The Hughes & Kettner Tubeman II is a guitar preamplifier and 'recording station.' It is designed to be an all in one solution for recording guitarists. The Tubeman is of course as the name states driven by all tube power and consists of three separate channels. The unit has 1/4' connections of all types and isn't rack mountable. UTILIZATION Using the Hughes & Kettner Tubeman II isn't too hard, but it will take a little bit of practice to learn where everything is and what everything does.

For setting controls, the first channel only has a knob for volume, while the second and third channels are a bit more in depth. The second channel has parameters for gain and volume and the third has those for gain, voicing, and volume. The Tubeman II also boasts a three band equalizer for all of the channels and a master volume knob. Each of the channels can be engaged with a separate foot switch.

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I don't think you need a manual for this one, but can't speak to it's make up since I haven't seen one myself. SOUNDS The overall sound of the Hughes & Kettner Tubeman II is pretty unbelievable. In addition to the basic features I discussed before, it also has amp modeling, so it really is an all in one guitar recording station. However, it can of course be used with an external amp or speaker cabinet, which is what I've mostly done with it. This will definitely work perfectly fine on its own for recording direct as well, as it has a great inherent tone that sounds full all across the board and offers up a whole lot of versatility. OVERALL OPINION I'm a huge fan of the gear manufactured by Hughes & Kettner, as they offer up only high quality products, and the Tubeman II is no different.

While it won't be a cheap purchase, it is certainly a worthwhile one for those looking for an all in one guitar recording port. This definitely doesn't have the cheap sound that you'll get with something like the Line 6 POD, rather it offers up clarity and fullness without needing an external amplifier, and who wouldn't like that! I've purchased the unit through Internet from a German distributor of Hughes and Kettner Products /Musik Service Gmbh/. Because Hughes & Kettner are German based company I decided that it will be the cheapest way, besides that I live in Europe and the shipping costs are kept to the minimum as well.

The total cost, including shipping and custom duties was around 320$. Before that I've tried Tubeman as a live preamp directly plugged into a PA system in a guitar shop in Denmark.

The tone and feeling was great. And as soon as I came back home I ordered it /Denmark is not the country where you can buy gear cheap/. This unit has 3 switchable channels. Clean, Crunch and Lead, all of them sharing common EQ with Bass, Mid and Treble controls. Lead channel has a voicing control, which realy changes the tone of the preamp from mild lead to 'blow-the-windows' heavy lead sounds, but preserving the character of the guitar. Clean channel is great - it has awesome dynamics, which can be controlled just with the picking technique /just like with a real amp/.

Max the guitar volume and it breaks-up nicely, back it a little and it is godly clean. Crunch channel on the other side is aimed towards blues,classic rock. It is very full and fat sounding without 'over-the-top' gain.

Just enough to get early Santana or AC/DC tone, depending on how you set it. Lead channel is the one that should be used for heavy leads. It doesnt has the massive amount of gain that Messa Triaxis provides, but has just enough to pill the paint off the wall. As a huge Extreme/Nuno Bettencourt fen I can get almost every Extreme sound with Tubeman and my Washburn Nuno Bettencourt signature guitar. Not noisy at all, except on the Lead Channel, which is easily removable by any Noise Suppresor.

It would be nice if it had some MIDI implementation there. For switching the channels, enabling/dissabling the EQ.

Solid German Craftsmanship- all shiny sturdy metal. It is built to last forever.

I own it from a year and it doesnt have a scratch. Overall this is great,great,great recording preamp. It is primarily designed for a recording preamp and there is where its best. But if you want three big sounding amps in 10'x10'x5' box live on stage, with no doubt it can be used as a very professional sounding unit. This review was originally published on. A lamp REALLY fed ht (not like some 9volt mouhaha pedal.) 3 channels 1 equalizer 1 entry 1 recording output 1 output in the return of the amp UTILIZATION Very easy to adjust.