Can A Country Amp Get Heavy?
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Can a country amp do the heavy stuff? Lets check out the Z Wreck from Dr Z Amps!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Start
0:16 - Intro
0:48 - Disclosure
0:58 - What Is It?
2:20 - Full Mix Example
3:23 - Walkthrough Setup
4:09 - Walkthrough
8:01 - Wrap Up
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Thanks Fluff! The riffage with the octave down was excellent!
Dr Z I think its safe to say your amps chug!
Not sure if it was mentioned, but these amps were a collab not just with Paisley but also the late Ken Fischer of trainwreck amps. Probably the best way to get something with trainwreck flavor without paying the mythical prices of those amps
Dude that tone was insane!! Love pushing these types of amps into oblivion. So much clearer and articulate than a tradish high gain amp
The other guitarist in a death metal band my my brother was in for a while used a ÷13 amp, a pretty low gain rock amp, but the note clarity live was immense!
Maple Heights REPRESENT! 🤘
I’ve always viewed the cool thing about Dr Z’s amps is he’s providing you an amazing canvas to start your painting. You gotta finish that painting.
Hell yeah! Love seeing this kind of stuff! Dr Z makes some great amps!
Yes!! I've got the Z Wreck Jr head into a 2x12 open back with greenbacks. I've got five flavors of boost/overdrive into a tremolo and reverb. Very versatile, goes from a light breakup to as heavy as I need.
That sweet Mesa smiling calmly in the blur. 😋 Loved the tone on this one. SOme late 90s early 2000s vibe.
Dude it's like you've tapped into my thoughts. I was at my buddy's place rehearsing last night and he mentioned this amp, had never heard of it so started reading about it this morning, saw how many country legends used it...but thought, can it rock??? Thank you for your service.
I love amps like this. My Matamp is a single channel amp and takes pedals extremely well. With the right pedals you can get any sound out of it. Best amp I’ve ever owned and extremely loud.
Sounds sick dude, the tones around 7:05 are very Adam Jones-y. Definitely wasn't expecting to hear VH-4 type tones out of a Z-Wreck
Great video. Proud owner of one myself. Really takes pedals so well. A Strymon Riverside into the front really chugs well.
Daaamn that part with the LP and the Klon sounds awesome af, would be such a badass sound for a Grungy Stoner band!
very smooth tone.
Some of the tastiest metal tones I've gotten, were through old fender amps. I love mixing it up. What sounds good, sounds good. 🤘 This video proves that. Awsome tones.
Literally just saw this right after watching your 5150 vs dual rec video, same riff and surprisingly this sounds very similar to those two monsters
Sweet! I might get one. Do the Fender Princeton too.
There is definitely something special about a minimalist circuit. The sound of the guitar with as little tone and gain manipulation...just what is necessary to get the job done...way more open sounds and really nice response to pedals...love this type circuit!!! They can do anything you want, just drive it the right way.
Hot DAMN! There was some really killer classic vibes off that, almost like the Young brothers meets Mike Campbell and the Klone really did make it sing. BTW what octave pedal did you have of screen it sounded nice. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
I pride myself in finding unlikely pieces of gear that end up sounding great for modern metal, specifically 8 string, severely drop tuned types of metal and I gotta say, this amp sounds FANTASTIC! I think you made the right calm with the guitar you used too ;-) that super saturated gainy fuzz tone is really nice! Love it when unlikely gear ends up making out a great gain tone. I've found a few myself! Some examples of 8 string/bass VI style complementary gear I've stumbled upon would be.....
Nady Mosfet 140 Instrument Rack Amp
Advanced Audio Designs 101G Guitarist Pre
Intersound IVP Instrument Preamp (MIDS!)
EnVoiceMindprintMK1+Guyatone MetalMaster
Guyatone HIP HGP-1 Instrument Rack Pre
Boss GL-100 Guitar Driver Rack Pre
ART SGX LT Rack Pre (Hidden gem!)
ART/Pearce DST 80/80 (Absolute Monster!)
Behringer Virtualizer & Virtualizer 3D (GAIN!)
Digitech MM4 Metal Master Rack effect
Digitech Legend/Legend II goldface Preamp
Roland GS-6 Rack guitar workstation
Carvin Tone Navigator (An absolute FAVORITE)
Voodoo Labs Rack Guitar Pre w/Cab Sim
Rocktron Replifex (SO underrated!)
Rocktron mAXE Rack preamp
Rocktron GAP series, ESPECIALLY GAP Ultra!
Crate G60XL Preamp removed & Racked!
