satisfied5582
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i was wondering what the difference in tone compared to a duel rect and mark IV? may be some of you guys have some input on this
difference in tone compared to a duel rect
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Elpelotero
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mark4 is very tight and articulate, has great fender-like cleans, and has a very smooth and liquid voice for leads. The rectifier has average cleans (unless you get a roadster or road king) and excels at big, massive, chunking rhythm sound. In other words, it's great at big fat chords and chunk. It's not that good for solos though.
satisfied5582
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thanks for the reply and input i've been thinking about trading my rectifier in for a mark IV, i ahven't gotten around to test drive one yet and thought i would see what i was getten myself into before went down to test drive one. any other opinions are greatly welcomed
I'll echo Elpelotero. I have a RoadKing and a MarkIV. The MKIV is good for old school metal, fast and tight riffage, and screeching solos.
The RoadKing (which is essentially a dual recto, just has more channels, etc) is great for rhythm, but I think it has a great lead sound too, you just have to turn it up... a lot. Also, the recto can be tight as hell too, but you need to hit with with a boost of some sort up front.. and play loud as hell, too.
They are both phenomenal amps. If you can.. get both. Running them side-by-side (or slaved into each other) is indescribable.
The RoadKing (which is essentially a dual recto, just has more channels, etc) is great for rhythm, but I think it has a great lead sound too, you just have to turn it up... a lot. Also, the recto can be tight as hell too, but you need to hit with with a boost of some sort up front.. and play loud as hell, too.
They are both phenomenal amps. If you can.. get both. Running them side-by-side (or slaved into each other) is indescribable.
scottcrud
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I've always liked my lead tone better with a two channel Recto over both a MKIV and MKIII, but I've always used EL-34's with my DR's.
JOEY B.
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scottcrud said:
Ok then, do you mind sharing your settings for all these amps. I am **** sure curious :? .
scottcrud
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well, I don't have the MKIII and MKIV anymore, but the DR, I've got it with the bold setting, silicon diodes, red ch-modern, orange channel clean-modern, pres-10 oclock, bass 11, mid 11, treb 1 o clock, gain 2-3 o clock and a TS-9 up front gain-0, tone-10 o clock, volume 12 o clock.
Bear in mind that a cab has to do with tone as well as guitar and pickups...
Bear in mind that a cab has to do with tone as well as guitar and pickups...
JOEY B.
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scottcrud said:
I see what I was missing. :wink: Don't get me wrong, use whatever works for you. I just couldn't get behind the idea of having to use an overdrive pedal to get a good lead sound out of a modern MESA "solo head". It just seemed like an oxy-moron, if you know what I mean.
scottcrud
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The TS-9 isn't necessarily for my lead tone, in fact I leave it off most of the time, it's more for certain tight(er) chunk rhythm parts.
Like I said before, I think a lot of people say the recto is buzzy etc. but they don't spend a lot of time with speaker/cabinet experimentation or pickup experimentation. Those two parts have a whole lot to do with the overall picture.
Like I said before, I think a lot of people say the recto is buzzy etc. but they don't spend a lot of time with speaker/cabinet experimentation or pickup experimentation. Those two parts have a whole lot to do with the overall picture.
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i used to own a dual rec solo head and tremoverb, the tremoverb is a little smoother, and has more versatility, and a great clean channel compared to the solo head
phyrexia
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I really think V30s suck the tone out of Rectifiers except for like two sounds.
satisfied5582
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can you guys explain how to slave amps together. i called mesa to see if i could do this and they said it couldn't be done. i would like to do this with my soldano hot rod 50+ and my dual rectifier.
JOEY B.
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Is your dual rectifier still under warranty? If so, I can understand them telling you that it can't be done. If it is not under warranty, send me a PM, and I can safely guide you into a slaving amp setup. Been there, done that! All these amps are going at once. :shock:
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Right from the user manual of the 3 channel Rectifier on the MESA website.
"NOTE: The FX LOOP RETURN jack can be used as an input to the power amp of your Recto making it possible to use it for amplifying signals derived from other preamps or effects in a stereo set-up. When connecting to this jack as a power amp input only the OUTPUT and SOLO Controls and Channel 2 & 3 mode select switches will be active. For the most balanced response in power use Channel 2 or 3 in the RAW or VINTAGE modes. This will configure the power section with the proper amount of negative feedback which will in turn make the Rectos’ power stage respond with a more traditional input sensitivity"
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o94/JoeyB1970/DSC02628.jpg
Right from the user manual of the 3 channel Rectifier on the MESA website.
"NOTE: The FX LOOP RETURN jack can be used as an input to the power amp of your Recto making it possible to use it for amplifying signals derived from other preamps or effects in a stereo set-up. When connecting to this jack as a power amp input only the OUTPUT and SOLO Controls and Channel 2 & 3 mode select switches will be active. For the most balanced response in power use Channel 2 or 3 in the RAW or VINTAGE modes. This will configure the power section with the proper amount of negative feedback which will in turn make the Rectos’ power stage respond with a more traditional input sensitivity"
