Thanks!! I'll do that.

Yes you can. I usually put a mouser catalog at each end of the chassis. This gives plenty of clearance of the tubes and trannys off the work surface. Weber also makes a workbench amp cradle for this purpose. It's pricy, so I stick to my mouser catalogs

Gregg

Gigs, another way to drop the chassis is stack books under the trannies.  I've also seen guys have pieces of 4x4 cut to the right length to act as support under the trannies.

First off, let me say that this is an amazing thread on an amazing forum. The community here is so helpful, it's incredible!

As stated much earlier in this thread, finding audio clips for the BM is difficult as there are few out there. I'm in the situation that you guys were in before you ordered this amp: thinking maybe the bluesmaster is what I'm after (looking for John Mayer/SRV incredible cleans and slight breakup when pushed) but not sure and needing to ask questions. It seems so many of my questions have been answered already with this thread as it seems that stratultra and many of the contributors to this thread are after the same tones as I am.

All of this being said, is there a way that some of you could record your killer strat clean sounds and slight boosted clean breakup a la that JM/SRV sound we all love? I'm positive you will make way more people than just I happy with audio clips along these lines.

Thanks for all of the info, and keep up the tone quest!

Dave

Why did you let go of the BM and what is your new amp?

Ok, So I have owned the HRM BM 100W for almost a year now. Played many gigs with it (indoor and outdoor). I use two cabs with it (2x12 with Webers) and (4x10 with Webers). This amp is really an amazing creature. I play in a cover band (70s rock and blues) and I use a strat and a les paul for gigs.

The strat with the clean amp settings is really a fantastic sound (with PAB on). Roll the guitar volume down for some real nice chime, the string clarity is amazing with this amp. Push the guitar volume a little higher for some growl. Also use fulltone OCD and FDII pedals with the streat thru the clean amp and get some real nice tones as well. Could not be happier. Use a WET reverb pedal as well in the effects loop.

The les paul with the OD channel engaged has taken much more time to dial in (after breaking in the amp). But is well worth the effort. Tube swaps were needed to get where I wanted to be. The bloom and the overdive dynamics are so very very nice and controllable. Again, guitar volume control plays a role here. The LP when you roll down the volume is a great rythm sound, full and clear with great string separation. Crank the guitar to 9-10 and the fun really starts for solos. Also I engage the PAB for solos, always. A few songs I play the LP thru the clean channel and use the fulltone OCD or Plimsoul for some different overdrive sounds. This takes good pedals very well in the clean channel and can find some wonderful sustain and bloom thru it as well.

Indoors I set it to 50W, outdoors always 100W.

This is truly a keeper amplifier. With the right tubes, speakers and guitars its amazing and I get alot of compliments on the tones. Been wondering if I should put Mercury Mag transformers in this, but that's much farther down the road.