Digitech VTP-1 + Swollen Pickle + Velocity 150
BK Butler Real Tube II & Blue Tube series
Mitchell Pro-100 Tube Head + Nady TD-1
It goes on and on. Don't even get me started on the 100s of thousands I've put into cab, speaker and parametric eq combinations to boot! Lol. I would certainly add the Wreck JR to uncommon/unlikely producers of awesome metal tones! Well done McFluffensteinz!
Hey Fluff, thanks for another great video. I don't know why, but on my setup for viewing/listening to your videos, I always get a synth guitar sound from any amp you play. Like a Powerman5000 type distortion. I don't know why, literally everything sounds the same when you play along to tracks.
I think I figured it out, do you use an octave pedal on multiple videos/amps?
I feel like that tone paired with something like a p90 or even a telecaster that has more high end, less muddiness would be very usable. The fishmans had too much low end in the mix demo IMO, I would use single coils with that thing for sure. Great demo, fluff.
Probably get some awesome Social D tones outta that thing.
This would've been perfect for that 60's les paul custom you just got!
oh shit!! Fluff is playing “Will It Chugg??”
You need to try his CAZ-45. I have one. It rocks. It can def do heavy.
That said I bought a wampler paisley deluxe pedal because I wanted a nice odr-s style over drive. However once I got it I fell in love with the other side. It supposedly sounds a lot like paisleys z amps.
Spectacular!
2:20 "Here is my clean tone."
Has a very late 90s/early 00s alternative rock tone like three days grace or early creed
That’s a beauty EBMM 🎸🤌
Holy moly that sounds awesome with the Fortin. I am buzzwordless. Just awesome. ‘Gazey with the Klon/max gain without the Klon.
Any chance we could see the CAZ-45 on here, especially with some Thou-esque riffs? That would be pretty cool I think
Sooo! high headroom harmonic rich pedal platform, sounds like a great doom amp to me.
If you can find it. Peavey Triumph 120. Took pedals and my Ada mp1 mod very well
Dr. Z stuff is sooo killer. I remember reading about him releasing a high gain 6l6 amp. But never followed up to see how it sounds or if it was ever released. Anyway, the heavy tones in this amp are killer. I love it when people get away from the typical high gain amps.
That’s probably the CAZ-45. It was co designed with the guy from carol ann amps. It rocks. I have one. Very versatile amp.
@@cmatte82 is it similar to anything?
@@wheresallthezombies it’s hard to say. It covers a lot of territory. I’ve had a dual recto before. And a mesa stiletto ace. And my dad’s dsl50. The dsl has a good crunch. The caz can def do way better. I never loved the dual recto. It was long of hard to dial in. I much preferred the stiletto. It’s the only amp I’ve ever sold I kind of want back. The caz can def nail those tones. But is more articulate and cleaner. So maybe it’s more like an slo. I’ve never played one of those. I know dr z said they brought in every big name high gain amp out there and made sure the caz could do what they did and more. I def agree. The caz just feels more immediate and responsive than any other high gain amp I’ve played. I still want to pick up a stiletto to compare side by side. But I’m sure after doing that the stiletto would be sold and sent on its way.
@@cmatte82 that sounds super cool. I need to look at it. How is the clean channel?
@@wheresallthezombies it’s a single channel amp. But it has a sensitivity knob. Instead of a high and low inputs. So you can dial that and the gain back and get some fairly clean tones. It also responds very well to your guitars volume knob. Even at higher gain settings. It probably won’t nail super clean blackface twin reverb cleans, but it wasn’t really meant to do that either. The other cool knob is the “aggression” knob. With it turned down, or even off, I’d say it’s more vintage sounding. And as you turn it up it gets more aggressive. Obviously. But it also seems like the sound is jumping out of the speakers more or something. Also the master volume is really smooth. And it sounds great at levels you can talk over.
I have a budda superdrive 18.. I've heard alot about this series of amps being used by alot of country players. Or it being considered a country amp.. well i slap an ocd and a 6 band eq in front of it and get some cruuuuusssty!!! Tones out of it.. so yes any amp can get heavy with the right manipulation
Now you need to try the Dr. Z CAZ45 amp…
Love what the Klone did to it.
the most metal amp i have ever tried and purchased is the VHT deliverance, also a single channel amp like this but brutal as fugg..cheers 🎸🦾
another badass under rated amp for rock and metal pedal platform is the carvin legacy and it's dirt cheap
7:09 close to the old school Deftones tone. Pretty sick
This is a cool amp! I'd say based on the controls it's basically a clone of a Vox AC15 without the built in trem or reverb and a smoother top end. I run an Angry Driver through my Vox lol
It’s designed after a Trainwreck amp, which I do think was box inspired
Sort of.
