The followup to Blackheart Engineering's Little Giant 5, the Killer Ant is a boutique-quality tube amp for the garage-playing musician. Featuring Class-A, single-ended circuitry, the Killer Ant delivers the complete, classic, touch-responsive tube tone you need but at more manageable volumes for apartment dwellers and recording sessions.

Designed on a beer-stained cocktail napkin and prototyped, built, and tested in a one-car garage in Austin, TX, this little head is engineered to the same strict standards as the Little Giant 5 and delivers the tones and attitude you want when tone is everything and volume needs to be kept in check. The Killer Ant embraces 100% classic all-tube circuitry, but instead of a high power tube output section, it boasts a clever, all-tube power block pumping out a mere fraction of 1W. What you get is arena-rock tone at bedroom levels and no more angry neighbors.

Like its big bro, the Killer Ant features completely overbuilt component specs, from 1W resistors in the signal path to double-sided PCB with 2 oz. traces. Even its diminutive cabinet, just over palm-sized, is built to take a beating with its 15-ply (18mm) void-free wood covered in durable black tolex. Final touches include distinctive white piping accents and a salt-and-pepper cloth-covered front baffle. 4-, 8-, and 16-ohm extension speaker jacks allow you to hook the Ant into virtually any cab you like, including a 4x12.

Blackheart Killer Ant BH1H 1W Tube Guitar Amp Head Specifications:

• Output power rating: .25W RMS, 16-ohm load
• Signal-to-noise ratio: 63 dB, typical
• Input impedance: 1 megaohm
• Preamp tubes: 1.5 of 12AX7/ECC83
• Power tubes: 0.5 of 12AX7/ECC83
• Rectifier: Solid state
• Speaker outputs: 16 ohms (1), 8 ohms (1), 4 ohms (1)
• Power requirements: 110/120 VAC, 50/60Hz, 20W or 220/240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 20W
• Size: 9.85" W x 7.9" H x 7.28" D
• Weight: 13 lb.

Blackheart Killer Ant BH1H 1W Tube Guitar Amp Head Features:

• <1 Watt RMS, Single-Ended, Class A
• Output jacks: 16-ohm jack (1) 8-ohm (1), 4-ohm (1)
• Solid State Rectifier
• Volume
• DC Power to filaments for super-quiet operation
• 15-ply, 18mm-thick void-free plywood construction

Rock out without disturbing the peace—add the Killer Ant to the cart now.