Hiwatt nuts, where are you?

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Thanks so much for that link!!!! Reeves makes a Pete Townshend Model too... the CP103.... I never heard of them before but that is great info to have... Thanks! Is Dave Reeves from Hiwatt fame a part of that company?

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I believe the REEVES in Reeves amps IS Dave Reeves.

From the site:

"Dave Reeves started making amplifiers under the HIWATT™ brand name in 1966. What made Dave Reeves HIWATT™ amplifiers so unique and so special was the use of turret board point to point wiring, premium military-spec components and Partridge transformers. The amplifiers not only sounded great but were extremely reliable and durable!"

Granted, they won't come with the Harry Joyce sharpie sig inside the chassis, but most of those were fake anyway....

If I remember correctly, Hiwatt was Dave's design, but it was Harry Joyce mil-spec wiring that really made them what they are.

Or was Dave the wiring genius? Never the less, I'd still grab a Reeves over one of the new Hiwatt amps.

I like that Reeves Custom 30 a lot

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O.K., I had it rightthe first time...check this out:

http://mhuss.com/Hiwatt/index.html

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I believe the REEVES in Reeves amps IS Dave Reeves.

From the site:

"Dave Reeves started making amplifiers under the HIWATT™ brand name in 1966. What made Dave Reeves HIWATT™ amplifiers so unique and so special was the use of turret board point to point wiring, premium military-spec components and Partridge transformers. The amplifiers not only sounded great but were extremely reliable and durable!"

Granted, they won't come with the Harry Joyce sharpie sig inside the chassis, but most of those were fake anyway....

If I remember correctly, Hiwatt was Dave's design, but it was Harry Joyce mil-spec wiring that really made them what they are.

Or was Dave the wiring genius? Never the less, I'd still grab a Reeves over one of the new Hiwatt amps.

I like that Reeves Custom 30 a lot

Very cool amps! Thanks again

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Re: Hiwatt nuts, where are you?

OR...

You could go for one of these:





WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT????!!!!!!!

Never see that in a Fender!

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It would actually be cool to get a Hiwatt Custom 50, a Harry Joyce Custom 50 & a Reeves Custom 50 and see how they all sounded. See if there was anything different after all the years.

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I have a 30 watt Harry Joyce combo. I love it to death.

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I LOVE Hiwatts!!! In some ways even more than I love a good old Marshall because it just has such versatility and incredible tone. Wide open, punchy cleans with incredible headroom to a phat, huge sounding distortion. IMO hands down one of the greatest amps ever produced.

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I have been told by many a Hiwatt user that the Hiwatt cab/speakers is a huge part of their tone... I heard Hiwatt heads do not sound as nice thru a Marshall cab...

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Archer, did you move? You were living in Las Vegas last I checked.

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I heard Hiwatt heads do not sound as nice thru a Marshall cab...

Anyone saying that is just hooked on the classic Hiwatt tone that comes from that combination.

In reality, Hiwatt amps can sound great through any combination of cabinets and speakers. Just like anything else, it's personal taste. If you think a Hiwatt amp is a little bright, don't pair it up with bright sounding speakers.

Many years ago, I played through a Hiwatt 100 watt head and a semi-generic 4x12 cabinet loaded with 4 EVM12L speakers - and the tone, sustain, and "balls" it had knocked me on my butt. I've been a changed musician ever since...my evidence that a Hiwatt cabinet with Fane speakers is not a requirement.

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When I bought my sound city, the guy who I bought it from told me "when you go to buy speakers... trust me and get some Fane's". Although I'm partial to celestian greenbacks, I'm going to give some Fane's a shot when I go to get new speakers.

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I ran my Hiwatt thru a Marshall 2x12 with a V-30/G12H30 in it......sounded just fine

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I read an interesting quote from an interview Pete Townshend did for Guitar Magazine in 1973 about Hiwatts... He says that he knows that guys like Ron Wood are running out and having custom made guitars for themselfs and that he could do the same but his Hiwatts sound so good no matter what he plugs into them.. Says Hiwatt custom makes his amps for him and you can't buy them off the rack like the make for him... He says when your amps are as great as these you really don't need custom made guitars... At the time of this interview Pete said he was really enjoying a Grestch thru his Hiwatts.. Not the Chet Atkins model, it was a Duo something... It looked like a Les Paul shaped Grestch. He used that guitar for a few shows in the Uk 1973.

Later on in the late 70's Pete's LP's were heavily modded, and in 79-82 his Shecters were custom made.... but this quote is from 73....

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Gas....

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that gretsch he is talking about is the duo jet... i love the reissues they have now and play with them on heavier amps when im shopping around for guitar amps

awesome guitar