This poor bloke's history is a bit wacked!
Hilarious!
Give him another Old Peculiar!
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Just when I thought I had heard it all
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Oh well, so much for copy/paste/zoom.buster wrote:It is 8191,i just asked the seller.
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Just curious - how much (if any) of this is fiction?
"Hiwatt was created under controversy by an engineer working for yet another amp company. In 1964 the
first HIWATT that Dave Reeves built had a script logo just like the company he worked for called Vortexian.
Dave started with VORTEXIAN in 1962. In 1964 Dave Reeves jumped ship to become the main engineer
for SOUND CITY. In 1966 Dave Reeves started HYLIGHT ELECTRONICS [ HIWATT ] while still working for
SOUND CITY. In 1967 Dave decided to make 100% dedication to his own product, leaving SOUND CITY to
work from his couch in his New Malden home living room."
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing
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Buster, please correct me if I am wrong!
Dave worked at Mullard and moonlighted at Vortexion briefly. While still working at Mullard, he built the first run of amps for Sound City. He was never an employee of Sound City, but rather a contractor.
IN 1968 after finishing the run of SC amps he took the final payment of 800GBP and put that down on the New Malden home.
The amps were built in the garage not the living room.
Dave worked at Mullard and moonlighted at Vortexion briefly. While still working at Mullard, he built the first run of amps for Sound City. He was never an employee of Sound City, but rather a contractor.
IN 1968 after finishing the run of SC amps he took the final payment of 800GBP and put that down on the New Malden home.
The amps were built in the garage not the living room.
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