The Amp Vox Should Have Made - Dr Z Z Wreck
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- Опубліковано 22 лис 2023
- In today's video, Paul Drew from The Studio Rats is checking out the DrZ Z Wreck guitar amplifier
The harmonic content of this 30 watt beast is everything you could want from a Vox AC30 and more.
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Here is what DrZ says about the Z Wreck.
Starting in 2006, Brad Paisley contacted Dr. Z about building another amp. After talking about the design and the desired outcome Z asked his friend Ken Fischer to lend a hand. Dr. Z built up the prototype amp and sent it off to Ken. Ken did his thing to it and sent it back…including naming the amp the Z Wreck. After a few more tweaks the amp was sent off to Brad and it has become a mainstay in his rig since 2006. When Ken passed away at the end of ‘06 Dr. Z put the amp on a shelf and walked away.
Over the past few years the Z Wreck was mentioned by Brad in various interviews and appeared on a few TV shows and of course quite a few album tracks. Dr. Z got numerous requests to put the amp into production, but always declined. Fast forward to May 5th 2010 and the Nashville flood. Brad’s original Z Wreck was not harmed in the flood, but all of his road amps were destroyed. Dr. Z quickly built 2 replacement Z Wrecks for Brad, as the show must go on. This got him thinking…why should such a fine sounding amp be left only for one person to play? With encouragement from Brad to release the amp, Dr. Z went over the notes he and Ken had exchanged via fax. Dr. Z took into account all of the layout and design tweaks he could incorporate and laid the amp out on a clean sheet of paper with an all new aluminum chassis and birch head cabinet.
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.
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Les Paul P90s with that amp is magic.
I've built a couple of trainwreck express amps, along with a lot of famous vintage amps, the ones i could never afford..
Love them all, but I have to say the trainwreck is in a class by itself . They are unbelievable. Like a hurricane made of fire.
Absolutely wonderful demo. Probably the best I've heard. I have 2 of these, a combo and a Quantum Silver head and matching 2X12 cabinet with a Gold and Blue.
Funny thing about this amp, you can dial it in and get the exile on Main Street tone as well Keef in all his glory.
4:20 O M G , the tele sounds just... I need this tone!!!
That PRS sounds super sweet. Seems to me an ideal way to run this amp would be to turn everything up to full and then ride the volume on the guitar. Old school marshall way of working.
that is a beautiful sound. always loved Z wreck sounds. thanks Paul!
Sounds amazing. That PRS is stunning
Sounds great - broad versatility of tones and dynamics too. Thx!
Excellent video Paul, thanks.
Very welcome Doc.
Great video! Nothing sounds like a ZWreck.
That sounds wonderful! The Vox-style amps are definitely your thing. They’re so throaty, articulate and defined.
Glorious!
Man sounds great I love the Dr Z amps they all are exceptional!!!
They are!
Nice amp Paul, although I don't remember either of my AC 30's sounding that good, and the weight of them was a killer! Stacked them and ran them with a Marshall 50 head and two 12's, which was great in those days. (Talking 'Jimi' era!) Not surprised these fine valve amps are the price they are though.
Superb sound. DrZ amps are great. I personally went for a VOX-AC30-S1 because they sound amazing and can be bought at a bargain on Reverb.
I really loved listening to you Paul, especially your guitar tone. I don't know what it is, but the highs of your tone doesn't hurt my ears. Would like to know how are you eq'ing your signal chain is. Thanks paul!
I am a big fan of this amp. It sounds huge!!
Oh and amazing guitars
Video has amazing sounds, great playing
Cheers
What a amazing video have a wonderful day ❤😊
been dying to get my hands on one of these for years!
Hopefully with all these different amps you been getting eventually hoping you get a Magnatone twilighter. Great Demo's. Watch it, James is gettin pretty good at Guitar Playing.
Lovely sounds! If only there was a similar, UK-made amp newly on the market?! 🤔
Sounds beautiful in all shades of gain.
Great video what speakers are you running through. Awesome playing
Awesome demo! I have the same Z-Wreck head (and grey/silver matching cab with Blue and Gold Alnico Celestions. Curious question... What cab or speakers are you using with the Z-Wreck? Thank you for the demo!
Sounds beautiful. Still considering a Tonex and in the meantime I installed Tonocracy. Surely you'd like to get into making Tonocracy profiles as well?😅 I tell ya I'm starting to get option paralysis.
