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That depends on what you like. I owned the klein S-5 pickups. They are modeled after the Dippers. They sound like Johns Signature Strat. Thinner and brighter. The Jazzy Cats sound more like the black strat he uses.

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but...I have owned both. Still have the jazzy cats actually. I can compare them in combination with the OTS.  But you are right.

Hey Daniel,

I'm running a 2x12 with an EVM-12L and a reconed EVM-12S.  Sounds killer with the 100w bluesmaster.  These speakers rock.

Stephen

regardless klein makes awesome pickups. i have a set in my tele

Comfort-Dan,

Others here can share more about the differences tonally/sonically on amps, but I believe the OTS would be the closest amp to Mayer's everyday tone on Where the Light is.

Mayer uses clean channel and gets OD for solo's and blues songs with stacked OD pedals - generally a Klon and a TS-808 or TS-10 or Blues Breaker.  His Signature Two Rock is just a one channel amp - Clean...Hi-Fi Clean.  So when I hear an amp with a name of HRM and Blues, I don't hear this amp associated with JM's everyday set-up.

Bonamassa is a different animal, in that he uses Les Pauls and mixes two styles of amps together: Fender Style and Marshall to get his tone. he actually uses a Marshall at all times and mixes in a Carol Ann, Two Rock, etc to get his tone. Only thing simple about his rig is his pedals  - all can be pretty much bought at Guitar Center, so no worries on that front.

Speaker Question on mixing speakers: That's what I do, I run through a 1x12 Two Rock Sig Cab loaded with a TR12-65R speaker and other 1x12 cab is loaded with EVM12L.  When I pieced these together with my OTS with K-lator, Reverb and delay in loop, I found my tone foundation and never looked backed.  I can get Mayer like tones from my set-up - but like Mayer and Beck, most of their tone comes from their fingers.

Effects Loop: I have my K-lator, reverb and delay sitting on top of amp, so my cables runs are very short.  Anytime you can reduce hose/cable, you will get better sound.  I don't need these pedals to be on the floor, as I always leave them on. Latley just been using the OD/Lead channel of amp and posted recently a little noodling you can listen to on soundclips thread at top of page - will be one of the more recent posts - excuse the playing, but his will give you a good idea of what my OTS sounds like through OD channel with no OD pedals in front.

I think any Dumbleish amp, Strat with Rosewood neck, reverb, delay and a couple of OD pedals will get you in the JM ball park, but you could achieve this with a Fender Vibro King, Super Reverb in all honesty - heck I get that tone from my Tweed Blues Jr and a couple of pedals.

If you're searching for JM tone, not sure above mentioned Fenders wouldn't work as well.  I love my Ceriatone OTS, really love the OD channel, but I've played a Super and it was as good or better on cleans - just my opinion.

P.S. JM has used a Fender Tweed Blues Jr and Fulltone Fulldrive in studio for recording.

you won't find a clear answer here I'm afraid. These amps are very tempramental. Sometimes I even feel my OTS doesn't sound the same every day. The tubes you put in these amps also have a big impact on the sound. Plus people tweak them. I feel you need to get used to these amsp and stick with it. Sometimes it's a bit of a struggle but it's worth it.

I had an interesting talk with Matt Schofield last night. He's on tour and didn't bring his TwoRock. He wanted a simple setup. He said the Dumble style amps he owns are to sensitive to different voltages etc etc. Minor things have an influence on the sound.

There are some excelent examples on YouTube of people using different types of Ceriatones.

an example of a great sounding Bluesmaster