Probably the best tube amp I have ever played...

Probably the best tube amp I have ever played...
Today we are looking at the Z Wreck from Dr.Z amps. This EL84 beast has been super impressive and I have been loving using it. It's so responsive that I spent the whole video using the volume and cut knobs instead of demo'ing the bass and treble knobs 😅

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00:00 Intro- Why I bought it
00:26 History of the Z Wreck
1:45 Specs
2:41 Signal Chain
3:54 Clean Setting
5:05 1/3 Volume
6:29 1/2 Volume
9:57 3/4 Volume
11:42 DIMED
14:10 Comfort/Speed
15:40 Les Paul

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[mikezaite]

Great and accurate amps history presentation, as well as excellent playing .
Superb video Steve, thanks .

[keeferhazlewood]

Beautifully detailed demo! Really shows off the characteristics and moods of the amp in various settings. BRAVO!

[drzamplification]

Great playin' Steve. Thanks for the Demo.

[TheRoadwing]

Excellent demo Steve. 👌 think I'll save up for a Z Wreck now! Totally my style.

[StephenSpelman]

Wow, great demo. I happened to listen through my ATC studio monitors, and having been working all day through two 6L6 amps (a Fender and a Mesa Boogie), I could really hear the tone from those EL84s in the Dr. Z. Sounded awesome. And your Les Paul sounded great, too. Congrats on your new addition!

[chord]

Amazing, you're achieving a sound that some players need a pedal board to get . The warm sound of valves doing what they're meant to .

[steveliberty]

If I am not mistaken. the Z-Wreck is Z's take on the Trainwreck Rocket which was Ken's take on the AC30. I built a Rocket clone, and it was fantastic. It hurt when I sold it, but I needed to move some stuff. Enjoy the Z-Wreck. Awesome sounding amp for sure.

[hangtite]

Holy sh/T ! When you plugged in that Les Paul! Suddenly it doesn’t seem so expensive😎
Thanks for the demo.

[Sjaak_Strik]

Great amp Steve! Thanks for this video.

[soapboxearth]

Ive built a couple trainwreck amps for myself and i can say Ken was a total genius designer. So far above any other amp imo

[scottbrady]

Sounds awesome, love to hear with a strat.

[mikewolfe]

Heck yeah. Great demo! I’m jonesing for one of these, but the junior with the master volume would make a lot more sense for me. Ever played the junior?

[RokDAWG]

I had a Dr Z amp that I sold off when Quilter sent me an amp. I had stopped using it because I could pretty much dial in the sound with the Quilter.

This Z has such an amazing unique sound! You're definitely pulling killer tones from it! Very cool video!

Ok here's a question, can you replicate the tone with your Helix?

[bm]

With some amps as the gain increases the character of the guitar starts to get lost. Same applies the more that sits between the guitar and amp. However, there's no doubt here that we're listening to a Tele. Loved the mid-gain tones. That amp's a keeper.

[jgsintx]

There's some serious mojo going on with this amp design. Why is it the most simple amp designs sound the best but cost the most, lol. Thanks for the great demo, I love your channel.

[Mgalacticable]

I'd have to change that typeface—that's all. Man, with the harmonics and touch sensisitivty, this must inspire a lot of resets/creative breakthroughs.

[willdenham]

The sound is more round and smooth on 'comfort', which I'm guessing is just a switch for going between tube and non-tube rectified.

[nigeldaddyo]

Given that the Derailed Ingrid is probably my favorite Helix model, I’m in love with what I heard. Simply killer sounding. I’d own one if not for the fact that I’d have to spend around another grand for a Fryette Powerstation (so that I could add an effects loop because I love delay…oh yeah, and to attenuate)

I’d like to hear a side by side of Z Wreck/Derailed Ingrid, please and thank you.

[Wileylikethehawk]

The more I hear these the more I feel like I just gotta have one.

[nickkalister]

"z watts" heh it's true . . .I had one of the original prescription heads when I was playing shows and even on stage without a PA I couldn't turn that thing up more than about 2 and a half. dr z amps are so crazy loud