Koch Powertone 2 Head | Ace - Skunk Anansie Collection

In collaboration with Ace from UK alt-rock band Skunk Anansie, Vintage 'n' Rare Guitars are proud to offer for sale some of the iconic instruments used throughout his career. 

Formed in 1994, Skunk Anansie have become one of the biggest rock bands in Europe with over 6 million physical sales and over 25 million Spotify streams per year not to mention the numerous awards acquired along the way. Their blend of alternative rock, punk, and metal, with powerful vocals and socially conscious lyrics gained them significant attention from the outset with the release of their debut album "Paranoid & Sunburnt" in 1995 followed by "Stoosh" a year later. Skunk Anansie continued to evolve their sound with subsequent albums "Post Orgasmic Chill" (1999), "Wonderlustre" (2010), and "Anarchytecture" (2016), and throughout their career they have been praised for their dynamic live performances and outspoken stance on issues like politics, sexuality, and racism. Guitarist, songwriter and founder member Ace played a crucial role in shaping the band's distinctive sound - his heavy riffs, melodic hooks, and dynamic solos contributing to the band's energetic and impactful music. 

During their career Skunk Anansie have shared stages with with such bands as Metallica, Rammstein, Muse, U2, The Rod Hot Chilli Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols. They continue to play sell out shows and release new music under their own independent label. This longevity and influence on the rock scene has cemented their status as one of the most iconic and enduring bands in British rock history. Coinciding with their 30th anniversary Ace has partnered with Vintage 'n' Rare Guitars to offer for sale some of the iconic instruments he used during his career. 

Killer sounding Koch Powertone II head, reassuringly solid with the well known Koch build quality. A 120 watt, three channel all valve amp with effects loop and reverb. Featuring a quartet of 6550 power valves and a trio of 12AX7 vales in the pre-amp. An incredibly versatile amp with Clean, Gain and Ultra Gain channels all with independent controls. 

"This amp was used on most LPs from 2009 onwards for recording clean tones and indie drives. It was toured extensively until recently too for the sound on the records to be reproduced! Seen in the guitar mags as well as many live show pics etc." Ace

SPEC

Front Panel Functions:

- Inputs : Normal / Bight Clean

- Bass, Mid & Treble : Classic passive tone controls of the CLEAN channel

- Volume : Controls the volume level of the CLEAN channel

- Gain : The GAIN and the ULTRA-GAIN controls of the POWERTONE II are very powerful and practical 'sound-creators'. These dual controls control the amount of amplification in two amplifier stages simultaneously and combine Drive and Gain-Boost in one knob

- Volume : Controls the volume level of the GAIN channel

- Mid Shift : Shifts the operating frequency of the Treble control in the GAIN channel

- Ultra-Gain : This channel has an extra (fifth) gain stage and therefore delivers even more sustain and compression

- Volume : Controls the volume level of the ULTRA-GAIN channel

- Mid Shift : Shifts the operating frequency of the Treble control in the ULTRA-GAIN channel

- Presence : Controls the amount of boost in the upper mid frequency range of the GAIN and the ULTRA-GAIN channel

- Bass, Mid & Treble : Classic post-distortion passive tone controls of the GAIN and of

the ULTRA-GAIN channel

- Rhythm : If activated with the Footswitch, this master volume control and can be preset at a lower rhythm level

- Solo : If activated with the Footswitch, this master volume control can be preset at a higher solo level

- Speaker Damping : This switch selects speaker damping between High, Low and Ultra Low

- Standby and Power Switches

Back Panel Functions:

- A.C Power

- HT Fuse

- Channels Switch : Selects channels as long as the included footswitch is not connected

- Footswitch Connector : Provides an input for the Footswitch and disconnects the CHANNELS switch when the footswitch is plugged in

- Parallel - To FX (Send) : This jack provides a buffered mono output from the preamp of the POWERTONE II and can be used to connect an external effects unit.

- Parallel - From FX (Return) : This jack provides an input for an external effects unit and must be connected to the output of the unit

- Serial - To FX (Send) : This jack also provides a buffered mono output from the preamp of the POWERTONE II and can be used to connect an external effects unit

- Serial - From FX (Return) : This jack provides an input for an external effects unit and must be connected to the output of the unit

- Reverb/FX Mix : Controls the amount of the Spring Reverb or Effects signal mixed with the original dry signal

- Speaker Output Jacks : Provided for connection of speaker(s) or speaker

cabinet 2 x 4 ohms, 2 x 8 ohms, 1 x 16 ohms

- Recording Output : This jack provides a frequency corrected (simulation of a guitar speaker) mono signal and includes reverb and - if used - external effects signals

Output Power : 120W(RMS) in 4, 8 or 16 ohms

Weight : 50.0 lbs / 22.7 kg