The Z wreck is Mike's take on a trainwreck Rocket(Which was inspired by the AC30) with collaboration with Ken Fischer, specifically the output transformer.
The Z wreck has been described as one of the best top boost circuits made.
"Fluff" can make anything sound the same
Distortion pedal distorts clean guitar amp? Goodness! I can stop slashing holes in my speakers. Thanks, Fluff.
One request. The vht d-fifty. It's not a metal amp, but has lots of rich gain and would probably fit the bill for metal...
I wish Dr. Z would make an amp with a high gain channel that would rival the Diezel VH4, Bogner, 5150 III and Mesa offerings
Lol i love doing this to low gain amps. It just reinforces in my mind, we get too focused on the gear.
Give me enough time with something, I’ll make it sound like i want it to 😅
This amp has me extremely surprised. I am impressed as a chugg fiend
Please do the Chris Stapleton Princeton amp with a revv g4 or Northern Mauler
Other level
Always love me some heavy count...ry ;)
Isn't the lack of an fx loop kind of limiting ? What do you do the moment you want to add some time based effects ?
Throw it into the front end. It's still sounds great
Put them at the end of your pedal chain like you would on any other amp with no loop. Lol
You don’t buy a train wreck style amp for time based effects. You buy it for the the touch sensitivity and how it reacts with your pick attack and volume control.
The effects loop would probably be a tone suck anyways.
What is your guitar tuning on that opening tune?
My brain puts Keith Buckley type vocals over most of your instrumental tracks lol
I think you made the right CHOICE* with thr guitar selection also..
Damn auto correct. It's a love/hare relationship
What happened to fluff's previous space?
I have a buddy that plays a 5150 in a country band, so I’m not sure what you mean by country amp.
Will It Chug? Fluff Edition 😁
Groundbreaking research 🤓🤓🤓
The amp on its own would be good for Chevelle style rock music.
*Chevelle-style rock-music
And they're metal. Have you ever actually listened to them?! oÔ
@Dildo Jizzbaggins first off, I would like to say I enjoy your username, lol. But yes, I've been listening to Chevelle since 2002, and I was a huge fan for years. But.. respectfully, that's not metal in my book, I'd classify them Hard Rock.
Reminds me of Crate amps
cool now add this tone to Roots!
If it had an effects loop it would be epic. It sounds great.
The less obstructions in a single path, the better the tone. That's why the Z wreck and every other Trainwreck style amp omits it.
@@trevor4533 apple and oranges. I played an original Super Bass for years without one. A switchable effects loop being able to remove from signal path was added later and sounded the same..
@@TVoltG A super bass is not a trainwreck style amp, so indeed apples to oranges.
You don't buy something like this to use as a pedal platform. You're buying it for the dynamics and touch sensitivity.
Ken Fischer, the one who started it all...Found when designing these amps that
there is an inherent degradation of sound quality when an effects loop is introduced into the circuitry of an amplifier with the tonal purity of a Trainwreck.
@@trevor4533 I have played a an original Fischer amp back in Santa Cruz.. yes I know the deal with them. It was good amp, wasn't the grail it was made out to be in my mind. There is plenty of those designs now out there. I am not knocking them, I am just saying technology in building amps allows for a loop to be removed from a path quite easily.
@@TVoltG Lol, of course you have. Was it right next to the Dumble and the 59 Les Paul? Give me a break...
Yes, there's plenty of those designs around there. People have been building TW style amps for decades. And if it were as easy as you claim it to be, then 99% of them wouldn't be omitting the fx loop. Its just not worth it for this style of amp. Period.
My MAZ18 is a high gain monster when I put a BE-OD or a MXR 5150 in front of it. Dr. Z just makes great, versatile amps.
For a country amp...is it weird that I want it now?
wait till you try a full size wreck !
That first track gets kinda Thrice-y with that guitar and I mean....that's a good thing, right?
This amp is called the Z Wreck after the Trainwreck amps. Those are hot rodded Marshall / Vox inspired. Definitely not country amps.
Yeah. I know. But a ton of country musicians use them. So.
@@RiffsAndBeards - Tweeds, Bassmans, any Fender really. Those are “country” amps. And blues I suppose.
And it was built at the request of Brad paisley. And co designed with ken Fischer. So it’s a trainwreck for country guys.
Tones like "Morning View" era Incubus.
The bass tone in your sound demo was really awesome
What happened to your studio?
