Combo – as well as a premium quality high-powered cabinet, the 1×12 TS 112 Pro, based on the combo’s sophisticated enclosure! A true all-in-one solution for guitarists, the Black Spirit 200 Combo contains […]

Black Spirit 200 wins the 2019 MIPA Award for Best Guitar Amplifier!

April 12th, 2019

Black Spirit 200 has won the latest in a long line of awards – this time, it’s the prestigious Best Guitar Amplifier prize at the 2019 MIPA Awards ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany! The MIPA (Musikmesse International Press Award) event is held each year during the Musikmesse show in Frankfurt, and categories are voted on by […]

Black Spirit 200: the reviews are in…

February 20th, 2019

Top magazines and YouTubers the world over are celebrating Black Spirit 200! In the last few weeks alone, the amp has scooped a Premier Guitar Premier Gear award, a Guitar World Gold Award, and a Guitarist Choice prize! Read and watch all the reviews by clicking the links. And that’s not all. There have also […]

Jay Leonard J’s Black Spirit 200 presets!

November 16th, 2018

When the incredible Jay Leonard J came to visit us at H&K HQ we had no other choice than to sit down and make some awesome Black Spirit 200 presets with him! And here they are, for you to enjoy – first, watch the video where we make the sounds, then grab them for […]

Al Di Meola joins the H&K artist family!

October 25th, 2018

Al Di Meola, one of the leading figures in the world of guitar, has joined the thriving family of Hughes & Kettner artists, choosing the era 1 acoustic amplifier for live shows. A bona fide guitar hero and perennial poll winner, Di Meola has been recognized internationally over the past four decades as a virtuoso […]

Black Spirit 200 is here!

September 6th, 2018

It’s finally here – introducing Black Spirit 200! Blessed with incredible practicality and an exhilarating range of sounds and features, immense power, and weighing in at just 8 lbs. (that’s 3.6 kg!), Black Spirit 200 is truly like no amp before. Black Spirit 200 is the first amplifier to feature our revolutionary new ‘bionic’ Spirit […]

era 1 wins the 2018 MIPA Award for Best Acoustic Amplifier!

April 19th, 2018

Great news: era 1 just won the prestigious Best Acoustic Amplifier prize at the 2018 MIPA Awards ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany! The MIPA (musikmesse International Press Award) event is held each year during the musikmesse show in Frankfurt. The prizes are voted for by a panel of international journalists from around 50 magazines in 15 […]

New for NAMM 2018: the era 2 premium acoustic amplifier!

January 22nd, 2018

New for the NAMM Show 2018, we’re delighted to unveil era 2, the second model in the era series of premium acoustic instrument amplifiers built at our factory here in St. Wendel, Germany! era 2 – just like era 1, the range’s first amp, which was released in summer 2017 – was designed and engineered in cooperation […]

Devin Townsend Project visit H&K: new interviews!

July 21st, 2017

Devin Townsend and his guitar player, Dave Young, came to visit us at Hughes & Kettner headquarters a few weeks ago, and we have a bunch of cool interviews to share with you. Dave has played TubeMeister amps for years, and so he and Devin came over to Germany for a couple of days to […]

Powerful new update for the GrandMeister Deluxe 40 App for iPad!

June 23rd, 2017

We’ve released a powerful new update for the remote app for iPad for GrandMeister Deluxe 40, the world’s smartest all-tube guitar amplifier. The app, which lets you store all your favorite guitar sounds and tones via MIDI, has now been refreshed to make preset management simpler and more useful than ever before. You can now […]

H&K is heading to the first ever Guitar Summit in Mannheim, Germany!

June 20th, 2017

We’re excited to confirm our appearance as an exhibitor at the first ever Guitar Summit event in Mannheim, Germany on September 8-10 2017! A brand new show focused on everything six-string, the Guitar Summit will play host to us and a bunch of other cool music brands, and visitors will be able to enjoy concerts, […]

Hughes & Kettner redefines the acoustic amplifier with the release of era 1

June 13th, 2017

Hughes & Kettner has entered the acoustic world with the release of era 1, a premium 250-watt acoustic amplifier built at the firm’s headquarters in Sankt Wendel, Germany. Designed and engineered in cooperation with Michael Eisenmann – a renowned acoustic amp guru who is the brains behind some of the greatest acoustic amplifiers of all […]

GrandMeister Deluxe 40 desktop editor for Windows and Mac out now

March 27th, 2017

More good news for all you tone editors out there: there’s now a desktop GrandMeister Deluxe 40 editor available for Windows and Mac! The GrandMeister Desktop Remote (which was developed by an external party and also works with the GrandMeister 36) lets you tweak all aspects of your tone across all the amp’s features, and […]

GrandMeister Deluxe 40 Android app available now

February 27th, 2017

Android-using GrandMeister 40 players rejoice: there is now a GM40 app for you too! It was developed by Csaba Reti, the friend of ours who programmed the unofficial GrandMeister 36 Android app, and it’s available at the Google Play store now. There are two versions: a free version, which is essentially the same as the […]

Of Mice & Men lead guitarist Phil Manansala joins the Hughes & Kettner family

February 17th, 2017

Phil Manansala, lead guitarist in metalcore superstars Of Mice & Men, has officially joined the Hughes & Kettner artist roster! Phil, who says he’s wanted a TriAmp ever since he was a kid, is now the proud owner of a TriAmp Mark 3 which he’ll be taking with the band across the world and into […]

GrandMeister Deluxe 40 lands in North America!

