Dr. Z Dr. Z Mini Z 1x8 Combo Amp First Generation Hand-Wired All Tube Mid-2000’s - Black
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The Mini Z is amp builder Dr. Z’s (a.k.a. Mike Zaite) entry into the low-watt/single-power-tube practice/recording category of amps. Extremely compact at under one cubic foot in size, and weighing just 22 pounds, the Mini Z uses a single 12AX7 preamp tube, EL84 power tube, and a solidstate rectifier.
The Mini Z gets the distortion party started very early, at about 9 o’clock on the Volume knob (which, by the way shares the faceplate with only the on/off switch and power indicator light). The good Doctor himself suggested we turn the amp up to halfway while turning down the guitar’s volume until we heard the desired clean tone. Employing this method produced a tone that could be described as “clean-er,” but no one who owns a Super 400 is going to grab the Mini Z to pay homage to Wes. Besides, while cleanliness may be next to Godliness, it’s hardly the point of any 5-watt tube amp currently available.
Amps that start their overdrive this soon can max out at 12 o’clock and get buzzy, fizzy, or raspy after that. Not so with the Mini Z. The 8″ Weber C8RS speaker cranks out absolutely gorgeous sounds, and this amp captures the trademark Dr. Z tone that keeps a smile on the faces of everyone from country star Brad Paisley to blues-rock great Smokin’ Joe Kubek. Even though the Mini is the company’s first single-ended amp, its basic tone is trademark Z: a textured overdrive sound with just the right amount of grit.
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