Which Dr. Z for old Marshall/Classic rock

Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:37:47 -0500
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Hi all,
Those of you who have experience with Dr. Z. Seems like an awefully nice
amp at an awefully fair price. I've been doing a lot of research lately
and even though some of these amps seem like a lot of dough, it's pretty
amazing the value once you start comparing to other hand wired pt-to-pt
amps.
The sound samples are nice, but probably don't do it justice! I'm going
to go check out a Roccaforte locally, but it's a bit pricier than the
Z's I've been studying. I'm sure it will be the bees knees, but I don't
know that I'll be able to swing it!
There are a LOT of Z's that I won't be able to audition, so putting this
out for those of you in the know.
I know Dr. Z tends to like to do his own "thing" with his amps, but from
the sound samples I've heard, they all seem to sound very classic, and
not so modern, so this might not be a slam dunk answer for this
question.
For music that was recorded using the old Marshall Plexi's, which I'm
sure a LOT of classic rock was, what's the best choice? I got (well,
just bought it, it's being shipped) a little Trace Elliot Velocette
which is supposed to give a little flavor of Vox, so I'm thinking of
making the Dr. Z cover more of the Marshall chore.
I tend to want to consider the KT45 since it's EL34 based. Then there's
the Route66 which has KT-66's in it.
Then there are the various EL84 based amps. I just don't know.
I have a feeling "classic rock" is written all over just about any Dr. Z
amp.
Your thoughts appreciated.
Paul
-- If at first you don't succeed, keep on succin' till you DO succeed - Curly, The Three Stooges