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Post by JChance on Jan 12, 2007 14:15:19 GMT -7
I've seen quite a few posts lately from newbies curious as to whether the MAZ amps can do "Fender cleans," a la SRV, etc. Have also seen some of the same questions curious about clean country Tele... So in my boredom today, I did some fresh clips demonstarting the MAZ 18/210 in these capacities. Granted, Z's are still Z's. But those classic sounds are in there, just with some added Dr. Z spunk! Plugged straight in on both of these and fired away. Wasn't really worried about making them pretty... In fact the Strat clip gets a bit out of tune since I tuned it to Eb on the fly. Notice also, for the SRV fans, I threw in a classic "Don't play in the music store" cliche... ;D The Tele track is fairly straight ahead. And to further demonstrate the MAZ capabilites in this type of setting, I used the onboard reverb set at about 9:00. Tele: www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4876188&q=hiStrat: www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4876183&q=hiGear: Dunlavey Custom Tele & Strat, both with Fralins. Tele is ash/maple, and Strat is ash/thick brazillian rosewood. MAZ 18/210, SM57 on Weber ceramic Blue Pup 10" So put your Deluxe & Super Reverbs away and get youins a MAZ!! J
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Post by Joey Beverages on Jan 12, 2007 14:23:49 GMT -7
really dig the tone you got with the Tele - sweee-t! and, you got some really good vibe goin'-on with the strat. really liked the contrast between the two tracks and the range of tones you got. thanks for sharing Joel
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Post by dock66 on Jan 12, 2007 15:02:04 GMT -7
Smoking.
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 12, 2007 15:18:08 GMT -7
Why don't you take some lessons! Sounds great!
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Post by (8^D) on Jan 12, 2007 16:53:53 GMT -7
Yeah, but you neglected to post the "Fender" settings you used. Doh! Shame shame.
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Post by JChance on Jan 12, 2007 17:29:45 GMT -7
Yeah, but you neglected to post the "Fender" settings you used. Doh! Shame shame. Doh! V- 11:00, T- 12:00, M- 12:00, B- 11:00, M-5:00 (dimed), C- 9:00, R- 9:00 Volume on both guitars was wide open, with tone controls rolled back a touch, to about 8. Also in the equation was a Weber Mini-Mass set at 50%. Strat pickups are Fralin Vintage Hots Tele pickups are neck/vintage custom (6.9 with no chrome), bridge is stock Blues Special..
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Post by bilbal on Jan 12, 2007 17:44:23 GMT -7
Wow. All I can say is Wow!! Come play through my Maz so I can say "my amp has 'that' tone I've been looking for.
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Post by cosmo on Jan 12, 2007 22:57:14 GMT -7
Awesome, man. I didn't hear anything I wouldn't play in the music store--if I could play THAT way, that is.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Jan 13, 2007 7:16:29 GMT -7
Very nice. I really liked the strat tones you were getting there. Hmmm.... can a Maz be too far in my future?
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Post by LeftyLang on Jan 15, 2007 16:01:14 GMT -7
OK I might be able to buy a Jr., but I know I will never sound that good!! Nice job J
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Post by Ryan (shorty) on Jan 15, 2007 18:37:45 GMT -7
Thanks for the post. Tried 'em out and yep, it's Fender only better. I may have a new favorite setting. ;D
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Post by mrnybluesman on Jan 16, 2007 13:13:48 GMT -7
Very nice tone..enjoyed it.
Richie
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Post by mooretonerocks on Jan 18, 2007 22:55:14 GMT -7
Thanks so much for your posts on soundclick. Not only are they GREAT sounding ( I like hearing all of your posts like listening to a CD) they really helped me get an idea of the differences between the various speakers out there. Thanks again. Man I love this forum!
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Post by guitarstan on Jan 19, 2007 8:45:56 GMT -7
Great clips, chops and tone.
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Post by canes on Feb 1, 2007 23:32:27 GMT -7
damn Jason, your clips never cease to amaze me. You should really consider playing guitar for a living . You could maybe even make Taylor Swift bearable Would you possibly share how you get these great tones on tape? Mic, preamp, post processing? I know i'd never dup your talent but I'd love to be able to get that kind of tone on tape. My measley sm57 setup never seems to really capture on tape the tone i hear in the room. Thanks for the sharing the great chops and tone. -Jason
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Post by JChance on Feb 5, 2007 7:30:19 GMT -7
damn Jason, your clips never cease to amaze me. You should really consider playing guitar for a living . You could maybe even make Taylor Swift bearable Would you possibly share how you get these great tones on tape? Mic, preamp, post processing? I know i'd never dup your talent but I'd love to be able to get that kind of tone on tape. My measley sm57 setup never seems to really capture on tape the tone i hear in the room. Thanks for the sharing the great chops and tone. -Jason Ya know... It's a funny thing. I've got an extremely simple, and fairly primitive setup. It's probably not ideal for recording if I were actually getting *paid* to play on someone's project... But for gear demo clips it works just fine. Here's the setup- I use a cheap recording program called Guitar Tracks Pro 3 from Cakewalk. My wife bought it for me last Christmas just so that I could get introduced to digital recording after being "in the dark." I simpl mic my speaker with an SM57. Usually 1/2 way between the center dust-cap and the edge of the speaker. The mic is straight on and about an inch or so off the grill. This is a fairly standard, "generic" mic process. Here's the po-dunk part- The mic cable is a cheesey Radio Shack XLR to 1/4". Then I have a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter on the end of that. That goes straight into the stock sound card input of my Dell Dimension desktop. To keep from overloading the computers sound card, I had to adjust my input level a bit in the Windows control panel. On top of that, I use a Weber mini-MASS set at 50%, which also helps keep levels down, and overall volume since I live in an apartment. And that's it! No EQ-ing, compression, added effects or anything from the Cakewalk. Just straight in and hit "record." I don't even mess with faders, trim, etc. The exception is that on a few of the clips I added a subtle touch of a nice-sounding chamber reverb that's in the GT3 program. But normally everything is just done dry as a bone... When playing with a backing track, I'll import the MP3 of the backing into the Cakewalk program on a channel, then put my guitar on another and play along. This is the only time I mess with faders & trim... Along with some panning just to try and get the right balance between the backing track and the guitar. But for the clips, it's just plug in and record!
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Post by prsnstrat on Feb 5, 2007 11:08:33 GMT -7
Great sounds and playing, as usual Jason!
Now if I could only get my maz jr to sound like that...[scratches head].
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