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Crate BH1H Guitar Amplifier Head
The followup to Blackheart Engineering's Little Giant 5, the Killer Ant is the first attainable, boutique quality fractional tube amp. Featuring Class A, Single Ended circuitry, it delivers the complete, classic, touch responsive tube tone you need but at more manageable volumes for apartment dwellers and recording sessions.
Designed on a beer-stained cocktail napkin, prototyped and tested in a one car garage in Austin, TX, and engineered to the same strict standards as the Little Giant 5, this "little head" delivers the tones and the attitude you want when sonic bliss is everything and volume needs to be kept at bay. The Killer Ant embraces 100% classic all-tube circuitry, but instead of a high power tube output section, it boasts a clever all-tube power block pumping out a mere fraction of 1W. You'll have serious arena rock tone, and your cranky neighbors will have one less thing to complain about!
Like its big bro, it features completely overbuilt component specs, from 1W resistors in the signal path to double sided PCB with 2 oz traces. Even its diminutive cabinet, just over palm sized, is built to take a beating with 15 ply (18mm) void-free wood covered expertly in durable black tolex. Final touches include distinctive white piping accents and a salt & pepper cloth covered front baffle. 4, 8 and 16-ohm extension speaker jacks allow you to hook the Ant into virtually any cab you like, including a 4 X 12. However, its counterpart, the Killer Cab, is designed to be its perfect soul mate.
<1 Watt RMS, Single-Ended, Class A
Outputs: 1 x 16 ohm jack, 1 x 8 ohm jack, 1 x 4 ohm jack
Solid State Rectifier
Volume (the rest of the tone is in your hands)
DC Power to filaments for super quiet operation
15 ply, 18mm thick-void free plywood construction