A problem with my Single Recto Ch2 vintage mode...

[ElectricTurkey4369]

It seems when I switch from modern to vintage i experience a severe volume drop and a ridiculous loss of presence. My presence knob is at 12:00 and i have to crank it all the way past 4:00 to even get rid of the mudd for it to clear up a bit, but then it has this high brittle, ear piercing, sound. :?
Any ideas what the problem is? Can a preamp tube cause this?

 

[b0nkersx]

severe volume drop

Normal.

loss of presence

Different voicings, and the presence control interacts differently with each mode.

My presence knob is at 12:00 and i have to crank it all the way past 4:00 to even get rid of the mudd for it to clear up a bit, but then it has this high brittle, ear piercing, sound. :?
Any ideas what the problem is? Can a preamp tube cause this?

Try turning the bass down and the treble up a little bit. Are you playing at low volume? Vintage sounds pretty muddy at low volume.

 

[Blaklynx]

Another thing to consider is that if you've been playing in modern mode for some time, your ears will be accustomed to that tone. Switching to another mode will sound so dark that you'll think there's something wrong with your amp.

I like raw mode a lot but I push with a pedal, have an EQ in the loop, set my tone dials a little 'unorthodox' (treble ~9.30oclock, mid 2oclock, bass10.30oclock), presence down to 8oclock, gain around 10~11oclock...... should sound dark, right? I also like vintage mode but I need a slightly different set up.

I never use modern. Too high gain, too much presence, too full on. YMMV.....

 

[erectifier]

Like the others said its mainly that modern is a higher gain setting and hence when you switch up to it the volume will increase. I dont really touch my presence nob. It seems to effect the clean channel well but on the red channel i strain my ears to hear any difference from 8:00 - 3:00 but between 3 and max theres a considerable tone change, really brittle and bright which i hate. Supposedly the presence nob interacts better when the red channels in modern but i have all the gain i need in vintage.

 

[Heritage Softail]

After getting used to the global master on the MKV, dealing with the volume diffs of channels of my Single Rec was a bit annoying. It was just that way and I leaned to make peace with it.... although I thought it was a weak design. Lots of other amps are the same way. The clean on an SLO is something like 1/2 the volume of the crunch. Seems like an annoying design issue that is pretty common.

 

[Bouncepogo]

Vintage only works well loud IMO, i run presence at zero when playing band lol. Pretty much everything else near 12 o'clock and twaeked depending on guitar. Usually a strat with BKP sinner in bridge. Gives me heavier rhythm but not over saturated lead playing. It wins.