This HIWATT Let The Magic Smoke Out | Rift Midweek Update + Q&A

[@southsidejohnny5624]

Hey Chris, excellent fault finding tutorial 👍 Thanks to your new camera angles I’m now obsessed by the fact you haven’t got round to Ames taping or filling and sanding all your gyproc joins. Surely a man of your talents could manage that?

[@RiftAmps]

Nah, it’d ruin the vibe of the chicken shed

[@southsidejohnny5624]

@ I thought there was marks on my screen and tried to rub them off until I realised it was the the gyproc screws 😂

[@projekct_amk]

"dosn't need my money" famous last words. The Bank of Mum and Dad is always open for business !

[@weschilton]

One of the things I love about your channel is how you demonstrate the many uses of the oscilloscope in diagnosing issues! Also you look way to young to have adult children! 😁

[@RiftAmps]

One benefit of having children in your late teens is that by the time they've grown up and moved out your middle-years are child free!

[@weschilton]

@@RiftAmps True, my mom had me at 19 and when I was in college my friends thought she was either my sister or my girlfriend... both thoughts are so creepy! 😆

[@johnburns5783]

The only problem with kids moving out is, they still remember where you live 😂😂😂😂😂

[@southsidejohnny5624]

Not if you move house, change identity and fake the death of your former self. Works every time 👍

[@johnburns5783]

@ ahh yes, Best thing to do is wait till the kids go to school, then move, but don’t tell them where you’ve moved to 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ianrose5505]

Fantastic thanks for the great answer

[@Mark5mith]

The build of that Hiwatt was how it should be, I'm as impressed as you were in the workmanship.

[@henryhunter5026]

It’s a real early xmas present to see the the Harry Joyce era Hiwatt, I could just sit and look at that amazingly well done wiring and those huge Partridge transformers all day long. My Dave Reeves/ Harry Joyce AP50 amplifier was amazing but like a fool I traded it in against an old Vox AC10 which seemed like a good idea at the time. Looking forward to seeing more of that great old amp in a future video. By the way I bought my Hiwatt AP50 brand new from Top Gear in Denmark Street for the princely sum of £50, not terribly expensive even in those far off days.

[@jamesunderhill1603]

Nice new camera angles, smart hair cut, is somebody being nice for Santa?

[@RiftAmps]

You know me so well 😂

[@MikeM-Colorado]

I always enjoy the signal tracing, and that was a great example!

[@David-gx9lh]

Nice shakedown on the 64 Custom Deluxe. Q- is the main board on that model fully eyelet? I've seen it described as a PCB with eyelets fitted.

[@stel1051]

I think the IEC socket would be less fiddly if it was rotated through 90 degrees. Is there a reason it's the way it is?

[@demokraatti]

What is that device you use to monitor the wall consumption?

[@midnighthour4299]

Question for you Chris. The vintage power wiring with the "death" cap, is it peculiar to Fender, or did others do it?

[@EddyLeger-r1j]

I dream of a DR103. Big time.

[@riley0187]

Id say those Mundorfs are slightlly superior to the F&Ts, great price as well...I actually sat like a SAD FOOL A/B'ing some caps the other day (bypass position) and man, those little Unicon axials sounded clearer in the bass than Jupiter reds/Nich fine golds/Atom/MOD.....Their worth a pop at price point..

[@davidlovellbass4761]

No weather update 😢

[@scottcrist0070]

Just don't dial 1-800-HEAD... It's not an amp-talk line...

[@RiftAmps]

Did you dial it?

[@southsidejohnny5624]

@@scottcrist0070 Doh! I saw this way too late and now I’m on a register.

[@scottcrist0070]

Haha, no. Just couldn't get the bad joke out of my head when I watched. Love this show btw