One of the most asked for products by Krank users has been the Jr. version of Dimebag Darrell’s mighty Krankenstein+ amp and the mini versions certainly capture it’s big brother’s tone! Using the same tone circuit that was developed with Dime, the Krankenstein Jr. offers all of his signature sound at lower wattages, making it a great choice for that awesome high gain sound at lower volumes for the home or studio yet still being powerful enough for a club gig. Features include a 3-band eq, parametric mid-sweep, gain, footswitchable Dime and Kleen channels, tube driven active effects loop, ohm selector and voltage selector for worldwide use.
These amps are excellent studio amps as well as being ideal for band rehearsal and club gigging. The matching 1×12 cabs and great for practice as well as miking up nicely in the studio, giving you great separation without the phasing that can accompany miking a 4×12. Also another great choice to match with the 50W head is the Rev SST cab, giving you a high quality gigging rig at an affordable price!!!
- Two channel, footswitchable 50W head
- Preamp three 12AX7 tubes, power section two Sovtek 5881 tubes
- Krank channel: sweep control, 3 band eq, gain, master, Kleen channel: volume, 2 band eq
- Active effects loop, 8 and 16 ohm selector, worldwide voltage use, footswitch included
50 watt:
20 watt:
VIDEO SAMPLES:
Rich Ward of Fozzy/Stuck Mojo at the Krank booth at the 2010 NAMM Show on the Krankenstein Jr.
Jeff Duncan and Phil Sandoval of Armored Saint on the Krankenstein Jrs. full stacks at their NAMM 2010 Krank booth performance
KRANK GEAR USED: Rev+, Rev Cab, Krankenstein+, Krankenstein Cab, Nineteen80, Nineteen80 Cab, Krankenstein Jr.
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How come the Krankenstein Jr. doesn’t have a standby switch? I am currently scraping up the money to buy one, is the Camo option still free? Can’t wait to get my old Fender combo sold so I can buy this thing!
The Jr amps don’t have a standby switch because they’re fixed bias and basically don’t need one! Seeing as it wasn’t necessary we opted to put in more functionality… :) And yes the camo is still currently a free option!
Here’s a question for owners of this amp…..Can you get a good classic rock tone out of it? A good cover-all classic rock tone; chunky, fuzzy, thin lizzyish sounds? Can it get Skynyrdy?
Yep you can deff get a classic tone out of it…it’s got a lot of versatility so you can back the gain down to have that classic rock tone you’re talking about as well as the cajones to roll up the gain and head to the metal zone…you’ll dig it!
do you guys sell the krankenstein jr’s in half and full stacks or do u have to buy everything seperate?just wondering if its cheaper to buy it in a half or full stack
Everything is sold separately so you can decide what all works best for you!
Do these heads have matching cabs to go with them?
i ask this because i never seem to find them on the website nor music store websites.
Basically the Jr. cabs are the match to both the Krankenstein Jr. and Rev Jr. Pro….
OK, here’s my situation: I’ve been running one of those marshall micro stacks but I need something louder and definitely better quality. I know I want to go with Krank. But I need to know if the Krankenstein Jr. is loud enough for a full band practice session\smaller gigs. Or if I should just save up the scratch for a Krankensein stack. If anyone can cure my ignorance it’d be appreciated.
Hey Chuck the 50W is deff the deal for what you want to do and is certainly loud enough for rehearsal and small gigs. It’s a real deal tube amp and will pretty much destroy the Marshall hahaha… Now as to whether or not you should save up for the big Krankenstein+ half stack is really up to you as that’s the big boy for sure… But if you get the Krankenstein Jr. you will deff not be disappointed!
I have recently brought and received a krankenstein jr 20 watt head and 1×12 cab…sounds awesome!! and looks amazing all in chrome grill.
only slight problem i have is if i turn the effects boost on to get the high volume it makes a really high pitched squeal but doesn’t do it with the boost off – however its not very loud with it off. any ideas what this may be? it does it without the guitar plugged in too.
Thanks, Andy.
Hmm Andy sounds like you should probably give our tech dept a quick shout, maybe a microphonic tube in the loop… Anyway send an e-mail to tech@krankamps.com!
Thankyou for the reply. After reading an instruction manual online i found the cure to be by looping the send and return with a guitar lead, is this okay to do?. I have a boss noise suppressor with a boss tuner running ‘inline’ from my guitar to the input on the front of the amp, is it okay to have the pedals set up this way or should i put them through the effects loop on the back? if so how do i do this?, i also have a THD hotplate attentuator which starts to make things a little confusing, i would also recommend the THD hotplate to anyone who wants the full sound out of their amp at low volumes – great piece of kit.
Many thanks, Andy
Yeah man give that a whirl and see how that goes. And no you should be fine having the tuner up front!
do you think that this amp will crush any 50 watt marshall head? or 100 watt?
If you’re looking for that high gain sound it will deff smoke the Marshall as it will “go there” so to speak gain-wise where the Marshall won’t. I wouldn’t say it would be as loud as a 100W amp tho…
thanks I’ve been looking at these amps for a long time and it won’t be long til i get my pull!
Man – Rich Ward’s sound with the Krankenstein Jr. is brutal. Is he using anything in front of the amp in the NAMM video clip?
Thanks, Rob.
No not really, it’s just the Krankenstein Jr. tho he did kick on a Sparkle Drive here and there…! Same with the Armored Saint guys, just right into the amp…
can you turn on the boost with any of the jr’s with the footswitch?
No that function isn’t footswitchable…