Breaking in a Ceriatone OTS

[Luddy]

I have had a Ceriatone OTS for nearly a year. Playing it at home at bedroom levels, it had many sounds, but nothing really good. I started using it in my blues trio late last spring. I started getting better sounds, but attributed it to experimentation. Now it is back home and it sounds great at a lower level. I have always used a 12" Tone Tubby.

When someone says that an amp has been broken in, what has changed? Is loudness a factor?

[Rob Livesey]

Hi,

Having bought quite a few new amps over the last few years I'm sure that they do have a "bedding in" period. My latest new amp is a marshall Plexi 50 clone which I have been gigging twice a week now for the past 6 weeks. It definately does sound warmer,sweeter, rounder and fuller than it did on the first gig.

Guys here might be able to tell you the electronic intricacies of why it happens, but I just know it does.

Rob.