Fortin Evil Pumpkin

I dont want to shit on Fortin the man himself but I feel like he blew off a missed opportunity with his mods. His Hulk modded 800 was one of the most insane amps I’ve ever heard. IIRC I think he stopped because parts to do the mod ran dry but man if that’s true, he should’ve figured out a work around. I’ve heard his Cali is the answer to it but that amp is a dud IMO. Lacks character and is uninspiring to play.
 
wlbrad09 said:
Yeah I didn’t know what the Fortin sound was then after buying I was like “oh god”, maybe I can band aid this and talk myself into thinking I didn’t blow $4k. Nope
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I thought you sold it? :dunno:

Oh well. Welcome to Rig-Talk :cheers:

I may have misunderstood. English is not your first language is it? What is your native language? Is it German by chance :D
 
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I love the Cali! I can "dial the Fortin out of it" pretty easy too.

But I hear the Cali > Pumpkin from a few people, which helps because I am broke. It was much more enticing when it was announced at like $2800 and then a few years go by and is jacked up to $4k when it finally released last year.
 
crankyrayhanky said:
I love the Cali! I can "dial the Fortin out of it" pretty easy too.

But I hear the Cali > Pumpkin from a few people, which helps because I am broke. It was much more enticing when it was announced at like $2800 and then a few years go by and is jacked up to $4k when it finally released last year.
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That’s cool man I’m glad you got a Fortin product that you like. Kinda seems to be a rare phenomenon. lol
 
crankyrayhanky said:
I love the Cali! I can "dial the Fortin out of it" pretty easy too.

But I hear the Cali > Pumpkin from a few people, which helps because I am broke. It was much more enticing when it was announced at like $2800 and then a few years go by and is jacked up to $4k when it finally released last year.
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Flipping the toggle to “off” doesn’t count as dialing the fortin out of it 🧐
 
I traded my Cali and had some regret.
I could get it dialed in with killer tone. But the 4th gain stage just went crazy with feedback.
Had to re-adjust the gains when it was in the highest gain mod.
 
I bought the Fortin 'Sigil' lunch box head years ago. It's a great sounding little amp, to my ear as good or better than the other lunch box style amps out there. A few months later, I saw a bunch of posts about when you put the amp in 'Standby' mode, you can still hear guitar signal coming thru. Went out and tested mine. Yeah, with my guitar volume full open, you can faintly hear a tiny bit of signal trying to eeek thru. Roll the guitars volume down to halfway or lower,,,nothing, quite as a church mouse. Some people here were bashing the build quality, Fortin quality control is slipping, and the like. I just didn't get it. The amp was $1200 if I remember. Yes, a little pricey, but mine sounded very good, gobs of high gain on channel 2, and a very useable semi-broken up tone when dime-ing channel 1's volume and using its Gain knob as volume. Fx loop very transparent. For a very small lunchbox amp, I thought it was very good.
Anyway, maybe I got a good one, not sure. I guess being able to hear any guitar signal at all when the amp is on standby is a deal breaker for some. I just didn't get it. It's a great grab and go little high gain amp. Can't speak for anything else Fortin really, just the Sigil. Mines a keeper.
 
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