Played a GREAT amp tonight!

[Denim n Leather]

Had band rehearsal tonight, but in a room different than my usual.

Normally, I play through a Bruno Pony 50, Underground 45 or Underground 30. However, tonight the Bruno was on the bass player's side of the room, and instead I played through this amp:

http://www.drzamps.com/maz38nr.html

This is a GREAT rock amp! I played my VHII-loaded tele. The tone reminded me of a Matchless but with more gain and balls. It also has reverb (which I didn't use), a comprehensive EQ section, and two volume controls.

Using the Thunder Tomate treble booster though it yielded a scorching old school hard rock tone.

I would highly recommend this amplifier to anyone looking for something different in a vintage-voiced amplifier that also has more versatility than most "plexi" clones out there.

[hamfist]

Ha. Nice rehearsal venue you have !!   At ours I have the choice of a "superb" marshall AVT50 or ....... a different AVT50.

Suffice it to say, I bring my own.

THe Maz38 is defo a very well thought of amp, in the States. Pretty much unheard of over here of course. I'd love to have a go on one.

[Twinfan]

Are they pretty much a Marhall 18w clone with double the power section?

[Tellboy]

Not surprising it's a good rock amp as I see it was originally designed for Joe Walsh. Would love to hear some clips.

[Gizmo]

I think only 1 shop in the UK sells them. Peach ideas, stocks the whole range. They have good reviews and are well though of. Tbh considering they have been shipped from the US they are "boutique" amps they are pretty good value compared to other boutique amps, particularly those coming from Maerica with the current exchange rates.

[martinw]

Are they pretty much a Marhall 18w clone with double the power section?

Different preamp, but many similarities. Nice amp!
Four EL84 amps do sound special.

[Pete24v]

Different preamp, but many similarities. Nice amp!
Four EL84 amps do sound special.

I hope the same can be said for Four 6V6 amps  8)

[martinw]

Of course!  :)

[Dmoney]

Different preamp, but many similarities. Nice amp!
Four EL84 amps do sound special.

I hope the same can be said for Four 6V6 amps  8)

I had my Mesa Dual Rec running on a 6V6 quad a few weeks ago.
sounded very nice! super nice clean channel. i went back to EL34 though to have the option of using the solid state rectifer

[Denim n Leather]

The Dr Z was not really Marshall-like. It had a very even frequency response (dare I say hifi), with lightning fast transients. It was very 'clean', but had a wonderful, sustaining tone when pushed by the boost. On clean parts, using a neck Trilogy Suite, with either the Univibe or Leslie settings on a BOSS RT-20, the sound was very clean and had a great "chime" to it.

The one area where it didn't stack up to the Bruno was with feedback. When you're pushing a Bruno hard, and you stand in the right place, you get the most wonderful harmonic feedback that sustains notes into infinity. The Dr Z just became a screechy mess when you got too close. PDT_008.

It comes down to sonic preference and what your specific needs are. I think that a good sonic 'crossover' between the Dr Z and the Bruno would be a Komet, but as noted above, the Dr Z provides a lot of bang for the buck compared to other boutique manufacturers here in the US.

[hunter]

The Dr Z was not really Marshall-like. It had a very even frequency response (dare I say hifi), with lightning fast transients. It was very 'clean', but had a wonderful, sustaining tone when pushed by the boost. On clean parts, using a neck Trilogy Suite, with either the Univibe or Leslie settings on a BOSS RT-20, the sound was very clean and had a great "chime" to it.

The one area where it didn't stack up to the Bruno was with feedback. When you're pushing a Bruno hard, and you stand in the right place, you get the most wonderful harmonic feedback that sustains notes into infinity. The Dr Z just became a screechy mess when you got too close. PDT_008.

It comes down to sonic preference and what your specific needs are. I think that a good sonic 'crossover' between the Dr Z and the Bruno would be a Komet, but as noted above, the Dr Z provides a lot of bang for the buck compared to other boutique manufacturers here in the US.

That's about exactly how the Z38 model in the Axe feels. Is just a model, but has xactly those characteristics you describe.

[dave_mc]

never been able to try them... only one dealer in the UK, as Gizmo said :(

those brunos are meant to be really nice too... again, never tried one... :lol:

[PPPMAT]

Peach is a great little shop and they have just had a delivery of Dr z's there are loads of them in there!