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10-19-2011, 03:44 PM
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Hey there!
I dunno if this would be something that I should post on the Recordings -forum - if so, mods please feel free to move it there.
I recently bought a Hiwatt DR103 from 1972 and since I wasnīt able to find a clip of a Hiwatt played with a bass on YouTube, I decided to make one. Here it is: Hiwatt DR103 -72 played with a bass - YouTube
I had just got the amp in my hands as I started playing it so it might not give full justice to the amp but at least you get some kind of a picture how it sounds like with a bass. Itīs recorded with an iPhone so the sound quality is not top notch either. Still hope itīll be useful to some. |
10-19-2011, 03:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | Welcome to the Hiwatt club! Sounds slick. |
10-19-2011, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SeaK  I wasnīt able to find a clip of a Hiwatt played with a bass on YouTube | Here you go, The Who at the Isle Of Wight festival, 1970: The Who - Young Man Blues (Live) HQ - YouTube
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10-19-2011, 04:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Davenport, IA | | | I LOVE HIWATT w/ bass. i actually prefer the two hole versions tone to the 4 hole even though 99% of people love the 4 hole |
10-19-2011, 05:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA | | | Sounded cool, especially using both channels, but much to my surprise I liked the Ampeg a bit more.
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10-19-2011, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Sartori I liked the Ampeg a bit more. | Yeah me too, the peg even made him play better 
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10-19-2011, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ampegfuzz I LOVE HIWATT w/ bass. i actually prefer the two hole versions tone to the 4 hole even though 99% of people love the 4 hole | Interesting- what are you hearing that you prefer?
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10-19-2011, 07:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Davenport, IA | | | The 4 hole has more head room but tonally I thought the 2 hole sounded better. Just IMO. |
10-19-2011, 07:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York, NY | | | hiwatt sounds better than ampeg in this case... think more full tone and crispier and crunchier. for his style the hiwatt is it! And i own ampeg. |
10-19-2011, 07:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Davenport, IA | | Yes'um 103 is the guitard players  |
10-19-2011, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Petethebassman | Ok allow me to elaborate that - no clips in which a Hiwatt is played by a bass player soloed outside band context. |
10-19-2011, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by anderbass Yeah me too, the peg even made him play better | It might be that it's just a more familiar territory for me as I've done countless gigs with it that made me play better. I think that I was also digging in a bit more with the Hiwatt because I kinda subconsciously wanted to get more grind out of it. Then again, might be that it was just because it was the last clip and my fingers had warmed up - I've been playing terrible little lately  |
10-20-2011, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by anderbass Yeah me too, the peg even made him play better | Just the Hiwatt seemed a little scooped to me.
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10-20-2011, 05:30 AM
| | | | While I love love Enwistle's tone on Live at Leeds and really his playing, Hiwatts are easily capable of hifi rich fat warm with clarity. No compressed or gritty grind. They could do that at massive volume. |
10-20-2011, 05:34 AM
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10-20-2011, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Sartori Just the Hiwatt seemed a little scooped to me. | It is very much scooped. Not Fender style but the tone stack has a big built in mid scoop. I think it makes it sound "glassy" (what ever that means). | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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