Frank Hannon of TESLA at Hiwatt

Frank Hannon of TESLA hung out with us at the Toronto Custom shop. He told us about his experiences with Hiwatt, and what he's currently using on the road.

In this video, Frank plays a Super-Hi 50 and an updated Custom 20/40 "Studio/Stage" through his new SE4123 cabinet loaded with Fane F75 speakers.

[leosun]

Yep- Frank’s Hiwatts he used in the 90s in Tesla (especially on Bust A Nut) are THE sole reason I got into them. I actually found a modded DR504 at Starving Musician in San Jose that had that same sound as Frank’s DR103s, which he later on let me play through.
Freakin’ glorious!
Thanks for helping develop my eat for tone, Frankie!🤘🏻

[rebecca]

Frank did a rad job here as usual great guitar playing here most definitely digging this sound!

[harrykadaras]

Hiwatt Heaven...Hiwatt hell is no Hiwatt! That 50W is really 🔥

[cannadaincowboy]

Frank you rock them HIWATTs. I gotta go plug in mine now. 🤘

[aaronguffey]

I never see a video of the max gain on a 20/40. But the super hi is awesome!

[markdodds]

I used to have a Hiwatt 50W head that I bought at a consignment store in Sacramento probably around 1983 or 84. It had a mod for an extra master volume knob on the back that allowed you to crank the preamp for more gain. I wonder if it came from Leo’s music?

I wound up buying a Mesa Boogie MK III head because I wanted channel switching and sold the Hiwatt head. That is my one gear regret I have. I should never have sold that Hiwatt. It was a killer amp.

[vadimchalpankoron]

Hiwatt SE4123F amazing cabinet for all amps, my favourite Friedman BE100 in cab se4123f

[thebudge]

I can attest. My HIWATT just sounds different than my other British amps. It sounds great.

[ratt]

Happy to see him happy to play a 4k USD amp with a 8k USD guitar. Life is happy.

[waynegram]

What did Leos Music modifications do to the hiwatt amplifiers?

[vox]

Must be Rich to have one at 15 I spent my Whole life getting my Hilight stack

[theprogrammerrolandmc]

why not give your schematics out to your customers or even better put them in the amp case i have a T10 HD that needs fixed and without schematics its a useless door stop Hiwatt customer service ignores any request for schematics.