It's such a cool amp for someone who needs a load of tones without a lot of gear. With the built in effects, boost and channels you pretty much have anything you need.
@@LeighFugeGuitar I just ordered the black spirit 200 and of course lol right after I made the order Hughes & Kettner announce that they got a new amp coming out 🤦♂️😂
Most in depth demo on this amp I’ve seen, great demo 👍 I have the tube brother to this amp…. The Grandmeister 40 deluxe. Tubes are done on it 🙁 Had a chance to try this out at a music store and great cleans and metal tones. Also played a blackstar silver line, PRS mt15, 6505 mh and really preferred the Hughes and kettner Blackspirit 200. put an order in for this bad boy 🤘 can’t wait
Great Demo and playing. Thanks for the detailed review. A few questions: 1. Can this be plugged directly into the back of Yamaha HS5/ KRK Rokit G4 Studio Monitors instead of a cabinet? 2. As I understand, for recording into Logic Pro X, the Red Box out has to be taken to an audio interface right? 3. Can we load IR's or disable the internal cabinets and use IR's while recording? 4. I don't play live so looking at it as a home studio recording unit. Wonder if this would replace the Line 6 Helix Rack in the studio. Any thoughts on that? Thanks.
Well my Spirit of Vintage was watching big brother show off. **chuckle** I really love what H&K has to offer for sure. Covers all the bases it seems and the price is decent as well. Tube amps aren't going anywhere......... Oh that Vola! Nice demo!
How are you getting along with your Spirit of Vintage now? Are you enjoying it? H&K are making some killer stuff right now and so versatile. I agree, I don't think tube amps will go anywhere, but amps like this do make me wonder how much longer it's going to be convenient to take big heavy tube amps to gigs. I love the Vola too! Can't put it down! haha
@@LeighFugeGuitar H&K are doing a fine job. I love my SoV! Does what I want and is small. I think the days of the big ole cab is achieving dinosaur ranking but that tube head will morph into something easier to haul no doubt. Everything continues to evolve I think. Did I mention, oh that Vola!? later
Hey David, it's exactly the same, the only difference is the form of it. You can pair the head with the matching footswitch, or buy the floor unit. Both have all the same sounds and you can drive cabs with both of them.
I'm really tempted to sell my current amp and pick one of these up. Do you think there's much of a difference between the head and floor versions? I don't want to spend another $200 on a giant plastic midi controller, I suppose you should be able to use a different midi controller to switch channels yeah?
Hey. thanks for checking the video out. As far as tone goes, no, there's no difference at all. The floor version can also power a cab, or run off it's built in cab sim too, just like the head. The Black Spirit floor unit is basically a combination of the head and the H&K midi footswitch for the head. The actual MIDI footswitch I have for the head is made from metal, not plastic, so it's super heavy duty, not sure if the floor unit is made from the same, but I'd assume it was. You could use another MIDI controller with the head if you wanted, but the H&K one is set up with channel switches and buttons for the effects and boost.
Don't you noticed that the crunch chanel is like a clean one with parallel overdrive? Crunch tones is where i usually live on my rythm guitars and i'm feeling like there is something wrong with that tone in the BS200... like the frecuencies aren't even, the treble is too much in your face and the bass is lost on the background fizz... Like a guitar pluged to a mixing table with diming the gain :(
Both are awesome. They both give you a huge range of sounds. The Blackstar Silverline has more accurate tube type simulations because you can re-create different power amps. The Black Spirit 200 has way more gain and I think the effects are slightly better... but honestly you can't go wrong with either. The Silverline stuff is some of my favourite non-valve amps.
Not sure, I agree with you though, I think it sounds great. I guess some people just don’t dig the tone of it, but it’s a great amp and it’s so versatile!
They're really making some great stuff right now. I always avoided them truthfully because I just thought of them as high gain stuff, but I've been so surprised with what I've heard. This amp is so versatile.
The one in this video doesn't. You'd have to buy a separate speaker to pair with the amp, if you buy the head version like this video, but, Hughes and Kettner also so a 1x12 combo version of this amp which does have a speaker.
The cleans are pretty versatile, a Strat style Clean is often the reference point for most people. Most players lean towards that I think. This amp is actually one of the most versatile amps I’ve ever played. It can do so much.
Thank you. I cant test it myself (corona etc) and kind of have to trust 80% on vids... I apologize for the comparison, but there is an amp that absolutely drives me nuts... The vox mv50 Boutique... Yes.. This little thing has the best clean to low mid gain sound ive heard in a while. I wish the spirit had a more tube sound, really would like to have it but i cant hear it in any of those vid tests..
