Few thoughts on Fortin Cali

[joshsage]

How's and Why's aside...

I got my hands on a cali mod today. It was a very nicely bastardized jcm800. For a modded marshall tone, this thing just rips. I think this will fill that gap we had since some guys out there, although talented, aren't always up to keeping word on delivery times. So far, this has been the best modded marshall I have ever played.

Truly a pleasure!

 

[gbsmusic]

Nice!! Congrats, would love to hear some clips!

 

[NewWorldMan]

Yeah, it's awesome. I haven't spent enough time to post a full review yet, but Frankenmod sounds killer.

 

[parntz145]

Hey Josh,
Yea the thing is so good im buying it back. LOL......
You talk about a ripping tone.
Now dont play it anymore and box it up......

 

[se7en]

Sounds like one of the best modded Marshalls ever. I hope a fellow forum member doesn't mind me posting this...but, this clip is amazing!

 

[MrDan666]

The Cali Mod is the ultimate Marshall mod IMO. It can cover so many different tones, and it does them all amazingly well. The feel is ridiculously easy, it's easy to dial in and it sounds great at ANY volume.

I'm building a 2 Channel Cali Mod into a 100watt JMP during the next few weeks

 

[Hollywood]

The Cali Mod is the ultimate Marshall mod IMO. It can cover so many different tones, and it does them all amazingly well. The feel is ridiculously easy, it's easy to dial in and it sounds great at ANY volume.

I'm building a 2 Channel Cali Mod into a 100watt JMP during the next few weeks

Just a little touch up on your post, The cali mod is ONE of the ultimate marshall mods. My Camerons and Friedmans and Golubs, are the other Ultimate marshall mods. :yes By the way Dan....How the hell are ya? hope you are doing great!

 

[MrDan666]

The Cali Mod is the ultimate Marshall mod IMO. It can cover so many different tones, and it does them all amazingly well. The feel is ridiculously easy, it's easy to dial in and it sounds great at ANY volume.

I'm building a 2 Channel Cali Mod into a 100watt JMP during the next few weeks

Just a little touch up on your post, The cali mod is ONE of the ultimate marshall mods. My Camerons and Friedmans and Golubs, are the other Ultimate marshall mods. :yes By the way Dan....How the hell are ya? hope you are doing great!

I'm doin great cheers Hollywood! how ya doin man?

 

[Hollywood]

I am okay considering. I got a poker in the fire on the fortin stuff finally so let me do the dance and I will know what you guys are talking about. I do know Mike is for sure a cool guy to conversate with. I look forward to the addition of ANYTHING FORTIN!

 

[MrDan666]

I am okay considering. I got a poker in the fire on the fortin stuff finally so let me do the dance and I will know what you guys are talking about. I do know Mike is for sure a cool guy to conversate with. I look forward to the addition of ANYTHING FORTIN!

I look forward to hearing what you think! I have been through lots of stuff, including a bunch of Camerons, a Golub, Boogie Mark Series etc... and I'm finished flipping gear now. The Cali Mod does it for me

I'd love to try out some of Mike's amps in the near future, i think the Bones and Meathead would be right up my alley too

 

[parntz145]

Hey guys,
Im not going to get into "WHATS THE BEST" shootout. I have a Fortin bones and a Cali mod. I sent my Cali to Josh and he is giving it a try. All I know is the Fortin stuff is worth a try. He does an incredible mod and his production amps are unreal. Plus he is one of the coolest around. Give them a shot you wont be sorry.

 

[MrDan666]

Hey guys,
Im not going to get into "WHATS THE BEST" shootout. I have a Fortin bones and a Cali mod. I sent my Cali to Josh and he is giving it a try. All I know is the Fortin stuff is worth a try. He does an incredible mod and his production amps are unreal. Plus he is one of the coolest around. Give them a shot you wont be sorry.

Agreed!!

Also i probably should have phrased my original post better... the Cali Mod is the ultimate Marshall mod for me. I still absolutely love Mark Cameron's work, and Martin Golub also does a mean sounding mod for sure No experience yet with Dave Friedman's work, but the clips sound very cool.

 

[parntz145]

Tell me about the Golub mods. I have heard the name but dont know his work or where he stemmed from. Whats the deal with them?

 

[MrDan666]

Tell me about the Golub mods. I have heard the name but dont know his work or where he stemmed from. Whats the deal with them?

He used to work with Suhr and Bradshaw at Custom Audio Electronics, doing rack builds and amp mods etc. He now works for LA Sound Design.

His 'Lead Mod' is a pretty cool mod, it's a very different voicing to the Cali Mod and Cameron mods. It's more of a smoother/less percussive tone with more low mids and not as much of the upper mid kick in the voicing. The only thing i'm not so fond of, is that the Gain control has very little taper.. It's pretty much all or nothing. Ralph (Gainfreak) had one and he said the same thing too.

Doug Aldrich has a Golub modded Marshall, as well as his Suhr and Cameron modded Marshalls.

 

[Hollywood]

Tell me about the Golub mods. I have heard the name but dont know his work or where he stemmed from. Whats the deal with them?