Sounds Dope as fuck 🙂
Do not understand the omission of an FX loop? I would think that a 15 watt or whatever it is does not have enough clean headroom to plug your board into the front of the amp, or am I missing something? Not talking about a boost or distortion pedal but time-based effects.
Ok, so you don't exactly buy a trainwreck style amp to use as a pedal platform. The way the circuit is designed, is to be one of the most touch sensitive amps on the planet. From how you hit your strings, to the volume on your guitar all affect the tone. An effects loop would hinder that.
Although, I have seen some clones with Fx loops.
@@trevor4533 Thank You for the reply as I appreciate it very much! Have never played through one so I have no clue. I would think that you would want some Reverb, Delay Or even some Chorus from time to time BUT that is just me.
@@trevor4533 Thanks Again!
@@shane011471 You're welcome. You can still run the effects up front. People have been using deluxe reverbs and twins for decades that way. But in the case of a wreck style amp, you're buying it for the pure power tube driven over drive tones and touch sensitivity, so less is usually more. Definitely check out some of Ken Fischer's Trainwreck amps, the rocket, liverpool, and Express. They're among the best guitar amps ever made.
@@trevor4533 Will Do! and once again Thank You!
Wrecktifier 😂
This!!!
Caleb from @beartooth beat you to running a Dr Z amp with an octave pedal. Pretty sure he used it for below.
should've named it the Brad Paisle-Z
idk what makes this a "Country Amp" but it sounds just like my Peavey.
Did you move?
I throw an OCD in front of z wreck jr for some hair metal flavor in my cover band.
Never knew there was a country amp…. 🤷♂️
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Yeah just run a Soldano Slo pedal through the clean channel...
I love Z amps but every demo is some danged boomer chicken pickin. Do another one of these with the Z28 MKII.
What's a country amp?
A tweed amp pretty much. This Dr Z is not one of those.
@@Burnt_Gerbil A tweed is one of the best all around amps you can buy for the money. Many rock folks play tweeds.
The Z-Wreck is an homage to the Trainwreck, which is closer to a Vox voicing than anything else. As to whether it is a country amp, well…it was originally designed for Brad Paisley so…
@@jerryhorton5708 - So… it’s a country amp only because he plays it? Sure, his name is on it. That’s a marketing trick. If I played metal on it, is it still a country amp? Hmm.
@@Burnt_Gerbil it’s as ‘country’ as pretty much any other amp. I play pretty much every style except metal and have yet to find any amp that can’t be used for just about anything.
I just don’t buy the comment that a tweed amp is the only ‘country’ amp - anyone who thinks that really only needs to watch Neil Young…
I own Dr Z amps. They are incredibly versatile tone machines. Are they ‘country’ amps? They are certainly well-suited to the task - as are Marshall, Tone King, Fender, Mesa Boogie, or just about anything else when they are used by someone who knows how to use them.
Just my opinion. That and $2.50 will get you a small cup of coffee…
Most guys can’t be heavy without effects
I mean it’s an EL84 amp, it isn’t impossible lol
hm is that kind of most likely very high priced bouique stuff still popular after the digital profile and modeling technology has improved much over especially the last 5 years ? a plugin of this amp is about 20$ and sounds amazing IMO, cheers 🎸🖤
A z wreck is a whole lot more than just a “country amp” lol.
I'm glad it doesn't sound any better than my sub $500 amp with a $30 KLON clone. And that's cleanish. Not even talking about using an OTT metal or fuzz pedal etc.
But yes, a country amp can get very heavy. Have you ever lifted one of those vintage Peavey combos?
But your $500 amp and klon clone won't have anywhere near the touch sensitivity and responsiveness of a trainwreck style amp. That's the whole point of these things.
@@trevor4533 , gotcha. I have played a Trainwreck many times. My bandmate has one. But I could be wrong.
Maybe I just got lucky with my personal amp and my LPC. We play Stonesy stuff and a good portion of the classic stuff was played on SS Vox or Ampeg combos. So a very expensive but generic sounding amp doesn't do it for me. I dont care for PRS guitars for the same reason. I like raw rock n roll.
@@captainkirk70 Trainwrecks are $50,000 amps. I'm sorry, but I highly doubt you've played one.
Z wrecks aren’t country really? Trainwreck amps were known to sing, this doesn’t surprise me
...Caz 45 or GTFO!
Country amp ?? Since when is a Trainwreck a Country amp ?? C'mon.
The only time it sounded good was clean.
And with the gain dimed
Didn't Dr. Z do a LOT of stuff with Joe Walsh in mind..he liked to play heavy, so yeah>