TheFretboard "Cool Wall'

ThePrettyDamned

Loobs said:

Cool:

Sploosh.

ThePrettyDamned

meltedbuzzbox said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Loobs said:

marantz1300 said:

I paid £65 for my DR103 in 2004, £140 for my 73 DR112 about five years later.
I'd happily pay £400 now.

Ya bastid.

@ThePrettyDamned they really are something else. You played one? 

Sadly, I've never even seen one in the flesh.  I'm desperate to try one though, any of them really - 50 watts of Hiwatt would be loud enough for anything, quiet enough for home and take pedals like a champ. 

I'm making it my goal to hear one.  I'm hopefully getting a proper nice amp this year - I've made do with a peavey bandit (which is actually pretty sweet all things considered!) for a while, and plan to not upgrade until I can do it properly - either a custom MJW or a a vintage amp overhauled by him. 

Get a hiwatt. 

I'm a bit scared, if I'm honest.  Apparently there are a lot of fakes around, and the brand has been passed from one company to another, including some less-than-reputable types... 

But maybe I'll get myself clued up and find one.  

Loobs

What's the going rate now for a vintage 50w or 100w head? 

Loobs

Look at Reeves if you're interested in Hiwatt. 

meltedbuzzbox

ThePrettyDamned said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Loobs said:

marantz1300 said:

I paid £65 for my DR103 in 2004, £140 for my 73 DR112 about five years later.
I'd happily pay £400 now.

Ya bastid.

@ThePrettyDamned they really are something else. You played one? 

Sadly, I've never even seen one in the flesh.  I'm desperate to try one though, any of them really - 50 watts of Hiwatt would be loud enough for anything, quiet enough for home and take pedals like a champ. 

I'm making it my goal to hear one.  I'm hopefully getting a proper nice amp this year - I've made do with a peavey bandit (which is actually pretty sweet all things considered!) for a while, and plan to not upgrade until I can do it properly - either a custom MJW or a a vintage amp overhauled by him. 

Get a hiwatt. 

I'm a bit scared, if I'm honest.  Apparently there are a lot of fakes around, and the brand has been passed from one company to another, including some less-than-reputable types... 

But maybe I'll get myself clued up and find one.  

I wouldn't believe half the hype mate. 

Most people dont know what a hiwatt amp is, why would people fake it?

Loobs

Cool

Uncool:

ICBM

meltedbuzzbox said:

Most people dont know what a hiwatt amp is, why would people fake it?

Because they own the rights to the name now and think it's OK to make "old" ones as well.

Originals in top condition are worth more than reissues… too tempting for 'some' people.

ThePrettyDamned

From the ampmaker amp gallery, this is COOL.

http://www.ampmaker.com/infocentre/attachment.php?aid=106

http://www.ampmaker.com/infocentre/attachment.php?aid=107

ThePrettyDamned

ICBM said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Most people dont know what a hiwatt amp is, why would people fake it?

Because they own the rights to the name now and think it's OK to make "old" ones as well.

Originals in top condition are worth more than reissues… too tempting for 'some' people.

Are newer ones still good amps? Or are the old ones the ones to go for? 

The wiring in @loobs one looks incredible!

Loobs

Matamp made a series of Hiwatt inspired amps a few years back. 

Never seen one of these in the flesh. 

http://www.planetoftheamps.com/matamp-nec.html

Major big amp porn here:

http://www.planetoftheamps.com/photo-gallery.html

marantz1300

ThePrettyDamned said:

ICBM said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Most people dont know what a hiwatt amp is, why would people fake it?

Because they own the rights to the name now and think it's OK to make "old" ones as well.

Originals in top condition are worth more than reissues… too tempting for 'some' people.

Are newer ones still good amps? Or are the old ones the ones to go for? 

The wiring in @loobs one looks incredible!

GOOGLE HARRY JOYCE

Loobs

Cool

Not cool:

meltedbuzzbox

ThePrettyDamned said:

ICBM said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Most people dont know what a hiwatt amp is, why would people fake it?

Because they own the rights to the name now and think it's OK to make "old" ones as well.

Originals in top condition are worth more than reissues… too tempting for 'some' people.

Are newer ones still good amps? Or are the old ones the ones to go for? 

The wiring in @loobs one looks incredible!

this fella plays the new ones. 

I own a new one as well... sounds glorious to me

Loobs

I played a (heaven forbid) Music Ground repro head and combo back in the day and thought they sounded just as good as my real one.

Audio Bros (90s US reissues) are also supposed to be good.  

meltedbuzzbox

Loobs said:

I played a (heaven forbid) Music Ground repro head and combo back in the day and thought they sounded just as good as my real one.

Audio Bros (90s US reissues) are also supposed to be good.  

Kudos for your honesty there

Loobs

I actually saw the guts of said amps and they were nicely done. 

Not quite as nice as a Harry Joyce-era Hiwatt of course, but still very respectable. 

 Tone Police will tell you otherwise though. 

ThePrettyDamned

^my god, that tone and just from a single take mic'd with an sm57. 

Shit son. 

ICBM

It's not about the quality of the amps, it's about the bad taste in the mouth you get with the new ones.

Loobs

This? 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107289/Posh-music-shop-owners-hob-nobbed-celebrity-clients-convicted-1million-stolen-guitar-plot.html

Loobs

http://www.foreverdoomed.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=16387

This is CRAZY! I knew they were crooked, but not to this extent.