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Post by doctorice on Nov 20, 2020 14:31:09 GMT -7
Brown truck dropped off s/n 11 (via Humbucker) a couple hours ago. I know, y'all want pictures for proof. I'll get one later, but you already know what it looks like.
Seems like a pretty decent amp so far I'll probably keep it
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Post by djcakadave on Nov 20, 2020 14:35:13 GMT -7
Brown truck dropped off s/n 11 (via Humbucker) a couple hours ago. I know, y'all want pictures for proof. I'll get one later, but you already know what it looks like.
Seems like a pretty decent amp so far I'll probably keep it Congratulations! If you decide not to keep it you can always send it to me
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Post by KeithA on Nov 20, 2020 14:52:06 GMT -7
Brown truck dropped off s/n 11 (via Humbucker) a couple hours ago. I know, y'all want pictures for proof. I'll get one later, but you already know what it looks like.
Seems like a pretty decent amp so far I'll probably keep it If you don’t post pictures we’ll assume it’s red 😀 Congrats Mike!
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Post by steiner on Nov 20, 2020 14:53:10 GMT -7
See you in a week. Enjoy!
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Post by Jaguarguy (Mike) on Nov 20, 2020 18:41:50 GMT -7
Brown truck dropped off s/n 11 (via Humbucker) a couple hours ago. I know, y'all want pictures for proof. I'll get one later, but you already know what it looks like.
Seems like a pretty decent amp so far I'll probably keep it If you don’t post pictures we’ll assume it’s red 😀 Congrats Mike! I might have the only red one
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Post by Russell B on Nov 20, 2020 19:37:15 GMT -7
Congrats! Pics and more thoughts please!
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Post by KeithA on Nov 21, 2020 9:01:54 GMT -7
If you don’t post pictures we’ll assume it’s red 😀 Congrats Mike! I might have the only red one Lol, prototypes don’t count 😀 This is actually one that I don’t want in red. Thinking about heading over to the dealer this afternoon and if I have a weak moment I may order one...in Blackout ♠️
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Post by doctorice on Nov 21, 2020 9:07:44 GMT -7
My (young adult) son thinks this is a great amp. I cranked it up for him last night and played various settings. He said he could definitely see this amp working for aome metal genres. He mentioned that he could hear Opeth and Agalloch tones in there, for example. It's got him thinking about taking up guitar again, which would be neat. Aiming to get a picture or two later today. Here it be. First impressions / basic stuff: If you set any one (or more) of Sensitivity, Gain and Level controls to full counterclockwise, there is no sound output. Not so with Aggression: it can be at its minimum and there will still be output. Sensitivity lets you tune how much the initial input signal compresses and at what point, so you can effectively set the threshold between clean/crisp and starting to compress pretty much where ever you want on the guitar's volume range and/or your pick attack. Level control works just like on the Cure. There is no change in the amp's tone, but at lower volumes you're not driving the speaker(s) as hard and you are not getting the guitar vibrating from the sound pressure level. This is a very loud amp, so the only way many of us will be able to experience its really high gain sounds will be by using Level. Speaking of volume, this amp can do loud and fairly clean by keeping Sensitivity and Gain modest and jacking up Level. More to come as exploration continues.
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Post by frankie on Nov 21, 2020 13:47:42 GMT -7
My (young adult) son thinks this is a great amp. I cranked it up for him last night and played various settings. He said he could definitely see this amp working for aome metal genres. He mentioned that he could hear Opeth and Agalloch tones in there, for example. It's got him thinking about taking up guitar again, which would be neat. Aiming to get a picture or two later today. Here it be. First impressions / basic stuff: If you set any one (or more) of Sensitivity, Gain and Level controls to full counterclockwise, there is no sound output. Not so with Aggression: it can be at its minimum and there will still be output. Sensitivity lets you tune how much the initial input signal compresses and at what point, so you can effectively set the threshold between clean/crisp and starting to compress pretty much where ever you want on the guitar's volume range and/or your pick attack. Level control works just like on the Cure. There is no change in the amp's tone, but at lower volumes you're not driving the speaker(s) as hard and you are not getting the guitar vibrating from the sound pressure level. This is a very loud amp, so the only way many of us will be able to experience its really high gain sounds will be by using Level. Speaking of volume, this amp can do loud and fairly clean by keeping Sensitivity and Gain modest and jacking up Level. More to come as exploration continues. The way the aggression control works was the final trick in the last prototype of the amp. Initially, as noted in Alan/Z’s interview, it started as a master volume and turned into a power section gain control. Initially it did kill the sound fully clockwise and at the lowest reaches of 0-1, slowly brought the signal up in volume. In the in final iteration Doc discovered he could get the control to pass signal at about where it would typical be at 1-2 on the dial so you could achieve the initial unaltered voicing of what Alan had designed prior to the addition of the level and aggression circuitry. Aggression at 0 is essentially Alan’s early voicing, a warmer, smoother tone, great for classic and hard rock, while the furthest reaches of the aggression allows for those tight, cutting tones metal players want.
