HANDWIRED
Studio/Stage Head
Custom Hiwatt 20/40W Head
The famous Hiwatt Custom 20 circuit pushed to the next level with a switchable 40W output section. The same spanky, chimey cleans and grinding overdrive with extended volume and Headroom. Add a footswitchable boost and lush, long-decay spring reverb and you an extremely versatile, unique, and formidable full-range amplifier.
FEATURE OVERVIEW
- — Independent Hi and Low inputs. Versatile and intuitive, perfect for bringing life out of dark pickups or taming shrill high end in bright pickups.
- — Push/Pull Gain potentiometer providing extra preamp gain at a touch.
- — Volume for any gig — Switchable wattage allows switching from 40W down to 20W for smaller venues and practice spaces. Furthermore, this gives the option of more clean Headroom in the 40W ’Studio’ mode, or natural tube breakup in the 20W ’Stage’ mode.
- — A fantastic Pedal platform, with natural tube saturation and True-Spring Reverb on tap when you have to leave your board behind.
Specs
wattageSwitchable — 40W or 20W
inputs
- Hi
- Low
output
2 x 1/4" Speaker Out
preamp valves3 x ECC83 (12AX7), 1 x ECC81 (12AT7)
output valves4 x EL84
controls
- Master Volume
- Reverb Level
- 3-Band EQ shared by both channels — Bass, Treble, Middle
- Gain (Pull potentiometer for Boost)
- Standby — On/Off
- Mains — On/Off
impedanceSwitchable using Impedance Selector on the rear panel — 4 Ω, 8 Ω, or 16 Ω
height255mm (~11")
width630mm (~25")
depth280mm (~12")
weight16.1 Kg (~36 lbs)
- Road Ready — Rugged 18mm Birch-Ply Construction
- Band Ready — ’Soak Tested’ by our Custom Shop Technicians
- Touring Ready — World Voltage and Impedance Selectors
- Original Partridge spec English transformers.
- Meticulously hand-wired to Harry Joyce’s exacting military standards.
- 🇬🇧 Proudly manufactured in the Hiwatt Custom Shops.