Hi everyone,

I'm a proud owner of a Bluesmaster HRM 50W and the owner of Velvet Pedals. I build effects pedals for a living. I was just sifting through the new posts on the forum and I had a look at the picture and noticed the Velvet Minotaur on the pedal board, the gold pedal on the top right, so I had to comment. I must ask permission to post this picture on my website and on the Velvet Pedals facebook page...  It's an honour to see my pedals associated with quality.

Also trust me, the Ceriatones can go head to head with anything out there. They really are excellent amps. Looking to get myself an OTS soon.

Cheers,

John..

Thanks Gregg,

Finally got something I like.. Ended up just going Sennheizer up front off axis and the rest was tweaking in Cubase. Eq - Expander - noise limiter and some very light chorus...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1696618/jam6.mp3

The playing aint the best... I like the sound though.

John

I might give that a go also... I have a condenser that I can experiment with tommorow so I'll upfate on progress. My plan is to use 1 dynamic dead center or off axis and the condenser in the room about 2 metres away from the amp.

I will then take notes and also try the microphonre at the rear also. and update again. There will be a definite phase issue with the mice behind the cab in recpect to the mice on the front but that can easily be fixed through cubase, by inverting the signal/receording..

These amps are not easy to record... I've heard from engineers etc that they can be a bit of a nighmate in live stage situations etc..

Oh Well we will see tomorrow...

Can any of you knoledgeable guys help me out in recording my amp. I have tried close miking the cab... Straight dead center off axis etc. I have tried 3 different microphones as well, with the best one being a Sennheizer e855. Up close I don't get the bigness and the sweetness in the recording that I hear while playing.

I then tried just recording through my cell phone sitting about 2 meters away from the amp and this was much better than up close miking in terms of biggness etc.

It is a Bluesmaster HRM 50w and a 2x12 Open baxk cab with ET65's.

BTW Seriously love this amp...

Thanks in advance..