@@LeighFugeGuitar Yes, and then the response is a mystery to me. Pressing it or a tap no L.E.D until a few more times? At that point not sure where am at. The button on my other amps the moment I press it starts the count and then the second press all done. Hopefully will get better and don't really want another project opening the pedal up. Never a reply from H&K? Thank you for the reply
Hah love that! It's definitely got so much tube amp vibe. I think if you didn't know it wasn't a tube amp, you'd never tell the difference. Whatever they did, they nailed!
Had that amp, loved the clean and crunch but nothing more. Effects are subpar, higher gain just does not sound right to my ears. Sold it and got me a Spirit of Vintage. That amp has everything I liked about the BS 200. And still enough power for playing live.
The cleans and crunch tones are great. I like it right up to getting some 80s rock sounds. It can do a lot of gain, but personally for me, I just don't enjoy high gain so that's a tone I won't get much use out of. The Spirit of Vintage is amazing. I shot a demo of that before it came out a few months ago and I loved it! I liked all the Spirit Nano line, but the Vintage was my favourite.
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I really like the heavy Channels on this thing and with this amp there’s so much tones you can get. This thing has everything I want 🤘
It's such a cool amp for someone who needs a load of tones without a lot of gear. With the built in effects, boost and channels you pretty much have anything you need.
@@LeighFugeGuitar I just ordered the black spirit 200 and of course lol right after I made the order Hughes & Kettner announce that they got a new amp coming out 🤦♂️😂
Ty for the demo, showcased it well. I own a fender concert tube amp but I am heavily considering selling it and funding one of these haha
Thanks for checking the video out. I love this amp. I’ve used it loads for other videos too and gigs. It’s a fantastic sounding amp.
Most in depth demo on this amp I’ve seen, great demo 👍
I have the tube brother to this amp…. The Grandmeister 40 deluxe. Tubes are done on it 🙁
Had a chance to try this out at a music store and great cleans and metal tones. Also played a blackstar silver line, PRS mt15, 6505 mh and really preferred the Hughes and kettner Blackspirit 200.
put an order in for this bad boy 🤘 can’t wait
Great Demo and playing. Thanks for the detailed review. A few questions: 1. Can this be plugged directly into the back of Yamaha HS5/ KRK Rokit G4 Studio Monitors instead of a cabinet? 2. As I understand, for recording into Logic Pro X, the Red Box out has to be taken to an audio interface right? 3. Can we load IR's or disable the internal cabinets and use IR's while recording? 4. I don't play live so looking at it as a home studio recording unit. Wonder if this would replace the Line 6 Helix Rack in the studio. Any thoughts on that? Thanks.
Well my Spirit of Vintage was watching big brother show off. **chuckle** I really love what H&K has to offer for sure. Covers all the bases it seems and the price is decent as well. Tube amps aren't going anywhere......... Oh that Vola! Nice demo!
How are you getting along with your Spirit of Vintage now? Are you enjoying it? H&K are making some killer stuff right now and so versatile.
I agree, I don't think tube amps will go anywhere, but amps like this do make me wonder how much longer it's going to be convenient to take big heavy tube amps to gigs.
I love the Vola too! Can't put it down! haha
@@LeighFugeGuitar H&K are doing a fine job. I love my SoV! Does what I want and is small. I think the days of the big ole cab is achieving dinosaur ranking but that tube head will morph into something easier to haul no doubt. Everything continues to evolve I think. Did I mention, oh that Vola!? later
Is it the same set up as the 200 floor amp??? Or is there a difference and worth getting as well???
Hey David, it's exactly the same, the only difference is the form of it. You can pair the head with the matching footswitch, or buy the floor unit. Both have all the same sounds and you can drive cabs with both of them.
@@LeighFugeGuitar cool don't need to buy the head amp, love my 200 floor amp 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I'm really tempted to sell my current amp and pick one of these up. Do you think there's much of a difference between the head and floor versions? I don't want to spend another $200 on a giant plastic midi controller, I suppose you should be able to use a different midi controller to switch channels yeah?
Hey. thanks for checking the video out.
As far as tone goes, no, there's no difference at all. The floor version can also power a cab, or run off it's built in cab sim too, just like the head. The Black Spirit floor unit is basically a combination of the head and the H&K midi footswitch for the head. The actual MIDI footswitch I have for the head is made from metal, not plastic, so it's super heavy duty, not sure if the floor unit is made from the same, but I'd assume it was.
