Dave Reeves was under conract to provide amplifiers for Sound City, but once the contract ended, he naturally decided to focus entirely on his own Hiwatt brand. So not all Sound City amps were built by Dave Reeves.
Dave Reeves had nothing to do with Orange. Early Orange amps were built by one of the great unsung heroes of tube amplification, Matt Mathias and his company Matamp. They are my all-time favourite amp company, and they're still around:
http://www.matamp.co.ukSteve (tube amp nerd)
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Gary Brumm <gabru@...> wrote:
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> HIWATT was in no way related to Marshall. It was a much higher quality build and a very versatile series of amplifiers.
> It was built by Dave Reeves as was Sound City and I believe Orange amplifiers.
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:57 PM
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> I've seen a Marshal head in some videos, but never Hiwatt. Although, wasn't Hiwatt a spinoff from Marshal?
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> John
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]<mailto:[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]> On Behalf Of Vance Pomeroy
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:49 AM
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> But Pinder used a tube amp....That's a Hiwatt on top of the tron.