For years players have modded their older amps trying to achieve some of the great classic and hard rock tones heard on countless platinum albums during the late 70’s and on through the ’80’s. With the Nineteen80 all the tricks, bells and whistles of the day are already in the amp, giving players a ton of tonal options. Powered by two 6550 power tubes, this two channel 80W head has a sweet midrange roar through it’s matching 13-ply baltic birch 4×12 cab loaded with premium Eminence Governor speakers. You’ll find all the standard Krank features with a 3-band eq, presence, gain. sweep, and volume on the Krank channel, volume, treble and bass on the Clean channel, ohm selector and worldwide voltage switch. But new to a Krank is a tube-driven, footswitchable active effects loop with individual level controls for both the send and return of the loop. And because the loop levels can be controlled an added bonus is you can use the loop as a footswitchable lead boost even without any effects in the loop!
Two channel, footswitchable 80W head- Preamp five 12AX7 tubes, power section two Sovtek 6550 tubes
- Separate volume and eq sections per channel
- Footswitchable tube-driven active effects loop, gain, sweep control on Krank channel
- Global presence control, worldwide voltage use, ohm selector, footswitch
SOUND SAMPLES
Coming soon!
VIDEO:
Michael “Whip” Wilton of Queensryche performing at Krank’s booth at the 2010 Winter NAMM Show. Whip performed a medley of Queensryche favorites as well as some solo jams demonstrating the Nineteen80 head! MXR Carbon Copy in the loop.
Steve Brown of Trixter soloing on the Nineteen80 (Boss delay in the loop)
Michael Wilton talking about the Nineteen80 at NAMM 2010
KRANK GEAR USED: Rev+, Rev Cab, Krankenstein+, Krankenstein Cab, Nineteen80, Nineteen80 Cab, Krankenstein Jr.
Baptized by the music of AC/DC, Van...
Does the preamp actually use 5 12AX7 tubes? Or is that the total amount including the effects loop tube(s)?
That’s the amount including the fx loop…but realize that if you have no effects in the loop you can still use it as a footswitchable lead channel boost and utilize that extra tube as additional gain!
Commenting as a proud owner of one of these bad boys, I have to say I was absolutely floored by this amp! Krank description of this amp is spot on. It’s a hot rodded crunch machine. It has an awesome mid range snarl, great low end, and it cuts through a mix like a hot knife through butter. I am EXTREMELY pleased with this amp! (Playing it through a 412 Rev Cab)
Any idea on pricing and a release date for the 50 watt Jr. head and the matching cab? Pics would be great too!
We’re currently hoping for the Jrs that we can have them out in March, pics will be forthcoming!!!
That’s great! Can you ball park the prices for the head and cab?
Sure the Nineteen80 head is $1299 street price and $799 for the cab!
Sorry, I meant the Jr. head and Jr. cab!
Ah! Street prices are $599 and $699 respectively for the 20W and 50W versions, $249 for the cab!
Are the Jr. models still on track to be relased this month?
Potentially by month’s end…if not early April then!