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    Black Magic Box

    Jan 10, 2020 5 minutes
    Words Nick Guppy
    Photography
    Olly Curtis

    HUGHES & KETTNER BLACK SPIRIT 200 FLOOR £899

    CONTACT JHS PHONE 01132 865381 WEB www.hughes-and-kettner.com

    What You Need To Know

    1 Another digital modeller?

    No, this is a new floorboard version of the Black Spirit 200 head, essentially a rework of the valve-powered GrandMeister Deluxe on a solid-state platform. It combines that head with an integrated FSM-432 MIDI controller.

    2 Interesting. Does it make the tea for you as well?

    Ha, nearly. It centres around a four-channel preamp that uses H&K’s Bionic Spirit Tone Generator technology. There are high-quality digital effects, 200 watts of Class D power, Red Box cabinet simulator, three effects loops, Bluetooth control…

    3 Is this the future?

    While many of us will never leave our head/cab or combo setups, these one-stop floorboards that can be hooked up to

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