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Post by bustertheboy on Aug 31, 2008 0:49:07 GMT -7
Taking advantage of the recent good (for Australians) exchange rate, I bought a 2nd hand Z-28 head from Andrew (zzzzzz) on this forum. Nice nick- one of the early gold faced ones- number 8 of the first run I think. I got to gig with it last night. Compared to the Ghia, it is fatter and louder.
Rhythm tones are very punchy, and like the Ghia it's good for both clean and dirty leads (unlike my Fenders in the past which died on clean leads unless using a compressor). The Ghia seems better for funky rhythm, the Z-28 for raunchy chords.
The two heads both love pedals but respond quite differently. The Z-28 seems to smooth things out. The OCD is more round and less detailed with it, maybe a bit more natural sounding. The 60's Vibe into the OCD is probably the only area where the Z-28 loses to the Ghia- the smoothing effect of the Z-28 means you don't get quite as much of the swirly psychedelic flavour. With its greater headroom the Z-28 squashes out less when hit with a fuzzface. I think the thing that distinguishes them from each other is that the Ghia has more open harmonics and the Z-28 has more mids courtesy of the treble and bass being cranked- I ran it at vol 11 o'clock, bass 2 o'clock, treble 3 o'clock. The bottom line is I love both amps and feel very privileged to have the pair- horses for courses. Brett
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Post by asattwanger on Aug 31, 2008 7:34:30 GMT -7
Very cool.
I have been thinking and re-thinking the side by side amp with the Z-28. RxJr, Galaxie, & RT66. Recently I have been doing this in person with non-Z amps. Bassman, Soldano ROS, Blues Deluxe, and a couple others just to see what it is I'm looking for. I'm still lost!!! I have even began to question the way I want to control all of this.
DAVE
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Post by Joey Beverages on Sept 2, 2008 17:39:21 GMT -7
'28 and a Ghia? Classic combination. One day, somehow I will be back in that set-up .... A killer array of tones waitin' to jump out and git yer point across, eh!
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Post by fishman on Sept 2, 2008 18:48:52 GMT -7
I have the 28 half of that config.... but I am really waiting to hear this 46V6 amp thats in the works... I have thought of annother 28, or a prescription.....have not given the ghia much thought... I would guess that for medium volume gigs this combination would pretty much kick a@@.
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Post by bustertheboy on Sept 3, 2008 0:38:41 GMT -7
As I wrote above, you need to rein them both in a bit, for a medium venue unattenuated (which I haven't tried), it would be huge. Brett
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Post by groovergeorge on Sept 3, 2008 7:00:52 GMT -7
Taking advantage of the recent good (for Australians) exchange rate, I bought a 2nd hand Z-28 head from Andrew (zzzzzz) on this forum. Nice nick- one of the early gold faced ones- number 8 of the first run I think. I got to gig with it last night. Compared to the Ghia, it is fatter and louder. Rhythm tones are very punchy, and like the Ghia it's good for both clean and dirty leads (unlike my Fenders in the past which died on clean leads unless using a compressor). The Ghia seems better for funky rhythm, the Z-28 for raunchy chords. The two heads both love pedals but respond quite differently. The Z-28 seems to smooth things out. The OCD is more round and less detailed with it, maybe a bit more natural sounding. The 60's Vibe into the OCD is probably the only area where the Z-28 loses to the Ghia- the smoothing effect of the Z-28 means you don't get quite as much of the swirly psychedelic flavour. With its greater headroom the Z-28 squashes out less when hit with a fuzzface. I think the thing that distinguishes them from each other is that the Ghia has more open harmonics and the Z-28 has more mids courtesy of the treble and bass being cranked- I ran it at vol 11 o'clock, bass 2 o'clock, treble 3 o'clock. The bottom line is I love both amps and feel very privileged to have the pair- horses for courses. Brett "The bottom line is I love both amps and feel very privileged to have the pair- horses for courses." So do I mate, so do I, they are two superb little rigs. I'd really love to try the Z-28 with a Dr Z 4x10 cab as well to get see if it can get that Bassman vibe and also increase headroom. They are both keepers.
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