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Post by Admin on Dec 14, 2005 19:39:04 GMT -7
Available Soon) The Stingray Head MSRP: $1699.00 Email for discounted price! Status: On order Arriving 1 / 15 / 2006
The latest collaboration between the amp designing genius of Mike Zaite A.K.A. "Dr. Z" and Brad Paisley.
Named for one of Brad's fave car and alluding to the mid 60's era, The Stingray is a 30 watt 4xEL84 amplifier with an EF86 preamp running in conjunction with 12AX7 phase inverter based on the venerable AC30/4
Features Volume, Tone and Cut controls for the ability to dial up a warm tone but with 3k brilliance for beautiful upper treble and nice low midrange control.
Ken Fisher (Trainwreck) designed output transformer.
250mfd bypass capacitor across the bias resistor for nice low end roll on.
Approximately 30 watts of pure, rich, ultra complex, highly fidelic and dynamic tone
The EL84's are running extremely close to True Class A......biased very hot like the early Vox AC30/4
Available in all the standard Dr Z color combinations.
Now taking reservations!!!
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Post by real oldster on Dec 15, 2005 15:02:45 GMT -7
Very descriptive. I can taste it already. ;D
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Post by woody on Dec 16, 2005 18:20:10 GMT -7
COOL when will we see it on the Dr Z website...
Joe
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Post by zekmoe on Dec 16, 2005 19:02:31 GMT -7
Any pics yet?
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Post by nickg on Dec 17, 2005 3:50:04 GMT -7
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Post by pata320 on Dec 17, 2005 12:08:51 GMT -7
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Post by Laroosco!! on Dec 17, 2005 22:17:47 GMT -7
Available Soon) The Stingray Head MSRP: $1699.00 Email for discounted price! Discounted price? This is a first for the Dr.
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Post by DRZ on Dec 18, 2005 4:48:54 GMT -7
Available Soon) The Stingray Head MSRP: $1699.00 Email for discounted price! Discounted price? This is a first for the Dr. No but it will be first and LAST for Fat Sound if they do. DR.Z
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Post by pata320 on Dec 18, 2005 11:12:21 GMT -7
Hey, it isn't discounted. I e-mail them and the discounted price is $1699. lol So maybe they just want to catch everyones eyes.
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Post by Lefty on Dec 18, 2005 12:02:34 GMT -7
Blame it on the webmaster...
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Post by billyguitar on Dec 18, 2005 12:26:13 GMT -7
I imagine the "discounted price" is just an automatic thing they say because virtually everything else is discounted off of retal. So, I'd guess, an accident.
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Post by Laroosco!! on Dec 18, 2005 13:49:20 GMT -7
It probably is just an oversite on the part of the webmaster. None of the other Z's are discounted so it doesn't ssurprise me that this one isn't.
I wasn't trying to get Fatsound in trouble.
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Post by zane on Dec 20, 2005 17:45:02 GMT -7
I want to get one I think they sound great....gonna have to save my moola , cause I don't want to have to sell anything else to get it ;^)
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Post by groovergeorge on Dec 23, 2005 16:38:43 GMT -7
Hmmmm one of the STINGRAYS is headin to ' DOWN UNDER for a serious workout one way or another!!!
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Post by taswegian on Dec 23, 2005 17:19:03 GMT -7
could you elaborate please! Is Brad touring down here or something? Or am I getting one for free? ;D
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Post by zane on Dec 23, 2005 20:32:42 GMT -7
You mean there's more than 1 "down under boy around these parts"
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Post by taswegian on Dec 23, 2005 20:48:09 GMT -7
Hey, I didn't even think of that Another Aussie Z hound maybe?
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Post by groovergeorge on Dec 24, 2005 2:57:54 GMT -7
Yep, Im from Byron bay........great part of the World here!!!
With regards to your question about the Stingray..........I'm just waiting to they get released and I'll buy one of them suckers ;-P
I love that whole class a quad of 84' chime and I think this just might be his best one yet.
