Ceriatone Chupacabra 50 - Affordable Point to Point Fire Breathing Marshall Tones!

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[@thomasfokas]

Thank you for throwing a microphone in front of the cab rather than recording it with a phone mic from across the room.

[@belligerentamateur]

No doubt! Not enough quality demos of these great amps out there!

[@milo8770]

I agree! And thank you for not using IR's 💪

[@playthefightriffjohn843]

The best Ceriatone demo I’ve heard so far 👍🏼

[@belligerentamateur]

Thanks so much! Hope it was helpful!

[@eyedunno8462]

Jesus, this pretty much covers every era of Marshall to sonic perfection

[@axeslinger]

Kyle. First off I'm a HUGE FAN of your channel. Keep ripping man. Secondly, I'm floored by this amp. I'm sold on it. I'll be grabbing one for sure. It encompasses the best of Marshall with modern. What an amp!! Cheers from Alberta CANADA. 🍻🇨🇦

[@belligerentamateur]

Thank you my man!!

[@toom6087]

Nice tone. The cab is very important here. This Bogner gives some warm and woody tone to the sound. I use this cab with the Soldano SLO100. One of the best cab ever.

[@stoicscorpio3838]

How is your tone different through the SLO100 cab, TOOM?

[@toom6087]

@@stoicscorpio3838 The Bogner 412 loaded with V30 sounds woody and warm. This is perfect with Plexi and SLO, amps with extra bite. The Soldano 4x12 cab (the one atm in production) gives tons of mids : good for a kind of clean and lead guitar, bad for fat riffs. With the Bogner it's balanced. Don't use the Bogner cab with Dual Rectifier 2 channels from the 90's for example : it's going to be muddy. An Engl cab is better here : it's more sharpened. The Bogner cab is good with the Rectifiers multi-watts witch are no more the same amps at all (tighter low end). If you want to go doom and stoner, Matamp or Orange cabs are better (mid scoop) with every heads, not for soloing but rhythms. With something else than the V30, my favorite cabs are the Friedman. The one loaded with Greenback is very good for classic rock (perfect for the channel 2 of a Diezel VH4). The Friedman with Heritage sounds dark for beautiful deep cleans. Tested in Ampete 444. What we are talking here is equalization, not a question of tastes. The good point with the Bogner : if your Soldano head is a boa skin one, you can order a Bogner cab with a matched cover. I own 10 cabs, all 4x12, so I had days to test. The Bogner cab is beautiful for the clean because I engage the bright of the SLO. It's hot for the riffs, and huge for solos. You can play everything with this combo. But depends your style of course. My goal was to get a 90's tone between Corrosion of Conformity and Megadeth for the riffs. George Lynch, Zakk Wylde and Van Halen for the leads. Maybe not your cup of tea...

[@DevinRyanVitek]

My dream amp is a Yeti so this vid being professionally recorded is just pushing me towards it even more!

[@belligerentamateur]

If you're looking for killer modded Marshall tones, the Yeti or Chup will do them in spades!

[@vamito3070]

The Yeti 50 is a BEAST! You will love it! Do It. Molecular is killer also!

[@justingraham8266]

@@vamito3070 molecular vs yeti?

[@returncode0000]

@@justingraham8266 Molecular is more modern sounding, yeti is more 80ies.

[@purplehaze9154]

This is my first Kyle Bull video and now Im a fan! More Ceriatone please!

[@pylyo]

Out of all your amps this one sounds easily the best. I owned a couple and so did tons of other amps like bogners, diezels, friedmans, etc., Chupa and King Kong were probably my favorite.

[@chadvitale1567]

#1 amp in the world and #1 demo for that amp. Always an amazing job on your demos man. You should be in the studio with every metal band making them sound killer. I've never heard all these amps sound so good. Cheers Kyle

[@bengirard1984]

Yo! Because of this video and the one that Derek did, I FINALLY decided and ordered what I call the King Chupacabra 100! Haha So it's Chupa inside the King Kong platform to have a 3 channel amp! I asked for some cosmetic customization as well reagdring tolex and knobs so it will look its own thing! Can't wait to receive it! Since we play in the same type of genres, this video helped me a great deal! Cheers man!

