Hotone Nano Legacy British Invasion 5W Guitar Amplifier Head

General

The iconic sparkling sound of the British-made AC30 is as unmistakable as it is legendary. Made great by the likes of the The Beatles and Radiohead, the original AC30 was built to be played with the volume turned up. So, if you want that AC30-flavour at a more sociable volume level, then you'll find it in the teeny-tiny Hotone Nano Legacy British Invasion amp head. This transistor-based amplifier has been exclusively designed to come as close as it gets to the organic cleans and delicious crunch of its inspiration, and does it all via a 5 Watt housing that's no bigger than a standard-sized stompbox.

Connections & Controls

The British Invasion kits you out with a stripped down set of gain, bass, middle, and treble controls for fully customising your 'AC30' sound, and the amp responds just as sensitively to tweaks as its larger counterparts so you're assured of deep sonic control. Around the back, you'll find the headphone output alongside an AUX input for hooking up an external audio source, an FX loop send and return port, and an output for a 4 to 16 Ohm cabinet, giving you a broad array of speaker options. Whether you team it up with one of the purpose-designed Nano Legacy speaker cabinets or your go-to 12 inch cabinet, this wee amp completes smooth and easy-going setup.

The Hotone Nano Legacy Amplifiers

While other builders are loading even more modelling tech into their amps, Hotone have taken a surprising turn. Each of the Nano Legacy transistor amplifiers have been designed to emulate just one single legendary amp. The result is a set of focussed amplifiers that deliver more than convincing replicas of the clean and drive channels of their amp of inspiration. Hotone even go as far as saying that these are 'tiny amps with a massive sound', and they're not wrong. While each 5 Watt example can be carried in one hand, these little monsters pack blistering might.

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