Post by DeanG on Mar 21, 2018 7:29:36 GMT -7
Moved from V1/V2 JJ Short plates to Medium plates. Brimar and JAN GE.
Added more openness and less compression. A new tone beast.
MAZ 38 is definitely more touch-sensitive now. Boost from 300HP to 500HP.
Finally got the 12AX7WA loaded as Cathode Follower Tone Stack driver. This V2 addition added more drive and cleaner tone vs the previous new production medium plate Svetlana 12AX7.
I thought the Svetlana sounded good.
Man this MAZ 38 is like going from a Camero to a Corvette ZR1.
V1 - NOS Brimar CV4004/ECC83/12AX7
V2 - NOS JAN GE 12AX7WA
V3 - PI Sovtek 12AX7 LPS
NOS Reflektor 6n14n Russian EL84
NOS JAN Philips/Sylvania 5AR4 (Mislabeled 5V4GA)
A cool quote by Phil.
No YouTube video, as good as they may be, is going to give you the feeling of playing a Wreck style amp. The feeling you get is that of very small movements of your pick or fingers translating into *huge* volume changes (dynamics) at the speaker.
It's kind of like watching a video of a guy driving a high performance car. You can see it's really fast but it looks just like every other speeding car video.
Most people's cars have under 200 horsepower, traction control, spin recovery, and anti-lock brakes. That's the mass produced compressed high gain amp.
Step up to a V6. Now keeping your foot on the gas results in more acceleration and fun. You get pushed back in the seat a little...better driver interaction.
Now step up to a 300-400 horsepower car. Now we're talking. You get a really good kick in the butt if you hold the accelerator down and small changes in the gas pedal can be readily felt. You've still got ABS and traction control to help get you out of trouble. That's the MAZ's, Route 66, EZG, etc.
Then step up to a 600-1000 horsepower (especially lighter weight) car. Ever drive one of those? Ever drive one without ABS or traction control to keep you out of trouble? Just pushing the gas pedal the smallest amount gives you effortless acceleration like the hand of God was pushing you forward. You can break the rear tires free at any point in the engine's RPM range or at any speed at will. Google exotic car wrecks. Look at the guys in Lambos and Vettes that race away from a stoplight only to spin out and wreck on a straightaway just a few hundred feet later. Little changes in the throttle result in huge wheelspin.
This is the Trainwreck style amp. No video will give you the feeling of control (or loss of it!) and thrill that amps like this give the player. You may hear some of the attributes like the harmonic content and dynamics in the video but even then our brains can't get the feeling of what it's like to control the beast. Just brushing the strings causes the speakers to pop on amps like this.
Turning down the master on the Therapy does tame the beast somewhat (the kitten ) by rounding off just a little top end and reducing the overall volume. getting you back in the 300-400 horsepower territory or less...but the race car is just waiting there for you at the right hand side of the master volume control
ztalk.proboards.com/thread/63331/therapy-trainwreck
Added more openness and less compression. A new tone beast.
MAZ 38 is definitely more touch-sensitive now. Boost from 300HP to 500HP.
Finally got the 12AX7WA loaded as Cathode Follower Tone Stack driver. This V2 addition added more drive and cleaner tone vs the previous new production medium plate Svetlana 12AX7.
I thought the Svetlana sounded good.
Man this MAZ 38 is like going from a Camero to a Corvette ZR1.
V1 - NOS Brimar CV4004/ECC83/12AX7
V2 - NOS JAN GE 12AX7WA
V3 - PI Sovtek 12AX7 LPS
NOS Reflektor 6n14n Russian EL84
NOS JAN Philips/Sylvania 5AR4 (Mislabeled 5V4GA)
A cool quote by Phil.
Let me hit you with another analogy...a car analogy.
No YouTube video, as good as they may be, is going to give you the feeling of playing a Wreck style amp. The feeling you get is that of very small movements of your pick or fingers translating into *huge* volume changes (dynamics) at the speaker.
It's kind of like watching a video of a guy driving a high performance car. You can see it's really fast but it looks just like every other speeding car video.
Most people's cars have under 200 horsepower, traction control, spin recovery, and anti-lock brakes. That's the mass produced compressed high gain amp.
Step up to a V6. Now keeping your foot on the gas results in more acceleration and fun. You get pushed back in the seat a little...better driver interaction.
Now step up to a 300-400 horsepower car. Now we're talking. You get a really good kick in the butt if you hold the accelerator down and small changes in the gas pedal can be readily felt. You've still got ABS and traction control to help get you out of trouble. That's the MAZ's, Route 66, EZG, etc.
Then step up to a 600-1000 horsepower (especially lighter weight) car. Ever drive one of those? Ever drive one without ABS or traction control to keep you out of trouble? Just pushing the gas pedal the smallest amount gives you effortless acceleration like the hand of God was pushing you forward. You can break the rear tires free at any point in the engine's RPM range or at any speed at will. Google exotic car wrecks. Look at the guys in Lambos and Vettes that race away from a stoplight only to spin out and wreck on a straightaway just a few hundred feet later. Little changes in the throttle result in huge wheelspin.
This is the Trainwreck style amp. No video will give you the feeling of control (or loss of it!) and thrill that amps like this give the player. You may hear some of the attributes like the harmonic content and dynamics in the video but even then our brains can't get the feeling of what it's like to control the beast. Just brushing the strings causes the speakers to pop on amps like this.
Turning down the master on the Therapy does tame the beast somewhat (the kitten ) by rounding off just a little top end and reducing the overall volume. getting you back in the 300-400 horsepower territory or less...but the race car is just waiting there for you at the right hand side of the master volume control
ztalk.proboards.com/thread/63331/therapy-trainwreck