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Post by mdrs on Mar 22, 2009 6:55:28 GMT -7
Well put, Phil. Now, where'd you get that wood, and what kind of wood is it???
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Post by Phil (aka Phil) on Mar 22, 2009 7:33:34 GMT -7
Well put, Phil. Now, where'd you get that wood, and what kind of wood is it??? (Wood? I could mention something about my Z-Enabler and birthday present, but.... ) The Remedy and Maz GT....that's Dr. Z factory wood! I had been a "Dr. Z" guy for 10 years at the first Z-Fest when the GT was announced, and hadn't bought one Z with a hardwood front. I figured that it was such a special amp that I needed a hardwood front to set it apart. I'm a huge quilted maple guy (even though I don't own one quilted maple top guitar ) and I asked Brent if they could do a "natural" quilted maple. He said they'd see what they could do. The GT isn't exactly quilted but my jaw hit the floor when I saw it! I think Jay at the shop found it. When I heard the Curt, er...Remedy at the last Z-fest I knew it was such a special amp that I needed more wood, and asked Brent if they could do another one. As luck would have it Jay still had the remnants of that board and used it for the Remedy!! So, unfortunately I can't guarantee that the shop can find enough wood like that to make a lot of similar fronts. However, even though they're all different I've never seen a "bad" Z wood front...they're all great! My friend Jon's MAZ 38 blond hardwood front combo is killer as well:
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Post by bluzman on Mar 22, 2009 8:27:25 GMT -7
Plus the bass player has one of those killah Markbass 2x10. Those are great bass amps!!
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Post by Phil (aka Phil) on Mar 22, 2009 9:24:56 GMT -7
Plus the bass player has one of those killah Markbass 2x10. Those are great bass amps!! I does sound great. I'm runnin' one of these rigs: It's awesome but because it's built like a brick sh*t house, it's *heavy*. Some of you guys know I like "fast" hard hitting amps like the KT45 and original Rx...this is the "fastest" hardest hitting bass rig on the planet. Nothing like a sh*tload of 5" drivers with huge magnets and Kevlar cones that start and stop on a dime all firing in unison... it's like your fingers are connected to some giant 2X15" rig with the transient response of a great midrange driver and the clarity of a hi-fi system.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 22, 2009 12:24:38 GMT -7
I'm anxious to hear more from Steve about his impressions as he gets to know his Remedy. Yo, Steve? ?? ;D Put the taxes aside for twenty minutes and played with my amp instead... With the Strat (never liked clean Les Paul), I set the HI volume at about 2 o'clock, and the LO volume at about noon. Rolling down to 5 on my Strat I had real nice cleans with a nice edge, but rolling up I get super nice lead tones. More to do here on that, but it appears I could easily gig this head by itself. I set up my Headbone with the Maz 38 and Remedy into my Z-Best. I was short one speaker cable and didn't feel like fetching one out of the garage, so had the Brake Lite on the Remedy and the Maz 38 attenuatorless. Well that's not going to work, is it? It's actually surprising how close you can make those two amps sound - they aren't the same thing, especially in the saturation department, but clean you can cover a lot of the same ground. Gotta get that other speaker cable and put the Airbrake on one of those heads so that I can get the power tubes up where I want to make a real setup. Since I play the strat mostly with my band, that's what I'll probably focus on for the time being, even though I'll probably take and play my Les Paul for the first time with this band on Saturday. We do enough Rock tunes that I think it's warranted. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by groovergeorge on Mar 22, 2009 16:29:51 GMT -7
As far as gain is concerned and overall tone, how similar is it to the RXES Steve?
Thanks mate.
