Bludotone Bluesmaster clip

[dogears]

Hey guys,

Here is a clip of my new Bludotone Bluesmaster. 6L6 tubes, 100W. This is recorded with a cable in the loop instead of the Dumbleator. I will do another with my rack since the amp is tuned for the Dumbleator.

This is a full on Bluesmaster from a to z. Recorded at about 9 oclock on the master. The magic happens at 11 or so... Even still, it rocks here. With the Dumbleator, the master can be turned up and the amp fattens considerably.

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/Bludo/BludoBM2.mp3

[stelligan]

Very nice....

[Bob-I]

Great amp. I played through that one at the show and honestly, as much as I liked that amp, the Blue straight HRM was more my cup of tea. Brandon makes some beautiful pieces for sure!!

[dogears]

This is the Blue Suede one. Do you mean the brown one?

Fwiw, I retubed and tweaked the trimmers. It is a bit warmer now.

Great amp. I played through that one at the show and honestly, as much as I liked that amp, the Blue straight HRM was more my cup of tea. Brandon makes some beautiful pieces for sure!!

[Bob-I]

This is the Blue Suede one. Do you mean the brown one?

Fwiw, I retubed and tweaked the trimmers. It is a bit warmer now.

I'm a bit confused. The sound I liked was the Brown head into the Blue cabinet. I also liked the Brownnote 100 watter a lot.

[dogears]

Laz has the brown one. Brandon still has the blue cab. To confuse you even more, we swapped the chassis into a plain tolex box for me!! LOL

Fwiw, Andy's new HRM is similar to Laz's circuit except for his layout and smaller iron. The brown Bludo has the biggest output I have ever seen.

There is a kind of upper mid clarity on this Bluesmaster that was not present in the other amps. And, its clean channel when pushed and with the PAB, is unlike any Dumble I have heard. Not sure if you caught that when we did it.

This is the Blue Suede one. Do you mean the brown one?

Fwiw, I retubed and tweaked the trimmers. It is a bit warmer now.

I'm a bit confused. The sound I liked was the Brown head into the Blue cabinet. I also liked the Brownnote 100 watter a lot.

[mlp-mx6]

Now THAT is some gorgeous tone!

[markmalin]

Hey guys,

Here is a clip of my new Bludotone Bluesmaster. 6L6 tubes, 100W. This is recorded with a cable in the loop instead of the Dumbleator. I will do another with my rack since the amp is tuned for the Dumbleator.

This is a full on Bluesmaster from a to z. Recorded at about 9 oclock on the master. The magic happens at 11 or so... Even still, it rocks here. With the Dumbleator, the master can be turned up and the amp fattens considerably.

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/Bludo/BludoBM2.mp3

Sweet tone. As always, I can listen to your playing all day long

So what guitar were you using, and which pickup and... where did you have the volume set on the guitar?

Mark.

[dogears]

These clips are all my Baker RF with a medium hot alnico II style pup in the bridge. About 8.7k or so. I usually have the controls all the way on. I shoudl learn to use them...

Here is a much better clip from yesterday where I got to turn up the amp a little.

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/Bludo/B ... ckFunk.mp3

[markmalin]

These clips are all my Baker RF with a medium hot alnico II style pup in the bridge. About 8.7k or so. I usually have the controls all the way on. I shoudl learn to use them...

Here is a much better clip from yesterday where I got to turn up the amp a little.

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/Bludo/B ... ckFunk.mp3

Man, that's nice. I'm still tinkering with my amp... how high to you have the drive for the OD? Seems like my D'lite gets fuzzy when it's too high, but your tone has so nice and articulate. Granted, different amps, but I'm still learning to use this thing.... hence the questions.

Mark.

[Tonegeek]

The thing I notice is the amp is well balanced and articulate regardless of string and fret position. I hear no harshness, spikes or flabbiness. Sounds also like it will sustain forever if you want it to and can get some good feedback. You must be loving it...

[Funkalicousgroove]

It's nice to know that your hard work is going into the hands of a player like this!!

[brownnote]

Hey guys,

Here is a clip of my new Bludotone Bluesmaster. 6L6 tubes, 100W. This is recorded with a cable in the loop instead of the Dumbleator. I will do another with my rack since the amp is tuned for the Dumbleator.

This is a full on Bluesmaster from a to z. Recorded at about 9 oclock on the master. The magic happens at 11 or so... Even still, it rocks here. With the Dumbleator, the master can be turned up and the amp fattens considerably.

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/Bludo/BludoBM2.mp3

Sounds great Scott!

Man, that's nice. I'm still tinkering with my amp... how high to you have the drive for the OD? Seems like my D'lite gets fuzzy when it's too high, but your tone has so nice and articulate. Granted, different amps, but I'm still learning to use this thing.... hence the questions.

Mark.

Totally different beast Mark...the bluesmaster is waaaay different.
To be fair, your amp isn't really a D'Lite...same chassis, similar layout, but different everything else; components, transformers, etc. ...it makes a difference.

Keep working at it though...I think Brandon would agree, a lot goes into voicing these amps, and the things the Big Guy did, were done for a reason...it certainly helps having that baseline to work from when things don't turn out as expected.

It's nice to know that your hard work is going into the hands of a player like this!!

Nice work Brandon!

[markmalin]

Man, that's nice. I'm still tinkering with my amp... how high to you have the drive for the OD? Seems like my D'lite gets fuzzy when it's too high, but your tone has so nice and articulate. Granted, different amps, but I'm still learning to use this thing.... hence the questions.

Mark.

Totally different beast Mark...the bluesmaster is waaaay different.
To be fair, your amp isn't really a D'Lite...same chassis, similar layout, but different everything else; components, transformers, etc. ...it makes a difference.

Keep working at it though...I think Brandon would agree, a lot goes into voicing these amps, and the things the Big Guy did, were done for a reason...it certainly helps having that baseline to work from when things don't turn out as expected.

Point well taken, BN. Actually, it's getting closer and I've learned a ton. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy the kit as a baseline (and probably would have left it as-is , it's my own being pig-headed about not wanting to build a kit. Kind of like with learning jazz -- my wanting to know "why", not just "how", means it takes me longer than most people. Thanks for your patience with me, though! - Mark

[les_guitar]

Very very nice!

Great tone, great chops!

I love those bluesmaster bludo's!