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The other end of the ~200w spectrum. Big V4! I'll take some more detailed pics when I re-valve it next week.

The heaviest and bulkiest I ever used was a Hiwatt 200. That was worse than the Trace or even a VBA!

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[quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1424562107' post='2697854']
Now thats sweet.. Those big '88s look very Shuguang to me which is no bad thing! Lovely! :lol:
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They [i]are [/i]lovely. I believe I read somewhere that Mesa tubes are rebranded Sovteks. Or I could have just dreamt it, who knows? :)

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Here's our Hiwatt DR205 (200w PA head, 4xKT88...) perched on its flight case...



... then perched on 'Giggles', our HH 2x15 horn-loaded cab...



A nice amp; it can get loud, but retains clean headroom to the sky. B)

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Thats a lovely old thing is that Hiwatt.. :rolleyes:

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New valve day.. :lol:

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[quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1424981821' post='2702657']
Thats a lovely old thing is that Hiwatt.. :rolleyes:



New valve day.. :lol:
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New valve day.. :lol:
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Nice; very nice. Clean as a [i]really [/i]clean thing. It looks new..! :D

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Yeah, I gave it a good wipe over with polish and squirted some contact cleaner in the valve bases for good measure.. I cleaned the outer wooden case too which also looks much better now.

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I got Beavis back today too after it died the other week. I took to it rehearsal and it sounded weak and underpowered so decided to swap some valves out but that ended play after a bit of a fizz, whistle pop then silence. Game over.

I took it to Neil who had Barry look it over and apparently it gave him a headache. Some new screen grid resistors, some new capacitors, and some new valves and it's back on fighting form. I had Barry install and re-bias for some second-hand KT88s I'd got knocking about. The Tung Sol 6550s that were in it were an old pair from a quad I'd bought for the V4 back in 2004 so they were probably past their best to be fair. I've had in on for a few hours this afternoon and it hasn't popped, spat or hummed so I'm happy it's back on form. :lol:

Might take it on Monday to rehearsal..

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