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ok, so i spoke with the good people at mesa boogie and firstly they told me it was fine to use 5U4GB on a 2ch recto. after a bit of playing around with rectifier tubes, it was suggested to replace V1 V2 & V3. it turned out V2 was the problem tube. its strange as i have mesa 12ax7 russian-2 in...

ok so i bought a new mesa 5u4gb. same problem. swapped the power tubes with my spares cleaning all the socket pins before installing them. same problem. put the original power tubes back and replaced the rec tubes with mesa 5u4g 'coke bottles' - problem gone. so its the mesa 5u4gb's but i...

Old BF Shred, many thanks for your suggestions. yes, it was happening with another guitar so first thing i tried was to swap out the rec tubes with the older batch that came with the amp. the ones im having an issue with are the mesa 5u4gb. swapping the old mesa 5u4g back in - there was no...

i have an issue with my triple recto 2ch and i was wondering if any gurus out there could help me. i get 2 pop sounds when im on tube rec mode and when either i turn the amp on from standby or whenever i play in overdrive - hit a power chord, mute the strings then quickly zero the volume on my...

no prob ;) its interesting to know too that the vintage channel/modern channel idea that started in the dual way back in '91 lives on in the RK II's channels 3 & 4!!

Whatever you hear is whatever you hear but the manual of the original 2ch refers to its channels as Vintage/Orange and Modern/Red. Thus why channel cloning was included to change the mode of either channel. The 3ch recto is based upon this and expanded to be more versatile. Also in the manual...

in the original dual rectos orange was voiced for vintage and red for modern.

ive played with loop on but no effects plugged in on the 3 rectos ive had over the years with no problem. anyone had a problem using the loop like this? maybe the roadkings are different? i have not seen anything in the recto manuals about this issue. i just like the extra preamp stage used in...

well ive personally had experience with RUBY 6L6GCMSTR after i found out from this board that Mesa rebrands those as str440. but after a comparison I found them to be quite different sounding to the str440s. even though you can see they look identical - Mesa screen them and only must keep the...

I played my Triple Recto 2ch tonight with no effects going through the loop and wasnt getting the same feel/tone from it like i usually do. I was thinking that maybe the tubes were dying or something as I hadnt touched any settings on the amp for weeks. I play with the loop on as I like how it...

mccartys kick major ***. now i bet you would think its unethical - sacrilegious even to have anything but mccarty pus in there!

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maybe a bit unethical i guess!! i play metal with a mccarty into a triple rec and love the sound. it maybe seen as a vintage guitar but that bridge mccarty pu really cuts though and is pretty hot. i find the neck pu a touch bassy but with clarity. but each to his own i guess. if the hfs get what...

yes 1000w should be fine. its amps x voltage to get wattage eg 4a x 120v = 480w. sounds like its something else. check all your preamp tubes are lighting up in standby mode (take off the covers to check.) get a new set of power tubes just to be safe. check you have the speaker connected up...

yep i love my overdrive sound set to spongy on my triple. as mentioned above its not as harsh in the upper freq. i usually use spongy/tube rec. but when i need that extra power boost spongy/ss. although bold/ss is great for clean but sounds good either way. gotta love the dual rec option!! :D...

yea both preamp and power tubes make a big difference to the sound. congrats on the amp - i love mine. just to let you know mine had its original tubes when i got it that were a spax7 in v1 (the one with the cover if its still there) and mesa russian-2 in the other positions. it had mesa...

sounds like a 3ch from 2000 or 2001. i dont think 3ch's had the date written in them like the 2ch's did.

slightly geeky observation but hey this is what this board is for!! has anyone noticed how the original dr's channel cloning was called "channel style select" then changed to "channel cloning(tm)" then back to "channel style select" again at the end of its run?? probably a trademark issue?? the...

ive owned a 2ch rev g triple and 3ch triple rec - at the same time. btw im talking from a rhythm standpoint in this post. the red modern on the 3ch is higher gain than the 2ch version red modern. but is higher gain better?? well if you love your 3ch - stick with it. i preferred the 3ch orange...

manicsix, $3000 may be a rip off but is a result of the $4695 RRP they go for in the shops now. so that $3000 head was probably the export version which should be worth more than the US version on the secondhand market in Australia. but yes you are right (especially with the current US to AU...