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Hughes & Kettner StompMan Guitar 50-watt Amplifier Pedal Demo

1-ch, 50W Pedalboard Amplifier Head with Footswitchable Solo Function and FX Loop
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A Stellar-sounding Single-channel Amp at Your Feet

If you're anything like the Sweetwater guitarists who buck the backbreaking heads and cabs in favor of convenience without tonal compromise, the Hughes & Kettner StompMan guitar amplifier pedal is fully prepared to serve as the centerpiece of your rig. Though sized to fit easily on most pedalboards, the StompMan's tone is nothing short of massive, with up to 50 watts on tap to serve you well in both studio and stage situations. Familiar amp controls like Gain, Presence, Resonance, and Tone fine-tune your sound to perfection, with a Sagging control front and center to adjust compression and overtone levels to taste. When it's time to bust out that searing solo, a built-in boost in the form of a Solo footswitch adds up to 6dB of gain in an instant. For all-tube tone at your feet, consider Hughes & Kettner's StompMan Guitar Amplifier Pedal for your next live performances!

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Tube-like tone with all the fixin's

For the StompMan to channel the warmth and power of genuine tubes, Hughes & Kettner relied on their award-winning Spirit Tone Generator technology. This fully analog circuit gives you the feel and response of an all-tube amp in a pedalboard-friendly format, taking you from sweet-sounding cleans to gut-punching gain all in the same stompbox. Even better, this impressive pedal's built-in power amp means you can drive an unpowered cabinet or speaker with ease — no additional equipment required! Have a few time-based pedals crucial to your sound? Incorporating reverbs, delays, and more into the StompMan is a breeze thanks to its switchable effects loop, with a handy toggle around back for swapping between Bypass and FX Loop footswitch modes.

Hughes & Kettner StompMan Guitar Amplifier Pedal Features:

  • Single-channel guitar amp in a pedalboard-friendly format
  • 50 watts at 4 ohms, 25 watts at 8 ohms, and 12.5 watts at 16 ohms
  • Fully analog Spirit Tone Generator circuit delivers tube-like tone at your feet
  • Classic amp controls like Gain, Presence, Resonance, and Tone tweak your sound to perfection
  • Sagging knob adjusts power amp compression to retain your ideal tone at all volumes
  • Footswitchable Solo function engages up to 6dB boost; Solo Vol. knob around back adjusts level
  • Footswitchable FX Loop function makes it easy to incorporate other pedals; toggle around back swaps between Bypass and FX Loop modes

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Solid State
  • Number of Channels: Single
  • Total Power: 50W @ 4 ohms, 25W @ 8 ohms, 12.5W @ 16 ohms
  • EQ: Tone control, Presence, Resonance
  • Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (instrument), 1 x 1/4" (return)
  • Outputs: 1 x 1/4" (4-16 ohms), 1 x 1/4" (send/line out)
  • Effects Loop: Yes
  • Power Source: 24V DC 2.5A power supply (included)
  • Height: 2.04"
  • Width: 5.19"
  • Depth: 6.02"
  • Weight: 1.43 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: STOMPMAN

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Very impressed

I've always wanted a decent sounding pedal sized power amp for my preamp pedals; but this is so much more. First of all, I'm running a 4ohm cab, so I'm getting all 50 watts. Definitely enough power. The amp itself has sagging, presence and resonance for a genuine tube-like feel. Besides that, you can put preamps/ overdrives in front (bypassing the preamp with a switch in back, which is awesome), and an effects loop for my delay. All of this fits on a small pedalboard too! I can't wait to use this live! Lastly, Sweetwater's customer service was awesome as always as well.
by JMK2112 from San Diego on
Music background: Thrash metal

Gets the job done and then some

It sits in a corner of my pedal board. I run it into a 2x8 cab (which I built and wired myself and can switch between parallel and series) and it has so much power and range. Plugged into a 4x12 at 4ohm it rattles my house. It has volume.

Sparkling cleans, wonderful crunch, the ability to fine tune tone, crunch, sag, etc. just beautiful.

I'm planning on a second to play with stereo. Need to build out my shop first so I can build a second cab.
by Jeffrey Oberg from WESTON, MA on

Awesome

Love it
Now to upgrade
Sweet water needs an upgrade program if we buy from one distributor and want to move up in their same product line, customers should have 90 days to do so
Gives them plenty of time to truly use the product
I love the Stompman and only wish I had purchased the Ampman
by Calvin from Georgia on
Music background: Old Player who just lost track of Time

Adding something to my review: how to get SRV tones from Stompman

In addition to my earlier review, allow me to add that diming the sagging control is crucial in one important aspect: you get the Duelist / SRV vibe in spades! Lower the Sag and gain from to 9 o'clock to noon for bells and chime (very reminiscent of my '65 Princeton I used to practice on years ago.). None of the YT reviews mentions that about the sagging. (I have the Duelist. The Stompman, depending on the settings, sits somewhere between the String Singer and the Heavy hand when the Sag is dimed.) Use a buffer when in SRV mode to get that extra zing from Stompman.

I am saving now for another...it's outrageous that I can go from Princeton to SRV powerhouse at this give away price. And then, they allow you to cut off the preamp for a top drawer petal platform as a free feature. Clearly H&K want to own the floor amp space. The Ampman threw down the gauntlet; The Stompman drew out the long knives. It's lights out for the competition. Buy one and I dare you to refrain from writing a five star!
by Michael from Los Angeles, CA on

Excellent pedal platform with tube-like chime

Compared to the EHX Howitzer, the Stompman is much brighter and chimey with single coils and a much beefier power amp (when turning off the preamp to the Stompman). The Stompman sounds very much like a Fendery/Voxy kind of thing when used with the preamp, with their own signiture vibe predominating. Great amp sound. Compared to the EHX 55 mm power amp, the Stompman when used as a power amp sounds much more like an all tube power amp rack. Same with the Mooer Baby bomb. The Stompman makes distortion pedals sound much more amplike than these other two.The Mooer is more like the EHX 55mm, only louder. Moreover, Neither the Mooer nor the EHX 55 mm sound bright and chimey when single coils are played through them. Compared to the H&K Classic Vibe, they are close when the preamp is used with the Stompman, but the Stompman's ability to turn off the preamp makes it sound SOOO much better when used as a power amp for pedals. The H&K Ampman Metal version really is a powerhouse. Great cleans and great versatile metal tones. However, no ability to use it as a pedal platform because the preamp is always on. It's a tossup really because the Ampman is so good sounding and versatile (I would believe the same for the classic version.).

If you have lots of pedals and want an amazing power amp with true tube like backbone, along with the rare ability to sound nice and chimey with single coil guitarts, then the Stompman is a much better pick than the EHX Howitzer and 5mm and the Mooer baby bomb. For a little more, it makes the H&K Classic vibe mini amp obsolete. If you don't care about pedal power, the Ampman rules!

Just my two cents. FYI I have been playing these devices through the Vintage 30, The V-Type, the ManOWar, the CV-75, and the British version of the GT-75. H&K Stompman and Ampman rule. nuff said.
by Michael from Chatsworth, CA on
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