HIWATT amps, what's the scoop??
42TylerSavage wrote:not sure about that, but the Reeves family started Hi-Tone & Mark Huss who's a force of amp building is their R&D guy. The amps sounded and looked amazing at NAMM. I wish they picked a different name, but they couldn't use Hiwatt or Reeves I imagine. Also there's no options for snakeskin on any of their models.edit: They'll probably put snakeskin on if you know the secret hand shakeHere's an interview from a while back with one of the Hi-tone partners that I found interesting:https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/ ... acy-rebornYou re the only amp company endorsed and approved by Dave Reeves family. What does that mean and why is it significant?They take a lot of pride in the amps that Dave was making, and it s a sore subject with them when you have stuff with the Hiwatt name on it that doesn t live up to the legacy. Some of them are better than others, but they still hardly compare to the originals. With me, it took a while ”they weren t sure how legitimate I was and if I was just somebody else trying to profit off their name. But I gave them my word when we started doing this that they would get royalties. Actually, now Glynn owns part of Hi-Tone, so they re in it all the way. But from the beginning, every step along the way, I never did anything without conferring with them or at least trying to get their opinion to make sure they were part of the process. I just wanted to do it right. Mark and I don t have any grand illusions of getting rich off of this. Every little bit of profit we make goes right back into it. There aren t gigantic margins in it, so it s a labor of love, that s for sure. Getting feedback from people and players who love them makes it really worthwhile.