#kelt amplification

Gear Review – OX Amp Top Box Universal Audio / Kelt Sideman FX amp

Here’s a new review for the Universal Audio OX Amp Top Box which is this time connected to a Sideman FX Kelt head and cab. For reference, for comparison a recording was also made with a Shure SM57 positioned in front of the 15 inch speaker cab.

OX Amp Top Box / Sideman FX amp

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Amp Review – Kelt Sideman FX – Integrated effects loop

The Sideman FX tube amp from Kelt Amplification, entirely Made in France and even 100% in Brittany is a beautiful sound machine with an integrated effects loop.

Kelt Sideman FX review

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What I enjoyed the most

Ease of use

Effects loop

Look

What I enjoyed the least

Too clean sounding

Conclusion

The Sideman FXis a beautiful…

Amp Review – Kelt Amplification Sideman – 100% tube powered!

Thierry Labrouze manufactures in France in Brittany 100% tube amps that are found more and more in the hands of musicians who love beautiful tones. Some time ago a subscriber of La Chaîne Guitare ordered a Sideman Keltbut could not take delivery when Thierry brought him at the Puteaux show. So until further notice, this cool amp is hosted in the showroom (thank you Fabio!). And I admit that I…

Showroom session – Archtop and solidbody shootouts – Miguel Castro

The Guitar Channel showroom is a kind of Ali-Baba cave filled with awesome guitar gear that allows pros partners to send potential customers to test their products in Paris, France. There are also guitars, amps, pedals and also Häussel pickups. It is for these that the Jazz guitarist Miguel Castro (www.miguelcastro.fr) has made an appointment to try the German pickups.

The cameras were ready, so…

@SpringerGuitars Spartan model demo by Simon Ghnassia

Simon Ghnassia is a musician who is often featured on The Guitar Channel, here he is at the showroom just before an online masterclass trying a guitar built by luthier Mikaël Springer, a Spartan model (the guitar whose construction is documented in video in the Project Spartan). The cameras were rolling, here’s the result.

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Spartan demo

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@SpringerGuitars Halfbreed model demo by Simon Ghnassia

Simon Ghnassia is a musician who is often featured on The Guitar Channel, here he is at the showroom just before an online masterclass trying a guitar built by luthier Mikaël Springer, the Halfbreed model (a guitar reviewed in this article). The cameras were rolling, here’s the result.

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Halfbreed demo

Springer Guitars is a pro partner on The Guitar Channel

Test…

Pedal Review – Zorgverdrive / Zorg Effects

Zorg Effects is a French boutique pedal builder based in Toulouse. This builder has a wide range of gain pedal with several boosters, distorsions, octavers and overdrives. The Zorgverdriver is a great overdrive pedal with a wide rang of tones.

Pedal Review – Zorgverdrive

Zorg Effects is a pro partner on The Guitar Channel

Review setup

Guitar: Halfbreed Springer (bridge humbucker only)

Amp:…

Guitar amp mic shootout – Shure SM57, SM58 and Koch loadbox LB-120 II

Miking up the sound of a guitar amp is an art in its own right where generations of sound engineers and home studio adepts continue to struggle to get the right sound. Since The Guitar Channel has a showroomin Paris, I experiment more and more with different sound recording methods for the recording of gear tests. In the video below you can see/hear the same guitar recorded in 3 different ways on…