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Post by The Fonz on Apr 5, 2017 18:55:58 GMT -7
So lately I've had this nagging pulse in me to find a Monza to give me a little more beef, punch, yadda yadda. I love my Maz 18 like nobody's business, but sometimes I wish it had a little more ummfff without kicking on my Zendrive or Eternity Fuse pedal. Seems whenever kicking on the pedal for more drive/gain, it just thins it out. Well then I reminded myself how beefy the Maz sounded on this track we recorded in the studio a while back, and then I feel guilty for wanting another Z. I just keep it quite around the Mrs. (Mrs. Z that is). She could never be replaced, that's for sure, but I'm sure she wouldn't understand. Anyway, on with the show. The song, called Some Girls Do, was recorded with guitar directly into the Maz 18 and mic in front of the amp, with bridge pickup on a strat style guitar (her name is Suzanne, and she's a Keith Hollard beauty). No pedals. No studio trickery. Just cranked her up about halfway and let her fly. My favorite part of the song is the little break after the solo where it is just me and the singer. I just can't believe how thick and heavy it sounds. It blows me away. I wish I could get that ballsiness during live playing, without a pedal. Funny thing is I was going to do a separate post about this to see if there are any mods available to kick up the drive/gain a little on this beautiful beast, without having to go into ear-bleed zone.... Maz acting all beefy on Some Girls Do
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Post by pcns on Apr 5, 2017 19:26:22 GMT -7
I don't hear any problems with that Maz! Sound like it has plenty of umph!
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Post by purpletele on Apr 5, 2017 21:34:32 GMT -7
The Fonz,
Do you utilize the EQ By Pass Pedal? I have been integrating that boost into my style or lack there of.
Maybe a boost set to Klon type pedal set to clean or low gain and another higher gain pedal stacked. I have found the EQ By Pass to provide a great job of providing enough of a kick to make a difference.
Those are my two pennies
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Post by The Fonz on Apr 5, 2017 22:20:33 GMT -7
I don't hear any problems with that Maz! Sound like it has plenty of umph! Thanks, PCNS. Oh, she does have umph. Maybe I'm looking for a different kind of umph. Great, now I need to think about what different kind of umph I'm looking for. And so the saga continues! haha
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Post by The Fonz on Apr 5, 2017 22:24:14 GMT -7
The Fonz, Do you utilize the EQ By Pass Pedal? I have been integrating that boost into my style or lack there of. Maybe a boost set to Klon type pedal set to clean or low gain and another higher gain pedal stacked. I have found the EQ By Pass to provide a great job of providing enough of a kick to make a difference. Those are my two pennies Thanks for the Pennies, purpletele! I'm actually not really sure what the eq bypass pedal is. I may have heard something about it, but i'm not too familiar with it. I do however have a couple of boost pedals that I trade off with (Spark boost and the Bogner Harlow). These days I've stripped down my rig to just the amp, a wah, and the Zendrive (or sometimes the Lovepedal Eternity Fuse). I've been relying on using my volume nob for different dynamics, which up until recently I always used pedals for that. It's a different approach to my playing that I'm kind if liking!
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Post by purpletele on Apr 6, 2017 8:23:13 GMT -7
The FonzDo you have a jack for a foot pedal in the back of your Maz? You may have a model that does not have the option, but it is easily modified. The EQ Bypass is a switchable function that shuts down the EQ circuit and flows all of the energy through the preamp and power section and the tone stack is empty. This provides a cool boost in power. I am still trying to harness the procedure, but it is there to implement.
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Post by The Fonz on Apr 6, 2017 21:23:50 GMT -7
The Fonz Do you have a jack for a foot pedal in the back of your Maz? You may have a model that does not have the option, but it is easily modified. The EQ Bypass is a switchable function that shuts down the EQ circuit and flows all of the energy through the preamp and power section and the tone stack is empty. This provides a cool boost in power. I am still trying to harness the procedure, but it is there to implement. I don't have a jack for the foot pedal. Only have the two speaker jacks and the loop jacks. The serial # is T-18719. I'm assuming I'd have to send the amp back to Z to have the bypass put in? Or take it to an authorized dealer? I wonder if that would lower the value of the amp??
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Post by purpletele on Apr 6, 2017 21:32:37 GMT -7
The Fonz Do you have a jack for a foot pedal in the back of your Maz? You may have a model that does not have the option, but it is easily modified. The EQ Bypass is a switchable function that shuts down the EQ circuit and flows all of the energy through the preamp and power section and the tone stack is empty. This provides a cool boost in power. I am still trying to harness the procedure, but it is there to implement. I don't have a jack for the foot pedal. Only have the two speaker jacks and the loop jacks. The serial # is T-18719. I'm assuming I'd have to send the amp back to Z to have the bypass put in? Or take it to an authorized dealer? I wonder if that would lower the value of the amp?? The Fonz, The installation of the EQ Bypass is a very simple operation but I would certainly have it done by a qualified shop. I don't think that by installing that mod by a local shop will lower the value of the amp at all. In fact stack two older Maz 18's together and offer them for sale, one with an EQ Bypass and the other without. I would take the one with the approved mod. I don't think that I going out of bounds by saying that Don at the shop would gladly have correspondence with a local tech to discuss the procedure. It is a very cool feature that I think is underrated or not utilized to its full potential. BV
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