Hughes & Kettner Cream Machine

59.-

08.08.2026

8049, Zurigo 49

(Nur gelb umrahmtes Gerät im Bild, die restlichen FX-Geräte gibt es in separaten Annoncen zu erwerben :-) )

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Beschreibung:
The Cream Machine is basically a low wattage high-gain Marshall valve amplifier in miniature and is used to produce that classic over-driven British rock guitar tone. Just crank the controls around to the level of distortion required, from a very smooth cream mode to when cranked a full sounding mini Marshall.

The Cream Machine is a 1W - two valve (12AX7 & 12AU7) low-power pre-amplifier & amplifier combo in a super compact enclosure designed to produce guitar distortion tones. It was the first small recording tube-base amp produced. The Hughes & Kettner electronics construction is top-rate German quality.

The Cream Machine is not best for clean tones - it is designed to produce Marshall style amp distortion. For clean tones use a Cream Machine in sequence with a Crunch Master (Blues Master) and have the Crunch Master provide the clean tones and act as the power amp to drive the speakers.

This little marvel is a small powerhouse that will surprise you with its apparent volume from just 1 watt, which has enough power to drive a 4 x 12 speaker cabinet. The advantage of the Cream Machine is that it drives when cranked a speaker cab around 20 decibels quieter than a 100 watt Marshall amp.

It is very difficult to get a good guitar sound in a recording studio from a 100 watt Marshall amp because recording gear downstream of microphones can get overloaded when the amp is operating at distortion sound levels. The Cream Machine does a great job of emulating Marshall tube amps at reasonable volumes, which makes it ideal to record British cranked tones. The sound produced is in a range that fits in perfectly with recording and is more pleasing for sound engineers.