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Post by Russell B on Nov 21, 2020 13:51:49 GMT -7
My (young adult) son thinks this is a great amp. I cranked it up for him last night and played various settings. He said he could definitely see this amp working for aome metal genres. He mentioned that he could hear Opeth and Agalloch tones in there, for example. It's got him thinking about taking up guitar again, which would be neat. Aiming to get a picture or two later today. Here it be. First impressions / basic stuff: If you set any one (or more) of Sensitivity, Gain and Level controls to full counterclockwise, there is no sound output. Not so with Aggression: it can be at its minimum and there will still be output. Sensitivity lets you tune how much the initial input signal compresses and at what point, so you can effectively set the threshold between clean/crisp and starting to compress pretty much where ever you want on the guitar's volume range and/or your pick attack. Level control works just like on the Cure. There is no change in the amp's tone, but at lower volumes you're not driving the speaker(s) as hard and you are not getting the guitar vibrating from the sound pressure level. This is a very loud amp, so the only way many of us will be able to experience its really high gain sounds will be by using Level. Speaking of volume, this amp can do loud and fairly clean by keeping Sensitivity and Gain modest and jacking up Level. More to come as exploration continues. The way the aggression control works was the final trick in the last prototype of the amp. Initially, as noted in Alan/Z’s interview, it started as a master volume and turned into a power section gain control. Initially it did kill the sound fully clockwise and at the lowest reaches of 0-1, slowly brought the signal up in volume. In the in final iteration Doc discovered he could get the control to pass signal at about where it would typical be at 1-2 on the dial so you could achieve the initial unaltered voicing of what Alan had designed prior to the addition of the level and aggression circuitry. Aggression at 0 is essentially Alan’s early voicing, a warmer, smoother tone, great for classic and hard rock, while the furthest reaches of the aggression allows for those tight, cutting tones metal players want. Frankie, I really appreciate all of the additional info you’ve given on this amp. Please drop any other nuggets you may have!
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Post by doctorice on Nov 21, 2020 14:37:37 GMT -7
Frankie, I really appreciate all of the additional info you’ve given on this amp. Please drop any other nuggets you may have! Me too.
Aggression seems to add some volume as it is increased. This may already have been mentioned in someone else's post.
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Post by KeithA on Nov 21, 2020 16:39:16 GMT -7
I dropped by a dealer today and they have 4 on order. However, these are just the regular black/S&P livery. I think I’ll order from my newer dealer (they are a smaller shop and I’d like to try to help them in these uncertain times).
Frankie/Doc
Just want to confirm that the CAZ is available in blackout? If so I think I’ll order one this week.
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Post by frankie on Nov 21, 2020 16:48:26 GMT -7
Frankie, I really appreciate all of the additional info you’ve given on this amp. Please drop any other nuggets you may have! Me too.
Aggression seems to add some volume as it is increased. This may already have been mentioned in someone else's post.
It adds a little volume as it hits 11:00 then tapers off as you increase the signal and then hit the limits of the power section headroom. Past 12, you get decreased headroom and by virtue of that, a narrower bandwidth which means more high mids and less bass as the power section reaches saturation.
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Post by frankie on Nov 21, 2020 16:49:58 GMT -7
I dropped by a dealer today and they have 4 on order. However, these are just the regular black/S&P livery. I think I’ll order from my newer dealer (they are a smaller shop and I’d like to try to help them in these uncertain times). Frankie/Doc Just want to confirm that the CAZ is available in blackout? If so I think I’ll order one this week. Yes Keith, you can make a special order for blackout or any other grill/piping we offer. The stock color was chosen because it gives a nod to the aesthetics of a lot of Alan’s amps.
