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Title: British 18W. Is this what I want? Post by: Rexfordbridge on February 11, 2010, 02:19:51 AM I was looking on the Ceritatone website and I noticed that there are quite a few offerings. I wanted to create an amp similar to the 1974x Marshall. From what I can tell, this is the "British Style" 18 watt. Is this correct? If so, can someone please tell me the differences between the 18 watt, 18W TMB, and 18W TMB EF86?
Title: Re: British 18W. Is this what I want? Post by: grod915 on February 11, 2010, 10:43:31 PM Yes, the Ceriatone "British Style" 18 watt is the Marshall 1974 circuit that was "borrowed” from the Watkins (WEM) Dominator circuit much like the JTM45 circuit was "borrowed" from the Fender Bassman. Pretty cool how the history of the old amps worked out.
Anyways, here's a rundown of the different circuits: 18 watt - the "standard" circuit - 1 normal channel with a12ax7 pre-amp, 1 tremolo channel. 18 watt TMB - the same normal channel as above but the tremolo channel is replaced with a non-tremolo full tone stack channel hence TMB for Treble, Mid & Bass controls. 18 watt TMB EF86 - goes one step further and replaces the normal 12ax7 pre-amp channel with an EF86 tube pre-amp very similar to the very early Vox AC15. If you're serious about building an 18 watt amp I highly recommend signing up here: http://www.18watt.com/ The guys on there are a treasure trove of info specific to the 18 watters. Hope this helps and good luck! |