Hi
Ive had my HRM less than a week now and all I can say is what an amp, it lived up to all expectations and then some.

I tried it out last night at rehearsals and it just sounded better as the night went on, all the other band members were blown away with the tone.

I used my Rory Gallagher Strat which has the the lowest output pickups in it (5.7K all round) and ran the head through my Fender Supersonic 2x12 cab with Celestion Vintage 30's.

My Amp Setting were
Guitar in the HI input
Gain at 6
Bass Boost On
Mid Boost On
Rock Setting
Treble on 6
Mids on 4 1/2
Bass on 4 1/2
Drive on 3 1/2
Level on 1 1/2
Master on 1 1/2
Presence on 6
Gain Ratio on the back at 3 1/2
Both Pull Bright knobs in

I sure these settings will change over time as I get use to the amp and also when things settle down after the burn in period.

All night I could feel the Cab wacking in the back of my legs with really tight clean bass, the cleans in this are to die for.

The lead sound is fat and rich, sort in the Mesa Boogie Mark 2&3 series amp gain territory but with its own distinct sound.

I did try my Mesa V Twin pedal through it and switched it of straight away because it sounded crap compared to the HRM lead sound and I use to think the V Twin sounded great and now I think I will flog it off on Ebay.

Full marks to Nik and his team for building such a great amp, Im totaly impressed.

Cheers
Brian

This thread is interesting to me as well, as I have only Strats and both of mine have low output single coil pickups.

I'm sure I'm going to have the same questions on sorting my sound out with a new amp, I got my shipping tracking number today so not much longer to wait.

The thing is you guys are suppling good advice and some baseline settings to get started with 

Cheers
Brian

Sexy, nice flame on the neck. 

Here's my old rig, waiting on my HRM.

The Supersonic is gone (sold on Ebay) as well as the THD Hotplate thats gone too.

Both the Strat's are Fender Customshop's, the Black one is #14 of 26 dealer special order (Swamp Ash body, it kicks ass).

Spotted this the other day

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ceriatone-Overtone-HRM-Dumble-clone_W0QQitemZ320427022624QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Amplifiers?hash=item4a9af05920&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Also there have been 3 Ceriatone JTM45's all in the past 2 weeks and getting good money for them.

I ordered a complete amp and head cab. I'm ok with a soldering iron but get a little worried soldering anything that will have lethal voltages going through it.

Hi Everybody

I'm new to this forum and I just ordered a HRM yesterday fully assembled from Nik and now the long wait begins, it's going to be a long 6-8 weeks.

I have owned a variety of amps through the years (Fenders, Marshalls and Boogies)  and decided to go for something that was affordable but exotic, hence the HRM.

My last amp was a Fender Supersonic, which was a good amp but it has a few drawbacks, mainly a huge volume difference between the Vibrolux and Bassman channels and in the end it was the deciding factor to sell it on Evilbay. So the only amp I have left now to play through is a 5 watt Blackstar HT5.

I hope I will be able share some experiences with everybody on this forum especially on how to set these beasts up for various guitars, efx and music styles.

Cheers
Brian