Hiwatt UK SA20 Custom 20-Watt Studio Hand-Wired Guitar Head Hiwatt

Hiwatt SA20 Custom 20 Watt Studio Guitar Amplifier Head

PROUDLY HAND WIRED ‘POINT TO POINT’ IN ENGLAND TO ORIGINAL MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS

Legendary headroom – clean and clear sounds – uniquely rich in 3rd and 5th Harmonics, Hiwatt has carved out a place in the tonal history of Rock and Roll. Rugged enough for use on the world’s biggest stages and immortalized on some of the world’s greatest albums – Hiwatt Custom Shop Amplifiers are professional studio/stage gear.

SA20 – The ‘Studio Amp’ CUSTOM HIWATT 20 – Legendary Hiwatt Tone in a Smaller Package

From bright spanking clean through to rich creamy overdrive – this amp can do it all! The Hiwatt Custom 20
is ‘cathode biased’ (aka Class A) which adds a ‘touch sensitive’ feel to the amps response. With the addition
of a Gain Control you are able to drive the Custom 20 into an awesome natural overdrive without the
customary Hiwatt ‘loud’. Perfect for studio work and intimate venues.

Pedal friendly, compact and able to travel the world, this professional piece of gear is hand-built in the
Hiwatt Custom Shops England.

• The Studio Amp
• Independent Hi and Low inputs. Versatile and intuitive, perfect for bringing life out of dark pickups or taming shrill high end in bright pickups.
• Unlike higher wattage models focused on delivering seemingly endless clean headroom, the SA20 will break up with the gain control past noon, offering the choice of a beautiful Hiwatt signature clean base for pedals and crystal clear tones, or satisfying tube saturation at the turn of a knob.
• Simplified controls for quick and effortless tone shaping

Controls:

• Master Volume
• 3-Band EQ shared by both channels – Bass, Treble, Middle
• Gain
• Standby – On/Off
• Mains – On/Off

Features:

• Wattage: 20W
• Channel: Clean
• Inputs: Hi; Low
• Output: 2 x 1/4″ Speaker Out
• Preamp Valves: 3 x ECC83 (12AX7)
• Output Valves: 2 x EL84
• Voltage: Switchable using World Voltage Selector on the rear panel – 100V, 115V, 230V, or 240V
• Impedance: Switchable using Variable Impedance Inputs on the rear panel – 4 ohm, 8 ohm, or 16 ohm
• Original Partridge spec English transformers.
• Meticulously hand-wired to Harry Joyce’s exacting military standards.
• Proudly manufactured in Hiwatt’s Custom Shop in Doncaster, England.
• Road Ready – Rugged 18mm Birch-Ply Construction
• Band Ready – ’Burned In’ and Tested by their Custom Shop Technicians
• Touring Ready – World Voltage and Impedance Selectors