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Just point in time question to see if these are loosing any of their appeal.
I was at guitar center getting strings and tried one, What a joke ! It has the tonal complexity of a cheap peavey. Sure...lots of grind if you want it. But with 4 tubes sharing the duty on the cheesy too small power transformer. Doesn't have enough low mids or low end at all to speak of. I may be biased because i own a z-28 & a maz 18.
I may be biased because i own a z-28 & a maz 18.
If you've already been spoiled by high-end boutique amps, then it might not do a thing for you.
Hehe, this made me chuckle. The Maz18 is supposed to be a clearly superior amp to the Rebel20? Gimme a breakI've owned plenty of high end amps including a fair share of Dr Z's and the Rebel20 is a fine amp by any estimation.
The rebel tries really hard to have the look and sound of a boutique hand wired amp, right down to the the Z style grillcloth ! But just like all amps produced by too many share holders. It comes up short.
But for 600 american bucks ! not a bad deal for all you boogie players who can't afford a studio 22 anymore.
I was at guitar center getting strings and tried one, What a joke ! It has the tonal complexity of a cheap peavey. Sure...lots of grind if you want it. But with 4 tubes sharing the duty on the cheesy too small power transformer. Doesn't have enough low mids or low end at all to speak of. I may be better because i own a z-28 & a maz 18.
I was at guitar center getting strings and tried one, What a joke ! It has the tonal complexity of a cheap peavey. Sure...lots of grind if you want it. But with 4 tubes sharing the duty on the cheesy too small power transformer. Doesn't have enough low mids or low end at all to speak of. I may be biased because i own a z-28 & a maz 18.
Funny, the original poster was asking people's opinion that had the Rebel for awhile, if they're still diggin' it. Then DR Z himself wants to piss on everybody who does enjoy it. I ordered it and liked it, but due to the econmic situation at my work, I sent it back. Great little amp with the right cab/speaker combo. I've owned a couple Marshall 800 series amps and recently a JVM, played through plenty of my friends higher dollar amps, the Rebel holds up just fine and I'm anxious to be able to get another.