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Features: 9
This amp has your basic palette of features offered by Dr Z.
Volume, Treble, Bass, one input for your guitar. It does offer you
the option of popping in a GZ34 Rectifier if you feel the need.
Power tubes in this tone monster are KT88's.. My amp does not have
an effects loop, though Z does offer it on most of his amps. So,
with no loop I will give it a 9. With a loop it would get a 10!
Fact is this, for all you readers.... Z does not focus on frills,
he focuses on tone. If you want frills there are plenty to be had
out there in the world of pedals. Amps with a bunch of built in
frills are often hard to use on stage and usually with all the frills
built in you start to sacrifice tone. One other little thing brings
up the level of coolness is that it has a detachable power cord...
which is great for an amp head.
Sound Quality: 10
This amp is supurb. Not a bad setting anywhere. Most amps you have
to work with to find its sweet spot. Not this thing. It is truly
a plug and play amp. Between myself and my friends we have played
several guitars through this amp... Les Pauls, PRS, Strats, a Peavey
Wolfgang, Heritage Semi-Hollow Blues guitar... again not a bad sound
from any one... This amp brings out the best of every guitar we
plugged into it. Z is known for great tone and this is no disappointment.
Note definition to the highest degree and NEVER harsh. If I had
to sum up this amp it would be basically this... Amazingly thick,
milkshake-like, beautiful, well-defined tone. Played clean it is
great for Country, Jazz, and Funk. Crank the volume a bit and set
your Les Paul bridge pick up to 10 and you get amazingly beautiful
distortion, with tremendous sustain, and a good tight focused tone
across the whole spectrum. This amp is an amazingly versatile TONE
MONSTER. Back to the issue of frills... you want some versatility
in your sounds... plug just about any pedal into one of Z's amps
and it will sound better than any other amp you have played it through...
want some recommendations...?? Try some Fulltone, or Carl Martin
pedals.... truly amazing analog pedals! Even digital stuff sounds
good through a Z amp. But for a true organic experience, plug in
some Fulltone pedals and you will be overtaken by a HUGE Wall of
tone coming out of the Delta 88! Oh yeah, cant forget one important
thing... this amp sounds great through several cabs, I have a Bogner
Cube Cab, Marshall 1936 212, and a Z best cab.... the absolute best
cab out there is the Zbest 212! Try one and you'll see!
Reliability: 9
This amp head is built tough,.. good solid construction and a solid
brass amp chassis. If this amp is like any of his others, it will
last. It is a fairly new item, so may be too soon to judge, but
like I said... his stuff is built to last from overal construction
to quality of tone.
Customer Support: 10
I have contacted Z on several occasions with questions about his
amp line-up and settings, and general questions. I have always got
a response and been well taken care of... I deal with Stu @ Fat
Sound Guitars... and believe me, between Z and Stu, I am WELL taken
care of.
Overall Rating: 10
Overall this amp is truly a 10! Where else are you going to get
an amazingly toneful hand-built, hand-wired amp at this price point?
You wont find one to even come close. I have had a few amps, Line
6, Fender, Bogner, other Dr Z's... The only thing I can say is find
a Z to plug into and you'll know right off the bat what I have been
talking about and you'll be hooked, just like me.
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