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  1. Did this because I'm bored, and procrastinating (supposed to be finish an essay)!

    Another sort of demo of the ZT. I'm really pushing this amp because it sounds amazing, for recording, or for performing. It can literally fit in a backpack, and it can get loud enough to keep up with a band (most importantly, a drum kit).

    Made this clip, don't pay attention to playing (again, this is about the tone! ) or closeness to the actual guitar tones of hte songs, I used my strat for the whole thing, and only 2 or 3 different settings on my M13. Dicked around on Beautiful Day, Walk On, and just played the In God's Country riff at the end.

    Enjoy!

    http://soundcloud.com/rattleandhum1988/zt-lunchbox-demo-u2-2

    Alex

    P.S: BUY THIS AMP NOW!!! (I should get paid by ZT to advertise for them)
  2. Alex...this may be a bit of a dumb question, but...I would wanna gig with that amp, it sounds so classic...but it's just too small for a stage

    What would you even do to use it at a gig? Set it on top of something and mic it? It's just SO small!
  3. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Alex...this may be a bit of a dumb question, but...I would wanna gig with that amp, it sounds so classic...but it's just too small for a stage

    What would you even do to use it at a gig? Set it on top of something and mic it? It's just SO small!


    It is very small for a stage, but that doesn't really matter in my opinion. The people that are there to see you play and for the music don't really know anything about amps, nor do they care, when you first bring it out they might think of it as a toy and almost laughable, but it would be forgotten once the music started. The same with musicians, most of them would probably just be amazed at how great an amp of this size sounds. But I defiinitely do know what you mean, in that the amp has NO stage presence. Even though it's the band that's supposed to have it, having bigger, nicer looking amps does make an image difference. I totally get where you're at. I guess it comes down to how much your willing to sacrifice for sound. It's one of the reasons I haven't tried it yet for sure, but at the same time it might even be an ice-breaker when playing in front of a crowd! (Because it's so small it's hilarious )

    And yeah it would just sit and get mic'd up. It would probably have to sit ON something (like you said), because the hardest part of this amp is finding a mic stand small enough to mic it It would have to be on a riser or something, or just on top of another amp! I haven't used it yet personally, I'm still using my Fender Blues Jr. to gig with, because I LOVE it's tone, it's a good size to travel with, and the sound just really suits my playing style. But I do plan to try out the ZT in the future. If it works as well as I think it will, I might just KEEP gigging with it. It's super small, and super clean.

  4. My housemate has a Casino, and to be honest, I'm really not that enamoured by it? Which is a surprise to me, considering their rep. etc. It just felt like there was more to come from it soundwise, but it never brought it out, regardless of what pedals, amps. you run it through and whatever you do with the control knobs. In fairness, I haven't the foggiest as to whether he's got it set up properly or not - thinking about it, probably not, which doesn't help matters...
  5. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    My housemate has a Casino, and to be honest, I'm really not that enamoured by it? Which is a surprise to me, considering their rep. etc. It just felt like there was more to come from it soundwise, but it never brought it out, regardless of what pedals, amps. you run it through and whatever you do with the control knobs. In fairness, I haven't the foggiest as to whether he's got it set up properly or not - thinking about it, probably not, which doesn't help matters...


    Haha yeh it's probably not the best sounding guitar, although I did like it, it was just the feel I got from playing it, it just felt much better than my LP Probably a bit silly though lol
  6. The model I played (and was planning on saving up for) is the Elitist model, which is a better quality guitar than the standard casino. Better parts, better wood, better pickups/tuners, pots etc. THAT one sounded awesome.
  7. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:The model I played (and was planning on saving up for) is the Elitist model, which is a better quality guitar than the standard casino. Better parts, better wood, better pickups/tuners, pots etc. THAT one sounded awesome.


    A friend of mine has the John Lennon Casino. Lovely sounding guitar.
  8. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Alex...this may be a bit of a dumb question, but...I would wanna gig with that amp, it sounds so classic...but it's just too small for a stage

    What would you even do to use it at a gig? Set it on top of something and mic it? It's just SO small!


    Once I get the RP500, I want to buy a PA speaker, to totally avoid the amp and use all models. However, that obviously leaves a sort of empty, "unrocky" look to the stage. So, what I'll do is buy a big cabinet (or whatever the huge, usually four speaker thing is) that does not work, take out everything (speakers, w/e else, to make it easy to transport) and place the speaker inside there. It will probably fool some music folk into thinking that I have amazing, authentic, vintage tone. Just putting some non-functioning speakers that you found on the street on stage can solve your (future) predicament.
  9. Originally posted by jofice:Haha yeh it's probably not the best sounding guitar, although I did like it, it was just the feel I got from playing it, it just felt much better than my LP Probably a bit silly though lol

    M'man, if you thought it sounded good and felt good, then it did it's worth remembering that every guitar is a bit different for god knows how many reasons (to greater or lesser extents), and chances are you played a Casino that was in much better nick that my housemate's lol (which isn't hard - he doesn't murder it but like I said, I sincerely doubt he's ever properly set it up since he bought it last year). I'd say I've yet to play a guitar better than my Explorer, but that's because it's suits me to a tee. I love the sound I get out of it with my set-up and think it feels better than anything else I've played, which, granted, isn't an incredible amount of guitars but enough to give me a sense of what I'm dealing with, I figure.
    Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:The model I played (and was planning on saving up for) is the Elitist model, which is a better quality guitar than the standard casino. Better parts, better wood, better pickups/tuners, pots etc. THAT one sounded awesome.

    Indeed, I wouldn't mind trying that out myself along with a shitload of other guitars doing the rounds...
  11. As if the processor is more than the guitar! Looks cool. The lead guitarist of my band uses a digitech RP-something, and he gets pretty amazing tones. Not really tones that I myself would use, but for his style of playing, he sure makes the tones sing. Good choice!
  12. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:As if the processor is more than the guitar! Looks cool. The lead guitarist of my band uses a digitech RP-something, and he gets pretty amazing tones. Not really tones that I myself would use, but for his style of playing, he sure makes the tones sing. Good choice!


    Yes, the Digitechs are reliably amazing. I'm using an RP250 right now, and it sounds... just fantastic.

    This VERY ROUGH demo of a song of mine is done with the RP250. No amps, just the RP into the computer. I really like the tones that I captured.

    The video can be found on this page, even though it is a page that is telling you that you have failed to download it.

    http://www.downfacebook.com/video/video.php?v=144626442230660
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