Are you going to use Partridge transformers? I know some people salvage them from the Sound City amps.Marshmallow wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:59 am Thanks for the info guys, a reactive and touch sensitive amp is what I'm after. I'm sourcing for parts to build a 100w hiwatt amp. Will let you guys know how this goes. Been hearing a lot of good things about these amps. Probably gonna build another marshall later.
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Well that's no good for me then!!Danger Mouse wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:58 pm Plus I found it one of those really reactive, touch-sensitive amps, it would pick up every single mistake or fluff.
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Yeah when I first played through it I was thinking "wow my playing is sloppy at the moment!", then I went back home and played through my own amp and I sounded way better. It would be an excellent tool to tidy up your technique.vintage52 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:06 pmWell that's no good for me then!!Danger Mouse wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:58 pm Plus I found it one of those really reactive, touch-sensitive amps, it would pick up every single mistake or fluff.
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Or just go for a 50w, just tried one in a shop and it's plenty loud. If the 50w ODS i had was enough to rock the whole shop at volume 3, it was enough for the hiwatt to do the same at volume 2.calling card wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:25 am If I was looking at commissioning a build I'd get it done with 4x 6V6 power section and smaller iron. It'd still be loud.
I think that might be on the Trinity amps catalog, I'd have to follow that up to know for sure.
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My thoughts are you have to go for the 4x power tube way, for full experience. Everything in that config I've ever plugged into has what I describe as a majestic quality to it. It may be the harmonics and overtones of 5th, 7ths etc... that I'm hearing, like organ stops perhaps.
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Now imagine a 100W Custom on 6 in a small pub...Marshmallow wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:27 amOr just go for a 50w, just tried one in a shop and it's plenty loud. If the 50w ODS i had was enough to rock the whole shop at volume 3, it was enough for the hiwatt to do the same at volume 2.calling card wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:25 am If I was looking at commissioning a build I'd get it done with 4x 6V6 power section and smaller iron. It'd still be loud.
I think that might be on the Trinity amps catalog, I'd have to follow that up to know for sure.
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Could add chat around the large OG Orange heads to the mix such as the ol Matamps and OR100 …..would love to compare the OG Orange MV heads vs Hiwatt
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In honour of this thread, and in fear of volume, I bought a Hiwatt Custom 7 on Saturday: hand-made in England, hand-wired, three valves, ten-inch Fane, everything analogue. It was new-old stock, about sixteen years old. The man in Musicworks Albany told me, "Nobody round here knows what a Hiwatt is." I paid a third of retail.
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Score!!!Litterick wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:12 pm In honour of this thread, and in fear of volume, I bought a Hiwatt Custom 7 on Saturday: hand-made in England, hand-wired, three valves, ten-inch Fane, everything analogue. It was new-old stock, about sixteen years old. The man in Musicworks Albany told me, "Nobody round here knows what a Hiwatt is." I paid a third of retail.
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