it's not so simple......... Hiwatt gear in Upstate NY was almost impossible to find back when I started out, oh sure the odd piece might pop up now and again but this is long before the days of the internet. Around '77 I bought a factory early 70's white Super Bass 100, around,'79 I bought a factory fresh Super Bass 100. Right about the same time I bought My first Hiwatt 2150..............N.O.S. languishing at the House of Guitars, sounded better than any cab I tried. Then then 80's came..........I sold my Marshall's and bought a GK 800RB, What a mistake . I sold it within six months and bought the Major, the only Marshall available locally at the time. I have always wanted a Hiwatt rig, I'm very lucky to have one now. But I have loved my Marshall's over the years