Amplitube 3 - screenshot (from NAMM)

[susiwong]

I had suggested before that the guitar plug should be movable from the NORMAL to the BRIGHT inputs on the Fender Bassman '59, but it has not been done so far. I hope IK does this for the Hiwatt at least, though. And it would be especially cool if they made the two channels bridgeable with a modular cable, like some modular VSTis such as Arturia Moog Modular, KORG MS20, and u-he ACE.

Completely agreed about the dual mixable inputs.
Arguably the most tonal sensitive area in these amps.
Would not want/need virtual cables though, bridging the inputs by default would give all the options anyway as long as you have normal/bright mixable inputs.
Ymmv,
susiwong

PS: To sweeten the deal I could offer to sacrifice the built-in spring reverb of these amps.

[manytone]

Yep ....Drooling.... Need Hiwatt in A3
Check these:
http://www.planetoftheamps.com/hiwatt.html
and
http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=70

Although I had the somewhat modern 1984 ish editions at the time

Paul

[redshift factor]

Yep. The DR103 Custom Hiwatt 100 is THE amp.
Notice all the points are hand soldered. Still to this day.

[redshift factor]

Would not want/need virtual cables though, bridging the inputs by default would give all the options anyway as long as you have normal/bright mixable inputs.

Sort of like the Vox AC30?
Good idea there.
In fact, in that case, there would be no real need to swap the input channel. Just turn the volume all the way down on the channel you don't want.

Fender '59 Bassman still needs to be able to swap the input jack for the bright channel, though.

[Kingtal]

Yep. The DR103 Custom Hiwatt 100 is THE amp.
Notice all the points are hand soldered. Still to this day.

The Custom HiWatt 100 is the amp Jimmy Page used on that legendary Royal Albert Hall show in 1970.

I am totally impressed by what IK Multimedia have pulled off with AT3 but a Custom HiWatt would just be the icing on the cake. It gets my vote...

[shanecgriffo]

I am totally impressed by what IK Multimedia have pulled off with AT3 but a Custom HiWatt would just be the icing on the cake. It gets my vote...

a vote from me too

[Cognition]

Amp sim wish list:

Engl Savage
Krank Krankenstein
Blackstar Series One 200
Laboga Mr Hector
Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

[shanecgriffo]

Amp sim wish list:

Engl Savage
Krank Krankenstein
Blackstar Series One 200
Laboga Mr Hector
Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

you must prefer soft ballad type strumming eh?

[Cognition]

Amp sim wish list:

Engl Savage
Krank Krankenstein
Blackstar Series One 200
Laboga Mr Hector
Hughes & Kettner Coreblade

you must prefer soft ballad type strumming eh?

Aw, is it that obvious?

[metalifuxx]

Please do a Badcat/Matchless emulation

I jammed on a Badcat Panther Reverb yesterday at a guitar store. There is something about the sound of those amps that can not be emulated with any other amp/pedal configuration. My friend is probably going to buy the amp as he fell in love with it. It can do classic Beatles tones with ease, or switch the high gain circuit on for more modern tones (Porcupine Tree, Green Day, to name a few). He is going to try and talk the store owner down from the $2,000 (used) asking price, and get a Weber Mass power attenuator to go with it. There was the usual Boss pedal rack display board sitting next to the amp, and he was throwing all kinds of overdrive/distortion at it on extreme settings, just to see if he could find a bad tone, and we really couldn't.

[monsterbeetle]

Hand soldering does not necessarily translate to better tone, does it? it just means it is easier to fix?

[shogger]

Hand soldering does not necessarily translate to better tone, does it? it just means it is easier to fix?

Right. This point to point myth is so stupid. Ask Mesa, Bogner, Diezel, VHT, etc.
Good sound is a question of a good layout of the right components. Not the way of how this layout is achieved. Point to point or a good PCB of the same layout sounds the same.

Shogger

[shanecgriffo]

but it looks cool in the photos

[shogger]

but it looks cool in the photos

Absolutely! I like good looking innards of an amp. I like orange drops, beautiful chrome transformer hoods, glowing tubes, etc.
It's a while ago that this was my daily stuff.

Shogger

[susiwong]

Hand soldering does not necessarily translate to better tone, does it? it just means it is easier to fix?

Right. This point to point myth is so stupid. Ask Mesa, Bogner, Diezel, VHT, etc.
Good sound is a question of a good layout of the right components. Not the way of how this layout is achieved. Point to point or a good PCB of the same layout sounds the same.

Shogger

Agreed in principle, not always in the real world, unfortunately.

Truth is you can build a stellar sounding amp on PCB, like your examples.

Truth is too, unfortunately, that porting over a point to point design to PCB messes things up more often than not.
Part of this is the cutting corners mentality on several levels, no doubt, but part of it also are design limitations, separation of signals, ground and power, stuff like that.
For an extremely bad example check out the '80s Vox AC30TBX (the ones built by Marshall) - talk about a messed up PCB layout !
Other "great" examples include the Marshall- and Fender reissues (not necessarily the custom shop ones) - ever played a '70s JMP 1987 alongside a 1987X ? Or a Deluxe Reverb Reissue against a real BF / SF ?
Not funny at all.
Granted, there is more involved than PCB.

Ymmv,
susiwong