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« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2009, 05:11:02 PM »
Hi

The overtones put at 440-460 on the plates.

Modern 6v6s from EH or JJ can take this, and so would some other brands I guess altho I dont know.

With rebias, you can easily do the swap.

Thanks!

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« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2009, 04:30:17 PM »
I just finished a Bluesmaster kit from Nik.

To answer a post from above, yes it is a bit rawer sounding than an ODS. (I know an industry rep that has 3 real Dumbles) I removed the teble cap across the OD level control on mine to tame a bit of high end harshness.

I'll need to gig with it to make a real critical analysis of how it sounds, but so far so good. Mine is the 100 watter, to the half power switch is a must for small venues. Maybe I'll try the 6V6 option mentioned here.
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« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2009, 06:48:55 PM »
Any chance for a clip perhaps.

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« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2009, 08:23:06 AM »
Quote from: tjauernig on May 09, 2009, 04:30:17 PM
I just finished a Bluesmaster kit from Nik.

To answer a post from above, yes it is a bit rawer sounding than an ODS. (I know an industry rep that has 3 real Dumbles) I removed the teble cap across the OD level control on mine to tame a bit of high end harshness.

I'll need to gig with it to make a real critical analysis of how it sounds, but so far so good. Mine is the 100 watter, to the half power switch is a must for small venues. Maybe I'll try the 6V6 option mentioned here.

Bringing that topic back to life...so the Bluesmaster HRM would actually be rawer, some seems to say more harsh, than standard HRM ?
It's not what I understtood from Nik's description on this board, could someone confirm ? I am seriously looking at a 100W HRM Bluesmaster, but if the OD is really on the harsh side, I'm not sure that's what I really need.
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« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2009, 08:56:39 AM »
I'm really keen to hear one myself. I would have thought that any rawness could have been tamed with the HRM trimmers, but I'd like to know if its not. My OTS won't do that verrrryy smooth RF tones, but I'm not really looking for that. I use it with trimmer and level low for a much cleaner OD, then use pedals to juice it up more.

What I'd be looking for in a Bluesmaster is a little more edgy clean tone, a bit brighter with more harmonic content ( a bit like my DC-30 12ax7 channel) and an OD is the same as my OTS, but with the added TMB capability.
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« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2009, 09:58:03 AM »
Check my clips...
http://ceriatoneforum.com/index.php?topic=1160.msg8569#msg8569
Bluesmaster does not sound harsh to me at all in fact, it sounds smoother than my OTS.
At least to me.

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« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2009, 07:06:50 AM »
Hi mcinku.
Thnaks for your clips, that's useful.
They actually both sound good. I think that I would need to hear a gainier tone to know if the BM HRM suits me or not, yours is barely overdriven here.
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« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2009, 10:30:00 AM »
I hope you’ve seen this clip already.
If not this is D’lite bluesmaster HRM amp demo with clean, drive and loads of drive.
Ceriatone can sound exactly like this with proper inner trimmer settings.
Also please pay attention when Billy talks about changing 6L6s to 6V6s and tube- transformer primary impedance mismatch – NO GOOD!
For 6V6’s you need matched trany to get proper tone!!!




Not as smooth as OTS but more SRV, Mayer territory.
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« Reply #23 on: September 10, 2009, 07:38:22 PM »
Like it a lot. SRV cleans would be nice indeed, y'know a little breakup, chimey.

Perhaps we all need to pester Nik about a dual primary for the OT so we can swap to 6v6's and lose the impedance mismatch issues. (I have already mentioned it to him only a couple of days ago!)
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