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Actually, most people who've had direct dealings with him (including members of this forum), would probably call him "the evil Dr". Not really a nice guy, I'm afraid. And I reckon his amps are greatly over hyped for what they are - purely IMO on that point, of course. YMMV....

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I've had emails dealings with him directly. He's always been great to me. I've seen him give a few snide remarks from time to time on his forum, nothing over the top. I'm sure he's rubbed people the wrong way.

I bought my last Z from a local dealer and the 6V6s crapped out after a day or so. Likely the shipping to the Rock here was the culprit. A new set of tubes came direct from Clevand...no questions asked.

As far as the amps being over-hyped? Well, I have 3 heads and 3 cabs from Dr Z (I have 2 Trinity heads as well ) and they are what I expected...solid, simple amps for not an arm and a leg. Maybe not for everybody, but no more over-hyped than any other amp out there. Sure if I read this forum the comments on the TC-15 pretty much praise that little amp a lot. I own a TC-15. I like the amp. Do I like it better than my Z's....no. I like the quality of the Zs better than my other stuff, but that's not to say other amps I have (including the Trinities) are bad. Just about all amps have little quirks I'd change if I could. The TC-15.....the MV control I don't like at all. But as we speak, my TC-15 is hooked into a Dr Z 212 cab and I'll play it tonight It's a nice little amp and a keeper for sure.

Until the good Dr burns me personally, though, I still like the Company and the product enough to keep going back to the well But, I'll go back to the Trinity well from time to time too....when there's an itch that needs to be scratched

Keith

What about the MV don't you like. Maybe it can be changed to suit you better. We can start a new thread on that.




Suggest you mosey on over to emohawk's and give it a try. It will cover a lot more sound ground than that RTE 66 thang!

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I'm talking about a lot more than that - real nastiness, including personal insults and threats. This has happened to a few people I know, in fact some real nice guys.

That's the least he should do. However, here's a related post from another acquaintance of mine, who's also a respected amp tech.

And here's another fairly typical comment about Dr Z amps.


IMO their build quality is OK for boutique amps. But then again their prices aren't as high as some of the other boutique brands, so I think that kinda balances out. Bottom line, if they get you the tones you're looking for, that's all that really matters at the end of the day.

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Oh dear

Now back to the regularly scheduled Triwatt discussion

Keith

Sure enough! Enough about the good/bad/evil Doc.

I say give that TRIWATT a go. and let us know what you'r like to see in a MV!

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and enough about who's better then whom and what price is the best. We be at "TRINITY", y'all Leave the bickering to the other sites, thanks

No bickering from this end......just a civil conversation

Keith

+1

It's just the regular Matchless style MV - no more, no less.

I should point out that the Hiwatt MV is done differently to MVs in other amps, and the TRIWATT's tone still sounds full (or "big" in bgroup's words) with the MV turned down to around a quarter of the way on the dial. For that matter most of the controls in a Hiwatt, in fact, work somewhat differently to those in other amps. It seems that Dave Reeves put a lot of original thought into his amp designs rather than rehashing what Fender, Marshall and Vox were doing at the time.

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I will confirm this, and add that the taper of the MV seems to be more usable thru it's travel. There is a volume difference between the half way point to the max. vs some amps were it's a lot more of a Compression/OD difference vs volume change.

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