The Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head is a Hiwatt amplifier. Close alternatives include the Marshall Super Bass and the Ampeg 50th Anniversary SVT Head. It pairs well with the Benson Amps Stonk BOX and the Electro-Harmonix Crayon.
Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head
Hiwatt · amplifier
The Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass is a 50-watt hand-wired all-tube bass guitar amplifier head from the Hiwatt Park series. The Super Bass name evokes the original 1960s-1970s Park and Marshall Super Bass circuits that were popular for bass amplification. The P50B delivers 50W of all-tube bass power through a hand-wired point-to-point construction, providing warm, full-bodied bass tube amplification at professional stage levels.
What stands out
“The Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass is a boutique hand-wired 50W bass tube head drawing on the Super Bass circuit tradition — the vintage Park and Marshall Super Bass designs that players like John Entwistle and Noel Redding used for bass”
— from the community notes
“full-bodied bass tube amplification at professional stage levels”
— from the listing
“Players who want the original vintage British tube bass amp voicing in a hand-wired boutique format find the P50B a compelling boutique bass head”
— from the community notes
“The Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass delivers hand-wired 50W all-tube bass amplification in the Super Bass circuit tradition”
— from the reviews
“The Super Bass name evokes the original 1960s-1970s Park and Marshall Super Bass circuits that were popular for bass amplification”
— from the listing
- bass
- stage
- vintage
- british
- boutique
- full
- p50b
- all tube bass power
Good for
- Live
- Studio
Genres the Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head is commonly used in
- Classic Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Pedals that stack with the Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head
Benson Amps Stonk BOX
Benson Amps
14% matchBenson Amps Stonk BOX's own germanium character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Crayon
Electro-Harmonix
14% matchElectro-Harmonix Crayon's own bright character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive
Mad Professor
14% matchMad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive leans toward dynamic, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
Electro-Harmonix
10% matchKeep Electro-Harmonix Small Stone after Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head in the signal chain, clear of Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Roland SDE-3000D
Roland
7% matchPut Roland SDE-3000D in Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head's effects loop, clear of Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Caroline Guitar Company Meteore
Caroline Guitar Company
7% matchRun Caroline Guitar Company Meteore in Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head's effects loop, clear of Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Ashdown Studio Compressor
Ashdown
7% matchWhat Ashdown Studio Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around
Goes in front of the amp
Alternatives
Marshall Super Bass
Marshall
55% similarity“The Super Bass name evokes the original 1960s-1970s Park and Marshall Super Bass circuits that were popular for bass amplification.”
Ampeg 50th Anniversary SVT Head
Ampeg
53% similarityShared character: bass
EBS Classic 450
Ebs
51% similarityShared character: bass, vintage charm, full
Fuchs FBT 300
Fuchs
46% similarityShared character: bass
Ampeg GV-12UK
Ampeg
42% similaritySimilar voicing: full
Sunn 100s
amplifier
41% similarityShared character: bass
Park P50B Super Bass
Park
91% similaritysimilar tone character
Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head?+
The closest matches in character are the Marshall Super Bass, the Ampeg 50th Anniversary SVT Head, the EBS Classic 450.
What pairs well with the Hiwatt Park P50B Super Bass Handwired 50W Bass Head?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Benson Amps Stonk BOX, Electro-Harmonix Crayon, Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive — Benson Amps Stonk BOX's own germanium character is the real reason this is worth trying.