November 28th, 2016

North American tone fans, get ready: GrandMeister Deluxe 40 has crossed the Atlantic! The world’s smartest all-tube amp landed in Canada in late November and is now in the process of spreading its way across the USA and Canada. If you pre-ordered one, congratulations! You should be playing that beast very soon. For everyone else, […]

Introducing GrandMeister Deluxe 40!

September 19th, 2016

We’re proud to present GrandMeister Deluxe 40: the smartest all-tube amp the world has ever seen! GrandMeister Deluxe 40 combines all-tube tones and smart control features in a supremely playable package. On top of its plethora of amazing sounds, every knob and switch setting on the amp can be easily saved, stored and recalled at […]

The next big Hughes & Kettner is almost here!

September 9th, 2016

On September 19, the new H&K amp drops. Yes, you read that correctly: we will unveil the latest masterpiece from Mr. Hughes and Herr Kettner on September 19, and the amazing Rabea Massaad will be showing you the whole thing. Stay tuned…

TriAmp Mark 3 secures the prestigious German Brand Award!

July 1st, 2016

Another day, another prize for TriAmp Mark 3 – this time, it’s the coveted 2016 German Brand Award for Industry Excellence In Branding in the Entertainment sector. The latest in a long line of prizes TriAmp Mark 3 has won – among others, it’s already taken home the 2015 Musikmesse International Press Award for Best […]

Alan Parsons: half a century of music culminates in a live show to end all live shows

June 24th, 2016

He’s produced great record after great record for the past 50 years, and now Alan Parsons has given his legions of fans cause for celebration with the release of a new live album: The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project Live In Colombia. Available in DVD, CD and vinyl formats, the album features a stream of Parsons’ […]

Loads of new TubeMeister Deluxe sound samples available now

April 13th, 2016

You’ve all been asking to hear more of TubeMeister Deluxe and the built-in Red Box AE – and now you can! One of our resident GuitarMeisters recently took a Deluxe 20 and a Deluxe 40 home with him to test out in connection with his favorite Les Paul, Strat and Tele. They all sounded so […]

TubeMeister 18 and 36 heads now even more affordable!

February 26th, 2016

We’re happy to report that we’re reducing the prices of our bestselling TubeMeister 18 and TubeMeister 36 tube amp heads! Having recently unveiled the TubeMeister Deluxe 20 and 40 models at the 2016 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, this now means there’s a TubeMeister available for guitarists operating on practically any budget level. As of […]

Hughes & Kettner not exhibiting at Musikmesse 2016

February 26th, 2016

Guys, we just wanted to let you know that we will not be exhibiting at this year’s Frankfurt Musikmesse. You heard that right: there will be no Hughes & Kettner stand at the show this year. If you do business with us, don’t fret: all our sales people will be around throughout the Prolight + […]

Introducing TubeMeister Deluxe!

January 21st, 2016

This is the one you’ve all been waiting for: we’re delighted to introduce TubeMeister Deluxe! Fresh for NAMM 2016, TubeMeister Deluxe is a jaw dropping chunky new brother for TubeMeister, and is set to make your job as a guitar player better sounding, easier, and a whole load more fun. The 20-watt Deluxe 20 and […]

NAMM 2016 is nearly here – new H&K gear ahoy!

January 12th, 2016

The 2016 Winter NAMM Show is just around the corner, and we’re getting ready to unveil something truly special! Yes, it’s that time of year again, and the next Hughes & Kettner amp is almost here! We can’t tell you anything more specific yet, of course, but suffice to say that minds will be blown […]

Rock royalty join forces for Tony MacAlpine benefit concert

November 18th, 2015

Guitar legends Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde and John 5, along with drum powerhouse Mike Portnoy, bass icon Billy Sheehan and keyboard phenomenon Derek Sherinian are joining forces to play a benefit concert for our friend (and H&K endorser) Tony MacAlpine, who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. The Benefit for Tony MacAlpine will take place […]

TriAmp Mark 3 nominated for a prestigious NAMM TEC Award

October 13th, 2015

It’s already won the 2015 MIPA Award for best guitar amp (read all about that here) this year, but now TriAmp Mark 3 has been announced as a nominee for the 31st Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards, in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement: Musical Instrument Amplification & Effects. The awards ceremony […]

We’re heading to Music China 2015 in Shanghai!

