The Ceriatone Crème Brûlée is a Ceriatone amplifier. It pairs well with the Spaceman Charon GE/SI Hybrid and the Walrus Audio Eras.
Ceriatone Crème Brûlée
Ceriatone · amplifier
The Ceriatone Crème Brûlée is a point-to-point hand-wired boutique amplifier built by Ceriatone of Malaysia, a company best known for its faithful clone builds of Dumble, Marshall, Trainwreck and Matchless circuits. Unlike most of the range, the Crème Brûlée does not have a widely agreed original equivalent, and discussion among owners treats its lineage as an open question rather than a settled clone of a specific vintage design. It shares the construction standards of the rest of the range, being hand-wired point to point with boutique component selection. Independent review coverage of this model is sparse compared with Ceriatone's better-known Overtone Special and British Style amplifiers.
What stands out
“It shares the construction standards of the rest of the range, being hand-wired point to point with boutique component selection”
— from the listing
“, the Crème Brûlée does , and discussion among owners treats its lineage as an open question”
— from the listing
“The main caveat is simply the shortage of information, which makes it difficult to judge”
— from the community notes
“Independent review coverage of compared with Ceriatone's better-known Overtone Special and British Style amplifiers”
— from the listing
“The Ceriatone Crème Brûlée is a point-to-point hand-wired boutique amplifier built by Ceriatone of Malaysia, a company best known for its faithful clone builds of Dumble, Marshall, Trainwreck and Matchless circuits”
— from the listing
- range
- open question
- independent review coverage
- british style amplifiers
- company
- construction standards
Pedals that stack with the Ceriatone Crème Brûlée
Spaceman Charon GE/SI Hybrid
Spaceman
9% matchSpaceman Charon GE/SI Hybrid leans toward germanium, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Walrus Audio Eras
Walrus Audio
9% matchWalrus Audio Eras's own lush character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Blackstar HT-Boost
Blackstar
9% matchBlackstar HT-Boost leans toward harmonically rich, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Small Clone
Electro-Harmonix
6% matchPut Electro-Harmonix Small Clone after Ceriatone Crème Brûlée in the signal chain, clear of Ceriatone Crème Brûlée's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage Dual Reverb
Crazy Tube Circuits
5% matchCrazy Tube Circuits Mirage Dual Reverb's ambient voice goes in Ceriatone Crème Brûlée's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Ceriatone Crème Brûlée's own dynamic character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Crazy Tube Circuits Splash
Crazy Tube Circuits
5% matchCrazy Tube Circuits Splash's spring voice goes in Ceriatone Crème Brûlée's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Ceriatone Crème Brûlée's own dynamic character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Pigtronix Philosophers Tone Optical Compressor
Pigtronix
5% matchWhat Ceriatone Crème Brûlée brings here leans toward dynamic — that's worth building a pairing around
Goes in front of the amp
NuX Drive Core Deluxe
Nux
tonal matchGoes in front of the amp
Put NuX Drive Core Deluxe in front of Ceriatone Crème Brûlée
Questions people ask
What pairs well with the Ceriatone Crème Brûlée?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Spaceman Charon GE/SI Hybrid, Walrus Audio Eras, Blackstar HT-Boost — Spaceman Charon GE/SI Hybrid leans toward germanium, and that's a real, usable character to pair with.