doglooseThe era 1 may be the first acoustic guitar amp offered by Hughes & Kettner, but it comes with 25 years of acoustic amp design experience behind it.

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The era 1 may be the first acoustic guitar amp offered by Hughes & Kettner, but it comes with 25 years of acoustic amp design experience behind it.

That’s because the era 1 was designed in collaboration with Michael Eisenmann, who developed some of the music industry’s first acoustic guitar amps with his company, AER (apparently the model name is a tribute to Eisenmann’s roots).

By combining their collective amp-design know-how, Hughes & Kettner and Eisenmann have developed a revolutionary new acoustic guitar amp design that provides incredibly natural acoustic tone, impressively loud output, a full selection of professional features and a surprisingly compact size.

FEATURES
Measuring less than 14x11x11 (slightly larger than a bookshelf stereo speaker cabinet) and housed in a wood cabinet with a warm cherry finish (a version with traditional black textured covering is available for the same price), the era 1 makes a bold first impression with its gorgeous looks and diminutive dimensions.

But there’s a whole lot of power packed in that small box, including a 250-watt power amp, 8-inch speaker and 1-inch dome tweeter, all of which help deliver crystal-clear sound, four channels, 16 digital effects, versatile 3-band EQ, numerous outputs (including an S/PDIF TOSLINK optical out) and much more.

Channels 1 and 2 are designed for acoustic guitar and/or vocal mic and are fully appointed with bass, mid and treble EQ with switchable modes that tailor the EQ range for steel-string or nylon-string guitars, combo XLR/1/4-inch input jacks with phantom power switch, FX preset select and FX volume controls and switches for engaging a -10dB pad, pre-EQ tone shaping and a mute function. Channel 3 features a 1/8-inch input and volume control for external audio sources, and the effects loop can function instead as a fourth channel if desired.

PERFORMANCE

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