So I've long wanted a hiwatt amp, but can't afford/justify spending ~$3,500 on an amp. Well I've been eyeing the Ceriatone and one just popped up for sale near me. Although it's not ~100%~ what I would want if I were spec-ing it out for my own purposes. Two big issues are the Ceriatone transformers (vs. heyboers which I would get if I were doing it from scratch) and the additional gain stage, which I'm not 100% sure I would want or need as I get most of my distortion from either a fuzz pedal or turning the amp up all the way (no HOA where I live and the cops haven't been called yet) and hitting the front with a barber gain changer for some additional compression/sustain.
Although, this is for sale cheaper than the kit with transformers. I think it's still probably cheaper overall to spec it out myself and just install the heyboers on arrival, so my biggest question is about the additional gain stage. Does it make sense to get the OL over the standard version and possibly save a few bucks, or would it be better to just call up Nik at Ceriatone, spend up and get something that's 100% what I'm looking for?
Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk
Although, this is for sale cheaper than the kit with transformers. I think it's still probably cheaper overall to spec it out myself and just install the heyboers on arrival, so my biggest question is about the additional gain stage. Does it make sense to get the OL over the standard version and possibly save a few bucks, or would it be better to just call up Nik at Ceriatone, spend up and get something that's 100% what I'm looking for?
Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk
Comment