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Post by Rockerfeller on Nov 11, 2020 15:39:48 GMT -7
I put my $ where my mouth is: pre-order submitted. Thanks for the great demo, Adam. I’m going to wait until the initial rush is over and then get a full blackout CAZ. I thought I heard it's being offered in red /sarc
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Post by KeithA on Nov 11, 2020 15:46:57 GMT -7
I’m going to wait until the initial rush is over and then get a full blackout CAZ. I thought I heard it's being offered in red /sarc Lol....dark red......real dark! Nah, I’m going to cut Doc some slack. I’ll be in for the black 😎
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Post by perryr on Nov 11, 2020 18:14:14 GMT -7
Right on Z, CAZ45 sounds killer! Love your overview of the innovative features and tour of the chassis, so good!
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Post by Russell B on Nov 11, 2020 18:20:01 GMT -7
For so reason, I can’t get the new YouTube video to play that Perry is referring too! 😩
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Post by DRZ on Nov 11, 2020 18:42:15 GMT -7
For so reason, I can’t get the new YouTube video to play that Perry is referring too! Try this Russ
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Post by Russell B on Nov 11, 2020 18:44:23 GMT -7
For so reason, I can’t get the new YouTube video to play that Perry is referring too! Try this Russ Thanks Doc! It’s working.
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Post by adam on Nov 11, 2020 18:45:30 GMT -7
I’m going to wait until the initial rush is over and then get a full blackout CAZ. The CAZ as distributed, imho, is a really, really classy piece of art to me. It looks dynamite.
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Post by adam on Nov 11, 2020 18:47:15 GMT -7
For so reason, I can’t get the new YouTube video to play that Perry is referring too! 😩 That happened to me too. I think YouTube flipped out for a little while.
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Post by Russell B on Nov 11, 2020 19:14:37 GMT -7
Doc, I enjoyed the video. You have a masterpiece on your hands with this amp. I’ll get it and feel like an 80’s kid again!
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Post by adam on Nov 11, 2020 19:22:46 GMT -7
Just wanted to say thanks to you all for all the kind compliments regarding the demo. I started working on a part 2 to this video which will kind of be a continuation on this theme, but the amp can do so much more than I can portray. I just got done tracking some more ac/dc stuff, kind of mid or lower gain with an old (borrowed) sg and tele, and I just got stuck fooling around with Trower stuff on the tele of all things. So think Lady Love, the main riff has authority, the chords have this pristine clean picked lightly, then the couple lead lines picking harder are just fat and warm and "speak" for lack of a better word. Then if you need something with more gain over that, any kind of cleanish boost pedal will get that job done.I guess the point I'm trying to make is that the amp does gain in spades, but it's really surprising how good those in-between tones are from really clean to to quite pushed just based on how hard you pick. Not fender spanking clean where you can smash the guitar and it never breaks up, but a really musical maybe more Marshall sounding clean. Or you can dial more gain and use the volume control on the guitarl, but it's really cool how much range is just how you pick depending on you dial the amp. I feel kind of like a traveling salesman with these comments, but it really does that if you want and I wanted to share or communicate that somehow because the demo vid doesn't show that.
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Post by Russell B on Nov 11, 2020 19:31:44 GMT -7
Just wanted to say thanks to you all for all the kind compliments regarding the demo. I started working on a part 2 to this video which will kind of be a continuation on this theme, but the amp can do so much more than I can portray. I just got done tracking some more ac/dc stuff, kind of mid or lower gain with an old (borrowed) sg and tele, and I just got stuck fooling around with Trower stuff on the tele of all things. So think Lady Love, the main riff has authority, the chords have this pristine clean picked lightly, then the couple lead lines picking harder are just fat and warm and "speak" for lack of a better word. Then if you need something with more gain over that, any kind of cleanish boost pedal will get that job done.I guess the point I'm trying to make is that the amp does gain in spades, but it's really surprising how good those in-between tones are from really clean to to quite pushed just based on how hard you pick. Not fender spanking clean where you can smash the guitar and it never breaks up, but a really musical maybe more Marshall sounding clean. Or you can dial more gain and use the volume control on the guitarl, but it's really cool how much range is just how you pick depending on you dial the amp. I feel kind of like a traveling salesman with these comments, but it really does that if you want and I wanted to share or communicate that somehow because the demo vid doesn't show that. Adam, you did a fine job on the demo and I really look forward to part two! This amp is hitting at the right time for me as I rekindled my old rock days in the 80s with some folks that I played with back then. 70s to 80s and beyond, you showed us that the amp will do it!
