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Ceriatone / Overtone / OTS 50W need help with unidentified switches by preamp tubes
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on: January 19, 2012, 12:34:30 AM
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I need some help guys! I just received my OTS 50W which is great. I have been going through the manuals and forums etc to make sure I know exactly what everything does. The only thing left that I am confused about is this.... On the OTS there are 3 preamp tubes. The middle one, directly below "Effects Loop" illustrated on back panel, has two 2 way switches on each side of the tube. They are identical to all other small switches used on this amp (example: overdrive and preamp boost switches). I don't know what they are there for and I also don't know if they should be facing me or facing toward the front of the amp. I am only describing it that way so we can standardize on switch position orientation before I get confused  Any help would be great!!! I don't want to blow something up  |
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Ceriatone / Overtone / Re: NEW OTS and CAB day soon.... need a lot of help!!!
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on: January 16, 2012, 05:44:46 PM
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you can, just be sure to turn the volume on your ipod down. I turned mine down to half. I listen to music when i sleep, so that was an easy eight hours a day right there  I'm a light sleeper, so if for some reason the power went out or anything i would wake up and shut it all down and unplug it, incase there was a brown out or a surge. Don't leave it unattended. Depending on your speakers it can sound anywhere from good to grating, though. Apparently the Weber 1265 Alnico's are pretty musical, so it was a pleasure. Set the eq on your ipod flat, or to Jazz, crank the bass on your amp up to 10, mids around 7 and treble around 8 and adjust the presence to taste, and it should be fine. I just played all my jazz and classical through it, and occasional booty music, to help loosen the speakers up. Gregg Thank a lot Gregg. Funny you say that. Tons of construction is being done downtown indy trying to squeezed thing in for next weekend 9,500 people have been out of power downtown today not even the stoplights are working! They blew a transformer. I am waiting by the door for the amp to arrive and will take your advice for sure. I work from home and play music from my computer during office days. I could work up a 24 period in no time if I let it play through the night. Great idea and thanks. All I need is a 3.5 male to 1/4 inch adapter right? |
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Ceriatone / Overtone / Re: NEW OTS and CAB day soon.... need a lot of help!!!
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on: January 16, 2012, 02:41:31 PM
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I broke mine in by running is through an old stereo that has the positive and negative terminals on the back for probably about 25 hours. I wouldn't hook it up to the amp, just the speaker (mainly cause I wouldn't wanna run the amp for that long). It was a mix of some dynamic songs, types of noise (brown, white, pink etc) and then some different frequency tones (1hz etc).
Before I did that it was so brittle that it would hurt your ears when playing and I couldn't dial those highs out. So break the speaker in as much as you can and also play it cause it'll take a bit to dial and get used to what the controls do, although it isn't overly complicated to use, just unconventional.
That's good for breaking in the speakers, but not the amp. The amp itself needs a good burn in. i ran mine whenever i was at home at moderate volume with my ipod plugged into the input. whatever you plug into it, be sure you can pad the output of, as it will be line level and can cause some problems (you'll hear if it the level is too high) I played mix of everything through it to open er up and loosen the speakers up. between actually playing guitar through it and playing music thru it, from the time the amp arrived from Nik to my first lil gig i had about 60 hours of burn in time. Sounded amazing! So you just plugged your iPod in where you would normally plug your guitar in and ran the whole rig (OTS plugged into Speaker Cab)? This would make sense so the amp's tubes would heat up and work while the speakers would get a work out too. I just am unsure if I can plug the iPod right into same spot I would plug my guitar in. I plan on playing music and jamming this thing quite a bit now before I gig. This will be a lot of hours squeezed in a short period but I think I can do it. |
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Ceriatone / Overtone / Re: NEW OTS and CAB day soon.... need a lot of help!!!
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on: January 16, 2012, 06:05:45 AM
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Well, i'll tell ya it will be a completely different animal once it breaks in. If you can before your gigs, i would hook it up to a cd player and let it burn in for about 12 hours, it willhelp smooth it out. There's a lot to breakin these OTS amps in. Other than that your rig sounds very good for the amp. I'd bring your OD pedals, just in case the OD isn't quite to your liking yet. It can take some tweaking and break in time to get it just right.
Gregg
Interesting! How would you hook it up to a CD player? The amp or the cab or both? Also would you run it at a high volume or room volume? Thanks for all input it has been vey helpful! |
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Ceriatone / Overtone / NEW OTS and CAB day soon.... need a lot of help!!!
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on: January 11, 2012, 06:45:33 PM
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Hey all! I have an OTS 50W with built in C-lator in the head cab coming very soon just in time for all of my Super Bowl related gigs (14 nights straight!). Because I will be cutting it close to the deadline I won't have time to noodle and tweak. I basically need it to sound great and be ready to use upon arrival. I just got done building a 2x12 vertical cab with 2 long ports on each side (I ripped the idea from Forte 3D Cabs. Check it our for reference here http://www.fortemusical.com/3d2x12vertical.html). I bought WGS et65 and Reverend 30 speakers because I heard it was a great combo. Do you guys think this should be a good setup? Also I have an OCD, ZenDrive which I probably won't use because this is already a D-style amp, TS808, and DD7 delay- will run in C-Lator, oh and my standard crybaby wah. Any setting suggestions. I am a midrange freak with a few exceptions. I play sounds similar to Joe Bonamassa, Sanatana, Jeff Beck, Warren Haynes, and Trey Anastagio. I imagine I need a reverb pedal to top it all off though. Due to the time constraints I would very much appreciate any help for go to settings. BTW the speakers are 16ohm parallel to 8ohm output brand new so not broken in. Would you also suggest some diffuser panels (those circular foam things) mounted over the speakers to stop beaming? THANKS!!!!!! |
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Ceriatone / Overtone / Re: Anyone else not modding their amp?
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on: January 11, 2012, 06:33:48 PM
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My OTS 50W is coming in a week or so. I did have Nik make the 2 way switches 3 way for more flexibility and a MM Tranny but other than that I don't plan on anything. Frankly, I have no idea what FM, Modern Eagle, etc even means. I have read everything too and just get confused. I say plug in and play and use the front knobs. I don't know how you couldn't be happy. OR maybe spend more time practicing on playing the guitar instead of tweaking your amps! If you give Warren Haynes or Jeff Beck a shitty amp and guitar it would still sound awesome. Why? Because they are killer players with a lifetime of gigging and practicing
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British Style / Plexi Lead, Bass, Superlead / New Ceriatone Logo (Revive a Thread)
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on: January 11, 2012, 05:24:42 AM
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I just ran in to this old thread and HAD to join the forum just to reply and bring this to everyone's attention. This guy is on to something. The only competitors for Ceriatone charge a ton of money because they have recognizable brands, familiar logos, etc. This is by far the most attractive logo I have seen for an amp manufacturer/builder. A top notch logo/symbol attached to Nik's craftsmanship would be a winning combination that could afford Nik to charge more (maybe offer discounts to forum members This will turn Ceriatone into Two Rock, Dr. Z, Van Weelden, etc. Does anyone agree with me? We are all tone kings here but sweet looks aint a bad addition. Let me know your thoughts because I would pay this guy for his head cabs and he should work for/with Nik to make this a standardization. Here is the old thread http://ceriatoneforum.com/index.php?topic=1869.0 |
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