Ceriatone Kits

[hunter]

I've been looking at his 2555 clone, and although it's very tempting, I have to say with shipping and customs it would cost around 1000€, which is very close to a used original in good state (silver or slash model) which will go for 1200-1500.

The Marshall however comes
1. in a head shell,
2. with foot switchable channels (kind of) and
3. a seemably very well working FX loop.

For this particular model (2555) I don't think it's worthwhile at the moment.

[Twinfan]

Ok last one here people are getting annoyed at me. But the half power option Do you guys think thats a good Idea?

It doesn't matter what we think, it's what YOU think that's important  :D

[Jonny]

Would it be possible to get an extra gain stage put on any of them? How much would it cost? Would this be worth the cost?

[HTH AMPS]

Would it be possible to get an extra gain stage put on any of them? How much would it cost? Would this be worth the cost?

email Ceriatone and ask, I'm sure they'll do an extra gain stage.  the question is, what do you want to achieve by doing that? - what tones are you trying to get?

[Jonny]

Would it be possible to get an extra gain stage put on any of them? How much would it cost? Would this be worth the cost?

email Ceriatone and ask, I'm sure they'll do an extra gain stage.  the question is, what do you want to achieve by doing that? - what tones are you trying to get?

Well looking at the Ceriatone amps look pretty awesome but not really for the heavier stuff, hence why I thought an extra gain stage. Don't EXACTLY know what it does but that's the only thing that I could think of get it heavier.

For like metal, but still some heavy rock maybe.

[hunter]

Would it be possible to get an extra gain stage put on any of them? How much would it cost? Would this be worth the cost?

email Ceriatone and ask, I'm sure they'll do an extra gain stage.  the question is, what do you want to achieve by doing that? - what tones are you trying to get?

Well looking at the Ceriatone amps look pretty awesome but not really for the heavier stuff, hence why I thought an extra gain stage. Don't EXACTLY know what it does but that's the only thing that I could think of get it heavier.

For like metal, but still some heavy rock maybe.

Wouldn't a 2204 or 2203 work like that if you use em with a tube screamer or BB preamp?

[Jonny]

Would it be possible to get an extra gain stage put on any of them? How much would it cost? Would this be worth the cost?

email Ceriatone and ask, I'm sure they'll do an extra gain stage.  the question is, what do you want to achieve by doing that? - what tones are you trying to get?

Well looking at the Ceriatone amps look pretty awesome but not really for the heavier stuff, hence why I thought an extra gain stage. Don't EXACTLY know what it does but that's the only thing that I could think of get it heavier.

For like metal, but still some heavy rock maybe.

Wouldn't a 2204 or 2203 work like that if you use em with a tube screamer or BB preamp?

I kind of want to avoid pedals.

[HTH AMPS]

Would it be possible to get an extra gain stage put on any of them? How much would it cost? Would this be worth the cost?

email Ceriatone and ask, I'm sure they'll do an extra gain stage.  the question is, what do you want to achieve by doing that? - what tones are you trying to get?

Well looking at the Ceriatone amps look pretty awesome but not really for the heavier stuff, hence why I thought an extra gain stage. Don't EXACTLY know what it does but that's the only thing that I could think of get it heavier.

For like metal, but still some heavy rock maybe.

have you played a 2203/2204 Marshall before? - did it have enough gain?  if not enough gain, was it just a tiny bit too clean or did you want to double the amount of gain?  that amp can be tweaked for more gain very easily without resorting to adding an extra valve.

I'm not quite sure why you'd buy an amp like this and not buy an old Marshall though - if you have between £500 and £750 to spend you'll get the real deal which is better amp to start with than the Ceriatone.

Heres a 2204 (combo version) on ebay for £600.00 ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Marshall-1978-JMP-50w-mk2-2x12-Combo-Amp_W0QQitemZ290343461470QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item4399d1a25e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1062wt_1165

[CJ]

so how knowledgeable do you have to be with amps/electronics to build one of these? do they come with full instructions or just a simple schematic or something?

i'm in a similar boat as the topic starter... i'm going to school to try to learn how to work with electronics, but as of right now, we haven't really gotten into anything like this yet. i'd like to try to learn how to build an amp.

[Twinfan]

I'm not quite sure why you'd buy an amp like this and not buy an old Marshall though - if you have between £500 and £750 to spend you'll get the real deal which is better amp to start with than the Ceriatone.

Hmm, not sure about the word 'better' there HTH.  It's all subjective.  Some people will like the fact that a Ceriatone is a new amp, so for them it's 'better' than a messed about with 25 year old model...

[Twinfan]

so how knowledgeable do you have to be with amps/electronics to build one of these? do they come with full instructions or just a simple schematic or something?

I believe you get a box of parts and a schematic.  You need to know what you're doing I think.

[CJ]

so how knowledgeable do you have to be with amps/electronics to build one of these? do they come with full instructions or just a simple schematic or something?

I believe you get a box of parts and a schematic.  You need to know what you're doing I think.

hmm... with all the parts and a schematic (assuming its a detailed one) then isn't the only thing you really need to know how to do is solder?

i'm sure i'm way off base here, hopefully not too far out.
by the end of this school year i'm hoping to know a decent amount about circuitry and electronics. so i think it should be something manageable.

[Jonny]

Martin at MJW can fix up a kit for you anyways.

[Will]

I think CJ is from the US Jonny.

Why don't you like the ideas of pedals? I really enjoy having my 2203 and two OD pedals set to slight boost.
MXR GT-OD is more compressed
Xotic RC booster very open and dynamic
Amp set to slight crunch.
Having the combination of any of those is great, although my amp being a bit buggered at the moment means both pedals on gets a tiny bit too noisy

[mikey5]

Man I think the 2204 would have enough gain on tap for most styles unless your going for new metallica stuff of killswitch or something like that. For me having one or two pedals in front of a 2204 is not a sin. I would have my wampler plextortion and mi audio blue boy and with that I could cover virtually every style even clean as Ceriatone amps do much better cleans than marshalls. I know quite a few pedalphobics though and I respect a dude that just has a cable from his guitar to an amp. I think the Ceriatones are pretty much the best for their price.