[@belligerentamateur]

Hell yeah dude! That's my goal, super glad it helped! Can't wait to see what you think of the amp, it sounds like you built a monster!

[@bengirard1984]

@@belligerentamateur I think so! Hahaha If people like the look and sound of it (I'll try to record some stuff), I thought of asking Nik if he wants to sell it ''as is'' and call it King Chupacabra ;) The front will look like this (but on the KK platform of course) : www.ceriatone.com/hey-what-103/?fbclid=IwAR2PrwLSCuegKS4-3Zmp8spSB99f96LMMSnqtOfVlD6zToiMKFJyMxURAOQ with the Leviathan knobs!

[@lordgraga]

@@bengirard1984 how do you like it now that I assume you have it?

[@bengirard1984]

@@lordgraga I love it! It’s my main band practice amp (I’m using my Peavey 3120 for gigs because there’s no way I bring this piece of art at a show in case something happens to it lol Took almost a year to receive it!). Sometimes I have options paralysis because of all the switches and stuff(it’s not a plug and play type of amp) but it sounds phenomenal overall. The price is really “cheap” for what you get. I highly recommend if you’re keen on waiting. It’s very versatile and that’s what I love about it because it doesn’t do just one sound. It can be a tight trash punk metal amp as it can do soft rock, doom, etc

[@TheAxe4Ever]

Awesome video of an awesome amp! I just watched a video by an older English gentleman named Tony McKenzie and he showed and went through the guts of one of these. Incredible! How an amp should be made. How in the world Nik can offer a quality amp like this at those prices is beyond me. I love my EVH 5150 III 50 watt and I was considering the Stealth model. But for something different, I WILL be ordering a Ceriatone Chupacabra. Think I’ll go for the 100 watt because......why not?!

[@JacksonCharvelRULE]

I've owned one of these for about 3 months now and still haven't hooked up an OD... the amp is so clean it's criminal. I also run my MESA preamp into the FX return sometimes and just use the power amp and it is heaven.

[@curtisprice9806]

Marshall tones done superbly=Rules!!! Killer demo Kyle!

[@graxjpg]

I’ve got this one, glad to see someone record it well!

[@belligerentamateur]

thanks man!

[@graxjpg]

Mine is a pretty early version, the pussy trimmer is inside the chassis, underneath. where the guts are! Super inconvenient haha, I use mine for 70s type tones and I’m not really sure where the pussy trimmer should live as far as how hot to set it.

[@returncode0000]

Cool review, I like it! I'm right before the decision buying a yeti or the chupa.

[@korob20080]

Awesome demo, dude. Subscribed. The best chupa/yeti metal demo i have seen so far. Why dont u A/B the modern era of this monster to badlander and stealth using the same riff since u have them all - would be awesome.

[@belligerentamateur]

Thanks man, that's what I was going for. Maybe down the road I can do a big high gain shootout with the same amp. Unfortunately, those videos take a lot of time, which is something I don't currently have! Lol

[@Levi-ut1rg]

Ok so I just dumped a 6 channel flagship Marshall to get this amp. No Deciding between which series. Cause if I can get even half the tone of whats rockn my brain In your demo I'm good as gold 1st payment sent Thanks for the lead I'm all in with the chupacabra

[@belligerentamateur]

Haha! If you mean the JVM, I have a JVM410H, and I would easily choose the Ceriatone over it if forced to make a choice! Hope you enjoy the Chup!

[@bengirard1984]

Levi depending on your budget, you ask Nik to have the Chupa inside their King Kong Platform, which means you'd have a 2 channel amp (Xlean + Chupa OD circuit) + a solo boost if you need more than 1 channel.

[@Paincakes]

Sounds sick! I'm debating on this one or the AH50. Sounds like AH50 would be more suited for "Hard Rock" while the Chupacabra would be more metal? What do you think?

[@JayRoc17]

Dude this amp sounds so killer!!! Need to get one again!!

[@ChadAnthonyTheReaper]

Legendary tones from this amp. I'm gettin the 100w version ASAP. JCM800 on steroids.

[@zachzestwest]

I preferred it without the boost as well. What a great sound! Nice video, keep up the good work.

