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Post by Ridgeback on Oct 23, 2006 9:10:49 GMT -7
Sold off a bunch of gear in the past 4-5 months, including my beloved Victoria bassman . With the proceeds I bought the Maz Jr NR 1x12 combo (Cele Blue) I had wanted for a long time and I thought my GAS was pretty much taken care of. It turns out that I just couldn't stand having $ sitting around in my GAS stash so when my local dealer got a blonde\wheat CG head in the other day, I swooped on it. Now I'm broke again but I have another cool amp to play. ;D I have kind of resisted doing the whole head\cab thing up to this point and I'm not sure if I shouldn't have ordered a CG combo instead but it's a cool little guy and sounds great through the 2x12 cab I built a while back. I plan to try running it through the Blue in the Maz combo when I get a chance.
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Post by tjstrat on Oct 24, 2006 3:00:25 GMT -7
I have two Z heads, a Ghia nd an old Maz 38 Studio Lead, and a pair of 2x12 cabs that are different sizes and weights, so depending on the venue and distance I stand in front of the cab, I just pick whichever one will fit the stage best and take it. The Mesa 2x12 is open backed and loaded with Eminence Texas Heats, and has a little more of an open, American kind of thing going, and the Z Best is the crusher for when I want a really massive onstage sound or want to cover a room unmiked. Multiple cabs can really let you experiment with different speaker sounds and combinations. Combos though.... Definitely an easier schlep for some gigs.
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Post by Ridgeback on Oct 24, 2006 9:02:58 GMT -7
I'm sure the head will work out fine over the long run. They had a Z-Best 2x12 cab in stock that matched the blonde\wheat head I bought but it was too much in terms of volume, weight, and $$. When I test drove the head, I A\B'd the Z-Best against my homemade 2x12 semi open back pine cab loaded with a Weber 12F150B and a Weber 12A150W. The Z-Best was much louder and sounded bigger. My cab had a spongier and more open tone that I liked with the Ghia. The matching Z head\cab looked killer together and I was tempted.
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Post by tjstrat on Oct 24, 2006 10:42:39 GMT -7
Yeah, the Z Best is a LOAD, but certainly worthwhile if you have the venues, uses, and lower back for it. The 3/4 back Mesa sounds good too, but I have to angle it up a little if I'm in tight quarters and that can be difficult. The open back gives you a little better stage coverage and that more open tone, too, and if it sounds better to you, you certainly aren't wrong.
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Post by Ridgeback on Oct 24, 2006 13:01:42 GMT -7
tjstrat, I just noticed that you are a fellow G&L fan. I'm down to just two now, an ASAT Deluxe semi-hollow with Z-90's and a George Fullerton model "strat". I used to have a rosewood\blueburst S-500 but it fell victim to my most recent gear purge.
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Post by tjstrat on Oct 24, 2006 14:56:18 GMT -7
I used to be all over the place with guitars... Topped out at 4 low to moderate strats (including a Roland Ready I used with a synth), a Reverend Avenger, an '87 PRS Standard, and a couple others. Sold them all off once I got my blueburst Comanche. HUGE neck, but it's the most brutal strat I've ever played, and the tone controls allow you to do anything. The Z pickups are absolutely noiseless too. I'm jonesing a bit for a Nash, but with two Comanches I really have every tone I'll need PLUS a spare, so I don't think I want to go there.
I had a nice ASAT with the G&L soapbars too, but it was a LITTLE too noisy and squeaky clean... That was about 5 years ago though, so I'll bet that now the tone would kill if I tried it over again...
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