Made with partridge transformers, these initial 100 and 200watt amps gained a reputation for their power, tonal quality including bass, middle, treble, and presence controls, and reliability. Landesberg went on to purchase six music shops around the uk, and branded them reverb. Guitar interactive the free online guitar magazine 20,270 views. Emerson swinford using a nash strat w lollar pus into the sound city sc20. Hiwatt is a british company that manufactures amplifiers for electric guitars and electric basses.
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