Dr. Z Z-28 MK. II Official Demo with Lance Keltner
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2024
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Among all the Legacy Amps that Z-Fanatics have clamored to make a return to the regular roster, the Z-28 stands at the top of the heap. From 2021 through 2022, Dr. Z took an opportunity not to just put out the “same old” design from back when the Z-28, alongside the Route 66 and Stang Ray stood firmly in the middle of his award-winning roster, but give it the MK II designation, which has been nothing but a home run in the MAZ lineup of amps. What does this mean? Why take what was such a lauded amp and mess with the recipe? Well Dr. Z has never been one to rest on his laurels, so the Z-28 Mk. II became his latest obsession.
The Z-28 Mk. II starts with his classic EF-86 preamp design: a high voltage, high fidelity, and high headroom preamp tube that literally inhales your guitar signal and fires it through the circuit path, creating a three dimensional experience unlike the more common 12ax7 preamp designs; it’s a sound that is full of harmonics, with immediate dynamic response, and percussive power. Set clean, rich, clear tones shimmer from the speaker and seamlessly integrate any effect, be it overdrive, distortion, time-based, or modulation, molding them into your playing experience as if the effects were built straight into the amp. Turn the gain up past noon and experience overdrive and even-order harmonics that are unmistakable and unique to the EF-86 design. As many players have described it, this is not unlike layering a distorted amp with a clean amp, with stunning clarity from each string, giving the overdriven signal a studio-like quality in the room.
As many Z-28 aficionados will notice, the power section has received an upgrade, sporting dual 5881 power tubes pushing the output power up to 35 bold, muscular watts. Dr. Z’s experience with these power tubes in the Z-MASTER and NOVA have put them up at the top of his design list, allowing the player to coax American-esque clean tones reminiscent of the mid 60s, but also drive them into harmonic overload similar to the classic British amps of the “Invasion” era, without the quirky artifacts found in those designs. Further separating it from both the older Z-28 and those vintage designs, the inclusion of the Mk. II-style Post-Phase Inverter Master Volume allows for volume control at any decibel level, from stage to studio, bedroom to practice room. What’s old is new again!
Also taking from the Z-MASTER, Dr. Z loaded the Z-28 Mk. II into it’s extremely resonant and lightweight cabinet, replacing the 3-hole baffle with a 1×12 design and a Celestion Creamback, a speaker noted for it’s full, articulate midrange and warm, smooth high end. The Z-faithful will also welcome the return of the red tolex (1×12 combo only) back to the lineup for this amp exclusively, matching the stylish trim of the muscle cars of yesteryear this amp takes its inspiration from. Muscular but sleek, nimble without being outclassed under the hood, the Z-28 Mk. II takes a legendary Z-AMP design into 2022.
Lance does the best demos. His hands are tone.
Bought one and what can I say they knocked it out of the park. This demo is spot on.
Lance is a great guy and perfect choice for demo'ing this unit. Thanks for a great video!
Lance has, bar none, produced the best sounding demo tones out of amps, guitars and pedals over the past decade.
Keep talkin' Lance! Getting the details across matters.
Agreed
Man I very much enjoyed this demo. That’s a sick amp 😮💨
That kitty has a nice purr. It's somewhere between a fender deluxe and vox/marshall. Very nice !
That amp sounds seriously incredible. Great player too!
Z28 - one of the best amps Z hasher made IMHO. I've had many Z amps, and the Z28 is still with me and always will be 😎
This was a dream amp for me as a pedal platform, but it doesn't have an effects loop...to me , for a gig it's a must for this kind of a working horse.....such an amazing size, look, sound and swishhh...hope the ii version will have it
Doesn't need an FX loop. A prototype had an FX loop and there was degradation of the overall sound with an EF-86 design. The EF-86 is high headroom, will take your signal even distorted and reproduce modulation and time based effects faithfully. Look at our other video for examples.
@@DrZAmplification just got my EZG
wicked nice guitar too
Man, I’ve got to get my hands on one of these…
Lance, another tremendous demo!
