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Originally posted by Urban Ghandi
That is the miilion dollar question!
I am just suffering from a massive case of buyers remorse. Feeling burned after spending good money on the Dual Rectifer I am now leary of spending good money on another amp in fear that I won't get what I want either. A sad day indeed.
Paralized with indecision....
In short, I am a weenie!
That's understandable, but you shouldn't let your buyers remorse stand in the way of getting something that will suit you better.
Try to describe the type of tone are you going for,...are there any bands/players that you can sight as an example of the type of tone you're after?
Originally Posted by themadscientist
I thought i'd revive this thread. I discovered a few weeks back as I sat across from the room on the floor infront of the 2x12 that I had a shitty tone. Standing beside the amp for the last month playing using my pedal board, I realized I should have been playing with the settings and sitting infront of the speakers.
That and I'm ditching all my overdrive and clean boost pedals in honor of the new time machine boost I got. I can use it as a vintage overdrive or a clean boost and its got some sweet tones but I havent had a chance to crank the rectoverb enough to really utilize it.
Finally had mesa boogie e-mail the schematic to switch my parallel effects loop to series so I can use my parametric eq and delays in the loop.
How about everyone toss in their favorite recto settings. I like looking at all the drastic differences people have and trying them out on my own setup and then tweaking to my own taste.
So everyone post up
That and I'm ditching all my overdrive and clean boost pedals in honor of the new time machine boost I got. I can use it as a vintage overdrive or a clean boost and its got some sweet tones but I havent had a chance to crank the rectoverb enough to really utilize it.
Finally had mesa boogie e-mail the schematic to switch my parallel effects loop to series so I can use my parametric eq and delays in the loop.
How about everyone toss in their favorite recto settings. I like looking at all the drastic differences people have and trying them out on my own setup and then tweaking to my own taste.
So everyone post up
" - Thelonius
Originally posted by StrykeBack
I thought i'd revive this thread. I discovered a few weeks back as I sat across from the room on the floor infront of the 2x12 that I had a shitty tone. Standing beside the amp for the last month playing using my pedal board, I realized I should have been playing with the settings and sitting infront of the speakers.
That and I'm ditching all my overdrive and clean boost pedals in honor of the new time machine boost I got. I can use it as a vintage overdrive or a clean boost and its got some sweet tones but I havent had a chance to crank the rectoverb enough to really utilize it.
Finally had mesa boogie e-mail the schematic to switch my parallel effects loop to series so I can use my parametric eq and delays in the loop.
How about everyone toss in their favorite recto settings. I like looking at all the drastic differences people have and trying them out on my own setup and then tweaking to my own taste.
So everyone post up
hehe, interesting. The day that I realized that I was getting truly not so great tones with my rectoverb is when i recorded it with my band and listened back.
I've been through all the tube combos. 6L6s, EL-34Ls, EL-34s. and on, trying to find THE tone in my rectoverb combo. When I got to the Ruby EL-34, I was pretty happy with the results for awhile. And believe me, I tweaked like a madman with the settings. constantly tweaking with so so tone, rarely ever WHOA!!!! you know?
So, i sold it and recently bought a Marshall DSL50. within minutes of pluggin in and turning up with my band, I fully realized what I was missing, and exactly what I was looking for. The recto with the el-34s was close, but I was after the Marshall sound. simple as that.
mesa rectos arn't for everyone. for ppl that like to downtune and want some serious thump, they'll really enjoy their rectos fitted with nice 6L6s for sure. Thats one thing that they do very well. In terms of its versatitlty, they as alright in low gain tones, but dont seem to have that sweet breakup tones that the marshall does so goddamm well. cleans seem a little stiff too.
Thats one thing that they do very well. In terms of its versatitlty, they as alright in low gain tones, but dont seem to have that sweet breakup tones that the marshall does so goddamm well. cleans seem a little stiff too.
Interesting. the first thign I tried and impressed the heck out of me was the clean channel and how very fender deluxereverbish it was.
I've contemplated trying some rubys and maybe I will just for kicks. Just recently got a mix of preamp and power tubes from doug a mix of JJ and c9 preamps and sed 6l6s
Originally posted by LnTh
Oh, and im sure 3 channel version is just as good! I'm dying to check one out. GC's around my area dont seem to have em for some reason :confused:
They are probably always selling out of them (which can be good or bad depending on how you look at it)
I love my 3 channel voodoo modded recto, I've been using channel 2 modern for my high gain, It sounds great , I like the way the treble controls works as u turn it up and down. The amp seems to be mush dry the lower the treble is. It can almost seem like a different amp just by changing how the treble is set. I love the sound for solo's by switching the power amp to the tube rectifier's, although I'm almost always in bold/silicon
I have it set up with a c9 in V1, gt 12ax7m's in V2 - 4 jan ge 5751 in v5, gt 6ca7's in the power amp.
Originally posted by cobrahead1030
(and that's taking into consideration that god awful hissing sound i can't get rid of
I think something might be wrong with yours, cause I dont have this problem with mine. My friend has one too and naver had that problem:confused: .
If you can get it fixed it might take over your cobra
Originally posted by lefchr
I think something might be wrong with yours, cause I dont have this problem with mine. My friend has one too and naver had that problem:confused: .
If you can get it fixed it might take over your cobra
there is a minor issue with it causing the noise
unfortunately there are no local techs competent enough to fix it
however, i don't see it moving in on the cobra anytime soon
Thread resurrection.
I just got a Genz Benz G-Flex 2x12 and my DR sounds pretty different with it (same EQ settings)....lead tone got more nasal, rhythm tone got smoother...hope I get time to experiment at the weekend.
(compared with the Mesa Recto OZ 2x12 I have)
Point of note - the Genz Benz I was using at 16Ohms and the Mesa is of course 8 Ohms
I just got a Genz Benz G-Flex 2x12 and my DR sounds pretty different with it (same EQ settings)....lead tone got more nasal, rhythm tone got smoother...hope I get time to experiment at the weekend.
(compared with the Mesa Recto OZ 2x12 I have)
Point of note - the Genz Benz I was using at 16Ohms and the Mesa is of course 8 Ohms
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