Any other Ceriatone-priced Plexi clone builders out there?

[napalmdeath]

Looking for a high gain Plexi, like a Ceriatone in the 800-900 range. I'd probably consider a Splawn Competition, but I don't see any used right now. Plus, I want a more Plexi tone, than JCM800.

Any other sleepers out there to look at? Single channel would be best, good loop, master volume, and capable of heavier, tight high gain! I'm thinking of giving the new Marshall Origin a whirl, and a BE-OD!

As for Ceriatone, I don't like their loops, and I'm not buying an amp that needs mods!

 

[Purpletele]

Looking for a high gain Plexi, like a Ceriatone in the 800-900 range. I'd probably consider a Splawn Competition, but I don't see any used right now. Plus, I want a more Plexi tone, than JCM800.

Any other sleepers out there to look at? Single channel would be best, good loop, master volume, and capable of heavier, tight high gain! I'm thinking of giving the new Marshall Origin a whirl, and a BE-OD!

As for Ceriatone, I don't like their loops, and I'm not buying an amp that needs mods!

That sounds like the amp that I am planning on building, which is a 50 Watt Marshall clone with a 2204 Hot Switch.

BV

 

[napalmdeath]

Looking for a high gain Plexi, like a Ceriatone in the 800-900 range. I'd probably consider a Splawn Competition, but I don't see any used right now. Plus, I want a more Plexi tone, than JCM800.

Any other sleepers out there to look at? Single channel would be best, good loop, master volume, and capable of heavier, tight high gain! I'm thinking of giving the new Marshall Origin a whirl, and a BE-OD!

As for Ceriatone, I don't like their loops, and I'm not buying an amp that needs mods!

That sounds like the amp that I am planning on building, which is a 50 Watt Marshall clone with a 2204 Hot Switch.

BV

Ideally, I'd like a 1987X with a PPIMV, plenty of gain, bottom end like my Triple XXX, great loop, and doesn't need ear-splitting volumes to sound good! $800-$900 used.

 

[scottosan]

Looking for a high gain Plexi, like a Ceriatone in the 800-900 range. I'd probably consider a Splawn Competition, but I don't see any used right now. Plus, I want a more Plexi tone, than JCM800.

Any other sleepers out there to look at? Single channel would be best, good loop, master volume, and capable of heavier, tight high gain! I'm thinking of giving the new Marshall Origin a whirl, and a BE-OD!

As for Ceriatone, I don't like their loops, and I'm not buying an amp that needs mods!

A Low Gain Jose does higher gain plexi sounds well and is a complete pedal whore. Loves anything in the front end

 

[skoora]

Got to briefly try an Origin 20 and a 50 today and they sound pretty damn good. The power reduction is great and they get a fair bit more gain when the master is up high. Price point is pretty good too. Wish there was some colored tolex options.

Have you ever gone on YT after trying an amp you liked and almost every clip sounds very ordinary to terrible? Made me feel I had tried anomalies but unfortunately there’s just a lot of folks on YT who do not know how to get the best out of their amps. Saw several vids where the poster would say this is as much gain as it gets and bangs out chords no heavier than AC/DC but they never get the Master above 2! I might order a 50 and a 20 and return the loser. I already have a dsl40c which covers 800 territory but the Origin’s definitely have that goosed plexi thing. They also clean up really well from the guitar volume. Would a 1987 sounded better. Absolutely, but at 2-4 times the cost.

 

[Braciola]

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[SpiderWars]

The old plexi circuit overdrives the PI which means using a post-PI Master (which not everybody likes anway). That means that adding a loop (that actually works well) isn't going to happen. It sounds like a dream amp to me (I'd love this kind of amp)...so if you do find something please share. I love a good LG Jose too but that's not exactly plexi tone it's more rodded JCM800.

Man it would be awesome if it existed (maybe it does...but at $900? ) but this is a dream amp that has been chased for a long time.
To this day, a lot of guys that really love cranked plexi tone run a cranked plexi into a load box, add effects from the line level and then re-amp it (or something similar).

 

[napalmdeath]

Got to briefly try an Origin 20 and a 50 today and they sound pretty damn good. The power reduction is great and they get a fair bit more gain when the master is up high. Price point is pretty good too. Wish there was some colored tolex options.

Have you ever gone on YT after trying an amp you liked and almost every clip sounds very ordinary to terrible? Made me feel I had tried anomalies but unfortunately there’s just a lot of folks on YT who do not know how to get the best out of their amps. Saw several vids where the poster would say this is as much gain as it gets and bangs out chords no heavier than AC/DC but they never get the Master above 2! I might order a 50 and a 20 and return the loser. I already have a dsl40c which covers 800 territory but the Origin’s definitely have that goosed plexi thing. They also clean up really well from the guitar volume. Would a 1987 sounded better. Absolutely, but at 2-4 times the cost.

I've actually heard a couple good clips of the Origin, (20) through a 4x12 that sound pretty good. The other 95% sound like shit.

 

[billboogie]

50w Phaez Pasadena

 

[V2a]

Phaez would probably be in your price range. He usually uses a passive insert loop, but you could grab one of his amps and have someone install a Metro loop or something. Phaez has duplicated the Pink Taco preamp with various power amp options (including EL34). He calls it the Power Train.

http://www.phaezamp.com/ampshop/en/2017 ... in-40.html

Look at gut shots on his site to make sure you are OK with his build style (lots of true PTP).

Other possibilities:

- Panama amps?
- Victory amps?
- vintage Traynor YVM-1 ('voice master') and have it modded.
- used Egnater SW45. It's also a Jose type amp.

 

[FourT6and2]

For $900, Ceriatone is the way to go. If you don't like "their" passive insert loops, then you don't like any passive insert loop, including ones in real Marshalls. You aren't going to get a "High Gain Plexi" with a tube-buffered loop for $900. Not sure what a high gain plexi is either. But my first guess would be a 2203 JCM800 with a boost or a Jose mod. Again, not $900.

You could try a Chupacabra or Yeti. They can do low-gain Marshall tones up through modern metal. The loop works fine for me, but all I run is a buffered delay pedal. *shrug*