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Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:25 am
by Puck5862
The Hovercraft - ok, the Warthog Fuzz 2 = badass!!!! I think I need one of those.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:36 pm
by fuzzonaut
lordgalvar wrote: It's this guy, it's got to be.
Yep, shockwave, indeed.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:02 pm
by lordgalvar
fuzzonaut wrote:lordgalvar wrote: It's this guy, it's got to be.
Yep, shockwave, indeed.
Dang, thanks man. Strange, eh? Don't mind modded stuff at all, just admit it. Thanks much for checking it out.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:28 pm
by resincum
I see some rad bands rocking hovercraft(yob, cultleader), but I also see all this shady shit abound. I'm confused
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:16 pm
by odontophobia
resincum wrote:I see some rad bands rocking hovercraft(yob, cultleader), but I also see all this shady shit abound. I'm confused
Seriously. It's really confusing.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:23 pm
by tremolo3
so tl;dr Hovercraft are just modded Jet City amps?
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:30 pm
by D.o.S.
GAS KING wrote:just imagine a Jet City or Epi So Cal or Peavey Windsor gut shot with a few components, new pots and leads neatly added to the stock board.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:01 pm
by AxAxSxS
ramonovski wrote:so tl;dr Hovercraft are just modded Jet City amps?
pretty much. Some of them are modded other brand amps but mostly the jca's.
As for YOB, Mike uses pedals. Any clean amp that functions and gets loud will do. Free amps would be hard to turn down. I doubt he is using them in studio but who knows.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:36 am
by fuzzonaut
Yeah, it is confusing. Scott Reeder also uses one of those bison amps and the fuzz pedal as well, I think.
I mean, I like the pedal and how it sounds, and I even got a note with it, that mentioned some component swapping chinese because I wanted it too be bass friendly, but this whole "my amps are full of eels, so no gut shots or I'll goop stuff" thing is upsetting.
If you've got a talent to mod stuff - great, but just be upfront about it!
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:41 am
by resincum
AxAxSxS wrote:
Free amps would be hard to turn down. .
fair enough
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:39 pm
by Exclaimed
resincum wrote:I see some rad bands rocking hovercraft(yob, cultleader), but I also see all this shady shit abound. I'm confused
I don't think Mason in Cult Leader has a Hovercraft. I wouldn't let him buy one. They're recording at God City and it's Kurt Ballou's amp.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:47 pm
by Ancient Astronaught
Exclaimed wrote:I don't think Mason in Cult Leader has a Hovercraft. I wouldn't let him buy one. They're recording at God City and it's Kurt Ballou's amp.
Your a good friend.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:09 pm
by whoismarykelly
He's been using that DSL and TSL for a long time. Kurt has a lot of toys though. Seems like there have been 4-5 amps set up in all their pics.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:11 pm
by odontophobia
Ancient Astronaught wrote:Exclaimed wrote:I don't think Mason in Cult Leader has a Hovercraft. I wouldn't let him buy one. They're recording at God City and it's Kurt Ballou's amp.
Your a good friend.
Yeah -- when I saw the photo online I was like, "Oh, that must be from Kurt's collection."
Admittedly -- they may not be terrible amps but knowing the upfront cost on some of those amps it makes the price tag a little hard to digest.
whoismarykelly wrote:He's been using that DSL and TSL for a long time. Kurt has a lot of toys though. Seems like there have been 4-5 amps set up in all their pics.
Yeah -- I think even back in GAZA days he was using those bad dads.
Re: HOVERCRAFT amps...real talk
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 1:41 pm
by Puck5862
- Baltar V2 gut shot
Gut shot of my Baltar V2. No goop or weird threatening messages. Just a few removed caps replaced with a couple other caps and a resistor. Shoddy workmanship? Not sure if that's how I would have done it, but then again, I don't know how to mod amps in the first place. Here's the scoop, its a modded PV Valveking, re-tubed, re-tolexed, re-knobbed....recycled(????). Is it worth $850? I think so... because it sounds fucking awesome. That's what you're paying for...the sound. As stated above, I don't know how to mod amps and it would cost me time and money to figure it out. I think these Hovercraft guys got it figured out and that knowledge should be worth something.
Yeah, maybe the guy should be more up front and reveal what platforms he's working off of. But now, at least on these gear forums, it's a well known fact he's using PV and Jet City stuff.