Unlike the powerful Hiwatt amps, which design maintains a pristine clean sound at high volumes, the Studio/Stage asks you to push its gain control all the way to 12 o'clock to reveal a rich and natural drive sound at a manageable volume.
Just beyond the clean tone breakup where the sweetspot is, it feels easy-to-play, inspiring and delivers immediate playing pleasure. It's a plug-and-play model which keeps the signature Hiwatt sound and accentuates the character of each guitar it's played with.
Its distinctive style depends on the instrument it's playing and generously rewards the extreme EQ settings necessary to get the most out of the whole thing. It's so effective that it's almost an instrument in its own right.
Like other Hiwatt amps, it features Harry Joice's distinctive military-grade wiring. It also features the brand's beloved Partridge™ transformers and is hand-wired in England.
This 1x12 combo version of the Studio/Stage is equipped with the F75-75 watt model specially developed by Fane for Hiwatt amps. With its modern design, it perfectly captures the amp's character while meeting today’s expectations. It pushes the upper mids, giving it a clear, articulate, and punchy sound, but without being harsh to the ear. It also feels like a much more present guitar. Once pushed to its limits, it produces a subtle saturation that helps the guitar cut even more through the mix.
- Footswitchable Transparent Boost via Push/Pull Gain Pot
- Sparkling Cleans via Bright Switch
- 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.
- Original Partridge™spec English transformers.
- Meticulously hand-wired to Harry Joyce’s exacting military standards.
- GB Proudly manufactured in the Hiwatt Custom Shops.
Wattage: Switchable — 40W or 20W
Channel: Single Channel
Inputs: Hi, Low
Output: 2 x 1/4" Speaker Out
Preamp Valves: 3 x 12AX7, 1 x 12AT7
Output Valves: 4 x EL84
Impedance: Switchable using Impedance Selector on the rear panel — 4 Ω, 8 Ω, or 16 Ω
Voltage: Switchable using World Voltage Selector on the rear panel — 100V, 115V, 230V, or 240V
Speaker : Fane Acoustics™ F75 - 75W
Controls:
Master Volume
Reverb
3-Band EQ shared by both channels — Bass, Treble, Middle
Gain (Pull potentiometer for Boost)
Standby — On/Off
Mains — On/Off