anyone care to compare blackface cleans vs D*mbleish cleans vs hiwatt cleans for me?

[B_of_H]

(say a pro reverb vs ceriatone ots vs hiwatt 103/504)

Really curious how these three compare. I've never a/b'd any of these amps. I've played a tworock cr, plenty of blackface and silverfaces and a hiwatt 504 (so long ago I can't honestly remember what i liked or disliked about it)

does one of them tend to:

- cut through a band mix better?
- handle pedals better?
- more or less articulate/ more forgiving or less forgiving?
- like single coils or humbuckers more?


from other threads it sounds like the hiwatts are less forgiving and super articulate with a little more mids than a fender but perhaps get a little fizzy with some pedals...that is about all I got out of many pages of reading.

[jenkka]

Bump for an answer.

[Blanket Jackson]

I'd like to hear what the opinions are too.

[entraind]

Me too...

[Rod]

Of the 4 Two Rocks I've owned I'd say that the clean channels were definetely Blackface based in tone but more refined..Sweeter highs, less flubby lows and you could dial in more mids... The Hiwatt sound has less lows, tighter low end, way more high mids..Sort of an aquired taste..Very different than Fender, Vox or even Marshall...Really hard to describe in words..To much high end for me...If dialed in you could get a good Kerang thing going with chords..Not a lead amp IMHO....
For Fender cleans the Two Rocks, Fuchs, ect D style amps are real sweet...Better than Fender...The OD channels in these amps can be great but is an aquired taste. I'm more in the Marshall/Vox tones or I'd still own some Two Rocks..The Hi Watts are more aggressive rtythum Rock...Owned an old one..Listen to the WHo..Great rhythums sounds..Lead tones sound like crap.....haven't played any new ones or Reeves models....is that helpful???