Post by fishman on Sept 24, 2007 18:32:29 GMT -7
Well, this is going to be a weird one...I was asking myself the other nite, what is it with the MAZ38 anyway?
Everyone, myself included that owns one extolls its virtues to the highest level.
BUT, then we go looking for other amps to "compare" -"beat" or be "different".
I was playing a gig on saturday and the PA was acting less than cool....so we decided not to mic the instruments....the MAZ never sounded better....period....it was just singing and doing all the things that it does...glorious....
That should say it all, but I still search....
I think I have a theory...its the name...
Nothing personal Doc....
It don;t have that "coolest" factor....like say a StingRay, or a Z28 or a Delta88, Prescription EX or, well you get the idea..
So, it just is what it is, kinda like that old Dodge Power Wagon that sits around untill its so bad out nothing can get thru and then it comes into its own and shows the others how its done...I have tried to find an occasion that the MAZ could not rise to, and I have not found it...maybe playing bass thru it would do it...well maybe not, as I have a Tonker in mine so there is plenty of speaker...
All kidding aside, I love my Z's and sometimes I wish I could say "I need annother amp" but the reality is..I don;t
The MAZ covers everything and then some...I look at it when I am playing it, look at the crazy EQ setup I may have going on depending on the room, job or which way the wind is blowing and say to myself..."How can I stump this damn amp"....
So far, can't do..
I have been playing for 45 years, have collected amps and guitars for about the last 20 or so...Nothing I have or have had is as versatile or as "steady" as this amp...
Just a rant here and for what its worth I have had this amp for a while now and I am still blown away by the sound...
My bassman tries to outdo the MAZ almost weekly, he brings in all sorts of guitar amps and as of saturday even he caved in and said "in all the years I have been playing, and of all the people I have worked with", as he used to work for Audio Analist and was on several major tours as a soundman, even he said, "I have heard some amps as good, but none better"...
To wrap this up, as its just a rant anyway, name notwithstanding, I guess sometimes we forget just how good these amps are..we get "used" to them I guess..and forget how we sounded without them....
Maybe I could call it...My MAZ, in caliber 38 Special..
..the big Gun is in town now!....HA...
Fantastic instrument the MAZ38 is.
Everyone, myself included that owns one extolls its virtues to the highest level.
BUT, then we go looking for other amps to "compare" -"beat" or be "different".
I was playing a gig on saturday and the PA was acting less than cool....so we decided not to mic the instruments....the MAZ never sounded better....period....it was just singing and doing all the things that it does...glorious....
That should say it all, but I still search....
I think I have a theory...its the name...
Nothing personal Doc....
It don;t have that "coolest" factor....like say a StingRay, or a Z28 or a Delta88, Prescription EX or, well you get the idea..
So, it just is what it is, kinda like that old Dodge Power Wagon that sits around untill its so bad out nothing can get thru and then it comes into its own and shows the others how its done...I have tried to find an occasion that the MAZ could not rise to, and I have not found it...maybe playing bass thru it would do it...well maybe not, as I have a Tonker in mine so there is plenty of speaker...
All kidding aside, I love my Z's and sometimes I wish I could say "I need annother amp" but the reality is..I don;t
The MAZ covers everything and then some...I look at it when I am playing it, look at the crazy EQ setup I may have going on depending on the room, job or which way the wind is blowing and say to myself..."How can I stump this damn amp"....
So far, can't do..
I have been playing for 45 years, have collected amps and guitars for about the last 20 or so...Nothing I have or have had is as versatile or as "steady" as this amp...
Just a rant here and for what its worth I have had this amp for a while now and I am still blown away by the sound...
My bassman tries to outdo the MAZ almost weekly, he brings in all sorts of guitar amps and as of saturday even he caved in and said "in all the years I have been playing, and of all the people I have worked with", as he used to work for Audio Analist and was on several major tours as a soundman, even he said, "I have heard some amps as good, but none better"...
To wrap this up, as its just a rant anyway, name notwithstanding, I guess sometimes we forget just how good these amps are..we get "used" to them I guess..and forget how we sounded without them....
Maybe I could call it...My MAZ, in caliber 38 Special..
..the big Gun is in town now!....HA...
Fantastic instrument the MAZ38 is.