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Title: Introduction and new 2550 in the house! Post by: mattlocked on September 25, 2009, 08:37:19 AM Hi guys, I just joined the community of happy ceriatone owners having added a 2550 to the family.
I already had a JCM2000 TSL602 (too noisy for my taste and difficult to dial in a good tone) and an amazingly satisfying Blackheart 5 Watt tube combo I got for nearly 250 bucks which I find an incredibly good sounding practice amp. I was after a classic sound more on the crunchy territory than on the high gain side, and so far the 2550 is more than meeting my expectations. I still have to tweak a little and find the right settings to match my speaker cabinet (a tslc212 marshall with 1 Celestion Vintage cone and a Heritage cone). I have to say that the build quality is astonishing and I think these amps are actually better built than their original counterparts, the handwiring is flawless and you get a taste of boutique quality at a far more reasonable price. I'll try to post some clips once the tubes start to break and I get used to this tone monster. See you!!! Title: Re: Introduction and new 2550 in the house! Post by: woodshed on January 09, 2010, 11:53:05 PM And the clips are.............where!?!?!?!?!? ???
Title: Re: Introduction and new 2550 in the house! Post by: cmoore on January 10, 2010, 03:37:30 AM "I have to say that the build quality is astonishing and I think these amps are actually better built than their original counterparts, the handwiring is flawless and you get a taste of boutique quality at a far more reasonable price.
I'll try to post some clips once the tubes start to break and I get used to this tone monster. See you!!!" You reminded me of the first time I saw the guts of a Ceriatone. It was a friends model 1986 "plexi". I was completely floored by how well made they were, how good they sounded, and of course the reasonable price. The cost of shipping has gone up quite a bit since then, and there are more companies that offer kits now, but Ceriatone still has a lot to offer. Nik has got to be a pretty "successful" small business. Good Luck Title: Re: Introduction and new 2550 in the house! Post by: Joe L on August 15, 2010, 05:54:37 PM Welcome to the crowd. I'm new also, but not to amp building. First build was the "Bogus Boogie" Mark III clone that I built in '86.
I'm currently gutting my 4212 Marshall (2105 schematic) which I had built what I think is the first SLO clone in order to shove a 2550/1987 switchable circuit into. What I find interesting with the Ceriatone is the use of film capacitors in most of the positions the original Silver Jubilees used axial 100v ceramic capacitors. I am going to use ceramics like the original at first and then wholesale change out to film caps to see how much it changes. Ceramics usually have lower definition and different sounding highs compared to film or mica and seem to work well in Marshalls in the normal 1959/2203 circuits. Anybody else played with caps in the Jubilee circuit? BTW, best amp I've play though was an orginal 2550 with a 1/3 octave EQ in the effects loop to tweek the tone. It made a huge difference. ..Joe L |