That tone is so good
I didn’t know comedian Ron White played the guitar 😂 excellent job
Sounds awesome Lance I bought one of those pedals and it didn't sound good through my amps I'm thinking about selling it but I might get a Z28 instead.
No kidding they could charge more. Add some leather handles and maybe to the other aesthetics and the cache increase.
Ef86’s aren’t octal tubes but I think you meant pentode preamp tubes. Octals can be pentodes -6sj7 for instance. I can see how terms could easily get mixed up. 🙂
Lance you know how to get tone! I never look at what guitar, it you and amp just hums!
I love this amp! I want it. Any chance it would fit into the Z-Master cabinet? The Z-28 in that tolex would be biiiiitchin!
it's the same cabinet, but not the same speaker baffle/complement
Can’t wait to try one out… the one at my local dealer sold quick but am in the market for a new amp. Love my Cure but looking for something new
this one will be a pretty different experience from your Cure!
Really attractive for recording the way it takes pedals dont u think?
Would love to know what alnico speaker Lance was thinking about when he dropped that little thought??? The Ruby sounds good with the Z28 MKii, but I need to give it some more time...
I play my MK I Z28 with an Alnico Red from Tone Tubby and I love it. I think, an American Alnico works better with this amp than a British Alnico á la Celestion. But that’s just my opinion😏 And the MK I might be considered as a different amp by some.
@@robertbecker6903 I ran mine through a bunch of speakers over the weekend. The stock Creamback M was my favorite so far. I play with a lot of gain, so I thought I'd love my G1265 clone with it, but it was actually my least favorite pairing. I tend to not get along with American speakers unless they're in a somewhat clean-ish set up...
@@munafo13 Oh yes. Very good point. One of the biggest misunderstandings about gear is the question: do you have a clean or a distorted sound in mind when you evaluate it. I tend to play cleanish, so this might be the reason why I don’t favour British style speakers with this amp.
Dude. I want one of those gain pedals too. Any help??
I got one I'm selling. There was only 25 made.
@@dwaynemullett9462 WTF, only 25?
These Z amps cost us a fortune down here in Australia $$$$
I think I just found my new amp
Thank you Lance for the video are you aware of which new production EF 86 they are putting in this amplifier? Thank you
It's actually a NOS Winged C from the 80s. We are currently not using new production EF86s.
@@DrZAmplification Thank you very much for the answer
I know they are both Fender type amps, but what are the areas of tonal overlap between this and the Z Lux? Most of the demos online for the Z Lux seem to place more focus on cleanish tones while the Z 28 demos seem to place more focus on dirtier tones.
The Z-28 is not a fender type amp. It is it's own thing. Fender never produced an EF-86 type amp, though there are some similarities in the resulting tones to some blackface amps. The Z-LUX is more in the vein of blackface amps. The Z-LUX actually has more gain than the Z-28, it's just that the Z-28 is often used as a pedal platform due to it's clean sound. I would suggest looking at the Peach Guitar demos of both these amps to get a good idea of their range. The Alex Liefson tone demo of the Z-LUX is a good starting point for it's dirty sounds.
@@DrZAmplification Thanks for the prompt response. I checked out the videos and think the Z Lux is more to my liking. How would the Z Plus overlap with the Z Lux? I checked out some videos of each. They sound somewhat similar.
@@christopheralexander4359 The Z-PLUS will have a brighter and more jagged edge to the distortion. Much lower clean headroom, but a very harmonic clean. The Z-LUX will take pedals a bit better and have a smoother overall overdrive sound.
Yup, GAS is flowing
Which stereo delay are you using in the second half? Nice amp.
That's a pair of Echoplex EP-3s
@@tormenter Thanks. Smooth sound, not too ‘bumpy’.
The reverb and delay make the demo a total bust for me! Wizard of OZ stuff, and not Dr. z. Turn the damn effects off!
Awesome guitar player! Lance kinda sounds like Joe Walsh too. haha