Nashville-based Guitarist, Songwriter and Musical Director Chris Wrate has worked with artists such as Kelsea Ballerini, Ariana Grande, David Foster, Daniel Powter, Colbie Caillat and Charice, as well as playing on TV shows like Oprah, American Idol, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Today Show and Ellen. Originating from Wisconsin, Chris grew up around […]

We’ll be honest here – getting hold of some impulse responses isn’t going to teach you new chords, improve the accuracy of your fingering technique or make you into a virtuoso player overnight. All these require regular practice and commitment. But for many guitar players, getting in that practice can be a challenge in itself, […]

We caught up with Aziz Ibrahim – one of Celestion’s long standing endorsing artists. He is best known for his work as a leading guitarist for several internationally acclaimed bands and artists including The Stone Roses, Simply Red, Ian Brown, Paul Weller, Steven Wilson, Asia and Rebel MC. In 2005 Aziz was recognised by the […]

In our latest blog, Andi Picker describes his gear set up and how combining old and new speaker technologies can bring the best of both worlds – when playing live and in the studio.   A couple of weeks ago the drummer of a band that I play with accused me of being old fashioned […]

There is no doubt that speaker impulse responses are improving the lives and saving the backs of many touring musicians, crew and front of house engineers, but that shouldn’t mean they get all the fun! CelestionPlus’ IRs can be appreciated by all and today, in this blog and accompanying video, I’m going to show you […]

In our latest interview, we checked in with Scott Patton, a well-known guitarist and record producer. Known for his work with Sugarland, a Grammy award winning country music group – where he was first musical director and then band leader. Scott also collaborates with Jennifer Nettles, Sugarland’s singer, on many of her outside projects. Here, […]

The Celestion Seventy 80 speaker was conceived in the late 1990s as the G12P-80 and has gone on to become one of the most popular and widespread guitar speakers we’ve ever produced, having found its way into a huge number of amps and cabs around the world! Delivering a modern, gutsy British sound, the Seventy […]

Our ever-expanding Backline Heroes range has grown yet again! The latest addition to join our ranks is iconic British amp manufacturer, Laney Amplification. We’ve teamed up with Laney Amps to create an entirely new range of cabinet impulse responses based on the unique tones of two of their legendary cabinet collection – the LA212 2×12 […]

Norwegian bassist Andres Oxholm is the newest addition to our Partners in Tone. Currently working on his third album, Andreas has reached the Top 3 for the finals of the Bassist of The Year 2019 competition in London. We caught up with Andreas ahead of the finals… Firstly, congratulations on reaching the finals of the […]

Guest blogger Robby Miller shows us how he incorporates Celestion Impulse Responses into his guitar arsenal to achieve the tones he wants for performance, teaching and recording. We guitarists are prime examples of people who are never content. We buy a new guitar and we change the pickups. We purchase a new amp and we […]