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Post by groovergeorge on Mar 22, 2009 16:34:07 GMT -7
The cleans are great. They're definitely in the Marshall camp, not the Fender camp (duh). Even if I've changed my *long* time SRV/Knopfler/Jimi Strat style due to the Grosh Set Neck/Remedy, there's one thing that hasn't changed: I still like clean-ish tones. When I say SRV/Jimi the stuff I always played is stuff like Riviera Paradise, Lenny, Castles Made Of Sand, Little Wing, Sultans of Swing, etc. I guess I grew up playing metal in bands in the 80's and '90s and even though I still like to ROCK I've appreciated cleaner sounds for a while now. So now that I've got the Set Neck/Remedy, I've been going over my Allman Brothers collection. I guess the best way of describing by preference is that I'm love Dickey Betts' tone, even though Duane's rips. The Remedy can do all those great Dickey tones from the Fillmore album like "Stormy Monday", his solo on "Statesboro", etc. - they're all in there. "Jessica"? No problem. I don't really think of the Remedy when I think of "Wind Cries Mary"; I haven't tried that with a Strat but that probably because my Route 66 *kills* on that tone. I'll have to try that. The Remedy had such great cleans because it does everything you'd want in a clean amp- it's very warm, great, great sustain, great articulation, string-to-string balance, etc. It's scary how much sustain it has even on the 20W setting even at my control settings (about 1/2 on the controls) and the guitar's volume on "4". Like Steve said, if you want to do SRV or other Fender sounds- EZG-50. If you want a Voxy sound- Stangray. Any Marshall tones from the '60s and '70s...Remedy. It'll do more because the frequency response is so smooth but it kills on those tones. Great review Phil. I can see we share the same appreciation of tones when you mentioned all those earlier players. I guess our similar ages might have something to do with it. When i think of the quintessential "clean" tone I always think of Knopfler my favourite player and "Riviera Paradise" from SRV.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 22, 2009 16:39:57 GMT -7
As far as gain is concerned and overall tone, how similar is it to the RXES Steve? Thanks mate. Similar quantity of saturation, completely different tone to my ears. I love the sound of the RXES, but I've never heard that violin type of tone. I keep saying that because I've heard that on recordings before and never found an amp that really does it all that well, or at all. The Remedy seems to do it perfectly with my Les Paul. That isn't to say I dislike the RXES - quite the opposite, I think the RXES is world class in every way. Just different. After all, the RXES has a quartet of EL84's, and the Remedy has 6V6's. Once they come into the saturation, the amp can't help but sound somewhat different. If you're like me and want that violin tone from a Les Paul, this amp will do that. And this amp will sustain better than any of the others I have here. Since I don't have the Mazerati GT any more, I can't compare, but this amp is similar to the GT in that respect - plenty of sustain. Especially with the Les Paul - I may switch to that guitar this weekend just because it is delighting me so much right now. I haven't had this much fun with a Les Paul since for EVER.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 22, 2009 21:12:38 GMT -7
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Post by groovergeorge on Mar 22, 2009 21:29:24 GMT -7
It sounds like it has Gary Moore's ala Parisienne Walkways tone in spades with a Paul. I was looking for nice cleans for a long time and I ended up choosing between the RXES over the Ray. I am without a humbucker loaded guitar right now but could just have a real 76' Explorer coming my way real soon. I think the Remedy could just the trick with that one. Thanks once again Steve.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 22, 2009 21:31:38 GMT -7
It sounds like it has Gary Moore's ala Parisienne Walkways tone in spades with a Paul. I was looking for nice cleans for a long time and I ended up choosing between the RXES over the Ray. I am without a humbucker loaded guitar right now but could just have a real 76' Explorer coming my way real soon. I think the Remedy could just the trick with that one. Thanks once again Steve. It sounds great with single coils too, but I just HAD to do the Les Paul first, as that tone right there is one I've been pursuing for 40 years or more. DANG that's made me happy.
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Post by guitarstan on Mar 23, 2009 14:07:11 GMT -7
Thanks for the clip Steve, of course all it did was increase the GASEOUS pressure.
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Post by mody on Mar 27, 2009 1:42:25 GMT -7
Like Steve said, if you want to do SRV or other Fender sounds- EZG-50. If you want a Voxy sound- Stangray. Any Marshall tones from the '60s and '70s...Remedy. It'll do more because the frequency response is so smooth but it kills on those tones. That's a good read Phil, just curious about the last comment, where would the ghia fit in between the three tones (fender, marshall & vox)?
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Post by Phil (aka Phil) on Mar 27, 2009 4:20:33 GMT -7
Like Steve said, if you want to do SRV or other Fender sounds- EZG-50. If you want a Voxy sound- Stangray. Any Marshall tones from the '60s and '70s...Remedy. It'll do more because the frequency response is so smooth but it kills on those tones. That's a good read Phil, just curious about the last comment, where would the ghia fit in between the three tones (fender, marshall & vox)? The Ghia is a very unique amp... but to relate it to the "big three" I'd say it's got elements of Fender and Marshall, but not much Vox. Back when I got my Ghia (1998) folks on the 'net were describing it as a cross between an 18W Marshall and a "brown" Fender Deluxe and I'd say that's as good a description as any. It's got all those "Dr. Z" elements though; the tight bass, string balance, clarity, percussiveness, sustain, etc. It might be the amp to play to someone who's never heard a Z to say "this is what Dr. Z is all about".
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Post by T-R☼CK ♫ on Mar 27, 2009 12:08:20 GMT -7
I have played the best Marshall "Plexi" on the planet............ It has a big 'ol "Z" on the front of it. If you dig "jumped" plexi tones........Save your pennies boys & girls....you won't regret it.
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Post by Jan on Mar 27, 2009 14:05:24 GMT -7
Hmm... anyone want to buy a Maz 18 NR head in perfect condition? Kidding. Maybe.
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