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Hartke VXL Bass Attack Preamp And D.I. Does The Job Of Multiple Pedals, Is Frequently Stepped On (Video)

April 28, 2011
Hartke VXL Bass Attack Peramp Pedal Video Demo
It's a stompbox! No, it's a preamp! No, it's a D.I.! Stop, you're all three of you correct! The Hartke VXL Bass Attack is a deceptively simple little tool that wears many hats and fills many roles and mixes several metaphors.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Hartke website for more information

Hartke Kilo Bass Amplifier Head Demo'd At Winter NAMM 2011 (Video)

February 02, 2011
Hartke Kilo Bass Amplifier Head Demo WNAMM 2011
More than just another high-powered head, the Hartke Kilo Bass Amplifier packs flexible equalization, transparent compression, and variable distortion alongside its impressive 1000 watts and 2 ohm handling. We gave it a listen at the recent NAMM show in Anaheim.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Hartke website for more information

Hartke HA3000 The Price And The Tone Are Right For Patrick Postlewait

November 19, 2010
Patrick Postlewait Of Vonnegutt
Patrick Postlewait admits that his Hartke HA3000 is not his dream amp. But for the price? It does sound like a dream. It is also versatile enough for a bassist who careens between straight up alterno-pop and hip hop.  

Offsite Link: For more on Vonnegutt. For more on Hartke

Hartke HyDrive HX112 Bass Cabinet: The Tuvan Throat Singer Of Bass Cabs (Video)

September 07, 2010
Hartke HyDrive HX112 Bass Cabinet Walkthrough
Well slap my bass and call me Sally, this here Hartke HyDrive HX112 Bass Cabinet has all the punch of an aluminum cone AND the warmth of a traditional paper cone. Don't believe me? Peep this video demo.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Hartke website for more information

Hartke HX112 HyDrive Cabinet Drives Bass On The "Hy" Road

January 21, 2010
Hartke HX112 HyDrive is a lightweight bass cabinet featuring an 12-inch, 300W HyDrive hybrid cone driver made of paper and alumi
A unique feature of Hartke's HyDrive series is the hybrid cone driver made of both paper and aluminum. Since it has a touch of both elements, the driver lends its accompanying bass cab a punchy yet warm low end.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Samson Web site.

Hartke HyDrive 5210 Bass Combo Disarmingly Placcid At Winter NAMM

January 27, 2009
Hartke HyDrive 5210 Bass Combo Winter NAMM 2009
Look at that little Hartke HyDrive 5210 Bass Combo. You wouldn't think that little guy would have enough power to scare a caffeine-addicted mouse, let alone power an additional cabinet, but it does. Also: scaring a caffeine addicted mouse -- not as easy as you'd think. First you've got to get the mouse addicted to caffeine.  

Offsite Link: Visit Samson Tech's official website for more on Hartke

Hartke HyDrive 5410: Respect The Power Of This Bass Combo Amp

January 27, 2009
Hartke HyDrive 5410
The Hartke HyDrive 5410 combines the HyDrive 4x10 cabinet with an LH500 bass amp for a quarter ton of wattage. That's literally enough power to physically blow away any acoustic punk rockers crooning in the background with the air the speakers push out.  

Offsite Link: Visit Samson's official website for more information

Hartke AC75 Acoustic Ribbon Amplifier With Irekani Chavez Of Tarima Son

December 24, 2008
Hartke AC75 with Tarima Son
Irekani Chavez of Tarima Son shows us his Hartke AC75 amp, which is packed with inputs and ways to effect your signal.  

Offsite Link: Visit Hartke's official website or Tarima Son's official website for more information

Hartke Hydrive 112C Gets Distorted, Compressed And All Around Manhandled

June 12, 2008
Hartke Hydrive 112C Part 2
Part two of Owen O'Malley's Hartke Hydrive 112C walkthru explores the on-board Bass Attack overdrive, which is a bass overdrive the uses the same basic distortion circuit as Hartke's popular Bass Attack effects pedal.  

Offsite Link: Visit Hartke's official website for more information

Hartke Hydrive 112C: Demoing An Amp With Hybrid Cones

June 12, 2008
Hartke Hydrive 112C audio demo
The Hartke Hydrive series implements the inventive concept of combining aluminum and paper cones. Owen O'Malley lends his slapping thumbs to demo this amp and see if hybrid cones really are the future or just the next hybridization fad.  

Offsite Link: Visit Hartke's official website for more information

Bassist For Pop-Punk Band Crash Romeo Talks About Gear, OCD And Broken Straps

May 07, 2008
Crash Romeo
Crash Romeo hail from New Jersey and play what they unapologetically call "Pop-Punk." The band's bassist, Steve Matthews, tells Gearwire what he uses and why.  

Offsite Link: For more on Crash Romeo.

Carlo Robelli Bass And Hartke Kickback 12 Hold Down The Bottom End For Before Dawn

April 28, 2008
Carlo Robelli, Hartke
Kate Houle shows us her Carlo Robelli bass and Hartke Kickback 12, which she uses to lay down the groove for Before Dawn. It goes to show that you don't need a fridge to get people moving.  

Offsite Link: Visit Hartke's official website or Before Dawn's MySpace for more information

Hartke HyDrive: Hybrid Aluminum And Paper Cones Make For Some Nice Drivers At Winter NAMM 2008

February 01, 2008
Hartke HyDrive
For ages, the feud between paper and aluminum raged on with seemingly no end in sight. The great moderator, Hartke, has resolved such issues with the HyDrive Drivers, combining the punchy attack of aluminum with the warmth of paper.  

Offsite Link: Visit Hartke's official website for more information

Hartke KM200 Keyboard Monitor Amp

August 04, 2006
Hartke demos its KM200 Keyboard Monitor Amp, a 200-watt, four-channel amp that includes a built-in seven-band EQ and Hartke's signature aluminum woofer cone for added clarity....  

Offsite Link: See the Hartke KM200 at the official Hartke website.

Hartke AC150 And AC75 Acoustic Amplifiers

August 04, 2006
Hartke demos its AC150 Acoustic Ribbon Amplifier. The AC150's unusual speaker configuration includes four five-inch woofers and a 2x4-inch ribbon tweeter. The AC150 also features a five-band graphic EQ, 100 built-in effects,...  

Offsite Link: See the Hartke AC150 and Hartke AC75 acoustic ribbon amps at the official Hartke site.
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