Hughes & Kettner Vortex 80 - Clean preset

Verified · 86/100 confidence. Complete schematic. All component values readable. Parameters derived directly from the circuit.

The Vortex is a late-1990s Hughes & Kettner solid-state head rated at 80 watts into 4 ohms, sold with a matching 4×12 cabinet. Its op-amp preamp switches between a Clean channel with its own volume and a Lead channel with gain, a voicing control and its own master. The channels share bass, middle and treble, with reverb, an effects loop and a headphone output, ahead of a discrete transistor power amp.

• Made in: Germany
• Wattage: 80W
• Channels: 2

Tags: german, solid-state, reverb, two-channel.

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