SOLD - Hiwatt Studio Stage MkII combo - £600

Trude

Here's a mighty, thundering British handmade rock machine!

It's a Hiwatt 2x12 40w Studio Stage MkII combo.  4x EL84s, with a half-power switch and spring reverb.  It's a single-channel tone machine and remains my favourite sounding amp of all time.  Recently given a clean bill of health by Sutcliffe Amplification

Sadly it's just too much for my puny frame these days, especially considering I have to load up for gigs on my tod.  It weighs in at around Twin Reverb level (but less than something like a Mesa Recto combo).  I have installed side grab-handles and removable castors, which do help a lot with moving it around.

I bought it a few years back from a session player who had toured it all around the world and used it on albums as part of Amy MacDonald's band (anyone remember her??)  So, it's been well used and well maintained.  It's build to withstand any kind of abuse - seriously rugged.  All the same, I have a Fender slip-cover which fits it nicely (with holes expertly cut by myself to allow access to the side-handles)

If you want to know how it sounds, I recommend these videos featuring a clearly coked-up Blues Saraceno:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqzMAniMPxw

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY0td7_Up54

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZKSuGXJjVg

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvI9niAgnL4

 Looking for £650.  Collection from Fareham, Hants (PO16). 

Trude

Bump and a price drop!

Trude

Still here!

Gadgie

sounds good....you know!

Travisthedog

Trades for a smaller lighter kick ass amp?

Trude

Maybe. Any clues?

Travisthedog

Fenders finest hour

the prosonic 

Trude

I tried one of those once. Seemed a bit lacking in headroom I seem to recall. Plus I think I've heard somewhere that they can get a bit muddy under drive?

Travisthedog

Ha fair enough

Travisthedog

Out of interest - what's the headroom like on the Hiwatt

Trude

It's a very different beast to the El34 Hiwatts. Closer to an AC30 in terms of clean headroom I'd say.

Trude

Bump - Somebody needs to unleash this beast!

Trude

Springtime bump!

Marshall

do we know what speakers are in this machine? Also, any pics of the actual animal pacing it's cage??

Trude

There were, but Dropbox have recently messed up their embedded photo sharing feature, so all my links are dead. Trying to resolve that....
The speakers are the original purple Fanes.

Trude

Photos now fixed!

Marshall

Very nice! Any issues besides the odd scuff to the tolex?

Trude

Nope, it's solid as a rock. These things were built to survive Armageddon!

Marshall

Thanks! Seriously interested in this - do you know it's age (more or less)? Definitely one of the British made versions before they decamped to China or wherever they're made now?

Trude

Not sure of the age, but at least as old as Amy McDonald's second album! I've had it about 6-7 years I think.
This series of amps has always been handmade in the UK

Marshall

Pm with offer submitted....;)