Author Archives: bobwootton

I took the Ceriatone amp to play in the house band at a jam last night.   Also took one of my Gibson 330’s but it fed back too much when things got louder, so I was using other people’s … Continue reading →

Had a couple of tonehound chums over last night. One had just received his new Ethos overdrive pedal with built in 30w amp. As a fan of the Dumble sound and having tried an Ethos pedal previously, I was intrigued … Continue reading →

..and a great sound enhancement.  I’ve been looking into power attenuators, so that I can scale the output volume of my various amps to the venues I play.  A 50w Marshall may be a beautiful amp but it’s useless if … Continue reading →

Broken hand held up for August 29 gig and it went pretty well, but I realise I need something to keep my amps cooking while not throwing out too much sound. Ie a power amp attenuator. But what kind? – … Continue reading →

… Not much playing going on right now as I broke my hand in a mountain bike crash a few days ago. Shiiiit. Got a gig Sunday too – not sure how I’m gonna handle that one!

…playing various guitars through the Ceriatone after a long drive listening to the amazing Matt Schofield. I was looking for the single setting on which I could leave the amp all night and get all my sounds from the guitar’s … Continue reading →

A friend of mine who is an amp designer once told me that his great sadness was that the most important part of guitar sound apart from the player was the speaker(s). I’ve now had a chance to test my … Continue reading →

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At last, long-awaited, much anticipated, picked it up yesterday with its custom-made Thiele ported 1×12 cab.  After some listening we chose to use one of my 20 year-old EV12L speaker drivers.  People rave about them on the forums and makers … Continue reading →

Here are the speaker and amp cabs. The amp was installed yesterday, collecting Monday, then it’s down which speaker? Starting choices include vintage EV12L and Eminence, fun and games, can’t wait…