Post by humphreyaudio on Oct 15, 2005 8:14:55 GMT -7
I posted this as a reply elswhere, and it belongs here as well.
The Z Air Brake works great with the Maz.
Attenuation can be misunderstood.
There are basically two ways to use an Air Brake, so lets don't overlook either one.
One way is if you want your drive tone from the amp. You crank the pre gain to wherever you like the crunch best, set the master on '10' to feed the power amp tubes all you can hit them with, and then use the air brake to calm the overall volume to sane levels.
The other way is the way I happen to use mine.
I have a Maz 18 210 NR, and I run it on '10' with the pre gain at 12:00 all the time. I use a 12AU7 in V1 to step the gain down quite a bit so the amp sounds loud and clean.
For pedals I use a compressor and three different drive pedals, one for harder drive which also cleans up with my guitars volume being backed off, one is voiced as a specialty drive, (Sounds like a frozen wah,) and one is my low drive for mild tube overdrive sounds. I perform mods to my own pedals so I am getting what I need from them without compromising the natural tone of the Maz.
I simply use the Air Brake to reduce the overall volumes in situations where The amp is too loud.
A tube amps gets it's bests tone when there's a lot of voltage running through it. Think of it as a water hose where you've taken out all the kinks and curves and it's in a straight line with as little resistance to the flow as possible. If you cut back the pressure at the valve, that transfers to what comes out the end. If you kink it, same thing.
If you leave it on full and put a hand operated sprayer on the end of it, you have all the water pressure where you need it, and the sprayer it your attenuator.
Hope that makes sense.
Find ways to CRANK those tube amps as hard as you can, even if you play clean. Learn to swap out pre amp tubes to get the desired tone of the amp at the highest level possible, then use your Air brake as a volume control.
The feel and color are un equaled like this.
Mark A. Humphrey
Moderator of RIGTIPS for guitar, bass, and live sound.
www.yahoogroups.com/group/rigtips
The Z Air Brake works great with the Maz.
Attenuation can be misunderstood.
There are basically two ways to use an Air Brake, so lets don't overlook either one.
One way is if you want your drive tone from the amp. You crank the pre gain to wherever you like the crunch best, set the master on '10' to feed the power amp tubes all you can hit them with, and then use the air brake to calm the overall volume to sane levels.
The other way is the way I happen to use mine.
I have a Maz 18 210 NR, and I run it on '10' with the pre gain at 12:00 all the time. I use a 12AU7 in V1 to step the gain down quite a bit so the amp sounds loud and clean.
For pedals I use a compressor and three different drive pedals, one for harder drive which also cleans up with my guitars volume being backed off, one is voiced as a specialty drive, (Sounds like a frozen wah,) and one is my low drive for mild tube overdrive sounds. I perform mods to my own pedals so I am getting what I need from them without compromising the natural tone of the Maz.
I simply use the Air Brake to reduce the overall volumes in situations where The amp is too loud.
A tube amps gets it's bests tone when there's a lot of voltage running through it. Think of it as a water hose where you've taken out all the kinks and curves and it's in a straight line with as little resistance to the flow as possible. If you cut back the pressure at the valve, that transfers to what comes out the end. If you kink it, same thing.
If you leave it on full and put a hand operated sprayer on the end of it, you have all the water pressure where you need it, and the sprayer it your attenuator.
Hope that makes sense.
Find ways to CRANK those tube amps as hard as you can, even if you play clean. Learn to swap out pre amp tubes to get the desired tone of the amp at the highest level possible, then use your Air brake as a volume control.
The feel and color are un equaled like this.
Mark A. Humphrey
Moderator of RIGTIPS for guitar, bass, and live sound.
www.yahoogroups.com/group/rigtips