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Post by Buzz Fretwear (Ignatius) on Dec 4, 2007 4:48:27 GMT -7
For those of you who have or have had both, does the RX Jr have more or less headroom than the Maz 18 Jr?
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Post by bluzman on Dec 4, 2007 8:00:44 GMT -7
I think the Maz Jr. is set up to be a louder amp and has more clean headroom, but a Prescription Jr. has plenty of clean headroom. The drive is thicker on the RxJr and the Maz Jr. is voiced brighter. They do overlap in tone, but they are different amps. Lately (this week) I've been thinking of them like this; The Prescription Jr. is my Les Paul classic rock amp and the Maz Jr. is my Telecaster Country amp... but they both can do the job of the other easily though.
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Post by Buzz Fretwear (Ignatius) on Dec 4, 2007 10:43:32 GMT -7
I think the Maz Jr. is set up to be a louder amp and has more clean headroom, but a Prescription Jr. has plenty of clean headroom. The drive is thicker on the RxJr and the Maz Jr. is voiced brighter. They do overlap in tone, but they are different amps. Lately (this week) I've been thinking of them like this; The Prescription Jr. is my Les Paul classic rock amp and the Maz Jr. is my Telecaster Country amp... but they both can do the job of the other easily though. Thanks bluzman - that was exactly the kind of analogy I was looking for.
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Post by taswegian on Dec 5, 2007 23:05:35 GMT -7
Sounds pretty damn good to me too! ;D
I'm still in a three way tie between RXES, RXjr and Mazerati GT. Actually you can throw a Stang in the groove too as well as a 6545. I WILL have a GT somewhere in the future but I think I need a Prescription of some sort first.
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Post by John on Dec 10, 2007 14:38:58 GMT -7
I think the Maz Jr. is set up to be a louder amp and has more clean headroom, but a Prescription Jr. has plenty of clean headroom. The drive is thicker on the RxJr and the Maz Jr. is voiced brighter. They do overlap in tone, but they are different amps. Lately (this week) I've been thinking of them like this; The Prescription Jr. is my Les Paul classic rock amp and the Maz Jr. is my Telecaster Country amp... but they both can do the job of the other easily though. I'm still real curious about the RX Jr. I've kinda got the same arrangement; My Maz Jr is my tele country amp, and my Route 66 is my humbucker rock amp. But I'd like to hear a RX Jr and even a Ghia.
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Post by ericatwillcutts on Dec 12, 2007 10:16:13 GMT -7
I have both amps, and I get a little more headroom from the RX Jr(with the master volume wide open).It's pretty close.The chime of the RX is pretty seductive, I like the tonal quality of it a little better than I do the Maz Jr.
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Post by dock66 on Dec 12, 2007 14:29:51 GMT -7
I do prefer RX Jr over Maz Jr for the same reasons as Eric mentioned above. RX Jr is an awesome amp.
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Post by bluzman on Dec 12, 2007 18:22:35 GMT -7
I did a side by side with the Master wide open on both and the Volume at 12:00 as I turned each one up the RxJr. definitely had more fur on it and sooner than my Maz. I have the stock tubes but maybe it's my Pre-Amp tubes. They both have the GT EL84s 6. I played the RxJr. through a Maz 18 Jr. cab. The only physical difference was the back was off the Maz cab that the RxJr. was feeding.
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