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Post by detuned on Nov 11, 2020 20:04:30 GMT -7
The demo is fantastic - all the hard worked paid off - on all parts! If you're looking for suggestions, I'd love a demo of the clean-to-mean with that strat and any of th humbucker guitars. What a great amp!
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Post by KeithA on Nov 12, 2020 4:09:48 GMT -7
For so reason, I can’t get the new YouTube video to play that Perry is referring too! 😩 That happened to me too. I think YouTube flipped out for a little while. Yeah, YouTube was down for a while
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Post by doctorice on Nov 12, 2020 6:08:40 GMT -7
For so reason, I can’t get the new YouTube video to play that Perry is referring too! 😩 That happened to me too. I think YouTube flipped out for a little while. I had the same issue with YouTube last night. I was able to see Z's video about 10 pm EST.
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Post by KeithA on Nov 12, 2020 6:38:05 GMT -7
That happened to me too. I think YouTube flipped out for a little while. I had the same issue with YouTube last night. I was able to see Z's video about 10 pm EST. I think YouTube had a worldwide outage for a short period.
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Post by daddyelmis (Greg) on Nov 12, 2020 7:16:05 GMT -7
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Post by helmi on Nov 13, 2020 17:05:19 GMT -7
Great playing, and a killer demo. And props to the drummer also!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2020 17:55:28 GMT -7
That's a killer demo!!! damn fine job, Adam!!! Doc, Amazing amp!!
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Post by adam on Nov 13, 2020 18:02:42 GMT -7
Great playing, and a killer demo. And props to the drummer also! Thanks! Dennis is a really incredible drummer. He brings a "life" to the whole thing. I can't say enough good things about him.
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Post by Faze on Nov 13, 2020 18:40:49 GMT -7
Wow loved the Steely Dan and the Pink Floyd stuff. Thats the best demo of a Z amp I have witnessed.
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Post by trojanhov on Nov 14, 2020 7:12:27 GMT -7
Doc, just have this guy do all your demos. Best demo I’ve seen for a z amp hands down. I use my amos as clean platforms, but the demo is making me yearn. Great work. Phenomenal playing. Amazinggg amp
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Post by limenine on Nov 15, 2020 17:19:16 GMT -7
Adam has a great YouTube channel; I subscribed as soon as I watched his Maz18 vid. Clicky
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Post by nicholas on Mar 6, 2021 7:23:01 GMT -7
Hey adam what is that song from 1:06 - 1:57? I should probably know this. It sounds familiar but I can't place it. I love that tone. Reminds me of Joe Satriani's newer tone.
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Post by Chilly Gibbons (Todd T.) on Mar 6, 2021 7:42:46 GMT -7
And I’d like to know what the song after that one is. Love that one, and the tone.
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Post by adam on Mar 6, 2021 13:23:58 GMT -7
Hey adam what is that song from 1:06 - 1:57? I should probably know this. It sounds familiar but I can't place it. I love that tone. Reminds me of Joe Satriani's newer tone. It's called Ice Nine on the Surfin' With The Aliens record. I think back when the record came out it was some kind of Marshall with a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal. King of grindy and midrangy even though I think the pedal is kind of scooped sounding in general. I think he's one of those guys that played with massive amounts of gain, like if you don't have to turn down the guitar volume to stop the guitar from squealing when you aren't playing, it was really close to that level. There's a lot of guys like that, Yngwee (good luck spelling that one), Zakk Wylde (what a name). Basically so much gain you have to turn down the guitar or it just squeals. His sounds on later albums are much more organic sounding. Also, I noted it in the comments, but I was hitting a chorus pedal in a couple of those odd chords he does. I picked that up from watching some of his live stuff. The studio version has a second guitar, like a rockman clean and compressed to snot doing that part. Maybe also a note on using that guitar for that tune, it wasn't' because it sounded the best, like a Les Paul would have really sounded a lot better (to me anyway), but it's the only guitar I have with a floating tree and without that part, the song just doesn't sound right. Same kind of thing where I used that guitar on the Floyd thing where a regular strat would have sounded better, but none of my Strats are setup to float (don't want them too), but that song just doesn't sound right at all unless you can pull up on the bar. TMI, I know.
