Another HRM clip..

[mat]

Mat, I'd LOVE to hear some clean clips! I really want to hear how these sound when the player does some chording.

Ok, will do them

[mat]

Hi Sven,

Since ¨mat¨ was so kind to make some clips (couple of months ago I remember the best clip, named ¨sloppy 96¨, that I have heard on this Web page, with his non-HRM amp), and present them here, it can be generally assumed that he invited comments from readers/members of this forum.

Definitely like to hear the comments. When You are swapping one resistor/cap on the circuit and try to listen which sounds best hour after hour one gets deaf easily.

this particular HRM leaves something to be desired ...

Agreed

As people know, oh so well, everyone has some wishes in terms of HOW the amp should sound, so there is a wide spectrum of possibilities and options. I do not favor Santana and Larry Carlton ¨smooth and buttery¨ sounds

I just love Larrys sound and touch. It is different than Robbens but I love them both. I was hoping to get more of the Robben/dogears sound with this HRM build.

, but would rather lean towards Steve Ray Vaughn, Joe Bonamassa, Danny Gatton, ... more clean, more aggressive, more ¨edgy¨ types of sounds ... and therefore, naturally, EXPECT to hear that sound.

To me those three amazing players sound quite different from each other. Bonamassas sound is amazingly good but I wouldnt say it is the dumble sound. More like very good Marshall sound.

This present HRM sound, as demonstrated by the clip on this thread, makes it neither to ¨smooth and buttery¨, nor to ¨clean, edgy and active¨ type of sound.

That is true. I might try it again with my strat when I get a bridge pu in it.

Finally, I would like to praise ¨mat¨ for his excellent guitar playing skills, his nice phrasing, smooth style and dynamics. I really, really enjoy his clips, because they are made by such a good guitar player ... that helps, indeed!

Am I hearing a sarcasm in here I'm surely not that good of a player. Just a tone-nut that gets exited when getting a good tone out of a amp Anyway, thanks for Your kind words.

Volume and Master knobs at ¨1 or 2¨ really do not represent the true sound of amplifiers as they are meant to sound in the real world.

My clone seems to be louder nowdays with the master on 1 than it was earlier Its hard for me to crank the amp at home and I don't have yet a recording equipment on our reherseal place. After the summer I think we have some kind of recording setup..

All the best, and thanks for making us all this knowledge and experience available and so helpful.

You might want to check these clips. They are among the best dumble like clips IMHO (with a REALLY good player): http://www.woodys-guitar-world.co.uk/wo ... /trSig.htm

You are welcome,

[JamesO]

Thanks, mat!

[mat]

Todays measured voltages:
B1 474
B2 465
B3a 359
B3b 302
B4 442
B5 331
B6 314

V1 1=194,8 3=1,77 6=196 8=1,72
V2 1=195,5 3=1,9 6=205 8=1,9
V3 (d-lator) 1=300 3=16,6 6=237 8=1,76
V4 (PI) 1=272 3&8=42,7 6=255

Dropping string: 470ohm(replaces choke)-2k2-19k7-3k9

These are with Tung-Sol goldpin on V1 and Sovtek 12ax7wc on V2 and EH 12ax7's on d-lator and PI.

The OD is still 'broken' sounding The clean is nice but when hitting the strings with more weight the amp barks-makes very loud sound (not broken sound but very loud note) if that makes any sense. I'm lost with this one... I think I will leave it for few days.

Clean samples as promised:

Very simple clean comp:
http://media.putfile.com/hrm97-070616comp

With solo (bright on, rock on, PAB on)
http://media.putfile.com/hrm97-070616compsolo

Pickup selector was in middle position. Master was about 2. Little bit of reverb on the d-lator. SM57 + SM57copy recorded to Audiophile 2496 to Cubase (via micpreamp). No effects added in Cubase.

[JamesO]

Thanks Mat. I can't offer any suggestions, but I hope it works out!