Hagen is Diezel's answer to the needs of today's axemen: a hyper versatile, modern sounding, multi-channel amp loaded with four individual preamps, useful features, easily accessable via midi and a strong poweramp. Hagen covers the whole territory of modern guitar sounds no matter if 6 or 7 stringed.SpecificationsModel: HagenOutput: 100 Watt, biasable in pairs (2 trimmers)Channels: 4 individual: clean, crunch, mega, leadLoops: 3, one midi switchable serial, a permanent serial and a perm. Parallel loop (with volume ctrl)Equalization: each channel with gain, volume, treble, mids and bass, 2 master volumes, presence, depthPreamp: 6 12AX7 High GradePoweramp: JJ KT 77Dimensions: 27(H)x74(B)x28(T) cm 16,6(H)x29,1(W)x11,0(D) inchWeight: 24kg.
Diezel amplifiers: Can this amp do more than just metal? Is the Hagen amp worth the high cost? Can it be anything other than a rock amp? Find out in this inside and out review. Diezel Hagen Tube Amp inside and out review. Click any image for a larger view.
The Diezel Hagen is the ultimate 100-watt head for today’s modern player. It features 4 independent Channels (Clean, Crunch, Mega, and Lead) with 4 independent Eq’s delivering any tone imaginable. Quad KT-77 power tubes and 6 12ax7 preamp tubes power the Hagen creating tones from crystal cleans to high voltage crunch to modern metal and soaring leads. The flexibility of controls such as dual master volumes and MIDI programmable FX loop make it possible to access any of the set tones by the push of a single button. The result is a perfect amp giving versatility and functionality for both live performance and studio applications.The Clean channel delivers a tight focused tone that cuts through any mix. It has independent treble, mid, and bass controls to dial in a precise tone from crystal clean to a warm lush clean.
Adding an independent gain setting allows for all the girth necessary to fill any room.The Crunch channel has the range of classic rock tones to modern rock tones. The powerful and independent EQ allows for radical frequency changes to be made on the fly. Adding a separate gain stage and control gives the flexibility to carve out a rhythm tone for any genre.The Mega channel takes it up a serious notch delivering a dedicated rhythm channel for the most powerful and modern rhythm tones. Dedicated EQ allows for a scooped driving tone to a mid heavy punchy tone. The independent gain control delivers a high power compressed sound that stays tight at high volumes allowing the most intricate low tunings to not only cut through the mix but also retain their rhythmic attack.The Lead channel takes the Hagen to another level. The tone can go from tight and focused to spongy with a dedicated EQ and Gain control. The perfect amount of natural tube compression makes playing solos effortless!The Deep Function allows control of how the Hagen amp reacts with the speaker cabinet.
It adds bottom end to your cab giving more girth and bass response. This feature is highly useful when using different size cabinets.The Presence control adds just the right amount of sparkle to any of the 4 channels.Master Volume 1 and Master Volume 2 are independent and fully switchable overall volume controls.
This allows for 2 completely separate volumes to be set for any of the 4 independent channels.MIDI allows for any of the 4 independent channels to be fully programmable and switchable with a midi foot controller. This gives you access to each channel with the capability to add any desired FX. Programmable MIDI makes switching amp channels with different FX combinations instant.
This amp is used not just for metal tones. There are four channels and each has it's own tones, the clean really IS clean but channel four is the one if you want incredibly good lead guitar tones. I bought this amp near enough new and took a look inside. There were a few 'factory' mods to this amp which worked but did not quite look as they should for a German maker and with a cost as high as the Hagen costs. Overall a better amp if you use the Diezel floor pedal (I think that's called a Columbus) and much easier to try and control.
Click to expand.I'd rather not step on anyone's toes but generally here is my elaboration:VH4 has the best sitting mids on channel 3 of any of the four models mentioned. You can do a whole lot with channel 2 and channel 3 of a VH4 as far as genres are concerned and the amplifier is well behaved under a variety of microphones as well as live. Generally speaking it is hard for you to go wrong with any flavor VH4.Herbert sounds excellent under a microphone and is my favorite studio amplifier that diezel carries - especially the Mk II. Plenty of headroom for any volume of playing. User error with the tone controls can bastardize this amplifier easily though - the design leaves many tonal options at your disposal with plenty of gain on tap, however some of those combinations can leave the amplifier not cutting in a mix or sounding thin, lifeless, scooped, and boomy.Dmoll has many of the same tonal options as the Herbert but with a somewhat darker tonality - it has an excellent clean. Mids also sit well.
All around a great amplifier but not in the same league as its bigger brothers.Hagen has a gain structure that either you love or you hate. It's live characteristics are nothing like how it behaves under a microphone being as though the gain is not as defined as what you hear in the herbert or VH4. You will either love it or easily grow tired of it. One of the models that many people find disappointing.