Dr. Z Route 66 Head in Black
Yes! In stock right now!
The Route 66 is an all original Dr.Z design based
on the incredible KT-66 tube originally built by Genelex. This tube
generates the "Milkshake Thick" tones, as heard on John
Mayalls "Bluesbreaker" album featuring Eric Clapton
(the "Beano Album" as it is known to many).
This is not a duplicate of the Marshall JTM-45,
but completely original spin with new tonal end results. The "Route
66" has a EF-86 front-end. For those not familiar with this
tube, it is a 9 pin pentode , offering incredible gain and input
dynamics. It is normally used in high-end stereos, most often for its
accurate transfer of input signal, balance, and headroom.
The amp features a deceptively simple tone stack,
consisting of Volume, Bass, and Treble, which feeds a non-negative
feedback Phase Inverter, for true harmonic content and full output tube
dynamics. It has a GZ-34 Tube Rectifier to complete the round enveloped
tone. The amp has piano-like clarity with endless sustain, even at low
volumes. Its 32 watts truly sing when driven hard in a focused, thick
distortion, with the tightest bass response you've ever heard.
The Route 66 received the
first ever "Editors' Pick Award" from Guitar Player Magazine.
Here's what Mike Fuller of Fulltone
Pedals had to say about the Route 66:
"Hey Doc,
When Jeff Jourard brought this Route 66 over I was
semi-disinterested.....simply because, frankly, I've never played an
amp made after 1971 that I could stand. So he plugs it in and
$%#^.....immediately the jaws drop, and we start busting out old
Strats, old Les Pauls, old SG/LP's ...didn't matter, they ALL sounded
great, no, spectacular!. So much compression, sustain, harmonics,
touch, AND when you turned down the guitar, that damned amp cleaned up
without losing apparent volume to 50 fabulous shades of dirty to
semi-dirty to clean.
Anyway, thanks for making the best New amp,
period...certainly the Best amp made in at least the last 30 years, and
one of the best amps I've ever heard!"
--Mike Fuller, Fulltone
SPECS:
Power Output: 32
Watts
Output Tubes: 2 - KT66
Preamp Tubes: 1 - EF86, 1-12AX7
Rectifier: 1 - GZ34
Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass
Configurations: Head
Colors: Black. Other custom wood finishes are
available
Dimensions: 17 1/2" W, 9 7/8" H, 9 1/2" D
Weight: 22 lbs.