Hiwatt Maxwatt G200R

This was bought late 06 as new with 2 x Hiwatt 400W enclosures. Sports a massive 200 watts @ 4 ohms.
Features include: 2 channels - Normal (ie. Clean channel) and Overdrive that has 2 different gain possibillities and contour knob. Send/return loop with dedicated volume controls. Build in reverb. Jack for footswich (reverb, channel select). Phones Jack. Line out.

It's very diverse in sound and it takes awhile to get into what you really can do with the different channel options etc. Especially if you use heavy distortion as I do. I'd say it's especially good for metal, heavy rock and other loud and evil stuff.

It's a solid state but you'll be amased how tube-like it sounds. Forget all about lame Marshall Valvestate sound. You can do marshall TUBE sound with thing and even better than that. I can't say I'm a big Marshall fan, but this thing is so diverse it doesn't matter if you are willing to put in the effort and work with your sound. I must admit it's VERY easy to get a metal sound on this thing, but stoner sound you need to work for. I play stoner rock and need a gritty tubey sound. This thing delivers with my current set up: Ephiphone Les Paul (with original Gibson LP pick ups) > Little Big Muff Pi > DOD Phaser > AMP.

On top of that it's 200 Watts and can play insanely loud, and before you know it you completely twart the sound of the other bandmembers. A lesson learned is always to tweak sound with the other guys around, so it's easy fit it into the overall soundpicture.

Seems build like a tank. I can't see how you should break this thing unless you hurl it from the top of a flight of concrete stairs!

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for 6 years. Mostly metal and stoner. I'd buy this again if it was stolen. I know it's not a Sunn but you get kick ass value for the money. I've owned Marshall Valvestate 8080 (what a piece of shit), Hiwatt DR103 (wasn't loud and heavy enough at all! A 100W tube head!!).