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Title: My impressions - Used my new Ceriatone DC30 with the band last night Post by: wurlwynd on July 25, 2008, 01:20:10 PM Hello to the forum,
My bandmates were laughing their asses off when I walked in with the amp sitting on top of a piece of wood - I just set it on top of my Mesa Maverick and plugged in the Maverick's speakers, a pair of Celestion Vintage 30's I put in there a while ago wired for 8 OHM's. I am using Electro Harmoix 12ax7 golds and EF86 with Electro Harmonix EL84's, and a pair of 5V4 rectifiers. Using the EH as a reference before I switch to anything exotic... I am running a VanAmps Sole-Mate spring reverb in effects loop 1, nothing in effects loop 2 My pedalboard consists of the following path: Analogman NKT275 Sunface ---> Peterson Strobostomp ----> Teese RMC3 wah ----> Fulltone Deja Vive -----> EH nano Small Stone -----> Fulltone Full Drive 2 -----> Analogman modded Tube Driver ----> homemade a/b box -----> both inputs on the DC30 From the first note, the band was totally blown away. My guitar actually seemed easier to play for some reason. I have never heard my wah pedal sound so good. I even tried an old Buddah Wah and it sounded great. I cannot believe how incredibly loud this amplifier is. It can peel paint. I never took it off of low power. I also never tried the master volume. It is very sensitive to guitar volume knob adjustment, just like the real thing. In fact, this thing somehow made me play better than I have in a long time. Nik was great. Can't wait to order that *umble... Nobody was laughing at the end, and get this: My bandmates helped me carry my stuff out! sweet Title: Re: My impressions - Used my new Ceriatone DC30 with the band last night Post by: Joisey on July 31, 2008, 01:37:41 AM That is great! It sure is a loud 15 watts right! I have been seriously thinking about picking up one of those VanAmps reverbs. It gets the job done?
Title: Re: My impressions - Used my new Ceriatone DC30 with the band last night Post by: dumeril7 on August 13, 2008, 09:05:58 PM I gigged with mine this weekend. It availed itself wonderfully. It was an outdoor gig so I got to wind it up like the tone gods intended. Man, what a nice sound! I did have a brief scare when the pilot light didn't come on when I first flipped on the amp! Turned out that the lamp bulb wasn't properly latched in the socket and had worked itself loose on the drive over to the club. Once I put it in right, all was well.
D7 Title: Re: My impressions - Used my new Ceriatone DC30 with the band last night Post by: billy11 on August 24, 2008, 05:11:58 AM Hi wurlwynd,
Thanks for the review; I appreciate it. I like my Ceriatone DC-30, too. I describe the tone as "3D" because it is so harmonically full and rich. I have never heard anything like it except the Matchless DC-30. This is simply an awesome amp... Billy11 |