Me too. S & M vs FM50 any idea?

We had 4 models to choose from and that was pretty hard to make a choice, now we've got SEVEN models! welcome to hell-paradise 

So it's a BM with a nice haircut... :

If he die while you're waiting for the amp, you can say bye bye to your deposit 

+ to really want a real D you must be either rich,snob or fetishist   

For now, I'm more inclined to get the "regular" OTS (the one who got the mods suggested by Scott Lerner & Co) as far as I understand, it's the one who's more able to fatten up a vintage strat sound.

I'm pretty cold about the 2 HRM versions because of the internal trimmers, because if I'll be getting a hard time to get the overdrive channel to sound the way I want, in the back of my mind, I'll always think: maybe it's because of the trimmers, no I have to take this chassis out again and go against the safety precautions in order of adjusting those "suckers" at full gig level, too much tweaking, not for me.

- I only play single coil loaded guitars
- I'm not a channel switching guy, all I want is an overdrive channel reacting to picking dynamics and the guitar's volume knob. When I'm rolling down my guitar's volume knob, it does not have to become pristine clean but just cleaner, with just a little crunch for rhythm work.

- I'm looking to fatten up my single coil pickups. Although I'm not into Carlton and Ford, I do enjoy a lot Matt Schofield strat tone. His tone is a real single coil FAT tone.

- Either an EH Holy Grail or Boss Fender reverb sitting on top of the amp using short cables is all I'll need in the loop. (In saying that, I'm hoping that the Kleinulator or the D'lator are not mandatory)

Thanks for your suggestions and help.

Absolutely gorgeous 

Can you explain your need for the PPIMV and VVR, it seems to me that the VVR should be a better choice for a Trainwreck clone, but I'm still learning about them, until I'm gonna make the jump to buy either a OTS or a TW (though I still have no idea how to choose between the Expression, Liverpool and Rock It)

Thanks for your answers 

Are the treble,middle,bass controls on the front panel only affected to the clean channel and do nothing to the overdrive channel? or are they affected to both channels with the overdrive channel having the internal trimpots in addition ?

So that's what I was afraid of: the "'s'cuse me ladies & gentlemen while I tweak my trimpots"

It seems to be a great amp, but I really don't get the trimpots inside the chassis. Don't you guys never have the need to tweak your amp gig after gig, depending of the volume you will have to perform (usually in these days, much lower that I would like)the size and the acoustic of the place...?

so you'll need to get it running properly somewhere.



Still confused... what do you mean by: "so you'll need to get it running properly somewhere".

Can you set them at home at very low room volume and then go on stage and still be happy with what you've done at home ?

Hello everybody, newbie 1st post here (many more on TGP)

What the internal trim pots are exactly doing on the HRM? and how do you set them if you have to take out the chassis everytime you need to fine tune them. I really can't see myself telling the audience: 'scuse me while I kiss, oops, tweak my trimpots.