Okay everyone, after regestering to the Hiwatt Convention Center back on Dec 12, 2008, I am now doing my first posting. THAT IS PRETTY SAD, DON'T YOU THINK?
Here it goes!
My name is David. I reside near Detroit, Michigan. I play Guitar (16 Years), Bass (14 years), and Drums (12 years). I dabble with keyboards from time to time. Although I picked up the guitar when I was 5 years old, I didn't start "playing" guitar until I was 16 years old during the summer of 1994 just before I was to start my junior year in High School. From that point on, I became a musician addict. At that time, I was brainwashed to believe that "if you don't have a Marshall amp in your rig (mainly, the JCM900's at that time), you're nobody." And yes, I did believe it. However thourgh the years, I later went from the transistion of playing nothing but Marshalls to being a Fender/Hiwatt amp user (must be the David Gilmour/Pete Townshend influence).
How I learned about Hiwatts and Sound City amps was through the Who, and the boxset "Thirty Years of Maximum R & B" which contained a booklet that had the Hiwatt stack right on the front cover and pictures of the Who in action in different venues with the Hiwatt and Sound City amplifiers in the background back in the early days from 1967 on. But what sealed the deal on wanting a Hiwatt was when I heard "Live At Leeds" and, surprisingly, the 1971 Genesis album "Nursery Cryme," the album that introduced me to Steve Hackett.
I aquired my first Hiwatt back in 1998 at my local music shop. I traded my 1995 Marshall JCM 900 4102 Combo for a 1982 Hiwatt DR-103 Head (the Biacrown 2-input PCB version) which I still have to this day. Even trade, no cash! A few months later, I ended up snagging a 1975 Hiwatt SE4123 a few monts later by trading my Marshall JCM 900 cabinet and about a hundred dollars at the Detroit Guitar Center. Still have that cabinet! But unfortunately, the original speakers were gone as the cabinet was loaded with Celestion G12T75's speakers dated from 1977. Soon, I'd like to replace them with either the Vintage 30's or the low powered Celestion. Still undecided yet.
A couple years later, I ended up buying a couple Sound City heads (a 120 watt head and a 200 watt head) and another Hiwatt SE4123 (a Slant from the late 80's or early 90's) during my 'Sound City' phase. I ended up trading the 200 Watt Sound CIty head and the Hiwatt slant for a 1979 Fender Super Reverb 4 years ago. Although I sometimes regret letting those two go, it was for the best for I wasn't using the 200 watter which is WAY too much power and the newer Hiwatt slant cab. But the Sound City 120 is still in my possession.
As for guitars: Three Fender Stratocasters and a Precision bass
1. 1996 American Standard (my very first real Strat)
2. 1989 American Standard (my first Frankenstein w/ Fender CS 69's)
3. 1988 American Vintage (second Frankenstein with Dimarzio Area '58's)
4. 1984 American Precision Bass
Pedals:
1. Gutted Dunlop Crybaby with Area 51 Tube Audio Designs board and Fulltone Clyde pot.
2. Ibanez Tube King (the original one)
3. BYOC Ultimate Fuzz (w/ Roger Mayer mods)
4. BYOC E.S.V. Fuzz (modded to 1966 Sola Sound Tonebender MK 1.5 specifications)
5. Chander/BK Butler Tube Driver
6. BYOC Script Phaser inside a wah wah enclosure
7. Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe (w/ Indy Guitarist mods)
8. Carl Martin Rock Bug
I have alot more stuff, but just too much to name off for now! LOL
David
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