Alex's Hiwatt Amps

[dpgreek]

Howdy fellow RUSHians...

 

Wondering if some of you knowledgable folks know which Hiwatts Alex was using around the late 70s....I think its mentioned around the time of A Farewell to Kings / Permanent Waves. Some say its the DR103, some say it's the Canadian version DR105 with different gain staging and I recently read someone batting around the idea of the DR504.

 

Thanks

[RushFanForever]

You might find the answer in this June 1980 Guitar Player article below.

 

"Alex Lifeson - Rush's Kinetic Lead Guitarist"

[toymaker]

You might find the answer in this June 1980 Guitar Player article below.

 

"Alex Lifeson - Rush's Kinetic Lead Guitarist"

 

That's a pretty cool article.

[dpgreek]

that's great. I think I read that while ago but great reading it again.

[dpgreek]

"Did you keep the Hiwatts for Permanent Waves?

Actually, on that album I used a number of different amp combinations. I used a Mesa/Boogie to drive a Marshall cabinet, a 100-watt Hiwatt head to power both a Hiwatt and a Marshall cabinet, and a Marshall Mark II head driving a Marshall cabinet with four 12" Celestions. Add to all that a Leslie with a Hiwatt head, which I also used on Hemisphere,. and that's about it for amps.