70's Hiwatt DR201 from Slades Back Line !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lowend1]

Hi-res versions are winging their way to both of you.

[Chris P.]

That's why I asked about your amp. Mine has the square Marshall JCM800 type switches too, but mine has the piping on the front.

Lowend: Thanks for mailing. One problem: I had to delete the mail, cos my hotmail couldn't open it:( It can handle quite big attachments and I get mails with them because I work for this magazine. This was the second time a mail was too big. Do you have a slightly smaller resolution or could you upload it somewhere? Sorry for the inconvenience.

But what kind of brochure is this? Which maker of Hiwatt? Which year? Thanks!!

[lowend1]

Re-sent downsized version...
The catalog is from the mid-late 80s, after Sterling Imports, IIRC. Turntone Ltd is the parent company. The rocker switches appeared in the early 80s, right around the time of Dave Reeves' death.

[Chris P.]

Thanks for the information and downsizing it! I can open and see it now:) Like I said this is the first helpfull information after weeks of searching!

[godofthunder]

 Hey lowend thanks for the email ! nice to have some info on this beast ! I must have bought mine five years a from a guy in the uk. He told me he worked at the Hiwatt factory and that as the plant was closing he spirited parts out and built mine. I am sure the screws on the front are not stock and the missing pipping is well just missing. Great sounding amp, my Tech hates it LOL He thinks it is a POS. I only paid $350 for it. On the plexi palace board they kinda tumbed their noses at it, not being what they call a real Hiwatt. F 'em I still like it.

[Chris P.]

Of course the tubes are mounted on the PCB, it has ugly Marshall switches but I love the sound of mine.

Plexipalace: I like the guy of The Hiwatts. He has several old ones, but he plays almost every day live on MusicGround reissues and he's the only one who doesn't say 'vintage = better'.

When I saw this, this morning:

Subject: DR201
23 Jan 2009  07:47:39  Amsterdam Depot  Out For Delivery. 
23 Jan 2009  05:26:03  Amsterdam Depot  Shipment Received At Destination Depot. 
22 Jan 2009  02:23:21  Northampton Hub  Shipment In Transit. 
21 Jan 2009  20:12:00  Rotherham  Shipment In Transit. 
21 Jan 2009  18:27:29  Rotherham  Shipment In Transit. 
21 Jan 2009  18:24:45  Rotherham  Shipment Received At Origin Depot.

I immediatley had this White Stripes song in my head:

I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it

[Chris P.]

My brand new Music Ground DR201 is in

[Chris P.]

It's nice to see it has a Speakon out!

Man, the tubes are huge! Coke uses those for 1,5 litre cola. The transformers are both as big as a complete Orange Tiny Terror:D

Amp: ( a bit blurry)



And after a personal finishing touch mod:

[godofthunder]

That is sweet! Nice amp !

[Chris P.]

[Chris P.]

@ Dzordz:

I haven't tried the Hiwatt out yet, but I will next week with rehearsals and recordings. I did use the Hiwatt once for a short time for a review.

Both the Orange and Hiwatt are 200W. The Hiwatt uses 4xKT88. The Orange is PCB (PC Board) and the Hiwatt is PTP (point-to-point) wired. So it's completely handwired. I think the clean sounds are quite similar, but you can overdrive the Orange, while the Hiwatt is endlessly clean. I hardly ever used the overdrive of the Orange, cos the EHX English Muff'n does that job.
The Hiwatt has two channels and I'll try to het the EHX between the channels, so I use the normal channel clean for big fat lows and the brilliant channel overdriven.

I'll keep in touch.

[Chris P.]

See my Hiwatts at www.myspace.com/thelalalies

And click on pics and Chicken Recordings

[Blazer]

Cool amp congratulations, I only hope that you have understanding neighbors or that you have strengthened the walls of your house because those f***ers are LOUD.

As for Slade here's my personal favorite of theirs.


Who knows, your head could've been used on this record.

[nofi]

this must be the anti slade.

[godofthunder]

I agree one of Slade's best. Great melodic playing from Jimmy Lea. Check out his much modified Gibson EB3. The mudbucker is gone, the bridge pup is a John Birch and so is the one under the palm rest. The bridges is also a John Birch piece of hardware.This bass was soon to go missing from John Birch's shop and replaced by this.