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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Peter Antal on August 10, 2006, 10:45:16 AM

Title: Hackman test drive
Post by: Peter Antal on August 10, 2006, 10:45:16 AM

After a looong wait that seemed endless I finally took it home for a one-week test drive. It still needs a front and a back panel (the files are ready to be printed), different knobs and two more mini switches but Hackman wanted that I test it first in a number of different settings and make a wishlist - slight changes to EQ, gain and things like that, to finetune the amp to my taste. Here are two pics:

(http://odie.elte.hu/antalpeter/forum/hackman_02.jpg)

(http://odie.elte.hu/antalpeter/forum/hackman_01.jpg)

It's a prototype combo, ~40W, EL84's (military stuff), two channels: Clean - 1st channel of the Diezel VH4, OD - 3rd channel of the VH4, both tweaked to match the EL84's. Everything's handwired, quoting a friend it looks like the Death Star from inside - lots of stuff but everything in strict order. :cool: It's built like a tank. I'll take some photos of the wiring when it's finished. 1x12" cab with Celestion Classic Lead. Large reverb tank. Bright switch (clean channel), Boost (OD channel, it's a volume/gain boost). The footswitch will have four buttons: Channel, Boost, Reverb and Mute.

This amp's simply amazing... I think I'll spend the next day playing, playing and playing. :D I'll post some more pics, maybe a few clips, too, and a review when it's ready. :)

Title: Hackman test drive
Post by: dave_mc on August 10, 2006, 12:44:24 PM

looks nice, man.

:drink:

Title: Hackman test drive
Post by: Peter Antal on August 10, 2006, 05:35:53 PM

Cheers. :drink: I've made two quick clips, one clean and one dirty. It's low-quality home recording done at low volumes but the clips should give you an idea of the personality of the amp. The clean channel's pristine clean with high headroom, and the EL84's add something really nice to the sound even though the amp's Class AB. The OD channel's not really smooth and tight thanks to the EL84's, it's rather an organic, punchy sound, which is really useful as I'm the only electric guitarist in my band. :cool:

Clean (http://odie.elte.hu/antalpeter/music/pku_hackman_clean.mp3)

Dirty (http://odie.elte.hu/antalpeter/music/pku_hackman_od.mp3)

Title: Hackman test drive
Post by: HTH AMPS on August 10, 2006, 06:35:54 PM

Sounds nice too dude, well done.  I'd love to see the schematic if you can get one - I'm curious to see what Diesel are doing to get the VH4 sounding like it does.

 :twisted:

Title: Hackman test drive
Post by: dave_mc on August 10, 2006, 07:52:40 PM

I don't remember the vh4 clean channel sounding as nice as that when I tried it...

nice clips!