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Post by Rockerfeller on Apr 9, 2017 19:06:21 GMT -7
Over the years I have noticed that my pick attack is pretty aggressive. I really noticed it when I got my first Dr. Z amp. Since then, I have been working on having a lighter touch when I need it, and be able to do it without thinking. I have gotten a lot better, but the Wreck is showing me how MUCH I have to improve in this area.
The Wreck is really forcing me to pay attention to how hard I hit my strings. Too hard, and it punishes me with too much drive. Use a lighter touch and I get rewarded with exactly what I want and have a full range of tone right at my finger tips, without any pedals. This past week, I thought this sensitivity might be a deal breaker for me. I wondered if I could play live like that and adjust to a new way of playing? However, after a 90 minute session today with the Wreck un-attenuated, volume at 11, on Speed, plugged straight in with no pedals, I had this revelation:
The Z-Wreck is more than just a tone monster. It is a teacher, if you will. And this teacher is going to teach me, finally, to be a master of my pick dynamics and attack. I think that is a good thing.
I wonder if anyone else had a similar experience with the Wreck?
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Post by DRZ on Apr 10, 2017 1:56:17 GMT -7
That has always been the secret of the " Trainwreck " designs. I was fortunate enough to have Ken Fischer share his expertise with me in the development of the Z Wreck.
Touch dynamics and rich harmonics allow the amp to be played like an instrument. Truly not an easy thing to master, but in the right HANDS the results are amazing .
DR.Z
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Post by drk on Apr 10, 2017 8:52:59 GMT -7
The "reward" is you can make your guitar speak, cry, moan, sing, with your fingertips.
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Post by sharkboy on Apr 10, 2017 13:09:47 GMT -7
Mine does a fair amount of crying, but I'm workin' on it, since that is not always the intent.
It's sort of like a maple acoustic. The Z-Wreck is brutally honest. I love it- making those feelings reciprocal is up to me.
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Post by Rockerfeller on Apr 10, 2017 13:14:37 GMT -7
I spent more time with it today and now I can't wait for my first show with it. What I find really cool is that the response to your dynamics is so immediate. Because of that, I really do see the Wreck "training" me.
I am not exactly sure where the sweet spot on the amp is, but for me 10:30 - 11:00 on Speed, seems to be it!
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Post by telejas on Apr 11, 2017 11:04:20 GMT -7
When I got my first Z amp, the RxES, I found it changed the way I needed to play as well. It was very percussive and the sloppy playing I had been accustomed to doing on my Fender Deluxe, was extremely intensified on the RxES. I really didn't think I was "that" sloppy But I was. I've found a lot of the EL84 Z amps, not just the Wreck, makes players pay more attention to the way they play.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 11:59:55 GMT -7
By the time I got into Z amps, I had become so heavy handed, and I pretty much forgot what the volume and tone knobs on my guitar did.
The responsiveness of the Therapy and DB4 are on a whole other level, I really want to add a Z Wreck to the collection soon.
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Post by drk on Apr 21, 2017 10:36:23 GMT -7
You can make subtle changes to intonation with your finger tips.
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