I finally had a chance to try some DRZ amps after building a few 18 watters. Compared to 18 watt lite, I just don't know what people see in the ghia. The tone control sweep is nice but the tone reminds me of an old blackface Deluxe without reverb. The maz jr NR was a good sounding amp. I may try building one but the surprise was the Stangray. I guess it's just a AC30/4 with a CG tone control. I guess the icing on the cake was the Celestion alnico gold. That 1x12 combo was out of this world clean and shimmery without the icepick highs of the Twin reverbs with JBL's.
If I'm starting from scratch and I have to get a set of transformers what set would work well ? I know the TDS were designed to emulate the AC30 but they are the most expensive at $310/set
GDS
TDS
Toneslut ?
Transformer choice for Stang ray
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