October 9th, 2015

Between October 14 and 17 the music world is heading to Shanghai for the 2015 edition of Music China, Asia’s biggest trade fair for musical instruments and gear – and of course Hughes & Kettner will be right there in the thick of the action. We’ll have a stand at location E5 DO1 in cooperation […]

Annihilator are back with a new album and tour!

September 17th, 2015

Legendary Canadian thrash/heavy metal masters Annihilator are back with a brilliant new album – Suicide Society, their 15th full-length effort – and they’re heading out on the road in fall 2015 to promote it. The band will head round Europe in October and November, and guitarist/vocalist Jeff Waters will have his trusty GrandMeister 36 with […]

Join the Meister Family!

August 19th, 2015

Did you know there’s already more than 50,000 guitarists rocking Meisters (that is, the GrandMeister and TubeMeister series) on stages all over the world? If you didn’t, maybe it’s time to find out what all the fuss is about. The year 2015 has been one to remember for the Meister Family – and it’s going […]

Hold the front page! Blog Of Tone gets physical…

July 2nd, 2015

So many people have asked for it, and we’ve finally given in to demand: Blog Of Tone’s going to the printers! We’ll be selecting the blog’s best articles and images, and turning them into glossy, high quality print magazines for you to enjoy at home, in the practice room, or even in the tour bus […]

Alex Lifeson calls on the TriAmp for Rush’s 40th anniversary tour

June 1st, 2015

Prog rock legends Rush recently kicked off their mammoth 40th anniversary tour, and Hughes & Kettner is along for the ride in style. The band are using the tour to revisit the highlights of their four decades at the top of the rock ‘n’ roll business, and particularly the incredible growth they’ve achieved over the […]

Hughes & Kettner’s history revealed: Into The Blue is out now!

May 26th, 2015

To celebrate 30 years of Hughes & Kettner amps, we’ve written a tell-all company biography – Into The Blue: A Brief History Of The Technology Of Tone – and you can buy it on Amazon right now! Our custom shop amp builder Uwe Sicks wrote Into The Blue over two years, and it provides a […]

TriAmp Mark 3 wins 2015 MIPA Award for Best Guitar Amplifier

April 23rd, 2015

We always said it was a game changer, and now we have the proof: the TriAmp Mark 3 was awarded the 2015 MIPA (Musikmesse International Press Award) for Best Guitar Amplifier at musikmesse in Frankfurt last week! The MIPA Awards are voted on by more than 100 of the leading music magazines from across the […]

GrandMeister goes wireless – introducing the WMI-1 MIDI interface!

April 13th, 2015

You asked for it, so here it is: introducing the WMI-1, a bidirectional, wireless MIDI interface optimized for use with the GrandMeister 36 and the matching GrandMeister remote app for iPad! The WMI-1 can serve as an access point for stages and rehearsal rooms where Wi-Fi is not available, or as a client connected to […]

Get ready for Musikmesse 2015!

March 30th, 2015

The annual Frankfurt Musikmesse is approaching, and this year’s Hughes & Kettner stand promises to be better than ever! We’ll be showcasing the new TriAmp Mark 3 in all its glory, with performances and tutorials every day from our world-class demonstrator Gundy Keller and amps for everyone to try out. The best of the rest […]

The Hughes & Kettner newsletter: sign up now!

February 25th, 2015

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve started up the Hughes & Kettner newsletter again! The first issue went out a few days ago, and there’s much more to come over the next few months, so if you’d like to receive future mailings, just scroll down to the bottom of the page here – or visit […]

New in-depth TriAmp Mark 3 demo tutorial video

February 13th, 2015

With the TriAmp Mark 3 hitting stores soon, we thought we’d take the time to show you just why we think it could be the most intelligent, versatile tube amplifier the world has ever seen. The culmination of 30 years of amp engineering breakthroughs, TriAmp Mark 3 is the demanding guitar player’s dream. Capable of […]

Introducing the TriAmp Mark 3

January 22nd, 2015

We’re delighted to announce the release of our new flagship amp, the TriAmp Mark 3! The TriAmp Mark 3 is officially being unveiled at the 2015 NAMM Show, which begins today in Anaheim, California. If you’re there, make sure you go and check the amp out at Hall A, Booth #6555. Otherwise, watch the first […]

Tommy Thayer signing session at NAMM 2015

January 20th, 2015

If you’re attending the NAMM Show in California this week, don’t forget that the wonderful Tommy Thayer from Kiss will be joining us for an exclusive signing session! Just head over to our Booth (Hall A, #6555) from 3pm on Saturday the 24th to meet Tommy and have your picture taken with him. And while […]

Welcome to our new News page!

January 6th, 2015

Hey all, Welcome to our new News page! There’s so much happening in Hughes & Kettner land these days we thought we’d start up a dedicated page to keep you all up-to-date on the latest comings and goings. Keep checking back to find out what’s happening with our amps, our artist family, and anything else […]

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