Ceriatone Forum

Hi,

I'm still learning about all the D-Style amps and circuits and if I ever had to build my own amp, it might take me years to complete it.  With that being said, I'm seriously considering purchasing a pre-built OTS.  After listening to as many clips as I could, I think my preference for an OD sound (based on the clips I've heard) can be found in the Ceriatone S&D OTS amp.  Unfortunately, I have also read and heard that because both the clean and OD channels share the same tone stack, that channel switching can be a bit of a challenge (especially during a gig).  I was wondering if anyone had any ideas (short of working with dual heads), on how best to get the OD S&D sound and use this amp for gigs (where I need a good clean sound).  For what it's worth, I'd probably purchase the C-Lator as well, so perhaps I could do something in the FX loop?   If anyone gigs with the OTS S&D, I'd be curious to see how they deal with this issue.  Thanks a bunch.

Jeff

I don't have an answer for you, sorry...
But I was wondering if your screen name might be followed by "and a pina colada, my friend"?

 ;D

Personally I've never had any issues about switching between Clean / OD on my OTS. There again perhaps I'm not that demanding!!

I don't have a problem with balancing the relative levels and generally set the EQ for my OD sound, the clean takes care of itself. Occasionally I might turn the Treble up a bit higher to get a bit more sparkle on clean chords but all I do then is back the tone control off a bit on the guitar for OD sound.

If you use a Klein / C-Lator then it is quite feasible to put an EQ pedal in the loop, I have read that some other OTS amp users do this.

Many thanks for your response.  I'm just curious, which OTS are you playing through, is the OTS S&M or the standard OTS or some other model?  Thanks again.

Jeff