Blackheart Killer Ant BH1H 1W Tube Guitar Amp Head Black

Blackheart Killer Ant BH1H 1W Tube Guitar Amp Head Black Review

Blackheart Killer Ant BH1H 1W Tube Guitar Amp Head Black Feature

• Solid State RectifierVolumeDC Power to filaments for super-quiet operation15-ply, 18mm-thick void-free plywood construction

The followup to Blackheart Engineering's Little Giant 5, the Killer Ant is a boutique-quality fractional tube amp for the garage-playing musician. Featuring Class-A, Single-Ended circuitry, the Killer Ant 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 and prototyped, built, and tested in a one-car garage in Austin, TX, this little head is engineered to the same strict standards as the Little Giant 5 and delivers the tones and attitude you want when tone is everything and volume needs to be kept in check. 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. What you get is arena-rock tone at bedroom levels and no more angry neighbors.Like its big bro, the Killer Ant 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 its 15-ply (18mm) void-free wood covered in durable black tolex. Final touches include distinctive white piping accents and a salt-and-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 4x12.