[@belligerentamateur]

Thanks man! They are killer amps, without a doubt!

[@affiliatedx3]

inspiration is such a wonderful thing especially when it's done with very very affordable labor.

[@mxvet7473]

Awesome!!! Sounds great & you playing is makes it sound even better.

[@belligerentamateur]

Thank you! Appreciate the kind words and you watching!

[@jayteesgear]

I figured you used a sony cam. Love their mirrorless stuff. Easy peasy and great facial focus. Great amp!

[@LysergikFuneral]

Great demo man. I wonder how the Ceriatone compares to a Splawn, they seems to have some similarities in design/features.

[@belligerentamateur]

The ceriatone is definitely wetter and more loose in the low end. A little bit more variety in tones on tap. If you like super dry and punchy articulation, go Splawn, if you like the slightly wetter 80's feel, go Ceriatone

[@irinairina-lu1yr]

Cool very dynamic amplifier with own character. But for example, compared to JCM800, it is quite dark. And the point here is not the lack of high or medium frequencies, but the nature of the amplifier is dark. You change the frequency with switches, but the darkness doesn't go anywhere. Just changing frequencies on the "dark" side. By the way, only then, with additional listening on other channels and especially on this, I clearly heard this. In general, when choosing in its direction, this must be taken into account. Good luck to everyone. What do you thinck about it Kyle ?

[@belligerentamateur]

I think you kind of nailed it. It's a dark amp that has frequencies in the right places to cut through. Overall, the general voicing seems more Mesa than Marshall, but it has it's own thing going on. I liked it the least on the gain switch I spent the most time on, go figure.

[@irinairina-lu1yr]

@@belligerentamateur Recently, I just finished building my amplifier according to the Niks scheme, but with little differences. I agree with you there are something gloomy like Mesas do. But at the same time with the Marshall character of overload. In terms of frequencies, everythings fine. I only meant that during the movement of the middle and highs (on my amplifiers at least) their magnitude changes, as it should be, but the nature of the "gloom" of this machine does not change. Moreover, for certain tasks it is very cool fiture. Just now I want to change this picture a little bit. I plan to make the sound of mine a little more open and "bright" . Overall the amp is just great . By the way, the sound of this amplifier on your channel turned out to be the most honest on my taste.

[@lucwilson1]

Great vid and tones! See if you can borrow a Ceriatone Molecular for a future demo!

[@bubbastain]

+1. I'd like to see you do a Molecular video too. I had a Yeti 50 and a Molecular 50. Both were pretty killer. Haven't had a chance to try the Chupa yet.

[@bengirard1984]

@@bubbastain You sold both? I don’t know if Nik can put the Chupacabra OD inside the King Kong platform as he can do it with the Molecular. I’m still leaning towards the latter but man this demo makes me think haha It sounds even nastier than the Molecular.

[@eddiefender100]

Aw hell yeah. We got some dad rock! Great video. Now I want one!

[@mikescotch8894]

Thanks Kyle! Nice tones Best w/o boost👍👍👍

[@paulkielt9301]

Even with no boost, that amp sounds really awesome, comparing to many other Plexi clones.

[@matthias5163]

Sounds great man. Really enjoy your demos.

[@belligerentamateur]

Thanks for checking them out dude

[@thomasfokas]

That amp crushes!!! I’m torn between this amp and the Gargoyle and the Molecular. I think I’m going to finally order one next month.

[@bengirard1984]

Same as you man! haha I've been debating with myself for two months now!

[@belligerentamateur]

I haven't tried either of those two but I'd really like to!

[@Levi-ut1rg]

My chupa is being made rn, channel switching is senseless when you dial in something that massive and inspiring

[@thomasfokas]

Ok, I ordered the Molecular (Cameron Atomica clone) in back in June, but now told Nik I want to get the King Kong (channel switching Cameron CCV clone) instead.

[@John-mh9ty]

I think for these amps is imperative to hear them through greenbacks. The hollowness in the mids that you note is totally different when you are running the greenies. We played them through framus cobra cabs with the greenies. Totally slice and dice ginsu shit.

