TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Had band rehearsal last night, 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.
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.
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 the Dr Z provides a lot of bang for the buck compared to other boutique manufacturers here in the US.
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.
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.
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 the Dr Z provides a lot of bang for the buck compared to other boutique manufacturers here in the US.
