Metal masters Joel Stroetzel of Killswitch Engage and Jeff Waters of Annihilator; Blues icon Joe Bonamassa; Jazz fusion legend Allen Hinds; Country supremo Trey Hill (Kellie Pickler). All of them are awesome guitarists in their chosen genres, of course, but other than that, what could this incredibly diverse group possibly have in common? While their […]
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Celestion G12-35XC Impulse Response Download – Uniquely Versatile
The Celestion G12-35XC guitar speaker, launched as a Limited Edition model in 2014 to mark our 90th anniversary, is starting to become increasingly difficult to come by. But now we’ve made its vintage tones easily available to everyone in digital form, with the release of our newest Impulse Response download, expanding our range to a […]
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Sounding Like Your Guitar Hero Has Never Been Easier with an Impulse Response Library
Most guitarists are influenced by other players – even those who go on to become guitar legends in their own right. Kenny Wayne Shepherd is just one of many influential modern players who famously acknowledge Jimi Hendrix as their primary inspiration, while Slash credits Joe Perry and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith, as well as Led […]
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Spotlight on the Microphones Used in Celestion Speaker IRs
If you’ve already downloaded and used one of our speaker IRs you’ll notice that each speaker cabinet option features no fewer than 4 different microphones: the Royer R-121, the Sennheiser MD421, the Shure SM57 and the Neumann TLM 107. You may be wondering why we used so many different microphones to create our impulse response […]
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Guitar Interactive Reviews Celestion Impulse Response Downloads
Guitar Interactive Magazine has established itself as a high quality online publication, reviewing a wide range of guitar gear every month, and interviewing a line-up of guitar greats to die for – Brian May, Robben Ford, David Gilmour and Slash, among many others. (Latest issue and back issues can all be viewed here.) Now the […]
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Authestion Marked – Celestion Impulse Response Downloads
If you’ve downloaded any of our impulse response files you may also have read our End User Licence Agreement, which includes the following: “Our impulse response downloads are tagged with unique Identifiers so we can track them back to the original purchase and purchaser.” This has triggered some speculation about what this Identifier actually consists […]
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5 Problems You Leave Behind When You Use Celestion Speaker IRs
You already know that using Celestion impulse responses are a great way to get the tone of your favourite guitar speaker in digital form – which is reason enough to go and download your favourite speaker/cabinet configuration. But there are a few less obvious benefits to using speaker IRs, including saying Goodbye to a few […]
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We Catch Up With the Celestion IR Development Team
Six months after the successful release of the Celestion speaker impulse response range, we talk to the IR development team to find out what the reaction has been like, and what plans they have to develop the range in the future. What reaction have you had to the initial range of Celestion speaker impulse responses? […]
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Pete Thorn Shares 3 Tips for Getting Clean Tones Using Speaker IRs with a Tube Amp
Hi fellow guitar nerds, welcome to my first guest blog for Celestion Impulse Responses! I’ll be writing these blogs monthly, and I will share suggestions, tips, and tricks aimed at helping you get the most out of impulse response technology. In this first post I’m going to address getting great clean tones using speaker IRs […]
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The New Celestion Neo Creamback Speaker IR
Hot on the heels of the G12H-150 Redback impulse response comes the release of the new Celestion Neo Creamback speaker IR. Neo Creamback Tone What type of tone can you expect from the Neo Creamback impulse response? Like all our speaker IRs, the digital version of our speakers is almost identical to the real […]
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