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Post by adam on Mar 6, 2021 14:11:09 GMT -7
And I’d like to know what the song after that one is. Love that one, and the tone. Cool! "Because I Love You" by the Scorpions. That song wasn't a hit by any means, but that tone always grabbed me too and one day fooling with the CAZ trying to figure out what to do for a demo, it was kind of like "that's THAT sound", maybe I should represent that because it was kind of a more modern (to me) distorted tone. One regret I have from that demo was not representing some early Santana stuff, particularly with that old SG I had borrowed at the time. It was crazy close. Maybe someday I'll get back to that, but all that stuff really take time to get from "that's the sound" to a "presentable" product that conveys it. Side note, I'm kind of wondering and trying to figure out what might be the best way to present a product demo like this. Since the CAZ vid, and really the second and third ones I've done, I've kind of heard a lot of comments and have some observations of my own, particularly watching some of the stuff that's gone down on YT this week around that. The inclination of everyone is kind of try to represent the product in the best possible light, but maybe that isn't what people are really looking in a demo. Maybe they just want to feel like they walk into a store and plug a guitar in a try the thing out and kind of stumble on sounds they don't like as well as maybe sounds they do like. I kind of feel like if I represent what the product does best (at least to me), I end up not showing not showing a whole bunch of other stuff and what I feel like is the bass is too mushy or the top is too bright (whatever), that might the exact thing someone else is looking for. The other thing I saw was (some famous YT guy) saying "hey, this isn't a demo of how well I can play the guitar, it's about what this pedal sounds like". I think there's a lot of validity in that. If anyone read this far and has an opinion on what they think would make a helpful product demo, please chime in. I'm all ears, and would certainly rather spend my time doing something that's useful to someone rather than something that isn't. Thanks in advance, and I promise to respond wether I agree or not, and if I don't, I'll state my thoughts as to why. It would be really appreciated.
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Post by nicholas on Mar 6, 2021 14:20:14 GMT -7
Hey adam what is that song from 1:06 - 1:57? I should probably know this. It sounds familiar but I can't place it. I love that tone. Reminds me of Joe Satriani's newer tone. It's called Ice Nine on the Surfin' With The Aliens record. I think back when the record came out it was some kind of Marshall with a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal. King of grindy and midrangy even though I think the pedal is kind of scooped sounding in general. I think he's one of those guys that played with massive amounts of gain, like if you don't have to turn down the guitar volume to stop the guitar from squealing when you aren't playing, it was really close to that level. There's a lot of guys like that, Yngwee (good luck spelling that one), Zakk Wylde (what a name). Basically so much gain you have to turn down the guitar or it just squeals. His sounds on later albums are much more organic sounding. Also, I noted it in the comments, but I was hitting a chorus pedal in a couple of those odd chords he does. I picked that up from watching some of his live stuff. The studio version has a second guitar, like a rockman clean and compressed to snot doing that part. Maybe also a note on using that guitar for that tune, it wasn't' because it sounded the best, like a Les Paul would have really sounded a lot better (to me anyway), but it's the only guitar I have with a floating tree and without that part, the song just doesn't sound right. Same kind of thing where I used that guitar on the Floyd thing where a regular strat would have sounded better, but none of my Strats are setup to float (don't want them too), but that song just doesn't sound right at all unless you can pull up on the bar. TMI, I know. Thanks Adam. For some reason just drew a blank on which tune it was, which is odd because I've listened to that album so many times back in the day. Maybe I'm getting old lol. He has so many albums. Usually puts one out every few years. I've heard so many of his songs I have a hard time putting names to them sometimes. I really like his tone from Super Collossal onward. I thought your demo sounded just like that era. Sounded nice!
