Could be because the Hiwatt is a very different circuit compared to the Jose modded Marshall the Cali, Meshuggah, etc are based on. That's assuming the Hiwatt is in fact a hotrodded Hiwatt design and not another Marshall variant under the hood.
New Fortin Amps? Cali, Monolith
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Could be because the Hiwatt is a very different circuit compared to the Jose modded Marshall the Cali, Meshuggah, etc are based on. That's assuming the Hiwatt is in fact a hotrodded Hiwatt design and not another Marshall variant under the hood.
TedintheShed
Retired bassist pretending to play guitar
Is it just me, or is Fortin pretty much just an amp builder for celebrity players? Seems impossible to order an amp now. Iean you can get a pedal, I guess.
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StevenC
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After selling the Natas and Meathead to Randall, yeah he hasn't built a lot of amps. Not even the Meshuggah amps.
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sakeido
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I'm fine with Fortin not building amps, let em design all he wants then have the designs built some place affordable.
made in China Fortins when
Cali ain't sounding good in that demo though. way, way, way too much gain
made in China Fortins when
Cali ain't sounding good in that demo though. way, way, way too much gain
I was hoping he'd get BAD to make them and distribute them, to at least keep the quality up. Ordering directly from him would incur large import fees for me. But instead it went the other way and there's been zero mention of not only how to get the amp, but zero mention it even exists on his website, when the new pedals were put straight on there.
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I ordered a Bones about two years ago and this was just as he was getting heavily into the pedals. After several pushed back delivery dates Mike offered me a refund and I took it. Really would have liked to have a Bones but I end up a PoweredByOmega Iriduim that is amazing so it all worked out.
There were the Meshuggah limited runs of 100 or 150 amps total and the Hiwatt and that has been it since he left Randall. Mike also pretty much told me when we were exchanging messages about the Meshuggah that he had no intention of offering anything other than bank wire for payment going forward and that if that lost him customers he wasn't worried about it. That was six months ago or so so it may change, but he seemed pretty set on it at the time.
TedintheShed
Retired bassist pretending to play guitar
Randall equivalent being the SATAN and 667?
KnightBrolaire
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yup, and he designed the thrasher/diavlo as well iirc
StevenC
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I think the Satan is the Fortin Satan, the Thrasher is closer to a NATAS and the 667 is the Meathead. The Satan is a NATAS mod.
Yep.
TedintheShed
Retired bassist pretending to play guitar
Since I traded my Archon, I've been looking for a new amp. The 667 looked really nice.but I've not heard that it can get a moreodern tone.
Ola Englund
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Not sure regarding the Monolith, but what I asked for Mike 2 years ago was basically a 50W version of the Fortin Satan. It's a crushing power amp, no compromising on the transformer and parts either. They all fit in that box.
jco5055
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My very general sense is Fortin is the "master" at high gain/brutality. Like if your goal was to get the most crushing sound ever you'd look at his products. Not to say his stuff can't be versatile, but when you look at something like the Meshuggah that's only single channel I think we know why so many people wanted one.
mnemonic
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Marketing seems to be Fortin’s number one strength in my opinion.
In other NAMM news
I wonder why the tape over the Meshuggah logo on the amp in the back?
In other NAMM news
I wonder why the tape over the Meshuggah logo on the amp in the back?
StevenC
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Probably because they got in trouble over it and had to change it for the mater runs.
mnemonic
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Good point, looking closer, the outline does look like the Marshall script logo rather than the redone Meshuggah logo.
KnightBrolaire
SSO's unofficial pickup tester
marketing is definitely their strong suit, considering how people went apeshit over the grind 2.0, 33, zuul, the meshuggah amp, fortin plugin. Definitely doesn't hurt that mike knows his way around a marshall amp and how to tweak it in a slightly different way from the other guys out there doing that exact thing (ie basically everyone that makes or mods amps).