You could use another MIDI controller with the head if you wanted, but the H&K one is set up with channel switches and buttons for the effects and boost.
@@LeighFugeGuitar Hey, thanks for the response! I might be convinced then, the tones you got in this video are great.
Would this sound nice with my laney 4x12 cab.
It probably would. It works well with most cabs
Don't you noticed that the crunch chanel is like a clean one with parallel overdrive? Crunch tones is where i usually live on my rythm guitars and i'm feeling like there is something wrong with that tone in the BS200... like the frecuencies aren't even, the treble is too much in your face and the bass is lost on the background fizz... Like a guitar pluged to a mixing table with diming the gain :(
Enjoy how you go through all aspects of this amp.
Thank you Henry, really appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed. It's a great amp.
im considering buying this or the blackstar silverline head... i really need a suggestion between those two... please helppp
Both are awesome. They both give you a huge range of sounds. The Blackstar Silverline has more accurate tube type simulations because you can re-create different power amps. The Black Spirit 200 has way more gain and I think the effects are slightly better... but honestly you can't go wrong with either. The Silverline stuff is some of my favourite non-valve amps.
I don't know why some of these comments are complaing about this amp it sounds great WTF
Not sure, I agree with you though, I think it sounds great. I guess some people just don’t dig the tone of it, but it’s a great amp and it’s so versatile!
this is a really interesting amphead. ive been hearing a lot of good stuff from Hughes and Kettner recently.
They're really making some great stuff right now. I always avoided them truthfully because I just thought of them as high gain stuff, but I've been so surprised with what I've heard. This amp is so versatile.
Analog where it counts. Think just the delay and reverb are digital.
Do speakers come with these amps?
The one in this video doesn't. You'd have to buy a separate speaker to pair with the amp, if you buy the head version like this video, but, Hughes and Kettner also so a 1x12 combo version of this amp which does have a speaker.
Those pinch harmonics on the ultra channel tho🤘🔥Sold lol I’m buying it 😂🤘
Haha, glad you liked them. That's way out of my playing comfort zone hahaha! They're great amps, I think you'll love it!
@@LeighFugeGuitar Yeah I think I will too, sounds amazing 🔥
Would love to hear more of the clean, beside of that repetitive strat style sound
The cleans are pretty versatile, a Strat style
Clean is often the reference point for most people. Most players lean towards that I think.
This amp is actually one of the most versatile amps I’ve ever played. It can do so much.
Thank you. I cant test it myself (corona etc) and kind of have to trust 80% on vids... I apologize for the comparison, but there is an amp that absolutely drives me nuts... The vox mv50 Boutique... Yes.. This little thing has the best clean to low mid gain sound ive heard in a while. I wish the spirit had a more tube sound, really would like to have it but i cant hear it in any of those vid tests..
Only complaint have is what a huge foot controller.
Yeah it’s massive haha! It could easily be half the size! I also feel the foot controller should have a tuner built in.
@@LeighFugeGuitar Yes, and then the response is a mystery to me. Pressing it or a tap no L.E.D until a few more times? At that point not sure where am at. The button on my other amps the moment I press it starts the count and then the second press all done. Hopefully will get better and don't really want another project opening the pedal up. Never a reply from H&K?
Thank you for the reply
My favorite tube amp that's not a tube amp!!
Hah love that! It's definitely got so much tube amp vibe. I think if you didn't know it wasn't a tube amp, you'd never tell the difference. Whatever they did, they nailed!
Had that amp, loved the clean and crunch but nothing more. Effects are subpar, higher gain just does not sound right to my ears. Sold it and got me a Spirit of Vintage. That amp has everything I liked about the BS 200. And still enough power for playing live.
The cleans and crunch tones are great. I like it right up to getting some 80s rock sounds. It can do a lot of gain, but personally for me, I just don't enjoy high gain so that's a tone I won't get much use out of.
The Spirit of Vintage is amazing. I shot a demo of that before it came out a few months ago and I loved it! I liked all the Spirit Nano line, but the Vintage was my favourite.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Spirit Tone Generator™ is just and FPGA
Whatever weirdo.
@@samizdat113 Not sure what i did to you that warranted name calling, but i do apologize. I hope you have a good day :)
@@RubyRoks You are promoting degeneracy. When society tolerates some degeneracy it leads to tolerating a little more and a little more. Until one day sexual relationships between children and adults have become normalized. You are a part of that process. Weimar conditions will bring Weimar solutions.
It sounds meh