Not sure if you found this but with the Maz 38 reverb head that I owned, it was very noisy when the reverb was dialed up. The more you turned up the reverb the noisier it got. I was concerned something was wrong. When I talked to Mike Zaite about it he told me its just a side effect of having the reverb tank so close in tight with everything in a head. I took him at his word and lived with it for a bit before unloading it.I really liked the Maz 18, I had both a head and a combo (both non reverb versions) and I also had the big brother, the Maz 38.
I preferred the head with a 212 cab-great sound on its own, and a superb pedal platform. Great tone stack, try all the tone knobs maxed for more crunch and a gain boost.
I had the non reverb version, so I didn't have that issue, but I agree that should be something that can be engineered out. I have heard the same complaint from other builders, but it seems that some are better at fixing that issue than others. My Matchless head has reverb and it is quiet. I do get a little noise if the master is turned down and the gain is very high, but that's about it.Not sure if you found this but with the Maz 38 reverb head that I owned, it was very noisy when the reverb was dialed up. The more you turned up the reverb the noisier it got. I was concerned something was wrong. When I talked to Mike Zaite about it he told me its just a side effect of having the reverb tank so close in tight with everything in a head. I took him at his word and lived with it for a bit before unloading it.
I've since owned a couple of heads with reverb, including an Allen Old Flame head with a 3 knob tube reverb. It wasn't noisy at all and the reverb was beautiful. I wonder if the current Maz amp heads are still noisy.
When I first started buying Dr Z amps Long and Mcquade was just starting to carry them. A couple of the Z amps I purchased directly from Dr Z.Yeah I'm not sure how Vally found this one. I guess when it was originally posted people didn't have much experience with them, now that Long and Mac carries them they arent such a rarity.
I did a search looking for opinions and sure enough I found something from 13 years ago, no one had responded at that time so I resurfaced it.How did this thread get no replies for 13.5 years?
And that makes total sense.I did a search looking for opinions and sure enough I found something from 13 years ago, no one had responded at that time so I resurfaced it.