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Post by KeithA on Nov 21, 2020 16:53:01 GMT -7
I dropped by a dealer today and they have 4 on order. However, these are just the regular black/S&P livery. I think I’ll order from my newer dealer (they are a smaller shop and I’d like to try to help them in these uncertain times). Frankie/Doc Just want to confirm that the CAZ is available in blackout? If so I think I’ll order one this week. Yes Keith, you can make a special order for blackout or any other grill/piping we offer. The stock color was chosen because it gives a nod to the aesthetics of a lot of Alan’s amps. Thanks Frankie. I guess I was wondering as blackout means black chicken head knobs and I wasn’t sure if you guys were set up for that. However, sounds like I’m good to go so I’ll likely order through Lauzon next week.
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Post by doctorice on Nov 23, 2020 6:18:43 GMT -7
I've spent several happy hours running through bits and pieces of the various classic rock/blues/ blues-rock stuff that is my main gigging material. Using the amp in the lower ranges of Sensitivity, Gain and Aggression but with Bass and Mid dimed, Treble up a lot and Presence below noon. Lollar humbuckers in a T-style from Nash. Guitar volume and tone seem to provide pretty much everything I typically want for tone and OD variation.
I plugged the pedal board in, but there's some tone suck, so I went back to straight in. Haven't gotten around to trying the loop with delay, etc.
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Post by premiumplus (Dave) on Nov 23, 2020 7:16:38 GMT -7
I'm running a TC mini flashback in the loop of mine, and it sounds good. I like keeping my drive controls low too, a little goes a long way. There's a lot to unpack with the CAZ, it's so responsive.
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Post by frankie on Nov 23, 2020 10:56:49 GMT -7
I've spent several happy hours running through bits and pieces of the various classic rock/blues/ blues-rock stuff that is my main gigging material. Using the amp in the lower ranges of Sensitivity, Gain and Aggression but with Bass and Mid dimed, Treble up a lot and Presence below noon. Lollar humbuckers in a T-style from Nash. Guitar volume and tone seem to provide pretty much everything I typically want for tone and OD variation. I plugged the pedal board in, but there's some tone suck, so I went back to straight in. Haven't gotten around to trying the loop with delay, etc. Hey doctorice, the loop is not designed to take a signal with the gain controls set that low. There will be loss through an FX loop. As with all FX loops you need a decent amount of signal to drive the signal chain through your cables and pedals. If you are looking to get a clean sound from the amp to put pedals in front, as you noted, it’s best to go straight in. There is no benefit to using the loop unless you have a gained up signal.
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Post by frankie on Nov 23, 2020 10:57:43 GMT -7
Yes Keith, you can make a special order for blackout or any other grill/piping we offer. The stock color was chosen because it gives a nod to the aesthetics of a lot of Alan’s amps. Thanks Frankie. I guess I was wondering as blackout means black chicken head knobs and I wasn’t sure if you guys were set up for that. However, sounds like I’m good to go so I’ll likely order through Lauzon next week. I’m pretty sure black chicken head knobs can be acquired in this case.
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Post by doctorice on Nov 23, 2020 11:07:47 GMT -7
I've spent several happy hours running through bits and pieces of the various classic rock/blues/ blues-rock stuff that is my main gigging material. Using the amp in the lower ranges of Sensitivity, Gain and Aggression but with Bass and Mid dimed, Treble up a lot and Presence below noon. Lollar humbuckers in a T-style from Nash. Guitar volume and tone seem to provide pretty much everything I typically want for tone and OD variation. I plugged the pedal board in, but there's some tone suck, so I went back to straight in. Haven't gotten around to trying the loop with delay, etc. Hey doctorice , the loop is not designed to take a signal with the gain controls set that low. There will be loss through an FX loop. As with all FX loops you need a decent amount of signal to drive the signal chain through your cables and pedals. If you are looking to get a clean sound from the amp to put pedals in front, as you noted, it’s best to go straight in. There is no benefit to using the loop unless you have a gained up signal. Thanks for the tip, frankie. I'll keep that in mind.
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Post by frankie on Nov 23, 2020 13:40:39 GMT -7
Hey doctorice , the loop is not designed to take a signal with the gain controls set that low. There will be loss through an FX loop. As with all FX loops you need a decent amount of signal to drive the signal chain through your cables and pedals. If you are looking to get a clean sound from the amp to put pedals in front, as you noted, it’s best to go straight in. There is no benefit to using the loop unless you have a gained up signal. Thanks for the tip, frankie. I'll keep that in mind. No problem. At bare minimum if you want to run the FX loop with a clean signal, turn the Aggression up as it's the last thing in the signal chain before the loop and will be able to at least give some push to the signal to drive your pedal chain. Without the gain and sensitivity up, the aggression should still stay relatively clean.
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