Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2024 4:40 am
Yeah the price is great. The C3 kits cost more than that, though to be fair those are priced way high.
did they post a price yet?
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New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
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Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2024 4:38 pm
Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2024 2:18 pm
This will be awesome if he got the sound right. The SLO has SUCH a specific sound and feel that no other amp I've plugged into has. The big question here is what does the wiring inside look like and what are the transformer specs?
A couple guys I know who have built SLO's (Kurt Granger and Bruce at Brit-Tone) have both said that if the wiring isn't done a specific way and laid out just right, it will throw off the sound.
The transformers though are the heart of the SLO sound and Bruce had to disassemble and reverse engineer a pair of DeYoung's in order to get the proper specs for the ones in his amps that Heboyer build for him.
But yeah, really curious how they sound. I may hit up Nik to see if he would be willing to send me a 50w version to put up against my 50w Brit-Tone.
A couple guys I know who have built SLO's (Kurt Granger and Bruce at Brit-Tone) have both said that if the wiring isn't done a specific way and laid out just right, it will throw off the sound.
The transformers though are the heart of the SLO sound and Bruce had to disassemble and reverse engineer a pair of DeYoung's in order to get the proper specs for the ones in his amps that Heboyer build for him.
But yeah, really curious how they sound. I may hit up Nik to see if he would be willing to send me a 50w version to put up against my 50w Brit-Tone.
Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2024 1:26 am
Do you know if Brit-Tone is still making amps? I was looking a while back and hadn't seen anything from them in a while.fastredponycar wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 2:18 pm This will be awesome if he got the sound right. The SLO has SUCH a specific sound and feel that no other amp I've plugged into has. The big question here is what does the wiring inside look like and what are the transformer specs?
A couple guys I know who have built SLO's (Kurt Granger and Bruce at Brit-Tone) have both said that if the wiring isn't done a specific way and laid out just right, it will throw off the sound.
The transformers though are the heart of the SLO sound and Bruce had to disassemble and reverse engineer a pair of DeYoung's in order to get the proper specs for the ones in his amps that Heboyer build for him.
But yeah, really curious how they sound. I may hit up Nik to see if he would be willing to send me a 50w version to put up against my 50w Brit-Tone.
Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2024 3:56 am
My understanding is that he stopped taking orders, but from time to time he makes a couple and post them on Reverb. The amps are great, possibly the best as far as SLO clones go.
Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2024 2:15 pm
I haven't talked to Bruce in over a year but last I heard, he was having major supply problems due to Covid.iff wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 1:26 amDo you know if Brit-Tone is still making amps? I was looking a while back and hadn't seen anything from them in a while.fastredponycar wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 2:18 pm This will be awesome if he got the sound right. The SLO has SUCH a specific sound and feel that no other amp I've plugged into has. The big question here is what does the wiring inside look like and what are the transformer specs?
A couple guys I know who have built SLO's (Kurt Granger and Bruce at Brit-Tone) have both said that if the wiring isn't done a specific way and laid out just right, it will throw off the sound.
The transformers though are the heart of the SLO sound and Bruce had to disassemble and reverse engineer a pair of DeYoung's in order to get the proper specs for the ones in his amps that Heboyer build for him.
But yeah, really curious how they sound. I may hit up Nik to see if he would be willing to send me a 50w version to put up against my 50w Brit-Tone.
Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2024 3:24 pm
Still?! Seems like those issues should be well resolved by now.
Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2024 4:37 pm
Curious how close Nik got to the actual SLO. Agreed with the above comments that the SLO is super specific. I haven't heard any of the clones match the tone, and more importantly the feel of the SLO.
That said, Nik makes incredible amps so if anyone can do it I'm sure he is the one.
That said, Nik makes incredible amps so if anyone can do it I'm sure he is the one.
Re: New Ceriatone FAS..... a SLO 100 Clone
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:35 am
FAS with racing stripe... I may just have to!!!