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Dumble or Mesa Boogie? Fixing a butchered Kitty Hawk Custom Tube Amp, made in Germany ! 

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A Kitty Hawk Custom is an amp from the 80´s. Some people claim, that there was a cooperation between Howard Dumble and the guys from the Kitty Hawk company to provide Dumble-like amps in Europe. Wether this is true or not, these amps are influenced by early Mesa Boogies, that’s plain to see. Manufactured only in a small amount of numbers, these handmade amplifiers are pretty rare these days. This video shows a lot of details of these rare birds, and a repair and overhaul after 40 years.
If you have further informations about these extraordinary pieces of extremely loud furniture, feel free to leave a comment.
Here’s a video about it’s little brother, the Kitty Hawk Standard:
• A poor man’s Dumble? K...

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Комментарии : 31   
@kennethquintini658
@kennethquintini658 Год назад
Great job on that Dumble!!
@canaan_perry
@canaan_perry Год назад
The cleans sounds really nice!
@johnsimms3957
@johnsimms3957 Год назад
I think people should go ahead and get a Marshall.
@book3100
@book3100 Год назад
Na. Get a Laney.
@Earlvis
@Earlvis 11 месяцев назад
@@book3100Just not an AOR
@roncarter2188
@roncarter2188 Год назад
I know a lot of noteworthy amp repairman that shy away from Mesa Boogie amps because they can be a nightmare to repair and this amp seems to be on the same level - I know I wouldn't want to take on this amp for repairs but good job and well done.
@martinstubeampworkbench2299
Thank you for your acclaim. Appreciate it! But I have to confess: I would refuse repairing a modern Mesa , too. The same with Blackhawk and Hughes & Kettner amps. Bloody computers with some tubes in it. These amps are not made to last 40, 50, or 60 years. Sad but true, they are made to end up in a junkpile after a few years. Greetings from Germany
@rodneykroetsch2924
@rodneykroetsch2924 Год назад
I enjoyed the repair documenting. Good video and really tasty playing at the end. Some comedic dialog made me laugh 😃
@martinstubeampworkbench2299
Thanks a lot for your nice comment. But….more is yet to come: I got a Supro , a National, a Gibson and an Orange. All classical, legendary amps, standing in line.
@roncarter2188
@roncarter2188 Год назад
Nice sound, great job on a not so easy repair.
@justovision
@justovision Год назад
"Why did someone do that shit?" is only surpassed by "Why did I do that shit?" in my life. That's a really nice looking and sounding amp but like most Mesas probably too complicated for it's own good. Does the 100/50 switch just remove a pair of 6L6 from the output? Thanks for sharing the restore.
@ghostface_grilla1155
@ghostface_grilla1155 Год назад
Love this channel
@duncan.5228
@duncan.5228 Год назад
You make any amp sound great.
@jaydominikoski6264
@jaydominikoski6264 Год назад
I run a mesaboogie into a kitty hawk 120w per channel stereo power amp. This is the best system I've ever tried, I love it. I used to use 2 4/12 cabs, now I use 2 2/10 cabs, I'm gonna switch to 2 2/12 cabs
@jaydominikoski6264
@jaydominikoski6264 Год назад
Mesaboogie studio preamp
@jaydominikoski6264
@jaydominikoski6264 Год назад
I'm looking for a 60w stereo cuz this is loud and heavy.
@guitarzan11litwin51
@guitarzan11litwin51 Год назад
Well said. I own a kitty hawk m5 combo. The speaker is good.....the rest is crap.
@johnpierson8398
@johnpierson8398 Год назад
Thank you my friend.
@kamaboko1
@kamaboko1 Год назад
Looks similar to a Legend amp I had years ago.
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 Год назад
Kitty Hawk is the name of a place in North Carolina where the Wright Brothers first achieved powered flight. Seems like an odd name for a German-built or German-market amplifier that purportedly has roots from California-based Mesa and Dumble. I do wonder if that distortion channel is working correctly because it sure doesn't sound anything like an overdriven Dumble, but as an amp tech myself I wouldn't want to be the one having to do a deep dive into why it sounds so bad in that mode!
@jonnybeck6723
@jonnybeck6723 Год назад
...also an odd man out brown power tube socket (?) Enjoying your vid but you need a vocal mic with better treble and/or less boomy (?)
@nathanokeefe9169
@nathanokeefe9169 Год назад
Wow that looks like a real pain to work on
@jonnybeck6723
@jonnybeck6723 Год назад
Nice plunking... Where on the planet is you at? I'm hiding in picturesque Koreatown, Los Angeles, Californicate... cheers
@martinstubeamprepairshop7155
Thanks for your comment. I´m living in a little town in Germany. But my uncle and aunty used to live in San Fernando. So I´ve been in California for a few times. Sorry for the poor quality of my videos, but hey, I ´m not Steven Spielberg😆
@jonnybeck6723
@jonnybeck6723 Год назад
@@martinstubeamprepairshop7155 Thanx man... Methimks I'm goin' a wee bit DEEF but I'll be watchin' with pick in one hand and soldering device in t'otha
@MAP448
@MAP448 11 месяцев назад
What part of this amp resembles any part of a dumble?
@brentstewart59
@brentstewart59 Год назад
Looking at the insides... nope I can't help you
@Earlvis
@Earlvis 11 месяцев назад
KittyHawk amps are garbage
@martinstubeampworkbench2299
@martinstubeampworkbench2299 10 месяцев назад
😂 they are!!!!
@Earlvis
@Earlvis 10 месяцев назад
@@martinstubeampworkbench2299 I have one in my shop. The only good thing about it is the Fane speaker.
@ivandaly3679
@ivandaly3679 Год назад
Dirt channel sounds awful in lower register. I absolutely wouldn't bother.
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