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Stands for Harmony Central Amp Forum. A place where scum guitar players hang out and discuss shit online. It is a purely man & boy zone. There are no females on HCAF. 50% of topics are about guitar playing the rest are off topic.

HCAF is dominated by metalheads. But if you wanna bring teh br00talz and you scoop your mids or have an amp powered by bees you will be laughed, and possibly battered, out of town.

It is plagued by trolls and has handbag drama going on a near daily basis. In comparison to other forums there is little moderation. An atmosphere of self-moderated anarchy is prevalent.

Keywords and phrases you should familiarise yourself with before you go to HCAF are: A2M, Gape, Asshat, Douche, Fucking Douche, Goatse, Gain, Butt Rape, Fucktard, Tweedbucket is a fucking cunt, Tubes, The inhabitants of Open Jam should be exterminated, Tone, Troll, Brutal, Wanking, STFU NOOB.
OJ Troll: I feel inadequate with my 15W Solid State Combo. I am so jealous of the HCAF guys with their large collections of powerful tube amplifiers and cabinets. I think I will go and troll them.

HCAF Guy #1: Go fuck yourself douche.
HCAF Guy #2: What a fucking asshat.
HCAF Guy #3: A2m/Gape?
HCAF Guy #4: Murder/Suicide?
HCAF Guy #5: Your mom is a crap fuck!!
HCAF Guy #6: pics?
HCAF Guy #7: I'd hit it.
HCAF Guy #8: :mad:
HCAF Guy #9: :love:
HCAF Guy #10: :confused:
Chudanez: *Posts Goatse*

* A tumbleweed rolls through town *
HCAF by The Brutalizer December 27, 2008
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The greatest forum on the planet. Ostensibly a place for people to discuss guitar tones (which they often do) it is often host to funny picture threads, hilarious n00b bashing, and humorous (and often ambiguous) use of emoticons. Also contains a number of "clubs" to which people profess their allegiance in their signature, which occasionally are "joined" to support for a particular manufacturer, e.g. the Mesa Boogie Mob or the VHT Death Squad, but are more often whimsical and rather meaningless, such as Renoir1's :o club and various other emoticon clubs. It has either popularized or invented notable memes, such as numerous pictures involving the faces or bodies of the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wilde and moshzilla photoshopped into various amusing locations, and slang as well, such as "teh br00talz" and "porcupwned." Despite all of its shenanigans, however, HCAF is actually quite a useful resource for all manner of amp- and guitar-related material, and can be very useful to beginners and seasoned tone veterans alike. The members tend to be very opinionated, however, with a notable tend towards tube amp-purism, and a general (though not universal) dislike towards certain manufacturers, such as Crate, Bugera, Krank and others which are seen as overpriced, overhyped, of low quality, or a combination the above.
(Topic on hcaf veers into a far-fetched religious discussion)

Poster A: In my life, the lack of religion is the greatest source of mental peace and also comedy, as I view shit like this and can't help but laugh. Break out, baby.

Poster B: Just remember:

Jesus is coming... that's why he's too busy to visit us here on earth.

Jesus saves...and he gets 25% interest.

Poster C: Jesus saves ... and at THESE prices, that IS a miracle!!!

Poster D: Jesus was my co-pilot but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat him

Poster E: Bugera 6260 :o

Poster F: lol only on HCAF :cop:
hcaf by hcaforumite March 4, 2008
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HardCore Anal Fuck Fest

The act of many people congregating and having anal sex. If in the mood it can turn hardcore and then it would be a HardCore Anal Fuck-Fest (HCAFF).
Marsha (text to her friends): does anyone want to HCAFF?
Cindy: What is HCAFF?
Marsha: HardCore Anal Fuck Fest. I had one last week, dont you remember me talking about it? I am still totally raw.
Cindy: Sounds like fun!!!

Sentence: Marsha and her friends had a HCAFF with some guys.

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026