Very nice!! I'm thinking of swapping out mine for bare knuckle emeralds or bare knuckle emerald neck and bare knuckle abraxas bridge in the future, but for now I am happy. I haven't played an American PRS Santana, but I can only imagine based on the SE version how nice the US version must be!

There's tons of gains available, approaching metal levels, believe it or not

To be honest, I read mixed reviews, but it seems on the Internet you hear more bad than good these days. Fuchs makes good stuff, but even so, I'm sure one or two fall through the cracks. That being said, I think that the c-lator, being tube driven, adds a little something extra to the OTS, and are worth it whether or not you plan on adding effects to the loop. Plus, you can use it as a globs master, which is nice because you can get the master(s) off the bright caps. I have found that a c-lator and a holy grail sound pretty darn good on my BM. Only draw back is that it is a serial buffer vs a parallel buffer, so if you set your effects too wet it can effect the whole signal, but there are mods to make the c-lator parallel, or you can add a parallel loops on top of the c-lator if you are so inclined.

Hope this helps!

Gregg

Glad you found the culprit. Can't go wrong with heyboers or hammonds.

Generally speaking, any time based effects (reverb, delay, chorus, etc) will sound better in the loop as they are effecting the sound coming out of the preamp and entering the PI and Power section, where as wahs, od pedals, fuzz boxes, and distortion pedals, etc sound better on the front end, as they will sound better not going through the tone stack and/or OD section of the amp itself.

i agree. I know the UPS guy that delivers to my work is a bit rough with things. in contrast the ups guy that delivers to my house about a mile away is super gentle with everything he touches. go figure. i bet it was damaged in shipping

In the loop with the C-Lator I run a holy grail reverb. Up front I run through a swollen pickle, a BYOC esv fuzz, a fulltone fulldrive 2, a TS-9, a boosta grande, and sometimes a GE-7

I agree with the non HRM Bluesmaster. I have a switch on HRM tonestack so I can switch it in or out depending on my moods. It's a bit primitive compared to Erwin's mod, but it was just what I needed.

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I've heard nothing but great things about the EVM's. The only reason I haven't tried them is due to price.

I agree. You could have all of XXXX's gear and still not sound like XXXX It's all in the fingers.

Actually, since the C-lator injects the signal in front of the PI, it works as a Pre Phase Inverter Master Volume. If you set your Clean Pre amp to around 5 and your Clean Master to somewhere between 8-10 the preamp section will hardly be overdriven at all. Now, the voltage and current increases through your the PI and Power Tubes, and will begin to compress (distort) a bit. Raising the output on the C-Lator then injects signal into the PI, and any signal entering will be compressed. Conversely, you can lower your Master, and crank the Output on the C-Lator and drive the PI very hard and turn your master up to the level you want and enjoy a different type of distortion. The PI is actually part of the Power Amp section, and in non master volume amps when you crank them, you hear a combination of pre amp, PI, power tube, and of course speaker distortion. True power tube saturation is hard to achieve except on lower powered Class A amps, or sometimes on lower powered Class AB amps. Having an OTS or any amp with a simple insert loop gives us the oppurtunity to experience true power tube saturation by using a device like a C-Lator to turn the master up, saturate the tubes, and then control the amount of signal and thus the volume nicely. Of course, speaker distortion is not present, but I'm not the biggest fan of speaker distortion anyway

Yeah, on the BM the Clean and OD channel each have their own master. I cranked the clean's master up and drove the power section.  

Absolutely!!! I had no plans to sell the amp, I was going to find the combination that worked I'd it killed me

The only bad thing about shutting this one down is that we would lose alot of valuable info and resources. That would suck

Gregg