This is the best Z Wreck demo online. What speakers are you running it through?
Sounds great. I had the 15 watt version with master volume. It was also great.
Would love to hear the two compared.
@@CarlyonProductionthe full size is 10x better imo
Night and day difference
What's the cab/speaker being used? Great sounds
Try a Morgan AC 20 deluxe will blow you away! Also MVP23.
I’ve Z Wreck and MVP23. Really didn’t gel with the Morgan, couldn’t get a sound I liked. My mates AC20, on the other hand is a thing of beauty!
I have both Morgan's and they are great, but the Z-Wreck is in another league.
I have an MVP23 and I'll never part with it.
IMO You sound the best with P90s, like that’s your sound. All the other, could be anyone else, when i hear YOU with the p90s i head the person behind the guitar. Great video as usual. Been following from my other account for years and years. One more Sub here 🤣 cheers!!
My main amp is a Z Wreck Jr, and I love it. I really don’t need more than 15 watts for the gigs that I do, and if I need more watts, I will use my 65 Amps Marquee.
I'm the same as you, even on big gigs I always take my Z-Wreck Jr combo. I've changed the speaker to a gold in mine and its transformed the amp.
I owned the big silver Z-Wreck with matching cab and the Z-80 with matching cab, but I'm always grabbing the Jr.
Maybe I should make myself some big bucks and sell them both. I'm obviously a combo man.
I'd love a Two Rock bloomfield drive combo to pair with the Jr. I could sell up and get that and have some money left over.
Anyway thinking out loud there...😂
Dig it!
Is this demo with external effects during the whole video?
Les paul r1956 sounds glorious here
How are you mic’ing it? My z wreck is way more aggressive than yours. Yours sounds smooth. Like it was recorded with a ribbon mic on the edge of the speaker or similar.
Truly wonderful amp clean or dirty but the star of the show is the Tele expertly tamed by Paul. What PUPS are these ? Fat not to strident yet ballsy enough to cut in a mix. What's not to like?
Nice demo of a fine amp, Paul. I'm pretty sure the comfort/speed switch remains the normal configuration with this amp. Half-power is an option that replaces speed/comfort. Cheers!
Called it in the PRS video saw the amp peaking. I knew instantly I would be that one that was on reverb, it was an absolute steal!
I've been gigging and recording exclusively with the silver head and Cab for the past 2 years. Its an absolutely incredible amp, my all time favourite. I'm planning on picking up that new Z-80, that may knock this off its perch, we'll see.
You've got the right idea not selling the amp!
You get legendary tones from your silver Wreck. I'm rooting for it over the Z80 just cuz I am Vox-biased :)
@@ebeep You certainly do! Surely you'd be rooting for the Z-80 with it having more Vox DNA that the Z-Wreck. The Z-80 is a newly designed Vox AC100 with Z own special spices added like all his amps! 😁
@@daviddorrian5349, okay, to clarify, I am top boost biased ;)
Comparison with a Victory Cooper?
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Liked the clean sounds...but man is that drive sound boxy and thin. Maybe some dig that? but I really do not like the tone when distorted, to each their own
Opinions are like B-holes..everyone has one but some folks think theirs smells like roses.
i do not hear any difference to any average AC-30/AC-15. But they meanwhile also offer a Master Volume.
Even my - much cheaper - Straight 6 pedal gives me the same tones - from clean to overdrive - at better usable line level.
So what for should I pay so much more for an amp with less features than the original amp offers, but without any sonic improvements?
If there is no perceptible difference in tone, then of course no point and be happy with whatever you have. An argument could be made for the longevity regarding how they build their amps, and that may or may not factor in.
"Features" is worth noting too, like if a feature is it's a 2-channel amp and 1 channel sounds bad, or you can't make the 2 channels work together, then what use is that feature? Same with an effect loop, like just because it's there doesn't mean it actually sounds good. The other problem with features is there's more potential for things to go wrong, and there's no guarantee that whatever feature was added didn't degrade the core tone of what the amp was capable of either.
I'm just trying to answer your question, but I agree with your basic premise.
@@AdamGotheridge I personally get almost the same tones out of much cheaper equipment easier. So I never bought myself such an amp.
Is just pretty unfortunate branding at the minute...
Z Best branding ever!
can't 🙈 see the objective of the demo . There's very little real bass response. Maybe it needs a close back ported cab😂 . 😊. Best Regards 😃. John.