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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 18, 2006 7:13:52 GMT -7
I played the 66 for the first time Sat night. Curt had told me that this amp was biased a little low but it was what sounded best to him. I thought it broke up too soon like that so I biased it up around 37-38...ahhh, much better for me I was worried the Greenbacks wouldnt give me enough volume/clean headroom but pretty quick I realized I needed to turn down. I played with Vol and Bass around 12 oclock, Treble 3 oclock. This provided a decent clean w/hair sound that would overdrive some with the guitars volume turned up...for more dirt I used the RC Booster or Bad Bob. By the end of the night when we were rockin out a little, my feet were tingling from the low end when I had the boost engaged...what an awesome amp! This coming weekend we're playing a big festival(and in a strange turn of events, we have become the headline act)...Im thinking I'll take both amps to that gig
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Post by taswegian on Sept 18, 2006 7:59:17 GMT -7
Oh Yeah Ronnie! Now I'm gonna be waiting to hear how the 2-Z rig goes next week. I tried it at a club but it was just too much, but outdoors... you are gonna pump!
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Post by Dr.T on Sept 18, 2006 8:02:25 GMT -7
Glad some expert guitarist spend nice words for the rig I own too...
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 18, 2006 8:17:11 GMT -7
Glad some expert guitarist spend nice words for the rig I own too... I wish I would have known someone in Italy with a Z a couple years ago...I had to play through a Blues Deluxe...worst part though was that I had to borrow a guitar as well because our guitars got lost in France! It was all good though!
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 18, 2006 8:18:28 GMT -7
Oh Yeah Ronnie! Now I'm gonna be waiting to hear how the 2-Z rig goes next week. I tried it at a club but it was just too much, but outdoors... you are gonna pump! BTW...I tried this at home the other day and it worked great but I did have to ground lift one of the amps...is that common when running 2 amps?
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Post by Dr.T on Sept 18, 2006 8:32:12 GMT -7
Sorrow for your loss. I don't think there are many Zs here. The only dealer recieved a stock of some models a year ago, now he's waiting for the next but they won't come soon. When I went in the shop first I tried a Ghia, then a Maz 18 then a Maz 38, but when I plugged into a 66 after few note I said: that's mine!! Now's in my "music" room... It's the one in my avatar, under Tele and a beer. I'm only disappointed bu the fact that here it has to run 220v so I must always keep with me an external adapter. Waiting for internal 220v to come.
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 18, 2006 8:51:11 GMT -7
We got our guitars back the next week when we went back to France...there was some problem with the conveyor so our stuff made it to France, it just didnt make it out to the baggage claim while we were there. Pretty scary considering that we talked to another band that came into France on the next flight in and they saw all our gear sitting there...I'm glad they were honest!
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Post by taswegian on Sept 18, 2006 8:51:48 GMT -7
Oh Yeah Ronnie! Now I'm gonna be waiting to hear how the 2-Z rig goes next week. I tried it at a club but it was just too much, but outdoors... you are gonna pump! BTW...I tried this at home the other day and it worked great but I did have to ground lift one of the amps...is that common when running 2 amps? I didn't have to do anything but we do have a different electric system.
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Post by Dr.T on Sept 18, 2006 9:03:13 GMT -7
I know, in fact I was immediatly interessed in different options. My dealer told me that DRZ was experimenting some internal adapter for european market and now I'm waiting to know if they work and when we should expect they are coming. It isnt a life or death problem but (may be I'm getting older) every time I play bringing with me 1 - 2 guitars, pedalboard, 66 head, Z-best 2x12 30kg, and also another box (adapter) makes me a little tired...
PS Tasweigan and rcrecelius: I've been on your pages and appreciate your (even very different) styles, glad to hear some familiar sound come out from a Z. As soon as possible I'll put some mp3 files too.
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Post by Curt on Sept 20, 2006 19:32:40 GMT -7
Ronnie, I had missed this thread somehow. Makes me smile !! Glad you got here tweaked to your style, figured you'd need to tune'er up
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Post by James on Sept 21, 2006 11:21:58 GMT -7
So......................., making the bias go in the direction towards 38 makes things cleaner and biasing towards 28 makes the amp "dirtier"? Please clarify! I want my 66 to be cleaner, the bias is at 34 mA .........so should I take it up to around 38? Maybe I have been thinking backwards with regards to biasing my amp?
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 21, 2006 11:35:25 GMT -7
So......................., making the bias go in the direction towards 38 makes things cleaner and biasing towards 28 makes the amp "dirtier"? Please clarify! I want my 66 to be cleaner, the bias is at 34 mA .........so should I take it up to around 38? Maybe I have been thinking backwards with regards to biasing my amp? Well, Im certainly no expert but thats what worked for me with this particular amp. At 28, I had to turn the vol up more to get where I needed to be...at 38 I can run the vol lower...it'll still get mean tho when I dime the geetar vol!
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Post by kledbet on Sept 21, 2006 12:02:42 GMT -7
Guys I'm pretty sure that turning up the bias results in the amp breaking up sooner. With the bias turned down the tubes are running cooler and getting cleaner sounds. Turning up the bias can also make your amp a little louder sooner. Maybe one of the Z experts can give a final word on this :-)
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 21, 2006 12:51:32 GMT -7
Guys I'm pretty sure that turning up the bias results in the amp breaking up sooner. With the bias turned down the tubes are running cooler and getting cleaner sounds. Turning up the bias can also make your amp a little louder sooner. Maybe one of the Z experts can give a final word on this :-) Louder sooner...yeah, thats what I meant.
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Post by kc on Sept 21, 2006 12:51:34 GMT -7
From the Doc: Bias too high and the amp will sound a bit harsh and distort too quickly, and will lose all focus at high volumes. If the bias is too low the amp will sound cold, brittle, and at higher volumes will have excessive crossover distortion, will sound dissident, and your guitar will sound out of tune. drzamps.com/biasnotes.htmlkc
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Post by rcrecelius on Sept 21, 2006 13:54:24 GMT -7
Well, the Dr recommends 34-38 for the RT66 so I guess anything outside of those parameters is where the undesirable is found. 19jmm66, I'd say run yours up to 38 and see what happens!
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