Hello I am new to this forum and long story short, I need help.

So here's the problem...

I received my amp yesterday.  Completely built and tested by Nik @ Ceriatone.  Bought from Him directly.  Came with tubes still in their boxes.  Nik stated that these were the same tubes that they used to test & test my amp for over 15 hours I believe.

I have a 2x12 matchless cab with G12-65's not hooked up to the cab itself but i plug in both @ impedance 4 since they're both 8ohms..

FIRST: my problem was that 2 of the outer power tubes werent lighting up.  Nik suggested that they're loose so i switched all of them up and finally got all of them to light up.. Now what I play, especially the low strings, there's this crazy loud sounds that happens.. It's a popping sound that can sometimes happen really big or sound like a helicopter.. THAT's not normal for an amp (a working one) But I know that maybe something (small or big) must be wrong.  I tried to see what was going on in the back and it looked like the tubes were flashing with every pop...

Are my tubes supposed to turn blue then super hot red? 

Someone please help me!

If you're in SoCal, i'd appreciate some help as well.   

Thanks,

Daniel

I'm not sure if you're going to see this but I just received my 100W HRM BLUESMASTER w/ 1/2 power switch as well  .. and I wanted to see which one you liked out of the 2 or if someone would recommend the C-later as well.

Thanks!