Sound City amps

[straycat]

Ever played one?
Found a 74 150 watt bass head made by Dallas Arbiter back in the day.
Pete Townsend played em' must be good huh?

[Grim]

Sound City amps are Hiwatt - the owner of Hiwatt accepted a contract to build amps for the store Sound City. They are, AFAIK, essentially Hiwatts and the build quality should be quite good.

[straycat]

Did find out a bit about them gotta love google.
Thanks for the info seems they are quite collectable.
Actually found two, one in a store and one in a pawn shop a few towns over.

[jgcable]

I gigged with one for 5 years back in the lat 70's very early 80's running through a full stack of red Marshall 1960 cabs I got from the Buddy Miles band.
It was 120 watts and an exact = to a Hiwatt. Same exact amp. Just a different logo.
Super loud, super clean, no distortion at all and no effects loop. I ran an MXR Distortion + out in front and it was crushing.

[straycat]

Thanks JG hope to try it out with a guitar tomorrow.

[Rsmacker]

I have a couple tucked away somewhere. JG is correct, "crushing" is the word to use (with a decent distortion pedal in front of it)

[straycat]

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