HIWATT amplification

[maluco]

Gooday all,

Been spending some time reading through heaps and heaps of threads and there is a lot of excellent info on here..

Anyways, you guys in the state don't seem to speak about HIWATT amps much. For those of you know not in the know, the amps that the Who and Pink Floyd and a host of others used...

I myself must say the HIWATT HI GAIN is an excellent all tube amp with crushing tone and crisp cleans. I am in love and a bit surprised that no matter which forum I visit, no-one seems to speak about these excellent amps.

Anybody else out there a fan?

[Endrik]

I've only played with Custom 100 for a little bit but I absolutely loved it.


btw. how's the weather down there? you guys have a summer there right now you lucky bastards

[jgcable]

They are great amps for Who and Pink Floyd tone. I wouldn't exactly call the tone crushing... I would call it vintage or great for classic to hard rock. Not a good choice for metal unless you are using outboard processing.

[Endrik]

They are great amps for Who and Pink Floyd tone. I wouldn't exactly call the tone crushing... I would call it vintage or great for classic to hard rock. Not a good choice for metal unless you are using outboard processing.

I think he is talking about the new HI GAIN series amps

[jgcable]

I think he is talking about the new HI GAIN series amps

Got it... I was thinking about the old 120w 1 channel heads.

[DonP]

For those of you know not in the know, the amps that the Who and Pink Floyd and a host of others used...

Not many Who or Pink Floyd fans on this forum as John already mentioned. Probably why these amps aren't mentioned very often.

I'll give them a try when I go into a GC next.

[Endrik]

Not many Who or Pink Floyd fans on this forum

what?:think:

[markD]

i'd love to have a hi-watt. i think they sound awesome. quite expensive though.

[zeegler]

what?:think:

I agree. Wat?
:think::think:

I'm a huge fan of The Who, and I do love me some Floyd too I must say.

[ken361]

what?

[shobet]

I agree. Wat?
:think::think:

I'm a huge fan of The Who, and I do love me some Floyd too I must say.

A what from here as well! I think you'll find lots of Floyd and Who love on this forum!

I like the older amps, as they certainly give you lots of clean headroom, which I like. They are testicle moving loud and built like tanks.

So on that note - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUbGLVvfB7Y and for good measure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2hFZ8KnsSo

[nsubulysses]

What about SOUND CITY??

[SEEGERMANY]

Yea, if anyone owns one of those piece of shit Hiwatts, do yourself a favor and ship that sucker to me. I'll keep it under lock and key so that no one else has to suffer.

[shobet]

He's back!

[Sinistas]

If I ever hit the lotto, I'm getting one of these specifically for recording cleans and leads.