Just got it today... a 1979 two holler. Looks like it had a little mod done in V1. Other than that she is a beauty. 520VDC on the plates (tubes in @120VAC wall). Fane was replaced with a Vintage 30 which surprisingly sounds great... more towards a Marshall sound without the compression. I understand that these are rare to find. Any comments or observations??
My Latest Hiwatt: a SA112 from 79
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Re: My Latest Hiwatt: a SA112 from 79
Nice score! Other than the goop at the V1 end of the board, it's pretty clean. Looks like someone may have retouched a bunch of the solder joints. Troubleshooting step, perhaps?
Don't know if the combos are particularly rare. I've got a SA112 from 1980. It's a PCB model, with all filter caps under the chassis. Also have an SA212 inspected in August of '79 (like your "new" amp). Both crank out a lot of Hiwatt goodness!
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Don't know if the combos are particularly rare. I've got a SA112 from 1980. It's a PCB model, with all filter caps under the chassis. Also have an SA212 inspected in August of '79 (like your "new" amp). Both crank out a lot of Hiwatt goodness!
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Does that little curly yellow wire near V2 on the board mean a Canadian mod??
Re: My Latest Hiwatt: a SA112 from 79
I've had the same yellow wire in a 77 DR504 from Canada ,I never new why it was there.
I dont have the amp anymore!
Louis
I dont have the amp anymore!
Louis
Re: My Latest Hiwatt: a SA112 from 79
Nice score. That's the next Hiwatt I want to get (a 50 watt 1x12 combo).
That does look like a CA mod (or more to the point, a "modded CA mod."). Easily undone if you don't like it.
--mark
That does look like a CA mod (or more to the point, a "modded CA mod."). Easily undone if you don't like it.
--mark
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Thanks Mark. It sounds so good right now, I don't think I want to mess with it. Who (no pun intended) needs a stack when this little baby can roar like a lion.mhuss wrote:Nice score. That's the next Hiwatt I want to get (a 50 watt 1x12 combo).
That does look like a CA mod (or more to the point, a "modded CA mod."). Easily undone if you don't like it.
--mark
--Joseph
Re: My Latest Hiwatt: a SA112 from 79
Hey Joseph! Your betraying yourself with the 2 stacks behind you on your picture ,clusterstudios wrote:
Who (no pun intended) needs a stack when this little baby can roar like a lion.
--Joseph
So you should leave the baby in the cradle or leave it to the babysitter !!
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Re: My Latest Hiwatt: a SA112 from 79
Nice amp!
Congrats.
Congrats.
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Re: My Latest Hiwatt: a SA112 from 79
Thanks guys. That makes it 5 Hiwatts now. An all original 1975 Custom 50 watt Head with 4x12 cab , a DR103 Custom 100 from 79, two JP100s I built myself last year and now this one. I'm still waiting to find a 200 watter w/ KT88s like this one here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JVGjonK ... re=related. What a sweet sound.... If anyone out sees one, let me know
-- Joseph
-- Joseph