Hayden is a British company which designs hand-wired electric guitar

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. It is a sister company to Ashdown Engineering, which makes high-quality, hand-wired, vacuum-tube (or ''valve'' in Britain) amplifiers in England. At the end of 2007 it was announced that Dave Green, Matamp's chief engineer, would be joining Hayden full-time as 'Valve Amp Guru'. The new designed by Dave Green range has been launched and comprises the products as listed below, a range of valve pedals is expected early 2011.

Products

Hand wired series

*Peacemaker 100 Head (4x EL34) made in UK *Classic Lead 80 Head and Combo (4 x ecc83, 4x EL34) *Cotton Club 7/15 combo ( 3 x ecc83, 2 x EL84) *Cotton Club 15/30 ( 3x ecc83 4xEL84) *Petite 2 combo ( 1 x ecc83, 1x6V6) *Petite 5 (2xecc83 1x6V6 +1 x EL84 switchable) *Speakeasy 50 Head and Combo 5 x ecc83 2xEL34 + 2x6L6 switchable) *Mofo 30 Head ( 3x ecc83 4 x EL84) *Mofo 55 head and combo (4 x ecc83 2 x 6550) *Mofo 100 head (4 x ecc83, 2x6L6+2 x EL34 )

Manufactured Offshore

*Mofo 30 as above but more affordable ( 3x ecc83 4xEL84) *Mofo 15 (3xECC83 2xEL84) *Mofo 40 classic (mofo in a traditional wood cabinet) *HGTA 20 head and combo ( high gain all tube amplifier) (3 x ecc 83, 2 x EL84) *HGTA 40 head and combo ( as above) (3 x ecc 83 2 x EL34)

Peacemaker series(Now Discontinued)

*Peacemaker 40 and 60 watt combos *Peacemaker 60 watt head *Fallen angel 180 watt Head

FA DSP series (Now Discontinued)

*FA 100 and 50 watt DSP Combos *FA DSP 100 watt head

Notable Users

Artists who use Hayden Guitar Amplifiers; * Carl Barat - Dirty Pretty Things * Chris Urbanowicz - Editors * Keith Murray - We Are Scientists * Kevin Roentgen - Orson *

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External links

* Guitar amplifier manufacturers Audio equipment manufacturers of the United Kingdom Companies based in Northampton {{Musical-instrument-company-stub