Product: Hiwatt PR-201
Price Paid: N/A used
Submitted
04/07/2000
at
02:24pm
by
Stefan
Email: Goettschwan at planet-interkom<dot>de
Features
:
9
Built in the seventies it totally supplies every sound I want to have from really clean sounds to overdrive, like the old Ampegs has bright and normal inputs, no channels or other stuff i don't need.
Main things : It has BASS and POWER more than I need.
Heard it over a 1200W rated Ampeg 8X10 and its earthquake.
Sound Quality
:
10
I play sort of deep rythm guitar (bass played with chords) and it is very dynamically responsing to pick attack from clean to crunch. I've heard it with a boss Bass Overdrive and there it has even more bass and a tight sound but i like the amp levelled to distort alone most.
Reliability
:
8
Okay. my Hiwatt burned down with the rehearsal room but got built up again by the tech. So with this grain of salt :
Problems by burn : defect Tubesocket, cable shortings inside (?!)
Problems to fix : Fuses burn through,Turn-on Bump
But none of these Problems were before the fire.NO Problems.
Customer Support
:
1
Yeah, right. If ANYONE reads this who maybe has access to a wiring diagram of this amp mail me NOW, because I don't trust the tech using pre and main fuses of 3 and 4 amperes (!!!)
Customer support is a laugh.
Not even easy to find the amp, but somebody that KNOWS the amp to repair it is here nearly unfindable.
Overall Rating
:
8
I'd get me a noose if it was stolen, I have never seen somebody else own this amp (particularly i haven't seen another of this amp in ten Years music)
Love : Sound . Hate : Personal reliability.
Want to share this : Don't let your rehearsal room burn with your amp inside.Lots of tears.Compared to Hiwatt Dr 103 (100 Watts) I like the volume of the 200 more, but Dr103 is more easy to get to distort.
Product: Hiwatt PR-201
Price Paid: US $180.00 used
Submitted
09/03/1998
at
05:55pm
by
Rich
Email: darkmoon<at>gte dot net
Ease of Use
:
8
The modified hiwatt I own has a very good bass and tone,Evidently,Howard Dumble Knows how to wire the input jacks to the Mullard ecc83 tubes to give it this tone.It is a 200 watt head made in the seventies.But it doesnt seem to have the crunch of my old ampegs.If anyone has an ampeg v-4or vt-40 you know what i mean.I
Sound Quality
:
10
The amp is humm free.I use a heavy metal pedal when I play,With the distortion on the pedal turned all the way down,and the brilliant knob on the Hiwatt turned all the way up.
Reliability
:
10
I have owned this amp for 2 years and I have had no problems with it,actually I can trust this amp more than the ampegs I own fenders and the others.This amp is made to last.
Customer Support
:
1
The Hiwatt people who own the company wont reply to any e-mail and Howard Dumble who the hell knows how to get in touch with him?So the customer support is non-existant.
Overall Rating
:
10
I play all kinds of rock led-zeppelin to heavy metal and the amp performs excellent if it were stollen like a lot of my equipment has been I would be pissed,It is not an item i could replace.Basicly I feel I got a good deal on the amp.The only problem I have is finding replacement tubes,it takes six EL34,s and Hiwatt wont answer my e-mail and Howard Dumble is impossible to get in touch with.But as far as the amps performance absolutely perfect.
