You ain't kiddin',So many amph's so little money,Man now I'm got GAS,that Mesa,that sweet Victoria,and now this Z,crap!!! Sumi
The "guitar face" says it all here folks.
HUGE tone in a small box.
My goodness, I need one of these.
You ain't kiddin',So many amph's so little money,Man now I'm got GAS,that Mesa,that sweet Victoria,and now this Z,crap!!! Sumi
Guitars,Warmoth Tele,90's Fender Strat Plus/Fender CV 50's Tele/Parker p-36/Fretlight/Custom Strat(Fender body/warmoth Clapton neck,tonerider pups)Larrivee L03 mahogany acoustic
Amphs/66 Super Reverb/60's Bandmaster head and 2/12 cab/Blues jr//epi valve jr/supro super/ ZT lunchbox/Mahaffay Little Laneilei 3350/Pignose g40v
Pedals/Voods Rodent/MXR carbon copy/Duncan Pickup booster/Ts9/Rat/ts10/Line 6 tone port uk2
Line 6 M13
Hm, not bad at all. Pretty excellent singing lead tone. But, I never felt it was hard to get that, my Ceria for instance screams and sustains/feedbacks forever just like this thingy. BUT the challenge lies in how to make the amp do that and also stay tight and focused in rhythm. All the rhythm played here is just as in this kind of amps usually, a big 'blaaarrrbbb' with no focus or tightness at all, maybe fine for blues but sucks big time for anything else.
But a great lead tone, yep. Maybe a solidbody with EMG's would bring enough clarity and bite to the rhythm to make this sound good in that as well? I can only guess.
Dee
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Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
You know, I'm starting to get what you mean by this. I think the deceiving part is that when playing by myself, I actually love that sort of roaring chord sound. The problem is that it isn't the most practical band sound.Originally Posted by deeaa
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
Amps: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 + Avatar B212 / Genzler 12-3, Acoustic B20
Pedals: Pod HD500X, Diamond Compressor, Tech 21 VT Bass, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner
Mike Zaite's been making great amps for years now, and this one is just another example.
It may get pretty much one variable tone, but oh, what a tone it is!
Ah, nothing relieves the discomfort of GAS pains like the sound of the UPS truck rumbling down your street. It's like the musician's Beano.
Hmm, I think I can do something similar with my Marshall Class 5 and Hagstrom Viking... lemme see...
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You mean you can make the same faces???Originally Posted by Robert
Exactly! Works superb for a guitar hero whose sound dominates the whole band, but not the best for normal rhythm etc. And I do also like a big chord sound, and I do that mostly by playing full chords and sweeping through them just slightly slower so they really ring out.Originally Posted by Eric
Dee
"When life's a biatch, be a horny dog"
Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.
the majority of that sustain is no doubt from the hollowbody... a friend of mine had an old danelectro hollow with lipstick pickups ,,,good grief, that thing would not quit sustaining no matter what the volume ! to the point of uncontrolable !..I couldn't help turning japanese every time I plugged it in.
guitars-esp m1,esp vintage plus strat,85 gibson LP std,Hamer std,hagstrom xl-5,takamine 330r
amps-egnater tweaker,epi vj w/brat mod
efx-byoc/dvm comp, j cantrell wah,ocd,catalinbread dls,wampler plextortion,ibanez chorus,tech21 boost dla
Sorry guys, I really wasn't commenting so much on the amp itself...but more on the ridiculous guitar face and the fun he's having.
As for amp--Yeah, that's probably not the best use of a Doctor Z. I'd like to hear that Monza with some more realistic overdrive tones.
Exactly..... I can get my Agile semi-hollow to do that with most any amph, given the right note and angle to the speaker cab. That Z does sound superb tho, no doubt. They are excellent.Originally Posted by Andy
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal
thats some tone right there. Kinda like what I try to get my pro jr to do
sweet tone, no doubt. But 1400 bones is a chunk o' change.
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Guilars: '02 Heritage H-535 ASB; '04 Larrivée LV-03 w/Fishman Blend; '95 Washburn/Bourgeios D-55SW Cherokee
Amphs: Boogie DC-2; DVM/BYOC Tweed Champlifier; Marshall AS50D
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