Hs 1200 Features - Hartke HS 1200 KickBack User Manual

HS 1200 Features

The HS 1200 offers all the newest concepts in state-of-the-art bass
amplification at an extremely affordable price. Here are some of its
main features:
• Power to spare—a full 120 watts into 8 ohms.
• Bipolar design for clean, crisp sound—as well as our Transient
Attack® circuitry, which ensures that every nuance of your bass
performance is reproduced faithfully.
• Three bands of high-quality equalization, allowing you to create a
broad range of tonal colors for your bass instrument.
• A unique contour filtering system called "Shape." This activates
an equalization curve specially designed to enhance the sound of
the electric bass. In addition, a Shape control enables you to
continuously sweep a filter through various frequency areas in order
to customize the effect of the Shape curve to the specific tonal
characteristics of your particular bass instrument.
• A separate headphone output which automatically mutes the
speaker output, allowing the HS 1200 to be used as a high-quality
practice amp. In addition, a front-panel Direct Out enables the
HS 1200 to be easily interfaced with external sound reinforcement
or recording mixing consoles.
• A feedback-type input that accommodates a broad range of input
levels (up to 15 volts), so that you can use the HS 1200 with pretty
much any kind of bass, from passive models to those with active
circuitry.
• Included is a matched Hartke 12" 8-ohm speaker mounted in a
specially designed "KickBack™" cabinet. When used in the
"KickBack™" position, the HS 1200 acts like an onstage "wedge"
monitor, adding high frequency clarity and directionality to the
sound.
• Rugged construction, metal screen speaker cover and carpeted
exterior serve to make the HS 1200 eminently road-worthy.
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