Adventures in homebrewed Guitar Amps
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Loading ...So, you sold your house, your land, almost sold your soul to buy the dream guitar of your life – a ‘59 Gibson Les Paul. Now, you freak out every time your friends try to come near, or would like to touch it, feel it, play it. Recognize it – you have gear anxiety. You even leave the guitar at home when you go gigging for fear of transport damage, etc., etc.
Yes, forgot to buy the poor thing a guitar flight case!!
ProStageGear Les Paul ATA Flight Case (PS-LP1)
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… with only one years delay. Celestion was getting ready to release these in the summer of 2008 but things got delayed so they finally arrived in my hands last week. This must be Tone Heaven for those who enjoy the 2×10 speaker cabinets (see all speaker cabinets here).
The first thing worth noticing was that there’s only 5 Hz difference in Resonance Frequency (Fs) between this new Celestion AlNiCo Gold G10 10 inch (80 Hz) and its older counterpart, the Celestion AlniCo Gold G12 12 inch (75 Hz). This implies that you really aren’t loosing much bottom. On the sensitivity (loudness) side, however, the Gold G10 is 2 dB less than the Gold G12 that has 100 dB, so it will sound less loud.
From the very start, having a power rating of 40 watts makes the Gold G10 accessible for many popular guitar amps on the market that fit within that range. Not to speak of the fact that you could pair it in parallel (or series) with a Celestion Greenback G10 for a superb combination of AlNiCo and ceramic magnet tone character with extreme versatility and in-your-face vintage guitar tone.
Celestion AlNiCo Gold G10 Nutrition Facts:
| General specs | |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 10″ |
| Power | 40 Watts |
| Impedance | 8 and 15 ohms |
| Sensitivity (loudness) | 98 decibels |
| Chassis | Steel (pressed) |
| Voice coil dia | 1.75″ |
| Voice coil material | Copper (round) |
| Magnet | AlNiCo |
| Range (Frequency) | 80 to 6000 Hertz |
| Resonance | 80 Hertz |
| Resistance (DC) | 8 and 15 ohms |
| Mounting Info | |
|---|---|
| Speaker Diameter | 10.0″ |
| Depth(overall) | 5.3″ |
| Magnet diameter | 4.7″ |
| Speaker Cut-out diameter | 9.0″ |
| Mounting holes dia | 0.25″ |
| Mounting holes number | 8 |
| Mounting slot PCD | 9.6″ |
| Weight | 6.0lb |
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I thought of adding this short tutorial video showing you how to access the Lower Pricing on certain products. These are products we need to display with the Minimum Advertised Price, per whole-seller policy.
However, as you like deals, we love deals too! Se we provided a more personal way to access a lower price than the one advertised, similar to what many sites or magazines do, where you see “Price Too Low To Advertise”, or “Call For Price” – instead of price tag. This way we keep everybody happy since we do advertise at the Minimum Advertised Price, but also provide a personal customer-to-seller way of a special deal.
But, instead of you calling in for the price, we made it much easier. You only need to submit your email to request the special pricing. In that email you will receive personal instructions how to access the lower prices for those products that have a Lower Pricing button next to their regular price – like this one: 
So, keep your eyes open for that button as you navigate the www.GabKits.com web site. You never know what sweet deals you might stumble upon! Once you do, go and spread the word! Here is the video tutorial:
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Heritage G12 M
Celestion Heritage G12M
Introduced in 1960, the Celestion G12M speaker was presented as a version of the already popular G12 guitar speaker.
The G12M, known widely as The Greenback (because of its green magnet cover) featured a medium size magnet (thus the M in its title) able to produce smooth, silky and warm tones with a very well balanced brightness and punch that was able to cut through the most foggy mix of the band.
The Greenback was a very articulate speaker, and prepared the way for many rock guitar players of that age.
But as time passed, the Celestion Greenback’s tonal character deviated from its original counterpart made in the 1960s, since the factory had to adapt to the available materials at the time, but nevertheless, staying the speaker of choice among for the amp builders.
The currently available Heritage Series G12M is a detailed truthful design and reproduction of the 1960s original speaker down to the same available materials used in that era (voice cone) and technology, featuring even the the solder-on connectors.
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Celestion Speakers
What’s up with the fact that every guitar amplifier using Celestion Speakers receives almost instantly a proper British accent? What on Earth makes them so coveted in our amps, what’s that mystery or aura that defined and sealed the tone of rock for ever?
Read along about the characteristic of some of the most popular Celestion speakers that are on the market today!
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Amp Cabinet
If you ever thought building an amp cabinet is an easy and fun job for the DIY guitar amp builder, think again.
After I built my first 18w 1×12″ combo amp cabinet back in 2002, and toiling through dovetail joining the shell, gluing the bracing, stretching the grill cloth on the speaker baffle, not to speak about gluing the tolex on the routed corners of the cabinet, – I decided I’d rather pay someone else who does this for a living and does the job right.
