Description
The Dr Z Z-Wreck is one of those amazing amps!
One of the great things about the Kemper is that you are able to have access to certain vintage and boutique amps, that you may never get the chance to plug into in your lifetime.
You probably know that that Dr. Z and Brad Paisley famously designed the Z-Wreck together. This is a single channel amp that is all about the tone! Brad Paisley wanted something that inspired him like his 1964 Vox AC30 and together they created a one of a kind tone monster!
For the profiles, I used my Strat, my P90 tele, my 1974 telecaster with David Allen vintage pick ups……..as well as my Duesenberg Starplayer and Gretsch Duo-jet with TV Jones pickups. I used a variety of speaker cabinets for these profiles but focussed on the Dr Z, cab which has one Alnico blue and one Alnico gold speaker. The other cab that paired beautifully was my Celestion G12-65 loaded custom 2×12 Fowler cabinet.
I am MORE than thrilled to have had the incredible Paul Chapman demonstrating these profiles. Paul has been one of the premier Country guitar players in Canada for a couple of decades now and is a member of the critically acclaimed Western Swing Authority.
As I mentioned, the telecaster profiles in this pack were created with my 1974 Fender Tele with David Allen pick ups and it is a fairly bright Guitar. Interestingly, the bridge pick up in Paul’s thin line tele is an original 1963 tele pick up that is much warmer than the bridge pick up on my guitar. All that said, whether your guitar is bright or dark, or somewhere in between, these profiles work great.
If you ever need any help tweaking the profiles to suit your instrument, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
I hope you enjoy these sounds from this incredible amplifier.
Important: OK, I know there are a lot of profiles but this is wonderfully complex amp and we want you to find the profiles that are best for your particular guitar, again start with the profiles in Blue from the youtube video.
PROFLES (27)
Note: Where the cab isn’t indicated in the profile name, it will be the Dr Z Cabinet, otherwise the cabinet is indicated.
1. Z-Wreck Z cab.——Tele
Z-Wrecker 1t (very clean)-clean profile
Z-Wrecker 2t
Z-Wrecker 3t
Z-Wrecker 3.1t (slightly tweaked)
Z-Wrecker 3.2t (slightly tweaked-different EQ)
Z-Wrecker 4t
Z-Wrecker 5t (VERY GOOD)
Z-Wrecker 6t
Z-Wrecker 7t PWR chords
Z-Wrecker 8t nice aggressive tele
Z-Wrecker 9t -the next few good
Z-Wrecker 10t -some similar stuff here on but profiled on a different day
Z-Wrecker 11t
Z-Wrecker 12t
Z-Wrecker 13t
Z-Wrecker 14t -bit more Bass
Z-Wrecker 15t -bit more Bass
Z-Wrecker 16t -bit more Bass
Z-Wrecker ld 1t (prestige boost)
Z-Wrecker ld 2t (nitro treble boost)
Z-Wrecker ld 3t (spark boost)
Z-Wrecker ld 4kl t (Klone drive)
Z-Wrecker ld 5kl t (Klone drive) Nice High Gain patch
Z-Wrecker ld 6t -some other lead sounds profile on a different day
Z-Wrecker ld 7t -some other lead sounds profile on a different day
Z-Wrecker ld 8t (-some other lead sounds profile on a different day
Z-Wrecker ld 9t -some other lead sounds profile on a different day, pretty good
2. Z-Wreck Z cab.——P90 (18)
Z-Wrecker 1 P90
Z-Wrecker 2 P90
Z-Wrecker 3 P90 (sounds nice with a boost, but it’s a liquid profile so crank it up!)
