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Post by stratosphere on Jul 10, 2007 19:11:32 GMT -7
Life's not fair. I've been eagerly anticipating a 6L6 amp from the Dr., saving my pennies.... Now there's the Galaxie and relatively soon the "Evan". What will be the difference between the two? I'm kind of hoping the Evan will be like my MAZ SR but with 6L6'S. How easy is the Galaxie to bias? Are there external ports for probes like the Tone King Meteor?
Thanks for any info you can share.
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Post by DRZ on Jul 11, 2007 8:26:37 GMT -7
The Galaxie is a hot RAW dual channel rock amp. Inspired by earlier 50's style amps with a hot lead channel.
The Evan though not complete is my Blackface inspired take on a 6L6 amp. Tons of lush reverb, big clean high power output with a modern boost.
Z
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Post by guitarboy02451 on Jul 11, 2007 9:25:17 GMT -7
Sounds like The Galaxie is what my next amp will be.
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Post by dock66 on Jul 11, 2007 9:47:11 GMT -7
Thanks Doc,I must be in the right Galaxie ;D.
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Post by billyguitar on Jul 11, 2007 10:55:24 GMT -7
It's the Evan for me, baby!!
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Post by kidmagic on Jul 11, 2007 11:46:34 GMT -7
Yew, that just gets me more excited for my Galaxie - 2 days and counting.....
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Post by stratosphere on Jul 11, 2007 13:36:32 GMT -7
Doc, I love you man! I agree 100% with billy, put me down for an Evan. It sounds exactly what I was hoping for. I've set the money aside so I'll be ready as soon as it's available for order.
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Post by highway61south on Jul 11, 2007 19:01:25 GMT -7
The Evan sounds like the amp for me........Sterling
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Post by bilbal on Jul 11, 2007 20:00:01 GMT -7
The coolest thing about Dr. Z amps is having access to The Doc on this board. I have pm'd him a few times for different reasons and he has gotten back to me immediately. More often than not the same day. That's awesome. Where else would you find that? Nowhere I have experienced. Another thing is that when The Doc describes these masterpieces, he gets right the point and he doesn't sugar-coat or do the the whole "tech-talk" thing with you. If you don't understand something, it's explained until you do. I have found that with the three amps of his that I own, his descriptions of the amps are spot on right down to some suggested settings. They are available around here somewhere.
Doc. I thank you as I am sure we all do, for building great sounding, great looking, reasonably priced, no nonsense amps that simply rock and ooze with tone.
Sincerely, Bill Ballato (bilbal)
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Post by Jan on Jul 11, 2007 21:45:09 GMT -7
The Evan though not complete is my Blackface inspired take on a 6L6 amp. Tons of lush reverb, big clean high power output with a modern boost. Z Sounds like the Evan is going to be wonderful. How long before we can ask for an Evan Jr? I should include a winky smily except that would suggest I was joking. What can I say, I live in a low watts world. Off to hug my Maz Jr now.
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Post by groovergeorge on Jul 12, 2007 4:04:47 GMT -7
The Evan though not complete is my Blackface inspired take on a 6L6 amp. Tons of lush reverb, big clean high power output with a modern boost. Z Sounds like the Evan is going to be wonderful. How long before we can ask for an Evan Jr? I should include a winky smily except that would suggest I was joking. What can I say, I live in a low watts world. Off to hug my Maz Jr now. To me the Evan sounds like the Docs take on a big bad old blackface twin with a dirt channel. I'm sure it will be a twin killer. I think the Z-28 what be might you might be looking for in a low wattage American voiced amp. Not heaps of clean headroom on the Z-28' past 12 o clock on the volume dial, but if you want to keep the decibels down, then this is your amp. I play mine with a greenback as well which limits my clean. Another more efficient American type speaker will give you more clean as well.
