Hiwatt custom 200, what cab to go with it?

[cameron.1989]

Hey everyone
I purchased a Hiwatt custom 200 a few months back but held off on buying the hiwatt 4x10 as it just didnt seem to produce the sound I was looking for ( it wouldve if had a 15" with it) but living in NZ makes this gear a pain to get.

So any suggestions would be great!

[Matt Dean]

Nice... I bet 2 15's would sound sweet.

[bgmww]

Originally Posted by cameron.1989

Hey everyone
I purchased a Hiwatt custom 200 a few months back but held off on buying the hiwatt 4x10 as it just didnt seem to produce the sound I was looking for ( it wouldve if had a 15" with it) but living in NZ makes this gear a pain to get.

So any suggestions would be great!

Get an Ampeg 8x10.. .. somone could blame you for the next earthquakes on earth...
A 6x10 Bergantino would be great too.

[RickenBoogie]

A 215 would be my choice, as well. Bergantino NV215, or Mesa Deisel 215. Can't go wrong with either one.

[johnk_10]

if i had that Hiwatt head, two Reeves 1x15 cabs would be my choice.

[Sartori]

2x15.

[adam precision]

orange obc115 is a suggestion but it really depends what sound u r after. Great amp u have, it'll do its best no matter wat cab its with.

[rodl2005]

'nother vote for Bergantino NV cabs. George at www.bassgeardirect.com.au does great service here in the Australasia region. TIM1's a NZ bassis who recently grabbed a NV cab or 2 from him. The NV610 sounds GREAT & IMO far better than the SVT810 with an all tube beast. So does my NV215- but they aint available new anymore :-/ But I'd probly go for a new NV412- which would sound AWESOME with yr amp I would think!

[D.M.N.]

There was a pair of old Hiwatt 2x15s that sold on ebay last week. Supposedly used by the Moody Blues keyboardist, but they were bass cab from what I could gather. Pretty sweet, would go pretty swimmingly with a Custom 200. Post a review when you get it rigged up with a cab.

[Captain Bob]

+1 on the two Reeves 15" cabs.

[cameron.1989]

thanks heaps!!!
Ive been tryna find out about the Bergantino cabs ay, what was the shop over in NZ you were saying about.
I used the custom 200 on a livesound 8x10 which is a nz company which have actually made there 8x10 to the same specs as ampegs sounded like a beast!!!
I am going to try an ashdown abm this weekend and see how that is I find on some cabs I have tried I struggle to get a massive low where on the ampegs I am able to get easy as,
I am def interested in the Bergantino cabs though, Reeves are nice but importing costs etc make it a bit unpracticle

I must say im leaning on going 8x10 ampeg aniversary model.

Ill see how the ashdown goes have heard great things on them!!!!

[Bassmec]

Originally Posted by johnk_10

if i had that Hiwatt head, two Reeves 1x15 cabs would be my choice.

Well I have an old 1975 roost its very similar to the old Hylite amps also made in Southend:

Except for having 1 more 12ax7 in the pre and therefore a bit more gain, same controls and weird interactive tone stack, partridge transformers and even the sleeve was made by the same Essex joinery factory.
I like it best with a pair of old ampeg 115 cabs with Altec 418 series 11 drivers.
Its just draw droppingly beautiful as far as I am concerned
there just isn't a better sound if we are talking fifteens, they are gobsmackingly efficient too.
Or get your self an old Sunn two by fifteen with JBL K140's its a very similar sound but with a little less low mid/bass.

[()smoke()]

+1 on the berg NV series...i finally found an nv610 that i use occasionally with a '70s Marshall JMP and it sounds great...sounds great with all my amps actually, extends a bit lower and higher than my early '90s Ampeg 810 does, for a wider sound, but retains one heck of a punch