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Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb Top 120-watt Tube Head

120W Tube Guitar Amplifier Head with 2 Channels, Direct Out, Effects Loop, Master Presence Control, and Spring Reverb - Black
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A High-gain Amp Head with Definition

Start your high-gain hijinks with the Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb all-tube guitar amplifier head. Designed to be one of the highest gain amplifiers on the market, the Knucklehead Tre Reverb delivers massive sustain, bottom end, and killer note definition. The powerful foundation control controls a gain bump in the low end tailored to lower-tuned guitars. You know that thick, detailed, chugging sound you've been looking for? The Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb tube amp head has it by the truckload.

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Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb Tube Guitar Amplifier Head at a Glance:
  • Intuitive tone controls let you dial in the perfect tone
  • Sweeten your tone with classic spring reverb
  • Advanced I/O options for flexible configurations
Intuitive tone controls let you dial in the perfect tone

Fine-tune how tight or loose the speaker feels in the Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb with its foundation control, and you'll be able to ensure a solid and tight low end. The notch switch changes the clean channel's tone stack from Tweed to Blackface. Need to add some extra brightness and bite to humbucking pickups? Pull the bright switch. The Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb is one of the highest-gain amplifiers on the market. Metal and rock guitarists love its massive sound and deep chugging tones. This amp was made for heavy guitar tones.

Sweeten your tone with classic spring reverb

Few people understand spring reverb the way that the engineers at Accutronics do, and it's one of their remarkable reverb units that lets you dial in lush and dimensional guitar tone right inside your Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb head amp. Take it from the guitar experts at Sweetwater - this 3-spring reverb features a long and remarkably vibrant decay, and when you kick up the Knucklehead Tre Reverb's presence control, you can easily create bright and brilliant clean tones with the perfect touch of shimmer.

Advanced I/O options for flexible configurations

Loaded with all of the useful connections you need, the Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb lets you configure your guitar rig any way you like. For starters, the Knucklehead Tre Reverb makes direct recording easy by providing you with a line-level output right from the power amp section, which lets you capture the most important parts of its tone without ever touching a mic. On top of that, the Knucklehead Tre Reverb's I/O includes an effects loop with volume controls for the input and output.

Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb Tube Guitar Amplifier Head Features:
  • 120-watt all-tube amp head with 2 channels
  • Rock out with one of the highest-gain amplifiers made today
  • Intuitive tone controls make this amp easy to dial in for any guitar and effects rig
  • Dial in everything from shimmery cleans to high-gain lead tones
  • Onboard 3-spring Accutronics reverb lets you add sweet depth to your sound
  • Effects loop and balanced direct out for flexible signal routing
  • Rugged construction with welded steel chassis and nickel-plated steel corners
  • Oversized transformer and military-grade components
  • Includes a 4-function footswitch for switching channels and more
The all-tube Rivera Knucklehead Tre Reverb amp head delivers massive high-gain tones to die for!

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Tube
  • Number of Channels: 2
  • Total Power: 120W
  • Preamp Tubes: 5 x 12AX7A
  • Power Tubes: 4 x EL34
  • Reverb: Yes
  • EQ: 3-band
  • Inputs: 2 x 1/4"
  • Outputs: 1 x 1/4" (Sub), 1 x 1/4" (Recording), 1 x 1/4" (Speaker)
  • Effects Loop: Yes
  • Footswitch I/O: 1 x 8-pin (channel, gain/boost, reverb, FX loop)
  • Footswitch Included: Yes, 4-button footswitch
  • Bias Type: Adjustable Fixed
  • Construction Material: Black Tolex
  • Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable
  • Height: 10"
  • Width: 27.5"
  • Depth: 11"
  • Weight: 60 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: K120 TRE Rev Top

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There is so much gain on this amp that it is completely saturated if you go past 4 on the gain knob. The amp is loud!!!!! It has an on off master volume and the sweet spot is 3 or higher on the master volume.Detainees beware, the foundation control is a power amp sag circuit that controls the compression on low frequencys, making the notes bloom the higher you set it, can lose definition with 7 string, 8 string and baritone instruments. The gain channel also supports a boost for soloing, but definitely too saturated for metal riffing. This amp gives a raw slipknot ish vibe that has a mick Thomson all hope is gone era feel. The cleans are fender , warm, and chimy. The reverb adds a spacious detention and sweetened the sound as well. So if you want gained up Marshall like tones with mesa rectifier like bass and slow response along with the el34 bity tone, along with fender cleans with beautiful reverb, this is your amp. extended range players, this amp does chug, but does not djent, it has sag and bloom in notes, words I describe this amp are meaty, angry, room filling, full of gain , and loud.
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Rivera Knucklehead tre Reverb

I bought this here at sweetwater [ jeff law ]awesome sales person 4 years ago.this head can go up aginst anything on the market and it will come in first place.the cleans are fantastic and the gain is unbeatable.right now I have a Mesa stiletto trident and an Orange dual dark 100.this Rivera beats them both .it is my go to head.the cost is up there pretty good,but quality comes at a price ! if your in the market for a fantastic guitar amp...... don't waste your money on anything but this head .this is the one amp. that I have never been tempted to sell . yes,it's just that good.
by Sweetwater Customer on

Insane Amp

I play mainly metal, and this amp absolutely blew me away. I"ve tried tons of different high gain heads (Peavey, Mesa, EVH, Engl, Framus) and the Rivera topped them all. There is so much gain on the first channel, that you don"t need to even think about going past 5 (especially if you use a clean boost). The clean channel also rivals Fender with how sparkly it is. I never use reverb on my dirty channel, so the fact that you can keep the reverb always on the clean channel whenever you switch to it is a great feature. I have this amp paired with a Framus Dragon 4x12 cab with V30s, and it cuts through the mix like butter. Bone crushing tone, and an all around amazing amp.
by Kevin from Virginia on

Amazing amp

First thing I noticed is how heavy this amp is for a smaller sized head (compared to other larger heads).
That's obviously a good sign, military grade components mean this amp could survive a nuclear blast. It's a VERY solid piece of hardware and meticulously (hand) built here in Burbank, CA.

Being that this is a high gain, the clean channel is by far the best I've heard in a high gain amp. Nothing comes close...
PERIOD.
Has a very Fender like quality.
One thing that I find interesting, is the clean channel is a non master volume. It can get from chimey to gritty when you start cracking the gain.

Personally I don't set the gain past 3 on the dirty channel. Its a very high gain amp and 3 has plenty of crunch for me.
One major thing that really got me loving his head is the note articulation and separation. Nothing gets drowned or muddy.
id say it has a jcm800 or a soldano I slo100 feel (when the gain is around 3/4).
Once you go past those numbers your entering bogner uberschall, diezel vh4 (ch4) territory.

It's not a super versatile amp, but that doesn't mean you can't get a lot of sounds out of it. I still haven't owned it long enough to go into full detail on everything but that's what my impressions are so far.
I'm very impressed with Rivera so far.

I'd also like to note, sweetwater did an amazing job packing and shipping the amp.
by Sweetwater Customer on

Mean nasty heavy sounding!

Probably the best amp for hard rock and metal.
by Barano from Brooklyn New York on
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