Hughes & Kettner Nano (Spirit of Vintage & Rock)

Hughes & Kettner Nano (Spirit of Vintage & Rock)
These promise great sound for a very affordable price and in a small package. Do they sound good? Let's find out.
The nano mini amp series also includes the Spirit of Metal amp, but I didn't have that one, so we can probably make do with these two. Anyway, today it is the Nano Series by Hughes & Kettner. Let's check out these amps, and see how they sound.
Enjoy!

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[jacobbockover]

That noise is this sound of the spirit

[mattsikes]

I've been on the fence about the spirit of amps from hughes and kettner, but I've been looking at them seriously since I got my Stompman. Love that thing, perfect pedal platform. I'm thinking the spirit of vintage is calling my name. As always, your playing was beautiful.

[joelpoitras]

I've been playing lately with my friend's Spirit of Rock model at jams with drums etc through 2 X 12" speakers, 4 ohms. I was really impressed to the responsive touch qualities and sound. However, no footswitching option, no effect loops, no output besides the headphone, a very loud hiss noise floor, and cheap plastic construction. What a shame because it did sound good.
Looks like Hughes & Kettner learned from their mistakes and user reviews. Soon after they released the same as a floor model with 2 channels, boost and solo options, effect loop, all footswitchable plus a Redbox DI XLR output. And to compensate for the remaining hiss noise, they added a noise gate knob that does'nt choke your sound too much and instead of a cheap plastic housing, they designed this floor model in a rugged metal housing.
"Hughes & Kettner Ampman" model.
I'm really impressed with it and happy they added all the features the mini heads were missing.

[DuncanMcArthur-ll]

i had a hiss noise as well found out it was my phaser pedal used the battery to power it hiss gone

[RBHuckleberry]

I have the Spirit of Vintage (this video helped me decide on purchasing). Nowhere near the noise of the Spirit of Rock, and more than enough gain for me.

[KirkTheGod]

the line out needs to pass through an IR otherwise you're just getting the raw signal, it actually sounds pretty decent over a few mesa boogie IRs

[skinnykarlos]

These come in at just under $400.00 Australian and they do sound good for the price. Well they just sound good anyway. I can't afford to spend another $400.00 on what would be my seventh amplifier so I'll have to contend myself with this review. You made that thing sing, Elmo. Right out of the park mate.

[RickMichaelis]

I always enjoy your videos! Thank You Elmo🤟🏻🎸🎶😎👍🏻👍🏻☮️

[kablaamjam]

Man, I love this! Horse droppings 😂😂 Thanks for this honest review.

[Zilbyfilms]

I can't get an image of a dish rag full of small stones out of my mind... So it probably rocks?

[jeremyacker]

Why didn't you run the headphone out direct to the DAW? I've read that the Red Cab speaker emulation is there.

[wodenoftheangles]

Sounded good. Having no effects loop is a downer though. Like you, I can't stand delays in front of gain stages.

[lennyslickstunes]

is it possible to run the Line Out straight to a PA ?

[EricTViking]

I turned the sag all the way up and my trousers didn't fall down. What am I doing wrong?

[Steven-zgbq]

you have the marshall 100 4x12s, my favorite cab. im using the markV head 35 sounds really good.

[tripledoubletroubful]

I keep a Spirit of Vintage in my gig kit in case either my or the other guitarist's amp fails, and I've used it for jazz gigs and practices. It's ~$200 very well spent, it sounds super ok and is loud enough for real world use.

[albertodantonio]

Hi Elmo, thanks for this review: what's about a comparative test between your favorite budget guitar amps?

[ThoM]

Would you recommend Spirit of Vintage for 1st amp? Tnx. I'm thinking about buying it with Joyo Bantcab ( Celestion Eight 15 speaker). Tnx for your thoughts. Price of those 2 is around 280$ so. :D

[wrinkledquarter]

Hey man, any chance you can do a review of the Ibanez pia?

[alexSSS]

Hello!
Thank you for all reviews you’ve done!
But what about Marshal guv’nor mk1?
Did you ever tried?
May be we can get your opinion on it!
Please!