NAD: Fortin Evil Pumpkin

[glpg80]

Shuguang is the manufacturer.

What I've gathered is PM relabels tubes. Ruby also relabels tubes. However Ruby is the only company I've ever seen with their name on the BHT tube, which is manufactured in China by the same company who manufacturers the STR. And the tube in this amp is 100% identical to the BHT from what I can tell. The middle two are STR. The outer two are BHT, relabeled as 6CA7 for some silly reason.

EDIT:
You know what... I wonder if they did this because Jason was running BSTR and BHT combo in his original modded Marshall the Evil Pumpkin is supposed to based on. Like he ran mismatched tubes so Fortin just decided to duplicate that in the production model for shits and giggles.

That sounds like you're onto something.

Sounds like PM labeled it wrong though.

So it's really running a bunch of EL34s?

 

[FourT6and2]

That sounds like you're onto something.

Sounds like PM labeled it wrong though.

So it's really running a bunch of EL34s?

Seems like it.

 

[napalmdeath]

The other problem IMO is that it didn’t sound as visceral as the one off modded Marshall he built for @killertone decades ago.

Yeah, that Orange Marshall sounded nasty!

 

[technomancer]

Shuguang is the manufacturer.

What I've gathered is PM relabels tubes. Ruby also relabels tubes. However Ruby is the only company I've ever seen with their name on the BHT tube, which is manufactured in China by the same company who manufacturers the STR. And the tube in this amp is 100% identical to the BHT from what I can tell. The middle two are STR. The outer two are BHT, relabeled as 6CA7 for some silly reason.

EDIT:
You know what... I wonder if they did this because Jason was running BSTR and BHT combo in his original modded Marshall the Evil Pumpkin is supposed to based on. Like he ran mismatched tubes so Fortin just decided to duplicate that in the production model for shits and giggles.

The original was 6550s and EL34s... I suspect Fortin did this so he could still say it was running "mixed tubes" without the additional production costs of using 6550s...

EDIT: it didn't embed the pic of the tubes so here it is

The old thread where Jason first got the Hulk-modded Fortin is over here

Thread 'Evil Pumpkin (aka Satan's Taint) pics...Fortin content'

Oct 8, 2009

My amp is ready...I won't get to hear it until I get home from tour right before Thanksgiving. Gives me something to look forward to though, that's for sure!!

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[311boogieman]

Congrats @FourT6and2

The other problem IMO is that it didn’t sound as visceral as the one off modded Marshall he built for @killertone decades ago.

I was just watching that video over the weekend - randomly popped up. Great story and the dude has killer riffs.

In the interest of fairness/equal time...
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You sure have the skills. What app are you using?

 

[FourT6and2]

The original was 6550s and EL34s... I suspect Fortin did this so he could still say it was running "mixed tubes" without the additional production costs of using 6550s...

Yup... makes total sense now. Thank you!

 

[shredi knight]

You sure have the skills. What app are you using?

Thanks. Believe it or not, it's just Microsoft Paint.