Fantastic sounding amp that's true to the build of the "military Spec" build of the old Hiwatts.
Its a reproduction of the 50 Watt Head that Hiwatt built specifically for him and he used one (and one 100 watter) live until late 1971. You can clearly hear it both on studio recordings and at their 1970 performance at the Royal Albert Hall (as well as many BBC sessions).
with Partridge replica transformers, dual channel pre-amp with 4 Inputs (2 Normal, 2 Bright). Normal volume and bright volume, bass, middle, treble, presence and master volume controls. Like all Reeves Amplifiers, the Custom Jimmy is entirely hand assembled using only the finest quality components assembled on a Garolite turret board utilizing "Mil-Spec" wiring techniques.
What makes this amp different than other Hiwatt® circuits of the same period is that is has more gain on tap...more vintage Marshall in nature. And something even more unique is its foot switch volume cut. The amount of volume cut is adjusted by the balance control on the front panel...in other words, the amp can be played with a more aggressive preamp tone (adjusted by the input control) and then switched, via the foot switch, to a less aggressive-more typical cleaner Hiwatt® tone . It works kind of like a two channel amp, but it is not.
- All-tube circuit
- Hand wired turret board construction
- 50 watts via 2 EL34 output tubes (Custom 50)
- 3 12AX7 preamp tubes and 1 x 12AT7 phase inverter
- Transformers wound to original Partridge specifications
- Footswitchable volume cut (foot switch included)
- Switchable 4,8,16 ohm impedance switch on the rear of the unit
- 120V, 230V, voltages available
This amp features POWER SCALING. If you cranl the master on this thing anp plug it into a 4x12, get ready to be shocked at how loud it is. It easily kept up with a Marshall MAJOR 200W in volume. ITS TRANSIENT RESPONSE and its so percussive that it can make me (Ive toured and played loud studio sessions for 25 years now) cough.
The power scaling means you can take it down to bedroom practice levels whilst maintaining the amps' true tone. It works and does a great job here.
Perfect as new condition with supplied REEVES footswitch.
I'll throw in a set of NOS Mullard Blackburn el34's - and i'll leave in the nos Mullard Preamp tubes that i aurally select from my secret stash.
