I will be the first to add some comments on the newest member of my family, the Route 66 in red. I special ordered it and it sat at Daves Guitar where I'm told "nothing else was cool after it arrived". I choose this after a lot of input from this user group and one of my main desires was compatibility with my pedals. It didnt disappoint. Note that prior, I owned a Carman Ghia which would be great but it was a little short on head room. My advice, save your money and start with a great amp - then supplement with pedals.
hey atm- i too got my dr z ( a carmen ghia) from daves music in lacrosse. wis, that store is amazing- if you get the chance, talk to casey from there, he's a super cool guy. zero sales pressure. anyways, my plan is to get a rt. 66 sometime this upcoming spring- my carmen is mainly a recording amp, which it excells at for what tones i want, but as you and others have said- it's nice to have a bit more headroom, hence the higher powered 66. anyways.... just thought i'd say hello and im glad you dig your amp! take care, travis
Posts: 3 | Location: iowa | Registered: November 16, 2002
Just picked up a "barely" used Mazerati head in black tolex. Haven't gigged with it yet, I just bought it yesterday, but it sounds god-like in the house. I've been wanting one of these for a long time and at $700.00 I finally had the balls to "pull the trigger". Anybody else in here use one of these 2 knob baby's?
Posts: 2443 | Location: los angeles ca usa | Registered: December 19, 2001
mike zaite builds great amps & is a true prince! i bought my maz-38 invasion from him in 1995.& it still sounds incredible.i bought a carmen-ghia head from him in'97.he also built me for it,his first 1x12 cab.it is a closed back,w/ a prototype weber/dr.z silver-vox copy 12" speaker.there was( still is?)a picture of it on his web-site.the head & cab are blonde tolex W/ oxblood grills.the picture showed the baby-stack in front of an unfinished 4x12 cab.i only live 3&1/2hours from cleveland,so i drove there to p/u the ghia&cab, & he changed the metal grillcover from my invasion to a fabric one.looked much nicer. & he was a great host.he deserves the business & praise.i would love to get either a z-28 or a route-66. anybody w/ a ghia should try it through a 15" open-back speaker cab.you won't believe your ears. try it & let me know what you think.
Posts: 1795 | Location: rochester,ny,us | Registered: July 16, 2003
quote:Originally posted by atmmusic: I will be the first to add some comments on the newest member of my family, the Route 66 in red. I special ordered it and it sat at Daves Guitar where I'm told "nothing else was cool after it arrived". I choose this after a lot of input from this user group and one of my main desires was compatibility with my pedals. It didnt disappoint. Note that prior, I owned a Carman Ghia which would be great but it was a little short on head room. My advice, save your money and start with a great amp - then supplement with pedals.
This is what I want. A red Route 66. It's what I use in the studio. I have a Gibson GA-30RVS; which is sweet..but doesnt have quite the mojo that the 66 has. Looking to trade (+$$) if anyone knows someone. (sigh..lol) Thanks!
Posts: 107 | Location: NYC | Registered: April 27, 2002
A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE WHO DOES SOUND FOR MAJOR TOUR GROUPS HAS HEARD THEM ALL VHT/PITBULL,BOGNER,BOOGIE,MARSHALL,CARR,TONE KING AND THE LIKE,SAYS THE Z STUFF SOUNDS THIN? AND THE EL84 IS KNOWN FOR MISBEHAVING
and...el-84's misbehave because they are notoriously homosexual tubes.yours will probably behave because you will give them an old-school proper christian biasing. i have heard that kt88's are very upstanding & decent, & never misbehave.
Posts: 1795 | Location: rochester,ny,us | Registered: July 16, 2003
just because your a fa gay and you know i dont like that kind of thing. your going to sling shit at me for the rest of your life. sling away brother, you'll never hit me. i've pissed you off and that makes me glad lol hehehe hohoho woops i farted.
i didn't order a ghia because of what my friend said. and el84s/6bq5 are a fragile tube, known for that.search it out ding bat .and about frank marino,if you read what i posted it was about a year ago. and my friend that told me is in a higher level in the music buss than you.maybe i can get you a roadie job.
well you told me!in case you are confused, you're frank marino rant is dated 8-1-03. & i can't wait to tell my wife i am gay. our 13 anniversary is tomorrow,& what a revalation.thank you for clearing this up.
Posts: 1795 | Location: rochester,ny,us | Registered: July 16, 2003
I played a friends Maz 18 (with reverb) head yesterday through a homemade 2x12 cabinet and all I can say is wow. I used his LP straight inyo the Maz, no effects and I was blown away by the tone. It was tight, focused and had a nice chimmey crunch. I think I need one. I thought it had qualities of Vox, Fender and Marshall. I though I was done when I got an Ac-30, but I guess not.
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