[@DreadfulGooz]

This thing sounds killer Kyle. Gooz 🦖

[@geralddenavich8783]

I think you mean hand wired, not point to point. Point to point is when no wires are used. But please correct me if I'm wrong.

[@jasonsheppard7428]

Just opened up my Yeti 50 and apparently it’s mostly a chupa. It was one of the first yeti models so it shared even more parts with the chup. Hopefully it’s the best of both worlds haha

[@belligerentamateur]

I know they're close to begin with, but didn't know they went through design changes. Interesting!

[@tukksimpson4236]

Hey Kyle is there any chance of borrowing this amp back and maybe trying a demo video of the Legendary Tones HOT MOD V2 EVO? Or for that matter maybe a video with a whole variety of modded Marshalls? I saw the video with the Friedman Runt 50 and the HOT MOD V2 and I thought it sounded great! Keep up the great work! You do a terrific job demoing gear and posting videos with content that a guitarist actually wants to watch and hear!

[@belligerentamateur]

Bought it back from Derrick, but there really is no need for the hot mod in this amp. It already has insane amounts of gain and low end in stock form

[@BaronVonBundy]

@@belligerentamateur what tubes are you using in it?

[@renoman_]

Love my Yeti 50 . !!

[@davids8502]

I have this head and it’s extremely versatile. What speakers are in the cabinet your using? I’m currently using it with a marshall with g12t75 .

[@belligerentamateur]

In this demo, v30, but I tend to like Marshall style amps with K100 or T75, depending, to even them out a tad

[@97warlock]

to my ears, the higher frequencies sorta have a twangy nasally sound that I dont care for too much, almost like stepping a wah pedal on just a little bit when it brings the highs in & it gets to that certain point where it doesnt soound very good, but the gain & lows sound real good & the highs too,just a tad bit twangy nasally somehow.

[@Bognerman14]

Man Kyle, sounds unreal. Do you know if the King Kong 100 can get the same tones and more?

[@belligerentamateur]

Yes, it's a 2 channel Yeti or Chup with a clean channel

[@gtrman69777]

This thing sounds fantastic. Do you know if this sounds much different than the Yeti or Gargoyle? Can you get certain sounds from one that you can't get from the other?

[@belligerentamateur]

The yeti sounds almost the same. I had both at the same time. The Gargoyle is probably going to sound pretty different, based off of a fortin design

[@gtrman69777]

@@belligerentamateur Ok ok. I saw the Gargoyle on their website but they didn't really give a description. I just discovered these Ceriatone amps about two weeks ago. They are going to take a lot of money away from the big boys when the word gets out about these things. Take care.

[@Henysipper]

This was the metal version of the pottery scene from the movie Ghost.

[@DaveElwoodCutter]

You sold me on this amp man. Will order one later this year. Have you tried pairing it with a rectifier?

[@belligerentamateur]

I havent! But I'm sure they'd pair well as Mesa and Marshall tend to do!

[@Burkhimself]

Just curious which (if any other) Ceriatones you’ve played and which one you preferred….(looking for options and no need for a boost)…

[@skullfacemorte]

Dig it ! It has the in your face tone and punch!!

[@belligerentamateur]

It definitely does! Very aggressive

[@redcomn]

I like mine with fulltone treble booster

[@Levi-ut1rg]

Wtf do I dare say rhat sounds BETTER than my Marshall, yes I can get Angus, Hoffmann, and E. Lee but this is Virgin birth of all three in one tone. STUNNED!!

[@belligerentamateur]

They need more recognition! Killer amps

[@azrieesp]

malaysia for the win!

[@lydfar2392]

So your conclusion is, that it doesn't take boost pedals like a Tubescremer, very well? Did you try out different style pedals? Thank you.

[@mayhemer2798]

Im between this and a badlander, haha such good amps and choices these days

[@Breathemusic4202]

in the first 5 minutes are u plugged just straight into the amp with only a noise gate? no overdrive or boosts?

[@mayhemer2798]

This amp almost sounds like an HM-2 dialed in right! sick

[@ryanshook8284]

Heard that too. Maybe people don’t like that, but I personally think it sound supah sic asf like that.

[@dinogiolitti2844]

Does this have the buffered effects loop? Would you recommend?

