Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 112 Box B-Stock

As you would expect from Hughes & Kettner equipment, the Tubemeister 112 speaker is solidly built. A cleanly applied layer of Tolex protects every last bit of the birch plywood housing. In addition, reinforced corners ensure that it'll look its best for years to come. The handle on the top is more than enough to carry the Tubemeister even for longer stretches (it weighs in at around 12kg, or 26.5lbs), while the four rubber feet on the underside ensure there'll be no shaking or slipping. The Vintage 30 speaker itself is well protected behind a robust fabric covering that has been neatly attached to the housing. At the rear, you'll find the input and output jacks, which also allow the Tubemeister 112 to be connected to any other speaker to form a stack.

Hughes & Kettner is one of the largest German suppliers of guitar and bass amplifiers. Founded in 1984 by Hans and Lothar Stamer under the name Stamer Musikanlagen GmbH, the manufacturer from St. Wendel in the Saarland can boast of its numerous innovations. For example, its first venture into the field of guitar amplifiers, the ASR64 from 1986, was the first programmable amplifier in the world. Thanks to its compact format, the Cream Machine of 1987 can be counted among the very first mini tube amplifiers. Equally influential were the Red Box analogue speaker simulation, the first six-channel amplifier (the Triamp), and the ZenTera, which used modelling technology in an integrated amplifier even before Line 6.