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Well sought after and highly collectablegreat amplifier for all around music, for all venues. Hiwatt has been proudly crafting truly handmade amplifiers and cabinets, serving the worlds best players since 1966. Its a revolutionary concept for software that was inspired in part by johnny cashs. As this section is responsible for a huge amount of trafic each month ive decided to run a. He began using the hiwatts model after using modified sound city l100 sc105 amplifiers with hiwatt badges, which he used beginning late 1968. Its a modern sounding rock amp, far from the classic tones of a hiwatt or fender. Free electronic schematic diagrams, electronics cad software, electronic pcb software, guitar wiring diagrams, amp schematics, repair manuals, amplifier layout diagrams,pcb software for making printed circuit boards, amplifier design software cad for drawing circuit diagrams. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. Hiwatt custom 20hd mini stack is well, a mini about 43 inches highversion of the hiwatt stacks two channels, clean and distorted works off. I didnt have a lot of time to check it out because they were closing up but it looked to be in good condition. Normal volume and bright volume, bass, middle, treble, presence and master volume controls. I recently got my hands on a brand new reeves custom 50 amp. My head is behind an amp roost middle hiwatt clone 70 with partridge transformers and everything. Dig up some old hiwatt schematics and marry the class a power section from ax84 to a hiwatt s preamp section and youll have your own custom 7 for chump change.
What tubes should i stick in my hiwatt custom 50 gearslutz is partsupported by our visitors. The tube driver just melts when you find that sweet spot between the pedal. We carry over 250 lines of audio hardware and software, as well as an. The dr103 circuit was identical to hiwatt s 50 watt custom 50 dr504 amp, but it doubled the number of el34s for twice the power. Dr103 100w dr112 100w dr201 200w dr203 200w dr405 400w dr504 50w l50 reverb 50w.
The earliest drs with 4inputs used input 1 and pi 1. Stage, 4 x ecc83 pre amp valves and handwired in england with hiwatts original circuit. And now, please take a look at this 400 watt power supply schematic on which this amps power supply is modeled on. Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians.
I waited a few weeks before spouting off about it can be had between 150. It needs to be noted that hiwatt was not one of these companies. According to kee mayer, engineer and builder at the current hiwatt manufacturing facility in doncaster, england, reeves designated the original dr103 circuit with the letters ap because pulling two el34s resulted in a 50 watt amp thats more all purpose. Check out the hiwatt story for more information on the hiwatt tube guitar amps.
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Hiwatt schematics, service manuals and owners manuals archive. Hiwatt custom 20hd mini stack the big companies all seem to have these mini stacks. Hammond is now making output transformers with normal 04816 secondaries. As far as i can tell its a 1977 according to this site mhuss hiwatt amplifier pages dating info model number dr505 and serial number 11776.
The hiwatt custom 50 dr504 is the original alltube 50 watt hiwatt head that preceded the reissues of the 1990s. That said, a 100w or 50w hiwatt circuit running wide open with maximum power. Like all reeves amplifiers, the custom 50 is entirely hand assembled using only the finest quality components assembled. I think they were talking about the amp i posted, the hiwatt custom 20, when they said hiwatt in. Lr112 the little rig companion cabinet 1x12 english faneloaded speaker cabinet.
I played a hiwatt custom 50 into a marshall 4x12 for years. Ive got a hi octane i built from the schematics on that site and its a single ended amp or class a, if you will. I bought an nos mullard cv4024 12at7 for the phase inverter. Ive never seen a schematic of this circuit, and i created this one by reverse engineering, using detailed photos. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Hiwatt cp103 and dr103w pete townshends guitar gear. If you are buying a hiwatt item mail order unseen, purchase it from a reliable source in america.
Its actually for my reeves custom 50 which is a 70s hiwatt replica. Hiwatt l50r l100r sch service manual download, schematics. One handdrawn set of schematics has been widely circulated, and published in both pittman and webers books, and a few audio brothers schematics have been seen in the wild. The hiwatt 200 watt amp does infact follow this type of design and gives the expected 200 watts please see this 200 watt power supply schematic below. These are placed right in the treble tone stack for a hiwatt. It certainly seems that whoever designed it took a look at hiwatt schematics or has access to info we dont have. If it isnt loud enough, there is something not working properly in the amp, the speakers are very inefficient or you just need a bigger amp for the gigs you do. Hiwatt custom superhi 50 head 50 watt guitar amp maxwatt amplifier. Hiwatt dr504 custom 50 watt guitar amplifier head sonic circus. Hiwatt diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. The amp is a bit noisy at home or at rehearsal, i mean. Preamp valves and handwired in england with hiwatts original circuit. Get the best deal for hiwatt guitar amplifiers from the largest online selection at. When you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
With amplitube custom shop youll have access to every piece of gear from all. This particular amplifier has a label identifying it as a type ap, model sa112 with the serial number 16681. Cant say about the combos but as others have mentioned if you are looking for something that has loads of clean headroom, depending where you are playing a. Space cowboy reeves amplification reeves amplification. The space cowboy is an extension of our very successful custom 50, widely acclaimed for its articulate note definition, high headroom and an exceptional clean tone.
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