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Adam Johnson
Verified ownerIt is superb. Incredibly well built, and shapes your tone is so many different ways.
2 years ago
npmiller57
Verified ownerCould this pedal be any better? I don't think so.
I break the KSR Mold as I'm not a high gain guy but its nice having it on tap.
Rhythm channel, Ares crunch mode, bright switch down, feel middle is unreal with single coils. I just adjust the gain to taste and I'm in business. I can go really bluesy but its never flubby or muddy.
I'm building an entire small board around the Ceres for direct to FOH settings (I do a lot of theater work). Stick the Ceres in front of your favorite IR box and run direct to the sound guy. Its perfect.
The clean channel, however, is the unsung hero. Spanky, tight, with a sweetness to it.. very smooth.
I haven't used the lead channel much... I'm not really a lead player. But the tones I coaxed out of it would certainly be useful for people that are looking for that.
7 years ago
panacea151
Reviewer
This is definitely an amp that will have you rethinking EL34 power. All too often, immediate comparisons are drawn to much older British amps that served their purpose, but weren't especially known for incredibly large amounts of gain.
This amp will change your mind. Cleans that are clear and full are shared with two high gain channels with an incredible amount of diversity. In the high gain channels, each has a 3-way toggle to change how the amp handles preamp distortion; a "clip" mode which is very reminiscent of the Jose Arredondo modded amps with a perfect balance of square wave complimented by a powerful and punchy power section very reminiscent of Van Halen, Vai and a host of other uber-shreddy hair farmers. Also available in high gain is a "crunch" mode which harkens back to the more classic British sounds one would expect from an EL34 based amp, and a "lead" mode that pours on the gain and transforms the amp into a blistering maniacal beast completely capable of modern metal. If you have to use an overdrive pedal with this setting, you should probably walk around wearing a crash helmet.
One toggle, 3 incredibly versatile gain structures, and two separate high gain channels, so you don't have to settle for just one high gain sound.
Both high gain channels also include a "feel" knob with 6 settings that alter the mid shift characteristics, fatness and overall voice of the channel, giving a wide array of tones to explore and use, all of which are useful and well thought out, without a dud in the bunch.
But, we're not done yet, the power section can be enhanced with high end and low end EQ that are phenomenal at ensuring the EL34s in the power section are delivering just the tone you are after.
Combine this with selectable output impedance, external bias points, an independent for all 3 channel assignable effects loop which allows you to determine which channels use the level adjustable effects loop (both send and return) bright switches for all three channels and master volume, it checks all the boxes.
I am not a fan boi, I work with these amps, they are as vital to me as a scalpel is to a surgeon. Before I bought the Juno I had three EL34 amps to deliver what I needed. Now I have one, this one, and it ain't going anywhere.
8 years ago
