Milton Freewater, OR, United States
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Purchased brand new three months ago. The Custom 20 circuit is designed for not just the usual Hiwatt sweet cleans but also to get fat, harmonically complex overdrive when driven; the twin EL84 power section handles both as well, and everything in between at usable volumes. A simple, intuitive amplifier which can be pushed into natural compression and overdrive in response to your guitar controls and playing dynamics - the OTHER great Hiwatt sound. For 2025, we have made some revisions to the circuit by adding a Bright switch and an extra gain boost for even more control options. The Bright switch gives you the option for adding sparkling treble to your clean tones at lower volume, or to tighten up gain tones when wound up; the gain boost works with both High and Low inputs and is designed as a natural boost of the amp's voicing, introducing extra harmonic thickness into the preamp. These two controls are interactive, alongside the High and Low impedance input, to offer new and exciting variations on earlier Custom 20 sounds.Feature OverviewNEW Transparent Boost via Push/Pull Gain Pot.NEW Sparkling Cleans via Bright Switch.Chimey, clean, and classic overdrive.Good grind at low volume.Touch sensitive.Lightweight, reliable, and plug-and-play. Ideal volume and footprint for the gigging musician.Independent Hi and Low inputs. Versatile and intuitive, perfect for bringing life out of dark pickups or taming shrill high-end in bright pickups.Simplified controls for quick and effortless tone shaping.Set it and forget it.Specifications:Wattage: 20W.Inputs: Hi, Low.Output: 2 x 1/4" Speaker Out.Preamp valves: 3 x ECC83 (12AX7).Output valves: 2 x EL84.Controls: Master Volume, 3-Band EQ — Bass, Treble, Middle, Gain, Push/Pull Gain Boost, Bright Switch, Standby — On/Off, Mains — On/Off.Impedance: Switchable using Variable Impedance Outputs on the rear panel — 4 Ω, 8 Ω, or 16 Ω.Road Ready — Rugged 18mm Birch-Ply Construction.Band Ready — ’Soak Tested’ by our Custom Shop Technicians.Touring Ready — World Voltage and Impedance Selectors.Based on Hiwatt’s original circuit, designed by Dave Reeves.Original Partridge spec English transformers.Meticulously hand-wired to Harry Joyce’s exacting military standards.🇬🇧 Proudly manufactured in the Hiwatt Custom Shops.This amp has never left my smoke free home. No trade offers please. Thank you!Free shipping to the lower 48 States. Thanks!
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