Stage Craft Gear
Boys and Girls, please welcome maestro extraordinaire in guitar amp cabinet artistry, Anthony Bonadio of Stage Craft Gear (also known as the creator of Reason Amps)! 
Anthony has been building the cabinets for my Gabriel Amps for the last 5 years that have the now well-known “Bumblebee” look (yellow-black tolex).
And also, since 2007, Anthony is building the amp cabinets available at the Gabkits.com online store for a wide variety of Ceriatone amp models, kits, and with an outstanding degree of customization unheard of in any other amp cabinets sources, like choosing your own tolex color, grille cloth, handles, welt, piping, and so on. Not to mention the outstanding prices available for you!
Now you can finally have that purple- red with pink fuzzy front amp cabinet you always dreamed of !!
A Factory Tour Video
Watch this Stage Craft Gear factory tour video where Anthony explains some of the procedures and materials used to put the amp cabinets together. I am very glad that people like him exists so I don’t have to endure the pains of building an amp cabinet myself!
Check that cool 1909 box joint machine!!
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G12 Celestion Speaker
There are many excellent emulations, copies, clones of Celestion speaker models on the market at very accessible prices and with great tone, but really, when it all boils down, they are just impersonators of the real thing.
I have great respect toward Celestion speakers, simply because they have history. And even if there are many wonderful speakers that try to copy them on Planet Earth, they are really just slightly different flavors of the original Celestion guitar speakers.
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ProStageGear went to extreme length in designing a robust and affordable instrument case for the working musician.
A Case Against Roadies!
I really have nothing against roadies, in fact what would we do without them? But there are certain qualitys that they should have, one of them being MERCY! If your precious gear is being tossed around like in this video, you might seriously consider getting yourself a well built instrument case. Or else, fire those roadies.
A soft ride for your precious gear
First, make sure your precious guitar, amp or keyboard will have a comfortable ride. Check the inside of a roadcase for proper cushioning, and padding. There is no use in having a strong shell if the inside doesn’t provide the necessary protection for any kind of shocks.
Ideally, the inside cushioning should feature a mold as your gear’s shape but since that can be costly, a couple properly arranged 1” thick foam layers would work great also.
One Size Fits Many!
Guitar amps and rectangle shaped equipment are very easy to fit into road cases that were not custom designed for them specifically since any void inside space can be padded with extra layers of foam, or the extra space can be used to store accessories like cables, and so on.
For instance, a certain degree of customization and improvisation is allowed when adapting a road case to fit a guitar or a keyboard amp.
On the other hand, guitars, basses might require more attention.
Several options are available, but undoubtedly, a Case & Gigbag combo might give you the ideal solution, considering that the touring artist could bring his (or her) precious musical instrument along without the need to drag the heavy instrument case. Leave that job for Willie & Bart the roadies.
Airlines Will Love You (and you back)!
There is a 50 Lbs (or less) limit allowed on commercial airlines for all checked in baggage. The extra comfort and protection of a gig-bag for your precious guitar (bass, electric, acoustic or hollow-body) will be definitely the ideal protection.
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An amazing reproduction of the We-Know-What-Amp became now accessible for the amateur amp builder and guitar player in the persona of the Ceriatone Overtone Special chassis coupled with a matching super-customizable RME Overtone Head or 1×12″ Combo.
Pop a Celestion Heritage G12-65 speaker in that Bad Boy and you have yourself a killer guitar amp that can dare the tone of the one that inspired it!
Features
The amp features a Rock & Jazz Switch, FET & Standard Input, Deep-Bright Switches, Clean & Lead switch, Tone Bypass switch.
Tone Impressions
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Legend tells that if you have the gift of replacing a tire on your car (or bike, to follow the green trend), you can definitely – with a little help from your friends – build a killer guitar amp yourself, that has great potential to sound even better compared to some of the big names out there. No kidding! Read along…
Together with the boutique amp companies, and with the help of the Internet, there are myriads of online communities that discuss to the very detail certain types of guitar amps, so you will never ever run out of resources. And luckily so, there are many companies that offer guitar amplifier kits of all sorts at excellent prices that beat the best “hand wired” series of any big name, notorious amp company out there.
Why GabKits?
The only unfortunate dilemma that still exists for the novice guitar amp builder is matching certain type of guitar amp chassis kits with certain types of amp cabinets.
GabKits was set in motion to help amp builders like you to match some of the best guitar amp kits and guitar amp cabinets and speakers manufacturers that exist on the market today, without going through the pains of finding what fits what, or more painful than that, discovering that your chassis doesn’t fit the cabinet you just purchased.
So, stay tuned, there will be tips to be shared, announcements to be presented, resources and exciting product reviews to read. Now you have no excuse to join the club of thousands of guitar amp enthusiasts!
