in the late 80s I've bought this Hiwatt to use it with a hammond organ and a leslie-like speaker system.
Then it rested for almost two decades in a friend's garage.
Last week i've got it back and started a little research on it's history - and it's value (I don't really need it anymore so I'm probably selling it).
It has some strange oddities - as you can see on the pix below:
- no white piping below the logo plate
the structure of the tolex looks exactly like the rest of the caseing - so it doesn't seem to be replaced.
Seems to me like the piping wasn't applied when it was build in the first place. Although there's a groove in the wood where it should be pressend into.
- strange wavy / round knobs
I've looked at a lot of pix on the web but never found similar ones. They look like bakelite and they look quite professional.
i can't imagine why anyone would replace the standard chicken head knobs with these - so i'd consider them to be original.
- no serial plate
the plate is missing - instead some kind of a plumbers badge has been put there.
- date of make
the capacitors and pots are stamped with 75/76 Dates.
so the original date of make was probably late seventies (I don't know how long those parts rested in the shelfes before they were used)
the tubes have mid-80s Dates. so the must have been maintenanced in that period.
Whart do you think?
Is this a very special treasue or just a piece of trash that has been poorly fixer at time when it was worthless and considered to be lame?
Any thoughts / comments appreciated!
Best regards from Hamburg
Ernst
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