Hiwatt Custom 20

We've taken our classic SA20 and fit her up as a 1x12 combo for this product demonstration by Richard Cook.
From bright spanky cleans through to rich overdrive, this amp can do it all!
Always hand built with the highest quality components in the Custom Shop, England.

[@Mr.Steve-O]

That's a tasty amp !! Great playing as well, covered lots of ground in a few minutes

[@matthewn8100]

Satisfied!!! Replacements! Great track

[@karltraunmuller7048]

Nothing sounds like a Hiwatt

[@realgoodmind]

I don't know why but finally Hiwatt is showing up for me. I want to get stuck into these new amps built in the UK

[@Screaming-Trees]

How is their "built in China" line up? Prices are good but how is the quality?

[@DP-hn6rl]

You played Unsatisfied so I have to like it🖤

[@ricardorodriguez5549]

Appreciated the tip of the hat to the Mats

[@buzzardsinuses4780]

Unsatisfied by The Replacement! Hell yeah!

[@kimmolingonheimo]

HEELLL NO... Heavens Yes NOO replacemnt!!!½!

[@jumpboy29]

Could you guys please do demo of the Hiwatt Crunch series? It's almost impossible to find one locally in US and some demos would be helpful in deciding. The tube amp always sound better but it might be nice to have a inexpensive hiwatt just to kick around with

[@HiwattOfficial]

We're currently scheduling our filming for the next few months - We'll have Crunch demos coming soon!

[@MegaCokamo]

The Who and the replacements

[@andreasf6671]

The Replacements!

[@ahmadfarhan7]

Compared to dr504 what’s the main difference between those amps? Thanks!

[@LeF11]

Any news on the pedal smith 50? Sounded very interesting from the two KZbin videos online about it at NAMM.

[@HiwattOfficial]

We should have some announcements for it coming in Summer - follow us on Instagram @hiwattofficial for all the latest news and updates

[@endlessnameless3996]

Are there any plans of bringing the Little P back, or is the Little Rig essentially the same but with internally jumpered channels?

[@HiwattOfficial]

The Little Rig is our upgraded version of the Little D - better quality components, chassis, etc. The linked input is essentially both channels jumped together internally. We dropped the "P, D and J" models as the artists they were associated with hadn't given the previous Hiwatt owners permission to use their names. Since we took over in 2016 we wanted to do right by those musicians and be nice and transparent :)

[@TS-wp3wt]

Don’t have much experience with Hiwatt, but I really like them lately.. sorta reminds me of a plexi on the gain setting. Feel like playing some Who or Tom Petty when I hear this amp.

[@darwinsaye]

What do you mean by a plexi on "the gain setting"? The only gain setting on plexis is a cranked volume control.

[@TS-wp3wt]

@@darwinsaye still a setting

[@georgejaimes7297]

I came here looking for a demo on the hiwatt custom 20 mini stack but really enjoyed watching this. Great playing, great sounding amp, and where did you get that double cut? that thing looks and sounds grreat! Hey, weren't you the guy doing the 20 watt HIWATT Amp giveaway? LMAO

[@ploukusa]

I believe that's a Gordon Smith guitar.

[@mazukakai]

The best

[@MrEddie-gf3yg]

Is this the amp that Townshend used for the recording of the song "Who Are You"?

[@mikkywhalan]

To me it sounds like he’s just running straight into the desk for that song.

[@tylerangle1990]

Is there a demo on the current edition Studio/Stage?

[@davidrussell8918]

Flubb city!

[@joebruley4117]

Those Pete Townshend sounds sounded a little too gainy, but it's got the sound.

[@aphextwin6]

Effectsloop?

[@montag4516]

There's no effects loop or reverb on their Custom series of amps, with an exception being the Studio/Stage model which has internal spring reverb. As the host mentioned these do serve as a great pedal platform, run whatever you like in line into the front of the amp.

[@ChristianSachaNovak]

Are you still owned by the guys who tried to sell stolen guitars?

[@HiwattOfficial]

Absolutely not. Hiwatt has been under new ownership since 2016. We get asked this a lot!!

[@ChristianSachaNovak]

@@HiwattOfficial Oh thats good news. I can buy one again now then!! Feel free to delete comment.

[@lupo10]

@@ChristianSachaNovak bit of a pricky comment none the less.

[@ChristianSachaNovak]

@@lupo10 in what way?

[@ianthomas9602]

Think you’ll find it’s a 2x10

[@HiwattOfficial]

It's 100% a 1x12 combo in this case - we released it for Winter NAMM :)

[@patben2330]

Who cares about the clean sound. Come on and switch this gain control on ! You can do it !