Hughes&Kettner Redbox 5

I use the Redbox to give out the guitar in the rehearsal room via the PA. And that works just fine - even with a 1-watt practice amp (Blackstar HT-1 Combo). The small amplifier is in fact too weak to be mic´ed, via the Redbox there is more than enough output now, and without interference of the other instruments.
In our very small rehearsal room, we now have a well-balanced sound and a few square inches of extra space where there used to be the microphone in front of the guitar speaker. In live performances the soundman at the console is also more than pleased - much less work with the Redbox compared to a microphone job on stage. Clear buy recommendation not only for sound-engineers!

I bought this box having used a microphone in front of my amplifier for many years.
Many of the stages I play on are very small and it's very easy to trip over a mic stand in front of your amplifier so this looked like an ideal product.

It's a very compact unit and appears very well constructed.
It's very flexible to power as you can use phantom power, psu, or a battery (although the thumb screws are very hard to remove to access the battery).

It has quite an array of switches on the top, but it's actually quite easy to understand. 3 of the switches deal with tone and it's easy to tweak your sound to get the sound of a combo or stack with a modern or retro voicing.
What I didn't expect was the ability to use line level signals as well as speaker level and this has proved very useful to allow recording directly from my pedalboard.

Since owning it I have used the Redbox live and in the studio and I've been extremely impressed. The sound is dynamic and sounds convincingly like a real speaker. It does sound very "dry", but after adding a subtle reverb you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between this and a well miced amplifier.

I now keep my unit permanently hooked up in the back of my combo.

Fantastic multi purpose tool fo the electric guitar player.

Use for studio recordings, patching direct in to PA system when there is a mic-ing problem, keep handy as a backup if your amp was to go down. The list is endless (almost).

Very high quality and with the Hughes & Kettner name on the box you know you can depend on it.

And at the price can you afford NOT to have one handy.

So many uses and a great back-up, it's a no brainer.

We sometimes mic the cab and use the Redbox too, you can blend the signals or use which ever one sounds best.

Add this to your armoury today. . .