NAD Ceriatone Supa Chupa w/ Clip

[warhead78]

So a while back the PT in my Hermansson Simms Watts bit the dust. The original tranny was extremely rare and overbuilt so I elected to have Mercury Magnetics clone it for me. The owner himself decided to do the work so I was going to be without my amp for quite a while.

In the interim I contacted Nik at Ceriatone about building me a special Plexi. One with the clarity and tightness of the Chupa, but with less brightness and much more beef. I also requested Mercury Magnetics power and output trannies, choke, and a pair of 6550's. This along with some tweaks to my taste by Nik resulted in this:



This is an OBG Les Paul with 8k PAF's straight into the Chupa, out to a Bogner 2x12 with a CL80 and Scumback J75. Recorded with a phone at low volumes.

Nik pulled off exactly what I requested with build quality to rival amps twice the price. Thing is, now that the Simms is back together, there is WAY too much overlap. This speaks volumes for the Chupa. While I'll probably pass this amp along, I wanted to relay my take on the Chupa and my experience with Nik.

Cheers

 

[ibzprestige]

Killer!

 

[bwgintegra]

Sounds really good, is it a single channel amp?

 

[warhead78]

Thanks fellas, it's a single channel with all kinds of tonal variations via switches additional controls etc

 

[V2a]

nice! Low end is tight!

 

[Stramm8]

Ummm, holy shit. That sounds great. What did it set you back?

 

[LP Freak]

Sounds a lot like an Aldrich

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

I love it!
Which amp will be selling Simms?

 

[warhead78]

Thanks guys. The Simms is definitely the one staying, it's just unreal how close the Chupa got with a few tweaks though.

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Thanks guys. The Simms is definitely the one staying, it's just unreal how close the Chupa got with a few tweaks though.

Dibs

 

[FourT6and2]

Holy crap. Yes. That sounds fantastic.

Probably the one of the best high-gain tones I've ever heard, second only to that clip of the Cameron Jose Psychodave posted.

 

[FourT6and2]

double

 

[gtrwun]

that does sound very nice.

 

[milkchickenbomb]

Dayummm Sounds amazing.

 

[Racerxrated]

Nice tone. Aldrich to my ears. Killer.

 

[Mesa\Kramer]

Damn that sounded good!

 

[warhead78]

For reference, the amp was in modern mode, gains 1 and 2 at 2:00, rear gain/sat control at 12:00. Plenty left on tap!

 

[FourT6and2]

For reference, the amp was in modern mode, gains 1 and 2 at 2:00, rear gain/sat control at 12:00. Plenty left on tap!

Rear gain = Pussy Trimmer?

How about the the rest of the EQ, Focus push/pull, and bright switches?

And if you're getting rid of this one because your other amp sounds better, I definitely wanna hear some clips of that.

 

[orangekick]

Damn. That sounded great.

 

[warhead78]

For reference, the amp was in modern mode, gains 1 and 2 at 2:00, rear gain/sat control at 12:00. Plenty left on tap!

Rear gain = Pussy Trimmer?

How about the the rest of the EQ, Focus push/pull, and bright switches?

And if you're getting rid of this one because your other amp sounds better, I definitely wanna hear some clips of that.

Wow, I totally forgot about the focus push/pull, never even tried it! Settings were:

Resonance 12:00
Presence 3:00
Bass 3:00
Mids 12:00
Treble 2:00
Master 8:00
Gain 1 and 2 2:00
Era switch modern
Bright switches both to the right
Pussy Trimmer 12:00
Focus switch not engaged, pushed in