https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:43:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.preservationsound.com/the-hiwatt-bulldog-combo-amp-c-1978/ https://www.preservationsound.com/the-hiwatt-bulldog-combo-amp-c-1978/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:32:30 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7496 1978: The HIWATT 100-watt Bulldog combo amp offers a challenge to Mesa/Boogie in 1978.  These must have been very rare; I can’t find a single one online.  Read all about them at this link.   The ‘mini-monster’ hi-powered-combo concept was introduced by Mesa/Boogie in the late 60s when Randall Smith modded a Fender Princeton by adding the power supply and output section from a Bassman, essentially making a little tiny (but heavy!) 50-watt combo amp.  Curious about exactly how much of a ‘feat’ this was, I actually did this very thing many years ago to my brother’s Silverface Princeton.  A decade on, the thing is still cooking.  The perfect ‘vintage’ amp for NYC, or any city where you’ve gotta share a taxi to the gig!

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