*Bouncing with Excitement*
pariah
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....for I've seen my soon-to-be amp!!! After getting VERY dissappointed at http://www.hiwatt.com, I learnt that for once it DOESN't suck to live in Europe! What's the case? In America, the owner of Hiwatt, Fernandes *bwark* guitars, has all rights on Hiwatt and builds only very shitty practice amps. I had come to terms with the idea that one of those glorious Hiwatts would remain a dream, and I would settle on a silverface twin...
Until today.
Today I learnt Fernandes is not the only company with Hiwatt rights... http://www.hiwatt.co.uk made my dreams come true. Within a few months, i'll probably will own a Hiwatt Custom 50 with a nice cab to go with it. I won't settle for less!!! (to be honest, it helps that the thing doesn't cost €3000 as I expected... I'm gonna pay 1200 for it. Hell yeah rock 'n roll.)
I'm happy right now. Just wanted to share. :D:D
Until today.
Today I learnt Fernandes is not the only company with Hiwatt rights... http://www.hiwatt.co.uk made my dreams come true. Within a few months, i'll probably will own a Hiwatt Custom 50 with a nice cab to go with it. I won't settle for less!!! (to be honest, it helps that the thing doesn't cost €3000 as I expected... I'm gonna pay 1200 for it. Hell yeah rock 'n roll.)
I'm happy right now. Just wanted to share. :D:D
"Until you realize the importance of the banana king, you will know absolutely nothing about the human-interest things of the world."
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be sure to get a fane loaded cab to go with it... that is key to have efficient speakers like that for that signature Hiwatt tone...
although mr. vedder uses a marshall cab, I would suggest a hiwatt cab like mr. townshend.
If you can get the 4x12 with Fane speakers.
That's a fucking killer amp but it's loud too be ready.
I'll go for fanes if I recovered from buying the head. Until then, I'll see if I can find a not-too-expensive (>€200) 2x12 or 4x10. Surprisingly, that's not even that hard here. I refound my love for Europe...
...that's six smiles in two posts. I'm getting borderline psycho here..
if you wouldn't refer
to me as "they".
Thank you very much.
Oh, I'm just the resident speaker junkie.
Just promise me you won't spend the next ten years playing that amp through a Peavey 4x12?
Untill you can afford the cab you might get an attenuator or DI combination that allows you to still record and hear your amp.
some great ones here. http://www.webervst.com
My 4x10" cab is the coolest in existence.
apples and oranges. Fanes are traditionally found in Hiwatt Cabs. Celestion in Orange and Marshall.
The 1932 probably has some sort of celestions loaded inside. Fanes and celestions are very smooth and have nice breakup. A good compliment to british amps. There's no right or wrong really.
the wattage, ohms and materials used to build the speakers are more important.
Generally the lower the wattage the earlier the breakup. Alnico mags are generally sweeter while ceramics are more edgy. Neither is really better.
I have one of the Marshall cabs... it's actually model 1965, and in either angled (A) or straight (B) versions with Celestion vintage-style 10's. They're great cabinets.
I understand, but I meant "better for Hiwatt heads"... sloppy English and tired head...
I bet there are more than a few old Vox cab's around that are open or semi open. Probably a few Semi open marshalls as well look and ask around there's a lot of badass stuff in europe.
I was just saying, as a Hiwatt fan, that to get the true Hiwatt experience, it is best to go with some fanes in a Hiwatt cab.
Amps and cabs compliment each other differently... different configurations help different amps and suit them better than others... for example 410s in a super reverb, vs 212 in a twin, vs 112 in a deluxe... these speaker setups add to the flavor of the amp.
So, I guess what I am trying to say is... try different combinations with that head... listen to the cabs from across the room and see how the perform. Whatever sounds best to you, is what you should use.
The Mesa cab is the only one I've ever seen with two speakers completely sealed and two open, but there are others with like half-backs and three-quarter backs. They just aren't sealed.
There is no better. I'd either look for Celestion Greenbacks (25 watts), Vintage 30's or Fane's 25 watters. they will all sound awesome.
But most vintage Hiwatt Cabs have Fanes. Everything Hiwatt is built better than Marshall. In my opinion the two best English cabs are Hiwatt and Orange (Matamp)
but marshalls are fine. If you can find one the Marshall TV (Tall Vintage) cabs are my favorite.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3700611937&category=38075
I love mine... people who don't know about 10" speakers on guitar are truly not living.
Nice.. this is what I can get here...
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Marshall cabinet gitaar - JCM 410 A € 250,- Apeldoorn: 1
yeah well you're cheating webbers are awesome. I had no Idea they had that many models available.
Thanks for your help all. Goodnight.
goodnight. Congratulations on the Hiwatt.
Look at that 50 watt bulldog. And we get 20 watt Korean built ass crap. Fernandes must be run like shit, they seem to have the shitty market cornered.
Yep, I have my Weber cab and my Celestion-loaded Marshall cab. I need to find a replacement speaker for the Marshall, though, one speaker is flubbin'. Maybe I'll tear it apart tonight, try to find the problem... it's not in the cone, I think it's in the voice coil. Which would be bad.