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MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:09 am
by Dr.HI-TONE
Public Service Announcement:
This amp is a MG lashup.
Note the serial tag
Transformers from 1974 and 1976
additional turret board as found in 1969-1970 PA heads.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Hiwatt-DR5 ... 336f9ffcf7
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:35 pm
by guitar_tod77
wonder if the seller has any clue what-so-ever what he/she has.
feel sorry for the chap who wins the auction.
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:28 pm
by azwhofan
Dear Doctor,
thank you for your continuing PSAs. They give folks like me who do not have your depth of Hiwatt knowledge/history a reason to be ever-watchful whilst trolling the 'bay.
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:45 pm
by ak-47
The seller has pulled the auction and posted over at PP looking for help with the back(Ground) of this one..
http://vintageamps.com/plexiboard/viewt ... 0&start=60
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:47 pm
by Dr.HI-TONE
I have helped him as much as I could.
The guy he bought it from knew it was a fake back in march 2008.
He (previous owner) was determined to get his money back and screw the next guy....The current owner seems like an "OK" guy, just unlucky.
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:55 pm
by ak-47
Hmm.. In that case I think what the previous owner did will probably come back and bite him sometime..
Could still be an ok amp.. for a fake
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:59 pm
by Dr.HI-TONE
it could be a decent player.
something like a "parts -o-caster" perhaps, possibly a good tool, but with little value as a HIWATT
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:29 pm
by OldSchoolDave
Dr.HIWATT wrote:The current owner seems like an "OK" guy, just unlucky.
He recently joined this forum, but hasn't posted yet. I feel bad for him.
The "I got screwed, so I have the right to screw the next person" thing just doesn't cut it
. The knowing seller of that amp should be ashamed.
Dave
Re: MG Fake-watt on the bay
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:19 pm
by thefatcyclist
Dr.HIWATT wrote:it could be a decent player.
something like a "parts -o-caster" perhaps, possibly a good tool, but with little value as a HIWATT
Thats the problem with "parts-o-instruments"
It's a pity David Gilmour's Black Strat is a good tool but has little value as a Strat. Heh heh heh
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