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Post by carrjimi on Aug 4, 2018 18:51:02 GMT -7
Just came in today. played for about hour with the settings it had coming out of the box, all knobs on 12:00 except reverb on 9:00.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is to most enjoyable satisfying amp I've ever played. With a tele it has a great clean on the edge of breakup tones. There is a "sting" on the notes that make it so fun to play. To my ears, very Danny Gattonish.
I've only tried clean tones so far. going to run through some overdrives tomorrow.
Reverb is awsome as well.
Here's a quick video of some noodling that gives an idea of clean tones.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 6:40:40 GMT -7
Nice, love that demo. Congratulations!
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Post by bourgeoisboy (Josh) on Aug 5, 2018 19:12:20 GMT -7
Congrats!! Which speaker did you go with?
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Post by carrjimi on Aug 5, 2018 20:26:31 GMT -7
Dr Z 12. I tried with a blue this afternoon. I think I like the Z better, more fendery.
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Post by vanceen on Aug 6, 2018 20:17:27 GMT -7
I particularly like my ZPlus with a Tele as well. Maybe I should try my HB guitars on the low gain input.
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Post by doctorice on Aug 7, 2018 3:47:40 GMT -7
Congrats, John.
The amp's been doing great for me at bar gigs.
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Post by captainron (Ron) on Aug 9, 2018 8:08:11 GMT -7
Congratulations on a super amp! Great picking!
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Post by shiner51 on Aug 10, 2018 9:29:30 GMT -7
Congrats, John. The amp's been doing great for me at bar gigs. How does it compare with a Maz 18 NR combo volume wise? Can it keep up. Been wanting a Z plus real bad but it needs to be on the same level as my Maz as far as output goes.
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Post by doctorice on Aug 11, 2018 5:05:33 GMT -7
^^^
My overall impression is that my MAZ 18 (reverb) is louder, but it's a combo with 2 Z 10s, which are pretty efficient and push more air than the single 12 in the Plus.
It would be helpful to know your typical knob settings and guitar choice(s).
John (carrjimi, OP) still has his MAZ I think. If he sees this he likely will weigh in with his thoughts.
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Post by shiner51 on Aug 11, 2018 6:58:07 GMT -7
^^^ My overall impression is that my MAZ 18 (reverb) is louder, but it's a combo with 2 Z 10s, which are pretty efficient and push more air than the single 12 in the Plus. It would be helpful to know your typical knob settings and guitar choice(s). John (carrjimi, OP) still has his MAZ I think. If he sees this he likely will weigh in with his thoughts. Nothing I do is set in stone lol, but usually my Maz is set as follows. Vol- 10:00-2:00, Treble 10:00, Mids 12:00, Bass 10:00-2:00, Cut- 9:00, master- 10:00-2:00. When I raise the volume, I usually lower the master and vice versa. I also use a Brake lite depending on the venue, but usually never more than 2 clicks, and usually wide open. My Maz has a Celestion Blue 12". I play Tele style guitars with single coils almost exclusively. Hope this helps.
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Post by thatstatuemoved on Aug 23, 2018 15:24:57 GMT -7
sounds great!
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Post by rjshama on Aug 27, 2018 15:32:15 GMT -7
Really does sound great, Congrats!
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Post by carrjimi on Sept 18, 2018 5:16:29 GMT -7
^^^ My overall impression is that my MAZ 18 (reverb) is louder, but it's a combo with 2 Z 10s, which are pretty efficient and push more air than the single 12 in the Plus. It would be helpful to know your typical knob settings and guitar choice(s). John (carrjimi, OP) still has his MAZ I think. If he sees this he likely will weigh in with his thoughts. Hi Just seeing this now.... To my ears, the Maz 18 is quite a bit louder. I run my Maz with a Blue and it can easily hold its own against any deluxe reverb. Heck, I've had my Maz in situations where the other guitarist had a 50 watt amp and I still cut through better. While I love them both, the Plus just has a sweeter tone to my ears.
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Post by scottc on Sept 28, 2018 8:13:42 GMT -7
^^^ My overall impression is that my MAZ 18 (reverb) is louder, but it's a combo with 2 Z 10s, which are pretty efficient and push more air than the single 12 in the Plus. It would be helpful to know your typical knob settings and guitar choice(s). John (carrjimi, OP) still has his MAZ I think. If he sees this he likely will weigh in with his thoughts. Hi Just seeing this now.... To my ears, the Maz 18 is quite a bit louder. I run my Maz with a Blue and it can easily hold its own against any deluxe reverb. Heck, I've had my Maz in situations where the other guitarist had a 50 watt amp and I still cut through better. While I love them both, the Plus just has a sweeter tone to my ears. I own both and have gigged both - separately and at an outdoor gig, together. The MAZ is definitely louder. At the outdoor gig, I had the Z-Plus on the 15 watt setting running really hot (volume at 3:00 and Master at 1:30) and had to put a click of attenuation on the MAZ with the setting at V = 3:00, M = 12:00 I have used the Plus at a casino gig (very volume conscious) at the 7 watt setting, cranked up, pointed up at me and that gets me in the zone feel/tone wise and elicits NO dirty looks from the sound man or the manager with the Db meter!
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Post by premiumplus (Dave) on Sept 28, 2018 17:29:37 GMT -7
Doc told me that he thinks I am going to really like mine for church. I should have it in a few weeks, can't wait.
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