NAD: Ceriatone Plexi Superlead 100 watt

[James Lugo]

Went to check out a 74 JMP at this guys house and it was not working properly but he had a Ceriatone Plexi Superlead clone, I fired it up and went to town. I was shocked at how great it sounded. I've been wanting a Plexi, no master volume amp and there seems to be 2 kinds I hear, some are fat and warm and others are super bright and shrill on top. This one is fat and chewy sounding with a perfect top end. Took it back to my studio and fired it up through my Scumback 1969 cab and Les Paul Standard with a Godwood in the bridge, absolutely perfect sounding. WOW! Crazy find out of nowhere.

 

[dstroud]

cool man, nice score! I got a Ceriatone 50 watter 1987 that I put Mercury transformers and sozo caps - it's my favorite amp I ever owned.

 

[James Lugo]

cool man, nice score! I got a Ceriatone 50 watter 1987 that I put Mercury transformers and sozo caps - it's my favorite amp I ever owned.

Thanks man. This thing is killer, I'm shocked. So pure sounding, no weird high end artifacts. You gotta come by the new studio and check it out.

 

[glassjaw7]

Nice! I've been considering a Ceriatone 50 watt plexi for my next amp, cuz I'm too poor to by anything else. Glad to hear they deliver!

 

[Mr. Willy]

Nice!! Clips?

 

[Heritage Softail]

been browsing CeriaTone kits myself, reading the reviews.. lots of love for the kits, and on the cheap too.

Congrats on the happy purchase. Hope you can toss a clip our way.

 

[hthomas]

I dont no much about Plexi's Ive only played a jcm800 once. How is the plexi clone gain wise? more than an 800?

 

[gbsmusic]

Just good old fashioned beautiful tone!! Congrats!

 

[gibson08]

Happy NAD!! I have been craving something like that myself, Ceriatone or Metro of some sort. have fun with that, and we expect some of your high quality clips!!!

 

[mentoneman]

I played one recently at GC Hollywood and thought I was hallucinating about how killer it sounded....killer thick clean bassman roots with that vintage Marshall growl imbedded deep inside.

 

[skoora]

Do you know if any of the components or iron were upgraded/changed? Is it all stock Ceriatone parts?

 

[JTyson]

I dont no much about Plexi's Ive only played a jcm800 once. How is the plexi clone gain wise? more than an 800?

They are pretty different, no gain level or master volume, less gain than a 800, but more tone. They like to be cranked. lots of folks boost em with a pedal to get serious amounts of gain.

 

[James Lugo]

I played one recently at GC Hollywood and thought I was hallucinating about how killer it sounded....killer thick clean bassman roots with that vintage Marshall growl imbedded deep inside.

That is exactly the sound, what a crazy description. I am trippin on the tone. I wouldn't say it's high gain, when you crank it, it's kind of Angus and almost VH crunch (90%). It would need a variac to get the Eddie thing I think or a pedal. But it doesn't really matter to me I love what it does. It's so nice to hear a Marshall sound cranked with no master volume, kind of liberating. I heard That Smell by Skynyrd on the radio coming home and it sounds just like the guitars on that song. So vibrant and alive. Without all the compression and saturation it's like you actually hear the amp better. A thing I noticed is while it's crankin if you hit a chord you can play very nuancey within the chord while it rings out and hear every little nuance ala the breakdown on Panama. A lot of amp builders use that claim as a sales pitch but I've never played an amp that actually does it the way I want, this thing does it flawlessly and it sounds so beautiful without the compression and added gain, it just sounds like heaven.

I just finished an old school bluesy rock record and I wish I had for that, damn! Anyway, I will get some clips, maybe tomorrow morning before my session.

James

 

[Marshall Law]

 

[FourT6and2]

Run it in stereo with that VH4 on channel 3 and you've got The Jonez Toanz!

 

[JerryP]

The Ceriatone stuff sounds great. Better than any reissue Marshall ever made.
Jerry