Just got a new amp. Had my eye on these awhile now, each one is spec'd slightly different, $625 shipped. Just got the fatty tax return, finally said fuck it.
Hovercraft Dwarvenaut 20W. 2xEL84, sounds thick as shit, described as a Sunn Model T hi gain circuit mashed with some Matamp for good measure. This particular build is closest to the one featured in youtube demo below but has an added FAC control for more flexibility. Controls on the front include gain/bass/mid/treble/master/HF drive.
Thanks Dudes! And yeah Nick, it reminded me a lot of the high gain stuff you build and demo sonically speaking.
That Hovercraft stuff sounds mean as fuck after they're done modding/recycling/tweaking 'em to death. He said mine is probably the loudest and meanest of the bunch, high hopes for this one.
I must be an odd bird as I specifically asked Nick to prevent blocking distortion in the Naki design as it bugs me so much. Maybe it was that at the time I was using Emi Swamp Thang speakers which extremely emphasize any blocking dist in your signal in an unpleasant way (IMO of course). I like my dirt tone like good peanut butter, smooth and crunchy.
Iommic Pope wrote:
Skip, you rule. You hate people so much, you're willing to discredit all human progress, its awesome.
Ancient Astronaught wrote:I must be an odd bird as I specifically asked Nick to prevent blocking distortion in the Naki design as it bugs me so much. Maybe it was that at the time I was using Emi Swamp Thang speakers which extremely emphasize any blocking dist in your signal in an unpleasant way (IMO of course). I like my dirt tone like good peanut butter, smooth and crunchy.
yea its both a function of gain level and the low end limit of the HPFs in the amp. You probably could eventually drive your amp into blocking with sufficient input signal. Not easy to achieve of course.
new05002 wrote:yea its both a function of gain level and the low end limit of the HPFs in the amp. You probably could eventually drive your amp into blocking with sufficient input signal. Not easy to achieve of course.
I have no desire to find out, it sounds perfect as is!
Iommic Pope wrote:
Skip, you rule. You hate people so much, you're willing to discredit all human progress, its awesome.
Ancient Astronaught wrote:I must be an odd bird as I specifically asked Nick to prevent blocking distortion in the Naki design as it bugs me so much. Maybe it was that at the time I was using Emi Swamp Thang speakers which extremely emphasize any blocking dist in your signal in an unpleasant way (IMO of course). I like my dirt tone like good peanut butter, smooth and crunchy.
Yeah, I think it depends highly on speakers and like I said, it's such a fine line imo.
I did the same with my Metro though, definitely wanted to avoid any blocking when I slammed that amp with fuzz but that's my pure pedal amp. I think it sounds smoother when it's just amp gain involved though.
phantasmagorovich wrote:Badass!! Happy soon to be new amp day, Broham!