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Post by Phil (aka Phil) on Jul 12, 2007 4:38:38 GMT -7
I think the Z-28 what be might you might be looking for in a low wattage American voiced amp. Not heaps of clean headroom on the Z-28' past 12 o clock on the volume dial, but if you want to keep the decibels down, then this is your amp. I play mine with a greenback as well which limits my clean. Another more efficient American type speaker will give you more clean as well. George, I agree 100%. I heard the Galaxie at Z-Fest and it's a great amp, but the Z28, though different, is quite deserving of love. The EF86 front end means it *loves* pedals. And, as you said, it's not a headroom king but tweaks in controls/speaker choices make it pretty versatile. Phil
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Post by Joey Beverages on Jul 12, 2007 4:45:10 GMT -7
I think the Z-28 what be might you might be looking for in a low wattage American voiced amp. Not heaps of clean headroom on the Z-28' past 12 o clock on the volume dial, but if you want to keep the decibels down, then this is your amp. I play mine with a greenback as well which limits my clean. Another more efficient American type speaker will give you more clean as well. George, I agree 100%. I heard the Galaxie at Z-Fest and it's a great amp, but the Z28, though different, is quite deserving of love. The EF86 front end means it *loves* pedals. And, as you said, it's not a headroom king but tweaks in controls/speaker choices make it pretty versatile. Phil +1 Phil and George. Definitely love my z-28 for its ability to handle pedals, the tweaking and the fact it ain't a headroom king. Those are some of the main reasons why Galaxie got me so interested (plus the fact the Galaxie has some serious sonic capabilities). It is a very different amp and will provide me with the additional flavors in making a more complete tone recipe to keep me and my gee-tars happy ;D
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Post by groovergeorge on Jul 12, 2007 5:06:37 GMT -7
Right back atcha!
Today I finally had enough with trying to convince my homebound guitar bud to bring his 81' heritage L.P burst over for a test drive on the Z-28, so I loaded up the car and headed a whole 1 mile up the road to his place. I said to him that I was over asking him to bring his Gibson over and since I had been missing mine since I sold it about 6 months ago, proceeded to plug into the Z-28. Well let me just start by saying that although I have been liking my newest member of the Z family to my collection I haven't been over the moon with it paired with my strat. I has been nice but have not found a whole lot of headroom there for those big open jangly rhythms ala SRV. Thats not to say that miked it couldn't be done, but un-miked there just wasn't a lot of clean headroom there. The fact that I was also going into a single 12 greenie in a closed back didn't help the cause either. My telecaster was another story and found that it tended to favour the Z-28 a little more,kinda wierd, but it might have been the fixed bridge thing and my tele has quite a big open sound being a light swamp ash body and big old maple neck. The Les Paul on the other hand seemed to be a marriage made in heaven for the 28'. I handed the PAUL to my buddy and he instantly had a grin from ear to ear. The 28' and greenback with a PAUL will cover all your old 70's rock from AC to ZZ and everything in between. I know I'm going to get lots of flack from people saying there strat sounds like it was made for the Z-28 and this is only my opinion but I think it's really hard to make an amp to suit every guitar. To me the Ghia sounds best with my strat and sounded just as fantastic with my L.P TV Special. With my L.P standard it just wasn't doing it for me like the other 2. The Z-28 on the other hand was the opposite.
Anyways, I'm ranting on here in the wrong section but I love all 3 of my Z's and nearly bought a 4th but wanted to push it too much with my fiance'
Good luck in your choice, any Z' will do, they are all excellent/versatile amps whichever model you choose.
PS: And I'm still determined to own a KT45 one day.
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Post by groovergeorge on Jul 12, 2007 5:19:01 GMT -7
Thats the main reason behind me wanting a KT45. I had a feeling the Z-28 wasn't going to totally cut it with a big clean but hey it's only 22 watts. I am also running a smaller rectifier not the usual 5ar4,the 6v6's ratings are unknown to me and the greenie ain't the most efficient speaker. In saying that though my buddies Les Paul was singing like an opera soprano with endless sustain and the amount of controllable feedback going into 2 keeley modified tubescreamers was just out of this world. In skilled hand this thing sounded like one of Carlos Santan'as early model Mark 1 boogies without any harshness. This amp is a real plexi killer if your playing a gig that doesn't allow you to move glasses off tables.
