What's up with Electric Amps?

[omie]

I just saw Ufomammut in TucsonAZ last weekend with hovercraft amps... The sound was freakin DELISH.

 

[hintz]

Gregmon79 has an "Electric" amp, you might wanna ask him about how much he digs his!!

 

[Geezer Brown]

What's better, an FAC or a regular baxandall EQ?

 

[waltdogg]

F.A.C. has nothing to do with EQ. It is actually pre-EQ. What it does is give you the ability to revoice your amp for guitar or bass by changing to one of six different input capacitors. Think of it this way, on most amps there's a capacitor very early in the circuit usually on or right after the inputs. This capacitor governs what frequencies are and aren't allowed into the amp. An F.A.C. or "depth" control will allow you to change it. Not sure what tone stack you'd find on an Electric. The Science uses the Hiwatt tone stack actually.

 

[Geezer Brown]

Ok, so as of now, who sells a 120-200 watt head with FAC and a baxandall EQ?

 

[waltdogg]

Try Dunwich or Navtone. The Science Mother and Sister have the F.A.C. but use the Hiwatt tone stack.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Might just go with verellen or science then. Electric just sounds downright shady.

DrBass style non delivery. I read he is no tech himself and struggles to get contractors.

 

[waltdogg]

DrBass style non delivery. I read he is no tech himself and struggles to get contractors.

I've come to the same conclusion based on my findings today after looking for info to help steer Pills in the right direction. Supposedly these days he has no faceplate engraver and wont ship the amps without faceplates. But he's still taking orders. Not to mention after hands on experience with an EA. They're a little shoddy looking in general and faceplates aren't *any* better looking.

 

[Geezer Brown]

Try Dunwich or Navtone. The Science Mother and Sister have the F.A.C. but use the Hiwatt tone stack.

Dunwich takes too long, but I'll definitely check out navtone. For ****'s sake man, I just wanted an electric!

 

[waltdogg]

Yeah I realized that about Dunwich right after I posted.

 

[Geezer Brown]

I cant find the navtone website.

 

[waltdogg]

I don't think he has a website but this is the e-mail he has on his Instagram profile:

[email protected]

I've talked with him before about a custom build but I decided I wanted something already designed and built to please everyone as opposed to an amp built from the ground up that only pleases me. I'm a sound engineer, with a home studio so my amps are the studio's amps. Hence the Science Hellhawk (1/3 JTM45, 1/3 Super Lead, 1/3 Super Bass) and not a custom Navtone. His Matamp type builds are stupid nice though.

 

[Geezer Brown]

I don't think he has a website but this is the e-mail he has on his Instagram profile:

[email protected]

I've talked with him before about a custom build but I decided I wanted something already designed and built to please everyone as opposed to an amp built from the ground up that only pleases me. I'm a sound engineer, with a home studio so my amps are the studio's amps. Hence the Science Hellhawk (1/3 JTM45, 1/3 Super Lead, 1/3 Super Bass) and not a custom Navtone. His Matamp type builds are stupid nice though.

Do they sound like GT's and OR's though?

Are there any Weber kits that can cop the sound?

 

[waltdogg]

Honestly I wouldn't know. Also the EAs are not like GTs in several ways according to a post I read by Nick from Dunwich today.

There are no more Matamp kits available from Hilbish it looks like. I believe this Weber kit is a type of Orange clone Invalid Link Removed I've read it's decent but could probably use some souping up.

 

[Geezer Brown]

Honestly I wouldn't know. Also the EAs are not like GTs in several ways according to a post I read by Nick from Dunwich today.

There are no more Matamp kits available from Hilbish it looks like. I believe this Weber kit is a type of Orange clone Invalid Link Removed I've read it's decent but could probably use some souping up.

This is really starting to piss me off. There's so many inconsistencies when it comes to info on these. Absolute zero definitive answers.

 

[waltdogg]

I feel you. This post on ILF should clear up a few things. ilovefuzz.com • View topic - Matamp vs Electric. someone explain.

I know I already said I'm not entirely sure, I have been under the impression that the GT and OR are the same amp. Just different built by different companies neither of which actually owns Mat's circuit design. Newer ORs do not employ an F.A.C., however.

 

[dannster]

As silly as this might sound, I'd be able to justify getting a Verellen if they weren't so aesthetically ugly.

Oh hush. They are rock solid, heavy duty gear and gorgeous.

 

[waltdogg]

Oh hush. They are rock solid, heavy duty gear and gorgeous.

I like the Millennium Falcon aesthetic but those powder coated chassis without faceplates get me.

 

[Geezer Brown]

Maybe a confederate flag or some other design would look cooler

 

[waltdogg]

There's a Science Hellhawk half stack out there that has a red, white, and blue tolex color scheme.