The Hotone Heart Attack is a compact 5-watt guitar amplifier head designed for players who want aggressive, high-gain tones in a highly portable format. Part of Hotone's Nano series, the Heart Attack is voiced for metal and hard rock, with its sound inspired by the legendary Mesa/Boogie Rectifier-style amplifier character.
Despite its pocket-sized dimensions, the Heart Attack provides a powerful combination of high-gain tone, flexible EQ controls, an FX loop, and convenient practice features.
High-Gain Tone in a Pocket-Sized Head
The Heart Attack is built around an aggressive high-gain character inspired by the Mesa/Boogie Rectifier family of amplifiers.
Its compact design makes it easy to carry while retaining the controls needed to shape a powerful metal-oriented sound.
The front panel provides:
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Gain for controlling the amount of distortion
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Volume for overall output level
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3-band EQ for shaping bass, middle, and treble frequencies
The result is a compact amp head capable of delivering thick, saturated tones suitable for modern metal and hard rock.
5 Watts of Power
The Heart Attack delivers 5 watts of output power, making it surprisingly powerful for its miniature enclosure.
It supports speaker cabinets with different impedances from 4Ω to 16Ω, allowing you to pair the head with a variety of compatible cabinets.
FX Loop for External Effects
An integrated FX loop allows external effects pedals to be connected between the amplifier's preamp and power amp sections.
This makes it easy to incorporate:
- Delays
- Reverbs
- Modulation effects
- Other time-based processors
- Additional pedalboard effects
Practice and Recording Features
The Heart Attack is not limited to traditional amplifier use.
A dedicated headphone output makes silent practice and recording convenient, while the Aux In allows you to connect an external music player and play along with backing tracks.
This makes the Heart Attack useful for home practice, rehearsals, recording, and portable setups.
Compact Nano Series Design
Measuring only 128 × 75 × 59.5 mm, the Heart Attack can easily fit into a gig bag, backpack, or even a pocket of a larger equipment case.
Its compact metal construction weighs just 520 g, making it an excellent option for musicians who want to minimize the size and weight of their rig.
Key Features
- Compact high-gain guitar amplifier head
- Part of the Hotone Nano series
- Sound inspired by the Mesa/Boogie Rectifier
- Designed for metal and hard rock
- 5 watts of output power
- Gain and Volume controls
- 3-band EQ
- Supports 4Ω–16Ω speaker cabinets
- Built-in FX loop
- Headphone output
- Aux input for backing tracks
- Compact and portable design
- 18V DC power supply
- Power adapter included
Technical Specifications
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Power Output: 5 W
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Supported Cabinet Impedance: 4–16 Ω
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Power Supply: 18V DC
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Power Adapter: Included
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Dimensions: 128 × 75 × 59.5 mm
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Weight: 520 g
The Hotone Heart Attack is an ideal choice for guitarists who want portable high-gain amplification without sacrificing tone-shaping flexibility. Its compact Nano-series format, Rectifier-inspired voicing, 5-watt output, FX loop, headphone output, and Aux input make it a versatile solution for metal players, home practice, recording, and compact pedalboard rigs.
