Hey Dante,
I totally get it. The rack gear I've got isn't going anywhere unless someone is offering big money for me to move that around and set it up. Plus, like you said, it's getting delicate and I'd rather not anyway. (I'm not getting younger either).
People here are so squeamish when it comes to words like 'programmable,' or 'racks.' I don't find any problems with it, especially when it works, it sounds good, and it's reliable gig after gig. That's why I did what I did with my Fenders.
In reading your post, I'm guessing the H&K has some pretty decent tones in it, and like me, you're a tone-junkie
Neither one of us would plunk down our hard-earned cash for gear that sounds like lukewarm diarrhea on a paper plate. But if you think about it, all of us here at the Depot are like that. One of the most relevant reasons we like our ADA gear so much is because of it's
flexibility. ADA gave us the ability to get a bunch of great amp tones all in one little box, without having to bring a moving van full of amplifiers to a gig. Your H&K and my Fenders do the same thing, but they are in combo amp form. We just have to dial them in according to the limitations of the combo amps.
Also like you, and I didn't realize this until you said it, every time I've taken the Fenders out to a gig, once I've set the volume level, I never touch the amp after that either. So, that IS a pretty big deal. In my case, I can take one, two, or all three amps to a gig, and get great tones with them, especially now since I figured a way to blend the two rigs together, and add dimension to my guitar tones.
As far as weight goes, I can't really complain about how much the Fenders weigh. they are all about the same weight as my Vibrolux Reverb, which is the lightest of my tube amps, and I'm thinking about getting another Cyber-Deluxe just to pull the Vibrolux out of the mix. It's not that I don't like the Vibrolux anymore, but it is a tube amp that will be 50 years old next year. Tubes wear out, sockets get worn, and it will need to be serviced soon with new caps and tubes just like both of my old Twins. Since the CD is still around at cheap prices, why not? It would also be a good backup for the original CD I have. I can upload my programs via MIDI to it, and if the main one goes down, All I have to do is switch the Expansion cabling and go!
Programmable amps give you so many options that you just don't get from a singular toned amplifier.
Just my two cents