Recent content by desertdweller

1. Check your tubes. Replacing tubes solves 95% of tube amp issues. 2. Check your cables. 3. Are you using a Tone burst in front of it? No? Why not?

As an owner of both a MW Dual Rec and a Mini Rec - when going direct into a load box / IR loader like the Torpedo Captor X, Mesa Cab Clone IR, or similar units, I can get the MW and the Mini to sound nearly identical. The Mini has significantly more mids on the high gain channel; I generally...

I'm not sure I buy any of the snake oil around old tubes. Put a Tung Sol 12AX7 in V1 and call it a day. They're $15-$25 depending on where you buy them online.

I'm not sure how you could say the Badlander has less gain than a dual rectifier. Granted, I've never played the Racktifier, and maybe yours has the gain mod with the 1 meg gain knob. I'm a metal player, I've had rectifiers for the past 10 years, and a Dual Rectifier is unusable for metal...

That link you posted kinda says it all. All the other modes sound the same on all TriAxis models except for Lead 1 Red.

This is the title track from my second solo album, re-recorded with my JP2C: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFUkGTshjoQ

Having owned both the Mini Rec and the V25, I have to say the V25 is head and shoulders better, at least for me. I know a lot of guys love the Mini Rec / Rectoverb 25, and I'm not going to say it's a bad amp, I think it's pretty awesome too. But IMO it really needs an EQ in a way a rectifier amp...

I've used a recto for years before owning the JP2C, and I wen through a ton of ODs years ago looking for the right one for the recto. I settled on the Grid Slammer, as I felt it was a bit darker and had a bit more midrange growl to it than a classic tubescreamer. On the JP2C, I've been using the...

Fryette Power Station 2. It's tube, 50 watts, mono, and you can run your stereo out from an effects processor to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAGXRDfCF30

From my experience, Mark series Mesas are great at low volumes. You have to tweak a recto a bit for a low volume sound, but Marks are a bit easier to dial in a low volume sound. Just turn the master volume down ! :)

Check this out, I think the Ampete 88S might be for you. http://ampete.com/products/switcher-series/ampete-88studio/

Here's a simple way to do it and retain what you want. If you have any effects pedal that can split into stereo (like a reverb, chorus, or multi-effect pedal or rack), run it last in your chain. Run one mono output from it back to your effects return on your amp, run the other output to...

The Grid Slammer is my preferred OD for a clean boost. Just the right amount of EQ in it to give your sound a nice growl with a rectifier. The recto heads do not need an EQ in the loop. The amp sounds amazing with just an overdrive and a gate. The Mini rec however and rectoverb 25 however are...

Ha! I've done pretty much the same thing with my triple! I went with the plastidip instead of the gloss paint, yours looks awesome too. Nice job!

I am in exactly the same boat, I picked up a Mini Rec this past summer, and while I thought it sounded good with the tubes it came with, I noticed the label on the power tubes was curling up from the heat. Mine is from 2012, and I did a full retube with Mesa EL84 power tubes, a Tung Sol in V1...