New (old) hiwatt

[LocustXReign]

Im the proud new owner of an 82' lead 100 head!

Sounded better than the reissue custom 100 it sat on top of, and was a grand less. Has the partidge tranny in her, and sounds rad as hell!

I sold my Badcat lynx 50, though i hope to continue my relationship with them.

Really great sounding amp, just a little too much horsepower in the gain dept. for me these days, and i'm starting to get the vintage bug.

Next on the list is a blonde bassman head

weeeee!!!!

-DB

[dk123123dk]

Congrats! I'm jealous. Got any pics?

dk

[LocustXReign]

Originally Posted by dk123123dk

Congrats! I'm jealous. Got any pics?

dk

none yet, maybe this week. I dont own a camera, i could buy like a cool pedal with that money right?

[Trotter]

welcome to the Hiwatt family.

[LocustXReign]

Originally Posted by Trotter

welcome to the Hiwatt family.

Thank you kindly, I intend to be deaf before I see the age of 23! WOOOOOO

[ROKY]

I've been wanting one of those for awhile, now - let me know if you ever decide
to sell it .

[DC1]

Very cool..

I love mine.


dc

[LocustXReign]

Anyone here have some cool settings/tone recipes for the LEAD 100?

[disaster]

This guy, with his killer amps, and Converge handle, and p90 guitars and Rollins quotes...

A gentleman after my own heart.

[LocustXReign]

Originally Posted by disaster

This guy, with his killer amps, and Converge handle, and p90 guitars and Rollins quotes...

A gentleman after my own heart.

WANNA DATE?!?

[Tonemeister69]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[jjmoreno]

Originally Posted by LocustXReign

Anyone here have some cool settings/tone recipes for the LEAD 100?

yeah... keep the overdrive knob waaay down use the normal and brite volumes along w/ yer master instead!

if its an ol100, then i'm right... if it's a lead 100 from sterling imports era w/ channel switching, then...

The ol100 was one of my first intro to HIWATT, when the other guitar player in my band bought one along w/ a 4x12 cab w/ rola celestion h30 speakers(supposedly used by "eddie" on tour... was grey carpeted and heavy, he did buy it in pasadena?). He bought it after feeling he couldn't compete w/ my boogie mark IV when he had a 50watt marshall jcm800 2x12 combo.

It was really nice but.. I went in the direction of dr-103 heads cuz I love clean headroom... if you are right and it has partridge trannies(something I didn't know the ol100 had... thought it had drake), then should still have some nice cleans and plenty of volume.

[FFTT]

The REEVES Hiwatt circuits finally helped me "Get It "
about Hiwatt tone.

Pre Gain DIMED, Bass 9:00 Mid OFF, Treble 1:00 Presence 1:00 Master 10:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDDZgXtcMc

[ROKY]

Yes .. the OL100 - made at their Biacrown factory

..not the Sterling Imports Lead 100

The OL100's the one I want .

LocustXreign - which one did you get ?

Originally Posted by jjmoreno

yeah... keep the overdrive knob waaay down use the normal and brite volumes along w/ yer master instead!

if its an ol100, then i'm right... if it's a lead 100 from sterling imports era w/ channel switching, then...

The ol100 was one of my first intro to HIWATT, when the other guitar player in my band bought one along w/ a 4x12 cab w/ rola celestion h30 speakers(supposedly used by "eddie" on tour... was grey carpeted and heavy, he did buy it in pasadena?). He bought it after feeling he couldn't compete w/ my boogie mark IV when he had a 50watt marshall jcm800 2x12 combo.

It was really nice but.. I went in the direction of dr-103 heads cuz I love clean headroom... if you are right and it has partridge trannies(something I didn't know the ol100 had... thought it had drake), then should still have some nice cleans and plenty of volume.

[callaway_1]

If it was made after march 1981 it will not have Partridge transformers, but rather Drakes.