Just when I thought I had heard it all

Dr.HI-TONE · Post by **Dr.HI-TONE** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:03 am

This poor bloke's history is a bit wacked!

Hilarious!

Give him another Old Peculiar!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-HIWATT-D ... dZViewItem

mikhailwatt · Post by **mikhailwatt** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:50 am

Who's going to tell Mark he has to revise his history section?

#3191 looks to be a couple years older than the advertised 1975.

Dr.HI-TONE · Post by **Dr.HI-TONE** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:43 am

citing planetoftheamps.com is like crediting Millie Vanilli for teaching you how to sing.

Dr.HI-TONE · Post by **Dr.HI-TONE** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:49 pm

I think it is 8191. The Brown Voltage and impedence indicators would be consistent with a 1976 or later amp.

buster · Post by **buster** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:23 pm

It is 8191,i just asked the seller.

mikhailwatt · Post by **mikhailwatt** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:08 pm

buster wrote:It is 8191,i just asked the seller.

Oh well, so much for copy/paste/zoom.

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."

Dr.HI-TONE · Post by **Dr.HI-TONE** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:39 pm

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.

mikhailwatt · Post by **mikhailwatt** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:47 pm

That's what I thought... just checking. The Vortexion reference was something I hadn't seen before.