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Post by tiger90 on Dec 24, 2005 6:04:48 GMT -7
hey wats up im in west aus. Where would you get a dr z in aus? the dr z site doesnt have any dealers in australia
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Post by JASON (aka jgleaton) on Dec 24, 2005 12:29:10 GMT -7
Sorry to break this Aussie theme ;D but I gotta ask... Does anyone know if there's gonna be a Effects send/ return option on the stingray??? I know with some of the DR's designs/circuit's that's not an option, but I wonder about this one....It would be cool....thinkin about it being my next aquistion and could run a holy grail through the loop!!!
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Post by u2radio on Dec 24, 2005 18:37:42 GMT -7
does anyone have a link to hear it?
jordan
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Post by taswegian on Dec 26, 2005 7:13:34 GMT -7
Yep, Im from Byron bay........great part of the World here!!! With regards to your question about the Stingray..........I'm just waiting to they get released and I'll buy one of them suckers ;-P I love that whole class a quad of 84' chime and I think this just might be his best one yet. Hey Groover, my sister lives in Ballina! Works at the Byron ABC shop! Certainly is a nice spot! good luck with the Stingray order!
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Post by tele1962 on Dec 26, 2005 16:11:05 GMT -7
Fat Sound may not be discounting today, but sooner or later some dealer will. Marketing has the path of least resistence to a buyer's heart figured out . That statement about "discounting" sounded like a big piece of bait to me, but what do I know till I actually see Fat Sound's invoices to all customers?
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Post by Laroosco!! on Dec 26, 2005 23:20:13 GMT -7
Fatsound(and all other Z dealers) do NOT discount from Z's price. It's not allowed. Plain and simple.
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Post by stoneystomp on Dec 27, 2005 9:15:33 GMT -7
This is common practice in a LOT of areas in retail..particular where higher end merchandise is involved. For example, premium denim (like Diesel, True Religion, Antik, etc)..any store those items are sold in..have to sell at the mfgrs set price. There is a 2% markup across the board no matter who the retailer is.. so the $275 pair of jeans are the same price in Bloomingdales as they are in John's House O' Pants. I'm not 100% sure as to what the logic is behind it but i do know it's very common practice. Besides, anyone buying a Z is getting an absurd value for the quality of product. My amp tech, never having played a Z before, said.."This guy could charge almost double for the quality and workmanship on this amp.. this guy either just does this because he LOVES it and doesn't want to make money..or he's out of his mind" LOL
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Post by billyguitar on Dec 27, 2005 15:24:02 GMT -7
I bet I'd play better if i had some $275 jeans!
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Post by JASON (aka jgleaton) on Dec 27, 2005 15:58:48 GMT -7
" .....so the $275 pair of jeans..... " $275.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $275.00? !!! I'd pay alot more for DR Z's (shhhhhhhhh don't tell him though!! ), BUT I would NOT pay $275.00 for a pair of pants! HEY, you could go to the GOODWILL store (waterfont mission etc...) and buy 275 pairs of pants instead and the money would go to a good cause..... ;D ......for about $365.00 you could wear a different pair everyday of the year and then just give them back to goodwill....wouldn't even have to do laundry......
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Post by stoneystomp on Dec 27, 2005 20:23:30 GMT -7
hah, i know boys..it's crazy! but sometimes, you pay more for some style. I don't own all jeans that expensive.. just 3 pair. the rest are regular jeans. but in NYC..if you wanna keep in style..sometimes ya gotta pay Trust me..i love my Z more than i love my jeans
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Post by billyguitar on Dec 28, 2005 6:25:25 GMT -7
thingyies & Carhartts are all I need!
Funny! It won't let me write Di*kies!
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Post by JASON (aka jgleaton) on Dec 28, 2005 16:07:43 GMT -7
thingyies !!!!!
billy.......for some reason THAT's hillarious! I laughed so hard when I thought about it I snorted out loud!!
I'm just glad I wasn't drinkin a coca cola....
would've hurt comin out my nose..... ;D
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