Dont know what happened, not too knowledgable with amps. Any help is appreciated.

So my BM cut out after less than a year with it. I was playing it, and it started to get this hum/buzz in it that was pretty subtle at first. It started to louder and was accentuated with my picking pattern. Finally, within the span of a minute, the hum grew almost full volume, my bedroom lights dimmed abruptly, and the amp died. waited a while, then tried to see if it would turn on...no go. I want an idea of what it is before i take it in to get fixed. Is this something that could be due to faulty construction/parts? pretty bummed this happened in such a short span of time owning the amp when i take good care of the amp.

thanks.

This was Nik's response from our email exchange, "As for the JM mod, it’s pretty subtle honestly. It’s done to make the amp slightly less bright on the clean channel, and reduce aggressive mids (in your face) as well.."

I dont know. When I emailed nik recently telling him what I was after he suggested the BM with JM mod. I would assume he would just call it the BM if it already incorporated it...maybe not though.

I want to hear any reviews or opinions of it by those who have it.

idk if you've checked youtube yet, but definitely search through all the ceriatone overtone videos there to see if you can find the sound/amp/tone you're looking for. If you find one that has a tone similar to what you're after, email the video to nik and ask him what he recommends. I did this, and he suggested an amp to me, and sent 5 more videos back... I now have a bluesmaster on the way.   <-- ha, that shits funny. Even if you don't find a video, emailing nik won't hurt. he's super nice and helpful. best of luck.

@Tone Control The amp is being built as we speak, but I'm gonna go with the EVM 12L as of now. The head will be a 100w hrm bluesmaster, so the speaker needed to handle that. Pretty much only the EVM can do that; without having to worry about it when pushed.

I'll let you know how it turns out (in about 6 wks). Anyone else have experience with the EVM's in a 1x12? Tonal descriptions would be nice/pros and cons of the speaker.

I stumbled upon them. They look pretty nice and for the price (170 for an oval port 112) I'm tempted to try them? Anyone ever hear one/play one?

How about fane medussas, scumback m75-hdlc, or wgs blackhawks? Anyone have experiences with these who would like to provide tonal descriptions/opinions? Especially with this amp. I'm more concerned with the cleans and slightly overdriven blues tones.

All of your inputs have been great so far. I'm leaning toward the Evm12l but I hear it can get kind of ice picky. 100w Fane axa is also in mind. For me the celestion g1265 is ideal, but can't run it in a 100w 112.

Thanks for the replies guys. I haven't gotten it yet, but I'm pretty set on a 1x12 for portability/back reasons, but i do need the volume for my basher drummer and outdoor gigs. That EVM12L is lookin like a champ, it's received good reviews and sounds like it has the qualities i'm lookin for. So that's definitely top of my list right now.

From what I understand though, the EV and g12-65 are different breeds. I've heard the BM w/ the g12 and it sounded sweet, really sweet. So until I need to make the final decision, I'm still open to suggestions for a g12-65 alternative.

Thanks for the reply! I dont know anything about electronics and have never changed tubes or anything like that, so i'd rather not mess with it. But I'll take it into consideration if i can't find speaker alternatives. I also heard that the tone is much fuller and has more body when run at 100w.

So I'm looking at using a 100w BM head w/ a 1x12 forte 3d cab. But my first choice speaker was a g12-65, and don't think that'll handle the head when run at 100w. So I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for alternatives that are similar to g12-65...

Or, has anyone had experiences with these other speakers which i think are possible alternatives for me...

1) Weber CV123
2) Scumback M75-LHDC

Keep in mind. i don't play high gain stuff, I generally play clean w/ pedals or medium overdrive, but i don't like the ice peak clean of fenders. goin for a john mayerish type clean tone/verge of break-up blues tone.