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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??

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!

Dave

Does that little curly yellow wire near V2 on the board mean a Canadian mod??

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

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

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

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.

--Joseph

clusterstudios wrote:
Who (no pun intended) needs a stack when this little baby can roar like a lion.

--Joseph

Hey Joseph! Your betraying yourself with the 2 stacks behind you on your picture ,
So you should leave the baby in the cradle or leave it to the babysitter !!

Louis

Nice amp!
Congrats.

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