He used to work with Suhr and Bradshaw at Custom Audio Electronics, doing rack builds and amp mods etc. He now works for LA Sound Design.

His 'Lead Mod' is a pretty cool mod, it's a very different voicing to the Cali Mod and Cameron mods. It's more of a smoother/less percussive tone with more low mids and not as much of the upper mid kick in the voicing. The only thing i'm not so fond of, is that the Gain control has very little taper.. It's pretty much all or nothing. Ralph (Gainfreak) had one and he said the same thing too.

Doug Aldrich has a Golub modded Marshall, as well as his Suhr and Cameron modded Marshalls.

Yeah the golub modded marshall only does 1 thing. but it does that 1 thing great! Think of it like horses. Golub being the name of a particular horse. All that horse wants to do is RUN. And Run hard. I love it.

 

[loudgtr]

Hey guys,
Im not going to get into "WHATS THE BEST" shootout. I have a Fortin bones and a Cali mod. I sent my Cali to Josh and he is giving it a try. All I know is the Fortin stuff is worth a try. He does an incredible mod and his production amps are unreal. Plus he is one of the coolest around. Give them a shot you wont be sorry.

+1 to all of it

My Cali is amazing! Just wow!!
The only production Fortin amp I played is a Meathead so far and I was blown away. The Meathead talk hasn't even begun IMHO.

 

[parntz145]

Hey guys,
Im not going to get into "WHATS THE BEST" shootout. I have a Fortin bones and a Cali mod. I sent my Cali to Josh and he is giving it a try. All I know is the Fortin stuff is worth a try. He does an incredible mod and his production amps are unreal. Plus he is one of the coolest around. Give them a shot you wont be sorry.

+1 to all of it

My Cali is amazing! Just wow!!
The only production Fortin amp I played is a Meathead so far and I was blown away. The Meathead talk hasn't even begun IMHO.

My Bones just frigging roars. Different vibe than the Cali. More modern but able to back off and flexable as hell. I sent my Cali to Josh at rebel amps for a partial trade on a Wizard. Biggest mistake I made. I bought it back and will have it by the end of this week. Killer modded marshall tone. Mike has a real winner with both the bones and the Cali. I will be sending him another Marshall in the near future.

 

[glip22]

Hey guys,
Im not going to get into "WHATS THE BEST" shootout. I have a Fortin bones and a Cali mod. I sent my Cali to Josh and he is giving it a try. All I know is the Fortin stuff is worth a try. He does an incredible mod and his production amps are unreal. Plus he is one of the coolest around. Give them a shot you wont be sorry.

+1 to all of it

My Cali is amazing! Just wow!!
The only production Fortin amp I played is a Meathead so far and I was blown away. The Meathead talk hasn't even begun IMHO.

My Bones just frigging roars. Different vibe than the Cali. More modern but able to back off and flexable as hell. I sent my Cali to Josh at rebel amps for a partial trade on a Wizard. Biggest mistake I made. I bought it back and will have it by the end of this week. Killer modded marshall tone. Mike has a real winner with both the bones and the Cali. I will be sending him another Marshall in the near future.

Did you feel you made the mistake after you received the Wizard. Was it a MC? How did it compare to the Cali?

 

[parntz145]

Hey guys,
Im not going to get into "WHATS THE BEST" shootout. I have a Fortin bones and a Cali mod. I sent my Cali to Josh and he is giving it a try. All I know is the Fortin stuff is worth a try. He does an incredible mod and his production amps are unreal. Plus he is one of the coolest around. Give them a shot you wont be sorry.

+1 to all of it

My Cali is amazing! Just wow!!
The only production Fortin amp I played is a Meathead so far and I was blown away. The Meathead talk hasn't even begun IMHO.

My Bones just frigging roars. Different vibe than the Cali. More modern but able to back off and flexable as hell. I sent my Cali to Josh at rebel amps for a partial trade on a Wizard. Biggest mistake I made. I bought it back and will have it by the end of this week. Killer modded marshall tone. Mike has a real winner with both the bones and the Cali. I will be sending him another Marshall in the near future.

Did you feel you made the mistake after you received the Wizard. Was it a MC? How did it compare to the Cali?

No not at all. I dont even have the Wizard yet. I made the mistake by getting rid of it in general. The Cali to me is one of those amps that do what it does so good you DONT get rid of it at all. When I was boxing it up I new I was making a big mistake. Josh and I agreed that if he sells it I have first dibs on buying it back. So I get a call from Josh that he has buyer for it and I just cant take the chance of not getting this amp back. Some amps just take a mod really well and this is one of them. I have 2 amps I cant see getting rid of. My Cali and my Cameron CCV. They are both KILLER.

As far as the Wizard I have heard great things. My buddy metalhead just got one and he didnt shut the fuck up about how good it is. So I have him to blame for spending more money. You suck Eric!!!!

 

[parntz145]

Forgot to tell you its a Wizard MC that will have the A trannies and the new Gain mod that they are doing. I got it in a white headshell with black piping. Should be here in about 2 weeks. Really sucks waiting.