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Post by notscottagain on Mar 7, 2021 6:57:28 GMT -7
And I’d like to know what the song after that one is. Love that one, and the tone. Cool! "Because I Love You" by the Scorpions. That song wasn't a hit by any means, but that tone always grabbed me too and one day fooling with the CAZ trying to figure out what to do for a demo, it was kind of like "that's THAT sound", maybe I should represent that because it was kind of a more modern (to me) distorted tone. One regret I have from that demo was not representing some early Santana stuff, particularly with that old SG I had borrowed at the time. It was crazy close. Maybe someday I'll get back to that, but all that stuff really take time to get from "that's the sound" to a "presentable" product that conveys it. Side note, I'm kind of wondering and trying to figure out what might be the best way to present a product demo like this. Since the CAZ vid, and really the second and third ones I've done, I've kind of heard a lot of comments and have some observations of my own, particularly watching some of the stuff that's gone down on YT this week around that. The inclination of everyone is kind of try to represent the product in the best possible light, but maybe that isn't what people are really looking in a demo. Maybe they just want to feel like they walk into a store and plug a guitar in a try the thing out and kind of stumble on sounds they don't like as well as maybe sounds they do like. I kind of feel like if I represent what the product does best (at least to me), I end up not showing not showing a whole bunch of other stuff and what I feel like is the bass is too mushy or the top is too bright (whatever), that might the exact thing someone else is looking for. The other thing I saw was (some famous YT guy) saying "hey, this isn't a demo of how well I can play the guitar, it's about what this pedal sounds like". I think there's a lot of validity in that. If anyone read this far and has an opinion on what they think would make a helpful product demo, please chime in. I'm all ears, and would certainly rather spend my time doing something that's useful to someone rather than something that isn't. Thanks in advance, and I promise to respond wether I agree or not, and if I don't, I'll state my thoughts as to why. It would be really appreciated. Your demo of the CAZ is what changed my mind from "I'm pretty sure it will do what I want." to "I need to find one NOW." But if you want some ideas on what others do, check out Mike Hermans YouTube page for ideas on how to do product demos. His amp demos show the amp in a mix with various settings and guitars and then he does a one-on-one with the unit where you see and hear the effect the controls actually have on the unit. There is no talking, it's all playing with added graphics and scrolling text to give you all the info you need. I bought my RedPlate amp because of his demos.
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Post by Chilly Gibbons (Todd T.) on Mar 7, 2021 8:12:44 GMT -7
And I’d like to know what the song after that one is. Love that one, and the tone. Cool! "Because I Love You" by the Scorpions. That song wasn't a hit by any means, but that tone always grabbed me too and one day fooling with the CAZ trying to figure out what to do for a demo, it was kind of like "that's THAT sound", maybe I should represent that because it was kind of a more modern (to me) distorted tone. One regret I have from that demo was not representing some early Santana stuff, particularly with that old SG I had borrowed at the time. It was crazy close. Maybe someday I'll get back to that, but all that stuff really take time to get from "that's the sound" to a "presentable" product that conveys it. Side note, I'm kind of wondering and trying to figure out what might be the best way to present a product demo like this. Since the CAZ vid, and really the second and third ones I've done, I've kind of heard a lot of comments and have some observations of my own, particularly watching some of the stuff that's gone down on YT this week around that. The inclination of everyone is kind of try to represent the product in the best possible light, but maybe that isn't what people are really looking in a demo. Maybe they just want to feel like they walk into a store and plug a guitar in a try the thing out and kind of stumble on sounds they don't like as well as maybe sounds they do like. I kind of feel like if I represent what the product does best (at least to me), I end up not showing not showing a whole bunch of other stuff and what I feel like is the bass is too mushy or the top is too bright (whatever), that might the exact thing someone else is looking for. The other thing I saw was (some famous YT guy) saying "hey, this isn't a demo of how well I can play the guitar, it's about what this pedal sounds like". I think there's a lot of validity in that. If anyone read this far and has an opinion on what they think would make a helpful product demo, please chime in. I'm all ears, and would certainly rather spend my time doing something that's useful to someone rather than something that isn't. Thanks in advance, and I promise to respond wether I agree or not, and if I don't, I'll state my thoughts as to why. It would be really appreciated. Thanks Adam. You’re right, I’d never have figured it out. Was thinking of experimenting with the SoundHound app to see if that would help ID it.
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Post by adam on Mar 7, 2021 14:05:08 GMT -7
Thanks! Much appreciated.
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