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Post by countrybilly83 (Ty) on Jun 19, 2006 9:42:06 GMT -7
Hey guys, I thought I would tell you about my saturday gig. Playing outside at a town celebration/car show. We played various classic rock and blues stuff, and I used my Maz. Jr. unmiced!! The area where the band was, a large gazebo(spelling?), and we used the PA for vocals and put the bass through the subs, but the guitars and drums were on their own. Was alot of fun to crank it up, and see what the little guy could do. Played 2 sets, and then took about an hour break and then played 4 more... Very long day...
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Post by countrybilly83 (Ty) on Jun 26, 2006 19:17:08 GMT -7
Thanks for all the topic reads guys...
Have alot of the other Maz 18 owners here used the little guys for outdoor gigs??
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Post by texblooz on Jun 27, 2006 5:16:37 GMT -7
We have an outdoor show coming up Sunday and will be my first with the Jr. I am playing through a 2x12 cab and pretty sure I'll have no trouble being heard. ;D Will post later
Tex
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Post by Bill on Jun 27, 2006 6:19:58 GMT -7
I used a Maz Jr for four years, many outdoor gigs. Never a problem with volume in any regard. More than one friend has told me my best tone came from my old red Jr! They may be right, but I'm kinda partial to the 'ray tone lately!
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Post by texblooz on Jul 5, 2006 5:31:26 GMT -7
My first gig with the Maz Jr was Sunday and it was outside in the Texas heat. The band plays a mix of 70's hard rock and blues. Fortunately we are able to mic everything though a good PA, and can play at a reasonable stage volume. Going through a 2x12 cab with the Volume at noon, Master around 11 o'clock and Cut around 9 o'clock, this amp sounded even sweeter than I had imagined. Before we started playing I was a little concerned about brightness and had rolled off the treble just a bit. But once we got into the first song I bumped the treble back up to around 10:00, and found that in a live setting it mixed perfectly with the other instruments and remained fat. There was NO problem at all with volume or finding this amp in the mix! Got lots of nice comments from bandmates and several in the audience. All in all, it was a great day and I could not be happier with the Jr. But as I am finding out, one Z is never enough. Got my eyes on a Ghia now...
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Post by (8^D) on Jul 5, 2006 14:12:51 GMT -7
Playing lots of outdoor festivals this summer. Finding the 2x12 Jr runs out of "clean" gas competing with a steel using a Session 400 and all the stage monitors (I don't run guitar thru monitors/wedges - EQ the monitor for vocals and the guitar sounds horrible). Typical long-time band guys, unless you walk right up to them so they see your mouth move they never know you're addressing them - another few years and they won't even be able to hear their monitors. They luuuuv it loud!! That said, the Jr sounds really good 'cause the amp's cranked and juicy full of natural tube compression. Doesn't even mind the rain every now and again. Yeah, I believe I'm seeing a Sr 212 in my future.
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Post by JChance on Jul 5, 2006 14:46:03 GMT -7
Playing lots of outdoor festivals this summer. Finding the 2x12 Jr runs out of "clean" gas competing with a steel using a Session 400 and all the stage monitors (I don't run guitar thru monitors/wedges - EQ the monitor for vocals and the guitar sounds horrible). Typical long-time band guys, unless you walk right up to them so they see your mouth move they never know you're addressing them - another few years and they won't even be able to hear their monitors. They luuuuv it loud!! That said, the Jr sounds really good 'cause the amp's cranked and juicy full of natural tube compression. Doesn't even mind the rain every now and again. Yeah, I believe I'm seeing a Sr 212 in my future. Ahhh... Now you see why I got mine. When I first got my Jr, I thought it would be loud enough for just about anything. And it is, to a degree. But when you start competing with other instruments like steel & fiddle, as well as loud wedges, the Jr. can start to feel right on the cusp of being underpowered. Hey, Dan... Get a 2 10" or 1 12" Sr, and then swap the chassis from your 2 12" Jr cabinet. Then you could have a setup like what I've got. Use the 18 with a single 12" or 2 10's for clubs & recording. Use the 2 12 Sr for louder, bigger stuff. By the way, I've got a new pair of Weber 10's on the way for my Jr. Did the 10" version of the blue/silver ceramics with moderate dope- J
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Post by countrybilly83 (Ty) on Jul 5, 2006 16:25:23 GMT -7
The music we were playing was alot of Classic Rock stuff with some Blues and some odle 50's stuff too.. The maz was running great. Both volumes at 12 -1 o'clock and the cut about 10 or so.. It was at the point of having some hair hair on it and when the volume on my guitar was maxed for solos it was pure heaven... Add in some tubescreamer or some Ds-1 and everything was coverd. Amazing!!
LOL One Z is not enough, either a Maz Sr. or a ES will be next lol then maybe we will see if those are enough..
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Post by John on Jul 6, 2006 7:12:18 GMT -7
I just played an outdoor 4th of July gig. Big stage, but we were squashed up next to each other because the PA people pulled the FOH speakers in closer to the band because they didn't want the cabinets to get rained on. (smart move actually) So it cramped us a bit. 8 band members.
I'm sort of backline to a keyboard player and sax. The sax player is partially deaf from years on the road. He had a dedicated monitor and told the "Tin Ear Guy"...oh, excuse me...I mean Sound Man to turn him WAY up. He was piercing loud. The keyboard player had a Roland cube...pretty darn loud too. I've got my Maz Jr 2x12 up as far as she'll go, and at times, it was a little hard to hear. It would have been better if I could have stood more than 2 feet in front of it. I went wireless and stepped out about 8 feet in front and it was much louder. We weren't a metal band, but the drummer was playing like one...as loud as he can and double kick pedals at time.
I was thinking during the gig, how I would have liked a Maz Sr. at the moment. But those big stage gigs are few and far between for me. Usually it's a smaller club where the Jr. will do just fine.
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Post by (8^D) on Jul 10, 2006 13:04:37 GMT -7
Ahhh... Now you see why I got mine. Hey, Dan... Get a 2 10" or 1 12" Sr, and then swap the chassis from your 2 12" Jr cabinet. Then you could have a setup like what I've got. Use the 18 with a single 12" or 2 10's for clubs & recording. Use the 2 12 Sr for louder, bigger stuff. By the way, I've got a new pair of Weber 10's on the way for my Jr. Did the 10" version of the blue/silver ceramics with moderate dope- J That's not a bad idea! I do really want those Webers in the future Sr (yum!) - have to let me know how the new 10's work out! BTW, what are you bringing up for the KS/MO run? I may be leaving my Jr in TX (flyin' a bit) and crankin' the R66...have attenuator, will travel! ;D
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