Pignose 7-300 HOG-30 Amplifier

by Pignose

Product Features

• The Hog 30 was designed with bass, acoustic guitar and keyboard players in mind
• Front panel features volume and master volume controls
• Funk Bass switch for extra punch and depth
• Rear panel features including headphone and line out jacks
• 30 watts RMS, 8' bass speaker, 3 band EQ

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14 x 9.5 x 17 inches ; 25 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 61.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002D0K00
• Item model number: 7-300
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,207 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #45 in Musical Instruments > Instrument Accessories > Guitar & Bass Accessories > Amplifiers > Electric Guitar Amplifiers > Combo Amps

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The HOG 30 is a recharging amplifier, it is perfect for outdoors speaking engagements, practice sessions and for playing loud clean sounds virtually anywhere. While it was originally designed for use with electric guitars & keyboards, it will work very well with any electric instrument and /or microphones, and can amplify radios, tape players or audio cd players. You can connect multiplies of these units together in series for an even better sound. You won't beleve the amount of sound these amplifiers produce! And for a price everyone can afford !

• Battery and AC operation
• Includes AC adapter/battery charger
• Rechargeable Batteries Included
• Heavy Duty 8" speaker
• Funk Bass switch
• Compressor/limiter
• 2 inputs
• 3bandEQ
• Level and Pre Gain controls
• Line Out jack
• Headphone jack For private listening!
• Approx. dim: 131/2x 91/2x 17"
• Renouned Pignose quality!
• RUNS FOR HOURS ON A SINGLE CHARGE

Product Description

Recharging Portable amp. The HOG-30

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't be disappointed, October 20, 2006

By 

Terry L. Little, Jr. "tdtdcs" (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pignose 7-300 HOG-30 Amplifier (Electronics)

Before I get into rating this amp, let me just say that it is not like regular guitar combo amps. Like the product descripion says it was designed for multiple types of instruments so don't go plugging into this thing and expect an amp with distortion when turned all the way up. It has a very clean tone when used alone with a guitar but add your favorite distortion or overdrive pedal and you will be amazed by its sound. Very punchy and with today's multi-effects with amp modeling built in, this is the only type of amp you want to use. Also, I can just unplug my guitar and effects and plug in my bass and not worry about blowing the amp. And the portability of it is great. The battery really does last long on just one charge.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars for Guitar; Three for Bass, November 3, 2010

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popmusicfan (northeastern Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pignose 7-300 HOG-30 Amplifier (Electronics)

The Pignose Hog 30 is a battery powered amplifier for electric guitar, electric bass, keyboards, microphone, and just about anything else that, according to the owner's manual "works at 20 watts, with 35 watts of peak power." In reality, the 20 watts is probably the more accurate number, as I have a fairly inexpensive Washburn 30 watt bass amp that provides more sound at about "4" than the Pignose does turned all the way up (and with the funk bass switch activated, to boot). This amplifier seems, though, to hold a charge nicely and would therefore seem to be the ideal amplifier to take along to any al fresco situation. My 4 star review is bassed (spelling intentional) on the fact that it has a "5" tone for clean-tone electric guitar, but is more of a "3" for electric bass. Mine seems to have an inherent buzz on F (10th fret, G string, electric bass). The speaker looks fine, the screws are all tight, but there's a buzz. I have tried three different basses and the buzz is most annoying on a short-scale bass, but it is noticeable on all three. Cutting the treble and mid-range and boosting the bass on the amplifier helps quite a bit, but still this amplifier clearly emphasizes the upper harmonics. At some point, it might be interesting to see what a larger speaker would do, although several non-Amazon reviews that I've read suggest that the relatively small (for a bass amp) speaker might not entirely be the culprit. I would recommend the Pignose Hog 30 without question for guitarists (the buzz is not really noticeable on guitar, so it does seem to be connected somehow to the harmonic series (overtones) of the bass. It is a crisp guitar amp and with effects pedals will do just about anything you'd need for practicing or for a small outdoor gig. With a classical acoustic/electric, it is also quite nice, especially for the price. On bass, it's just more fussy. I did connect through an emulator pedal that changes the overtones and the tone was better; however, ideally an amplifier should not require the use of an effects pedal. It is not a bad bass amp, provided that the music you are playing avoids the resonating frequency and the notes adjacent to it. Since I play both bass and guitar, I am happy with the amp, and will use it for both. If I only played bass, however, I might be looking for another battery powered amp.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Amazing Battery Powered Amp!, August 29, 2011

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The Shopinator - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pignose 7-300 HOG-30 Amplifier (Electronics)

I'm a bass player. I had my doubts, but bought this based purely on other people's reviews.

Is this a 4x10 200W Marshall stack? No, come on now...

But it IS a bass amp that sounds like, well, a bass amp... and it plays on batteries! 30 Watts in the park? In the back yard? At the beach? During a blackout party? YES!

It actually does a great job indoors and like any amp outdoors, it does the best it can... which is pretty decent. This is a GREAT amp for busking, and you can make it pretty easy to swap or supplement the batteries while busking if you play that long. In most busking situations, you can't play that loud, anyway, so the batteries will last a good long while (hours).

It has a bit of growl, it has that slightly soft sound that Pignose are known for, and it has a "make it Funky" switch which is better than no distortion/fuzz, but... use your own stompbox. Has a Pre out, Headphone out for clandestine practicing and is just tall enough to sit on (stool height), and strong enough for the burliest bass player to sit on it.

Metal hardwarde, groovy (stealable) Pignose volume knob and look-of-football vinyl wrap make it just a little different... and inexpensive for what you get compared to any other battery bass amp (in terms of power, size, simplicity or price). Not too heavy, a girl can lug this and it will strap to a folding luggage cart (busking 101 tip) with room to spare.

Great practic amp, busking amp, handles growly high output pickups or a kb and plays loud enough for what it is. Get one. It's pretty awesome, even if it's your only amp. Not too big, not too small, mikeable, etc.