Hiwatt

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Hiwatt is a brand of British company that manufactures amplifiers for electric guitars and bass guitars. Starting from late 1960s, together with Marshall, and Vox this company forms an image of so-called "British" guitar amplifier sound.

Another, less known branch of Hiwatt production involves various effect pedals and units.

Sound City heritage

The brand was created to meet the requirements of The Who's Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. Townshend had been using Sound City amplifiers since mid 1967, and Entwistle since earlier that year, when in late 1968 they aproached the company asking if their equipment could be modified slightly. This request was denied, but manufacturer Dave Reeves, a former employee of Sound City, agreed and created customised Sound City L100 amplifiers under the name Hylight Electronics. This model was named the Hiwatt DR103, which would later be modified in 1970 into the CP103 "Super Who 100" model that Townshend used almost exclusively for over a decade. In 1973 the updated DR103W model was created, which Townshend still uses to this day.[link]

Famous users

Notable users of Hiwatt equipment, listed in alphabetic order

Notable users of pre-Hiwatt Sound City equipment

External links

[Hiwatt Amplification] official site
[TheWho.net page] documenting Pete Townshend's transition from Sound City amps to Hiwatt

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