Z-Wrecker 4 P90
Z-Wrecker 5 P90
Z-Wrecker 6 P90
Z-Wrecker 7 P90
Z-Wrecker 8 P90
Z-Wrecker 9 P90
Z-Wrecker 10 P90
Z-Wrecker 11 P90
Z-Wrecker 12 P90
Z-Wrecker 13 P90
Z-Wrecker ld 1 P90 (prestige boost) (nice lead, nice low notes)
Z-Wrecker ld 2 P90 (nitro treble boost) (So so)
Z-Wrecker ld 3 P90 (spark boost) (nice lead)
Z-Wrecker ld 4kl P90 (Klone drive)
-nice Queen-ish PWR chords and nice lead sound
-Boston-like PWR chords
Z-Wrecker ld 5kl P90 (Klone drive)
-nice Queen-ish PWR chords and nice lead sound
3. Z-Wreck Z cab.—for Strat—(13)
Z-Wrecker Strt 0 (used to be -3* ST Profile with Geoff) VERY GOOD
Z-Wrecker HB 0 (used to be -3* HB Profile with Geoff) VERY GOOD
Z-Wrecker Gret 0 (used to be -3* GRT Profile with Geoff) VERY GOOD
Z-Wrecker Strt 1 (same as 0 but added Treb boost) VERY GOOD
Z-Wrecker Strt 2
Z-Wrecker Strt 3
Z-Wrecker Strt 4
Z-Wrecker Strt 5
Z-Wrecker Strt 6
Z-Wrecker Strt 7 Thick BDG pickup
Z-Wrecker Strt 8 Nice Thick Rock BDG
Z-Wrecker Strt ld 1 (prestige boost) pretty good
Z-Wrecker Strt ld 2 (nitro treble boost) pretty good Hendrix-vibe
4. Z-Wreck (with G12-65’s) Celestion (7)—for Strat
Z-Wrecker Strt 1g
Z-Wrecker Strt 2g (not great)
Z-Wrecker Strt 3g (nice and thick, thicker than Z cab)
Z-Wrecker Strt 4g (really thick, works well on BDG pup, Hendrix/sounds like a cranked AC30)
Z-Wrecker Strt 5g-same vibes as 4 but more crank)
Z-Wrecker Strt ld 1g (Klone)
Z-Wrecker Strt ld 2g (Klone) -nice Hendrix lead/nice aggressive bridge lead
5. Z-Wreck Z cab.(9)—for P90
(sorry for the redundancy, these are similar to group 2 but were created on a different day and are unique enough to include)
(all these have a pure boost for solos that is OK)
nice poke P90
Z-Wrecker P90 1bg
Z-Wrecker P90 2bg
Z-Wrecker P90 3bg
Z-Wrecker P90 4bg …..nice!
Z-Wrecker P90 5bg
Z-Wrecker P90 6bg
Z-Wrecker P90 7bg (works great as a neck lead)
Z-Wrecker P90 8bg (Hurts so good and footloose)
Z-Wrecker P90 9bg has treble boost for solo-nice lead tone
6. Z-Wreck (with G12-65’s) 2×12 for Tele (7)
—for tele— kinda fat
Z-Wrecker tele 1g
Z-Wrecker tele 2g (solid)
Z-Wrecker tele 2.1g (solid)-nicer sounding 2, but both good
Z-Wrecker tele 3g (solid)-nice aggressive tele PWR chords
Z-Wrecker tele 4g
Z-Wrecker tele ld 1g (Klone)
Z-Wrecker tele ld 2g (Klone)
7. Z-Wreck (with G12-65’s) 2×12 for P90 (9)
Z-Wrecker P90 1g
Z-Wrecker P90 2g
Z-Wrecker P90 3g
Z-Wrecker P90 4g
(I don’t “love” the ld sounds below)
Z-Wrecker P90 ld 1g (prestige boost)
Z-Wrecker P90 ld 2g (nitro treble boost)
(the boosts bring out the Beatle-sque quality)
Z-Wrecker P90 ld 3g (spark boost)
Z-Wrecker P90 ld 4g (Klone drive)
Z-Wrecker P90 ld 5g* (Klone drive)
8. Z-Wreck Z cab.—for HB (7)
—some great LP sounds, all profiles work well with stomp boosts
—maybe some Gary Moore blues vibes as it gets more aggressive
Z-Wrecker HB 1bg
Z-Wrecker HB 2bg (sounds great with boost)
Z-Wrecker HB 3bg (sounds great with boost)
Z-Wrecker HB 4bg (sounds great with boost)
Z-Wrecker HB 5bg (sounds great with boost)
Z-Wrecker HB 6bg
Z-Wrecker HB 7bg (like 6 but with boost)
