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This amp head is used by Dave Grohl for live shows mainly after the release of Wasting Light. more

Jimmy can be seen on this photo playing his guitar with a violin bow. Behind him there are two Hiwatt custom amps that he used on the Ro... more
This amp can be seen on Heart Like A Hand Grenade at 18:01. This amp is also used on Nimrod and Warning. more

In an interview where Noel Gallagher talks about his guitars, gear, and his band High Flying Birds, he reveals some of the amp choices, a... more
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i got it because i like the who and always wanted one

pete's actually is quite a bit different than what's probably inside yours, more of a fender/vox tonestack and the old hiwatt and sound city style cathode follower direct coupling the power section at low imepdance. there's a few other little things. different top end due to the differences in the feedback loop. 2 less channels but 2of them were dupes anyway. I could tell you how to turn it into a 2 channel CP103 Who amp with a mid control and a presence control with a handful of parts. Its a simple conversion actually, a handful of pots, caps and resistors. The pete amp is less versatile but is gainiery. Punchy in a different way with powerful upper midrange, even more chiming top, deeper lows.... I know, sounds crazy... oh and it has a big mid dip in the muck range around 330hz built into the tone controls. Unless you're a davi Gilmour guy I think the older hwiatt circuits kick the crap out of the later, more polite ones as far as playing rock. For reference I build my own amp design that's very pete Townshend hiwatt inspired, although tis even gainier.

i bought this from a friend and i loved its sound and i knew pete mained these and im a big fan of him so i jumped on this

Buy once Cry once
I've mixed a few bands that use Hiwatt heads and if you like a British Sound This will do it for you. Price and Used values are what you should expect for a hand built to order piece. The 100 will also handle bass guitar duty for small to medium size stages but the 200 will definitely out run it on the low frequency due to more headroom when pushed hard. Side by side with a Marshall I'd choose this one over anything aside form an actual 50's Plexi. which even in unrestored and especially in unmolested state would be far out of most touring budgets to own or lease. If you are given a half hour to really go through this amp it would be time well spent.

This amp is a f*cking beast and I really want it. I'll buy it in a near future I guess
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If'n Their good enough for Gilmour !!!!!
I've Play through one when I was at the Studio in Calif. I was really surprised by just how Clean a sound Ya get. A lot of People don't know the difference between loudness and Volume. These Hiwatt 100 watt tube Heads are by far INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!! Of course They also come with a Hefty price tag as well. Well ..... wanting to drive a BMW but only have a City Bus Budget. LoL ~Pepper~