[@Truck_Driver_Shawn]

So good so good

[@belligerentamateur]

Appreciate ya, my man

[@kevinrichards7980]

Best sounding amp so far

[@belligerentamateur]

It sounded killer here. Loved making this one!

[@kevinrichards7980]

I had seen ceriatones around, but never checked them out, hot on my radar now

[@vamito3070]

What mic? Sounds pretty good. I need that mic. Very responsive.

[@belligerentamateur]

Just a regular old sm57

[@truescotsman4103]

You forgot to mention they sell these as a kit so the hobbyist can build a killer amp for themselves and choose options. I've built two of these amps and they're way cheaper if you build them yourself.

[@therifflair724]

Now you should demo a Yeti

[@PaulCustom78]

Please review the JCM 900 MkIII. I had one a few years ago and it was such a killer amp. People needa stop sleepin on it. Or keep sleepin on it so I can still get good ones for next to nothing

[@belligerentamateur]

I just missed out on one for $650 the other day

[@tonythomas9122]

Great Review. What's with the picking hand.

[@belligerentamateur]

Lol what do you mean?

[@robertalsbury]

Anybody know a demo with someone who knows how to play something other than power chords?

[@DevinMascilli]

Sick

[@warren8464]

10:30 it reminds me a lot Mesa's Mark series

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

I've been looking at the Ceriatone JCM800 2203, the Yeti and Chupacabra. Not sure which i want to get

[@belligerentamateur]

The 800 will be just like a 223. Nik can add custom mods to it for you if you want. The CHUP and YETI are very similar, with the Yeti being tighter and having more mids.

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

@@belligerentamateur Yeah I spoke with Nik about them today. He said the Chupa is brighter than the Yeti but they are essentially the same. I think I might buy Mike Hasty's Jubilee clone

[@bucknasty69]

I used to have a Ceriatone JCM800 and its the best amp I've ever owned. I played it with a Marshall 4x12 loaded with greenbacks and it sounded massive.. Ended up trading it for a 6505 and a Single Rectifier and I've regretted it ever since.

[@jamieperry3731]

​@@belligerentamateurthe website says the chupa is tighter, you don't find this to be the case? Hard to believe any marshall clone can be even tighter than this one.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

I think it needs a Seymour JB

[@ryanshook8284]

This or 5150 stealth

[@dannbrauckmann1545]

What speakers are in the Bogner cab?

[@belligerentamateur]

Vintage 30

[@RozsaAmplificationLLC]

Are you SURE nothing is ON?? Sounds and looks like the MXR OD and ISP Deciminator are ON to me!! :O

[@belligerentamateur]

I am SURE that the DECIMATOR is ON but it does NOT color the SOUND. The MXR OD is absolutely not ON, it just has a BUMP knob that is LIT whether the drive is ON or NOT. I am SURE you will have SOMETHING to SAY regardless of this REPLY though :0

[@tonehammer7276]

Shit man....now i want one :D

[@belligerentamateur]

Go get you a present

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

Holy crap does this sound tasty

[@benpotter4905]

Man, this amp and Omega sound very similar. I thought Omega was actually something special 😭😭😭😭

[@belligerentamateur]

They literally sound nothing alike. Haha

[@benpotter4905]

@@belligerentamateur thank God then. I can buy a King Kong, Obsidian, Molecular and Leviathan and be completely safe then. Good.

[@97warlock]

how can we call this affordable. 1 person has 200.00 another has 900.00 , so I guess its affordable to people with enough money lol

[@MrWilly2204]

You remind me of Matt Damon.

[@belligerentamateur]

Get it every day, haha

[@Jml1866]

Looks like skinnier Heavy Metal Matt Damon....

[@hootowl6354]

Couldn't you at least spend two percent of your time proving it had a clean sound instead of slamming it with a sledgehammer for the whole fifteen minutes, you know, just for the hell of it? Sheez, that was ridiculous.

[@belligerentamateur]

No

[@Zoso7227]

I don’t think the intend of this amp was really to ever have it clean in the first place. With an amp with 2 gain controls it should be obvious. You’d be better off checking out the overtone series

[@hootowl6354]

@@Zoso7227 Every amp has a clean. It's just a matter of how good it is and how loud it is.