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Post by kledbet on May 21, 2007 10:30:59 GMT -7
How do these two amps differ in tones and volume?
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Post by benttop (Steve) on May 21, 2007 14:25:24 GMT -7
How do these two amps differ in tones and volume? Tone wise they are very similar. The Stang Ray is 30 watts, and the RXES is 45, so it's a bit louder. The big difference between the two is the gain structure. The Stang Ray is designed to be a very clean amp. You can get a little hair on the sound if you get the volume up over about 6, but at that point it is very loud. In addition to being a higher gain design, the RXES also has the Overdose footswitch that adds even more gain. So even though they sound very similar, they end up being not the same thing. I actually use both in a live setup with an A/B switch. I use the Stingray for cleans and bluesy "just barely dirty" solos, then switch over to the RXES for higher gain duty. Check the sounds forum here - I've put up a bunch of clips of both, and even one that directly compares the two. Check it out.
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Post by kledbet on May 21, 2007 18:13:02 GMT -7
Thanks bentop, I'll check out the clips. A Maz 18NR does most of my work, but I'm checking out other Z amps to add to the herd ;-)
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Post by aj1169 on May 22, 2007 7:03:18 GMT -7
I actually think the 2 sound quite different the more time I get on them. The StangRay is considerably cleaner in tone than the RxES. I got the StangRay first and thought it couldn't get any better than that, then I got the RxES and was totally blown away. It's got just as amazing of clean tone as the Ray, although it is a little different. But the gain structure is what really makes the RxES stand out to me. It's got the best all around slightly hairy, crunchy, to full on smooth fluid gain type tone that I've had with any amp. To me it's more versatile than the Ray. I can cover the twangy country tones, nice classic rock crunch, to a great singing lead tone just by using the guitar's volume control. So I guess to sum it up, they are based on a similar 4 EL-84 design, but the two amps are totally different from there on. You can't really go wrong with either one as they both have tone to boot. It just depends on what you're going for.
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Post by mikep47 on May 22, 2007 7:25:49 GMT -7
Ive got the RX ES and for the styles i like to cover as much as i want a Ray right now i couldnt give up my ES for just the RAY for my only amp.Like mentioned in the above reply it covers to many bases.But both are great.
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Post by aj1169 on May 22, 2007 8:40:59 GMT -7
I didn't realize how much ground the RxES could actually cover until I got one and spent some time with it. I only got to audition one for a short period of time before I ordered mine, and the clean to slightly hairy tone is what really impressed me. I had no idea that the drive from the OD boost would sound so good, but it really blew me away. Really changed the way I played guitar. I was mostly playing country stuff until I got the RxES, now I'm doing alot of classic rock tunes mixed in, and that's all on a Tele. Just a great all around amplifier.
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