Thornybank

Come to Scotland and try one of my 200s. Also have Sound City 200s. If you get the Burman pre thing figured, I have a couple of the 100w power paks. Stereo out thumpness....? You can get my Fender Rumble stack for below the price of a new Hiwatt 200... Hi power valve... ...giggle....

£200 is about right for their utility adn portability. Demo alongside anything under £500 and it will win on most counts. They are small and they really punch. They stuff an Ashdown 300 and give the 500 a good run for its money. They have the same power supply as the AH300 - difference is number of output transistors. As always with bass stuff, more in = more out, so beefier sounding than the AH300 (which 'needs' that power). Main reliability iissue is the pre/amp cooupler. Fiddly to get at, but a hardwire fix sorts that stupid clip thing they used. After that, it is contact cleaning. I have two very scruffy ones that I wouldn't take less than £125 for.

I have had: Peterson 100w 1x15 wood and 150w 1x15 vinyl 100w 1x12 and 100w 1x12 extension cab wood 100w 1x10 wood They all use the same cabinet. Never had the flight trim version of any size. All have Electrovoice drivers for high efficiency. Very pokey. Compression is kind of 'all or none'. Top lift is useful with teh compressor. The active tone controls do A LOT so you may have to rebalance gain and output if you tweak them mid-set. Never had any trouble with them. The 1x10 is an all-time great upright amp. (An EV 10 is an all-time great driver.) I wonder where I put my fliers...? If I come across them., I'll post full features and such. I swopped an Eminence into the vinyl 15" and it still sounds great. A+ with a Jazz or Precision, A++ with an MM5.