Hey all, the last little while I've noticed my series 2 Rectoverb just can't seem to dial in a good all around tone. Clean channel isn't bad but when the gain gets turned up my neck pickup gets squashed for tone. Also with the clean gain turned up my distortion pedals sound like absolute garbage.
On the dirty side, everything is sounding way too piercing regardless of where my settings are at.
Some factors to consider:
I bought the amp pre-owned 5 years ago and haven't changed the Sovtek 5881's that were in it.
I also had a mishap a little while ago and dropped the amp, having one of the tubes half fall out. I think I played it that way for a while unfortunately.
I'm guessing/hoping a tube change is the answer I'm looking for. I don't know if tubes make a difference for this but is there a particular model I should look at that maybe will help my clean channel take distortion pedals with borderline broken up levels of gain?? I've heard great things about JJ's and Winged C's. I play a lot of RHCP, RATM, Foo Fighters, Billy Talent and lots of 60's/70's as well. I like the amp distortion as well but because of the annoying switch lag I want to focus on the clean for now.
Thanks for your input
On the dirty side, everything is sounding way too piercing regardless of where my settings are at.
Some factors to consider:
I bought the amp pre-owned 5 years ago and haven't changed the Sovtek 5881's that were in it.
I also had a mishap a little while ago and dropped the amp, having one of the tubes half fall out. I think I played it that way for a while unfortunately.
I'm guessing/hoping a tube change is the answer I'm looking for. I don't know if tubes make a difference for this but is there a particular model I should look at that maybe will help my clean channel take distortion pedals with borderline broken up levels of gain?? I've heard great things about JJ's and Winged C's. I play a lot of RHCP, RATM, Foo Fighters, Billy Talent and lots of 60's/70's as well. I like the amp distortion as well but because of the annoying switch lag I want to focus on the clean for now.
Thanks for your input