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Post by frankie on Mar 2, 2023 14:03:33 GMT -7
Hi folks, I added some more details and settings to the CAZ manual today. This is to aide folks that are either new to the hi gain world and are daunted by the interactivity of the controls, or even players coming from the channel-switching hi-gain world to get situated with some starting settings. Share your favorite settings in this thread!
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Post by DocMartin on Mar 3, 2023 8:42:52 GMT -7
Thank you for the update and posting these settings. I just recently acquired a new Caz 45 head, and I feel like these settings are pretty accurate. I have been loving the amp so far. I really am just blown away by how versatile this amp really is. Im running the head through a Dumble style 1x12 cab with the oval back and the speaker is a Celestion alnico creamback. Sounds amazing BTW. In my current band, I am playing a variety of tunes from funk to pop to classic rock and this amp will cover it all. I am using a Suhr classic S with a single coil in the neck and middle and humbucker in the bridge. I do believe that Suhr has a treble bleed in the circuit so that it retains some sparkle as you roll the volume down. This adds to the versatility that I need. I have the amp setup to where I can roll guitar volume to 7, and it will give a super sweet clean sound on the neck or middle pickup, and then I can switch to the bridge humbucker and roll up the volume for overdrive. It's crazy how well it works. I can go from playing SRV to black Crowes hard to handle all with pickup selection and volume level. Crazy versatility. Settings on the amp I am using to achieve this, based on clock face position: level 9-2, presence- 12, aggression-9, Bass-11, Mid-12, Treble-1, Gain-9-10, sensitivity 10:30-11.
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Post by frankie on Mar 3, 2023 12:42:09 GMT -7
Thank you for the update and posting these settings. I just recently acquired a new Caz 45 head, and I feel like these settings are pretty accurate. I have been loving the amp so far. I really am just blown away by how versatile this amp really is. Im running the head through a Dumble style 1x12 cab with the oval back and the speaker is a Celestion alnico creamback. Sounds amazing BTW. In my current band, I am playing a variety of tunes from funk to pop to classic rock and this amp will cover it all. I am using a Suhr classic S with a single coil in the neck and middle and humbucker in the bridge. I do believe that Suhr has a treble bleed in the circuit so that it retains some sparkle as you roll the volume down. This adds to the versatility that I need. I have the amp setup to where I can roll guitar volume to 7, and it will give a super sweet clean sound on the neck or middle pickup, and then I can switch to the bridge humbucker and roll up the volume for overdrive. It's crazy how well it works. I can go from playing SRV to black Crowes hard to handle all with pickup selection and volume level. Crazy versatility. Settings on the amp I am using to achieve this, based on clock face position: level 9-2, presence- 12, aggression-9, Bass-11, Mid-12, Treble-1, Gain-9-10, sensitivity 10:30-11. Thanks for sharing your settings. For that first setting I was going to for a "dumble-esque" overdrive with a little more hair.
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Post by doctorice on Mar 4, 2023 7:31:00 GMT -7
Thanks for these suggestions, frankie. I look forward to trying them out this week.
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Post by motron on Mar 7, 2023 15:43:55 GMT -7
Thanks for the setting suggestions. I had fun trying them all.
I like the CAZ-45 better every day and I started out loving it.
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Post by doctorice on Mar 10, 2023 10:10:51 GMT -7
I've been playing the CAZ exclusively the last few days. For an amp that can be as "in your face" as you want, it's also quite subtle. Little shifts in Sensitivity and Gain can, depending on the rest of the signal chain, make a big difference in what you get out of your guitar. In particular, these controls let you tailor the amp's "clean to mean" to the taper of the guitar's volume knob. It's so cool.
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Post by DocMartin on Mar 11, 2023 6:53:20 GMT -7
I've been playing the CAZ exclusively the last few days. For an amp that can be as "in your face" as you want, it's also quite subtle. Little shifts in Sensitivity and Gain can, depending on the rest of the signal chain, make a big difference in what you get out of your guitar. In particular, these controls let you tailor the amp's "clean to mean" to the taper of the guitar's volume knob. It's so cool. Yeah it’s pretty incredible. I do love the high gain settings for fun occasionally, but I am a low gain player and this Caz just shines at those settings. My z-28 mkii hasn’t been getting nearly as much play lately. I seriously love this amp lol.
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Post by cragginshred on Mar 28, 2023 8:06:09 GMT -7
Does the Volume knob work well enough to get cranked tones at a not super loud but still band volume?
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Post by doctorice on Mar 28, 2023 11:15:46 GMT -7
Does the Volume knob work well enough to get cranked tones at a not super loud but still band volume? Yes, in my experience. (I assume you're referring to the Level knob.)
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Post by adam on Mar 28, 2023 16:36:41 GMT -7
Does the Volume knob work well enough to get cranked tones at a not super loud but still band volume? I think it is exceptional at that. In the sample below, I measured 78 db on my watch, and that would be the loudest reading, sitting right next to the 4x12. I also noted in the description that it's easy to talk over it at that volume, and you can also hear the guitar acoustically at that volume. I just thought it was cool and recorded it and shared for that very reason, that it sounds cranked, but it's really pretty quiet. It's way less than band volume, yet still kind of sounds like the amp is blowing up and cranked (to me). As for processing on the track, I'm sure it's just a blend of the 2 mics with a little room ambience from a uad plugin (I use that a lot, it just creates some sense of space without sounding like reverb). I might also add that the mic setup there is the Rick Beato thing where the mics are on the grill, the 57 is in the normal place where the dust cover meets the speaker, and the 421 is 1/2 way between the dust cover and the edge of the cone.
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Post by carrjimi on Apr 20, 2023 8:55:57 GMT -7
This new manual is great! I think it shows how versatile the CAZ. There are no bad sounds with this amp. That being said, if you spend the time there are several really awesome specific sounds.
I often go between the CAZ and my 1984 Single Channel JCM 800. While it doesn't sound like a Marshall per se, It can do literally do anything the JCM can do. More importantly, It can do it at any volume.
I usually run mine with the aggression below 12 and gain at around 1.
The Zbest Cab with a Creamback/V30 combo sounds massive. It sounds just as fat as my JCM 800 with a 4x12 loaded with Greenbacks. For smaller gigs the Zbest is sometimes too much and I'll use a Marshall 1933 with a G1265.
The effects loop is the absolute best I've ever used. I run a Boss analog delay with a single repeat and it sounds like you are playing at Madison Square Garden.
Don't be scared away that this is "only" a single channel amp. Lower the volume on your guitar and you have great edge of breakup tones.
I also use a passive volume pedal in the loop to set up a volume boost for solos and toggle between rhythm and lead (A volume pedal will do the same thing). It works incredibly and makes the amp even more useable.
Here's the most important thing: It sounds killer in a band setting!
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Post by purpletele on Apr 20, 2023 13:10:07 GMT -7
This new manual is great! I think it shows how versatile the CAZ. There are no bad sounds with this amp. That being said, if you spend the time there are several really awesome specific sounds. I often go between the CAZ and my 1984 Single Channel JCM 800. While it doesn't sound like a Marshall per se, It can do literally do anything the JCM can do. More importantly, It can do it at any volume. You guys sound great! I would be very pleased to have a couple of beers and listen to your band!
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Post by texaspicker11 on Oct 19, 2023 11:07:53 GMT -7
The more I play the CAZ45 the more I think to myself that it is to American high gain what the Wreck is to vintage British tone!
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Post by steamroller on Oct 20, 2023 11:40:26 GMT -7
How about getting to know the Z-Plus! Great post!
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