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Post by billyguitar on Jul 12, 2007 11:43:40 GMT -7
I was hoping the Evan would be a cathode biased amp but when he called an EZG50 that makes me thing he's gone fixed bias. In that case an Evan jr would be more for me but I don't know how that would be done. He's already got the 6V6 amp covered with the Z28. I'll take it however it comes! I'm in the mood for some good blackfaciness!!
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Post by Fabio on Jul 12, 2007 14:20:22 GMT -7
The Galaxie is a hot RAW dual channel rock amp. Inspired by earlier 50's style amps with a hot lead channel. The Evan though not complete is my Blackface inspired take on a 6L6 amp. Tons of lush reverb, big clean high power output with a modern boost. Z to that !! The Doc sure knows how to put in few words the essence of an amp (after he IS the builder so its kind of normal but...) To me although having a Blackface inspired Z sounds so cool, i would still go for the Galaxie and all the raw rock features it has to offer. Still putting money aside for it
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Post by Fabio on Jul 12, 2007 14:47:31 GMT -7
It was suppose to be Amen to that !!! (My bad..)
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Post by Curt on Jul 12, 2007 15:29:45 GMT -7
This amp is a real plexi killer . That's what I've been sayin' for years, you gotta hit the front end HARD on a Z/28...but when you do....Yee-Hawwww "70's rock Plexi killin' small club king. But with a Strat.......make mine a MAZ Jr NR thank you
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Post by Jan on Jul 12, 2007 16:30:45 GMT -7
I have a Maz Jr NR now and am very happy with it. I did not care so much for the Reverb on the other version. I hear what you all are saying about the Z-28. A Z-28 head and a 1 x 12 ported cab with a 20W Greenback has been on my wish list for a while. What grabbed my attention about the Evan versus the Z-28 though was, "Tons of lush reverb".
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Post by hermyinaz on Jul 14, 2007 10:04:35 GMT -7
Yeah can't wait for the Evan, I have been waiting a while for the Doc's take on the blackface circuit......Should be awesome, especially with the lush verb.....very cool..........B
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Post by stratosphere on Jul 14, 2007 11:25:04 GMT -7
The reason I'm excited by the Evan is that my old Super Reverb is now too valuable to gig with. There are lots of good tweed replicas out there but not too many blackface ones. The Fender RI's are sadly inferior to the original. Based on my experience with my MAZ SR I'm betting the good doctor will produce a benchmark 6L6 amp for us blackface junkies.
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Post by groovergeorge on Jul 15, 2007 8:08:52 GMT -7
Anyone got any idea of how many watts the Evan is going to be, what speaker configurations it will come in? If it comes with a 15' it might even be a good replacement rig for my buddies 63' Vibroverb that he uses in his S.R.V covers band.
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Post by sonicgator on Jul 15, 2007 13:53:07 GMT -7
Anyone got any idea of how many watts the Evan is going to be, what speaker configurations it will come in? If it comes with a 15' it might even be a good replacement rig for my buddies 63' Vibroverb that he uses in his S.R.V covers band. Another vote for the 15" speaker option with the Evan!
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Post by Jan on Jul 15, 2007 15:08:37 GMT -7
Anyone got any idea of how many watts the Evan is going to be
Earlier posts from Dr Z said 40 Watts. One recent post has it at 50 Watts.
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Post by billyguitar on Jul 15, 2007 15:16:04 GMT -7
I want a head so I can use it with a JBL 15, or a 2x10, or a 1 x12..............
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Post by stratosphere on Jul 15, 2007 15:59:49 GMT -7
I do love my combos but next amp will be a head for versatility.
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Post by groovergeorge on Jul 15, 2007 17:41:37 GMT -7
I think it's only a matter of time before the good Doc has a 15' available with one of his amps. By all accounts I think the Evan could be the perfect amp to match it with.
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Post by sonicgator on Jul 15, 2007 17:42:47 GMT -7
I want a head so I can use it with a JBL 15, or a 2x10, or a 1 x12.............. I agree with the head, I just want a 15" Z cab!
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Post by jwr on Jul 15, 2007 18:55:28 GMT -7
I'd love to see a 15" Z cab. It would be very cool indeed, could you imagine running a Z 2X10 or 4X10 with a 15" cab!
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