Give me all the info on the Dual Recto
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Lol looks like we having two completely different opinions between the Vintage Amp Threads and Modern Era Threads. The Mark IV can get any tone, 80's 90's 10's you name it. You say the recto has a distinct sound well the Mark has three billion sounds. It's the best amp ever period. **Put's on flame suit and runs. **
FWIW I have found my DR pretty easy to get a good sound of...in fact probably the easiest amp to set ever. I can pretty much put each of my tone controls between 11-1 and get a great sound. My Mark Series amp has been much more difficult for me to get the sound I want out of it. I love both of my amps very much and will probably never sell either...but if I could only keep one, I'd hang on to my DR. Which I guess puts me in the DR camp!
Elpelotero
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Johnson said:
blasphemy!! don't let boogiebabies read that!
siggy14
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I actually didnt have a problem with either getting great sounds. I pretty much EQ them the same, except on the Mark IV i keep the Bass down to around 3 and then i adjust the EQ that of course the recto does not have. I do the typical V shape, however I dont cut the Mid all the way down, I put it on the line right before the bottem. I also Dont put the bass and the treble all the way up, they are on the line right before all the way up.
Johnson said:
Elpelotero said:
Don't get me wrong, the IIC+ does things that the rectifier series can never do, and it is an incredible amp which I love. However, my DR suits the style of music that I play 99% of the time the best.
ToneAddictJon said:
I disagree.. duals are kinda meh for clean sounds from my experience. And I have had a very easy time dialing things in with rectos.. Mark Ivs are where you fingers will get tired from constantly twisting knobs
There is TONSSSSSSSSSS of gain on them though... perhaps too much...
Who am I kidding... theres no such thing as too much gain
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I shouldn't of said hard to dial in, I should of said hard to decide which tone to stick with :twisted:
I love the cleans on my DR, but i also use humbuckers with coil splitting on them for the cleans. Bottom line is, both the DR and the Mark IV are killer amps, each with their own voices, and if someone can't get amazing sounds with either of them, it's probably user error. Running them in stereo is very fun :twisted: Getting the cops called afterwords (especially at house parties) can be annoying though
I love the cleans on my DR, but i also use humbuckers with coil splitting on them for the cleans. Bottom line is, both the DR and the Mark IV are killer amps, each with their own voices, and if someone can't get amazing sounds with either of them, it's probably user error. Running them in stereo is very fun :twisted: Getting the cops called afterwords (especially at house parties) can be annoying though
Platypus said:Johnson, what are the specs of your C+
SimulClass (4 6L6's) w/ Reverb EVM- 12L combo SN 12,9xx It really is a great amp.
I also agree, The cleans on my DR is rough...but then again, I use clean tones less than 1% of the time when I play with my band, so it hasn't been an issue for me.
Johnson said:Platypus said:Johnson, what are the specs of your C+
SimulClass (4 6L6's) w/ Reverb EVM- 12L combo SN 12,9xx It really is a great amp.
I also agree, The cleans on my DR is rough...but then again, I use clean tones less than 1% of the time when I play with my band, so it hasn't been an issue for me.
Does it have a GEQ?
If you ever think you want to sell it please give me a heads up
No G-EQ, although I am considering getting it put in (yes I know they have to put in a mk3 face plate which ruins the originality, collectability, etc.) But I am planning to hang on to it for the long haul. I was only speaking hypothetically that If I was going sell one of my boogies it would be the C+. But I really do love the C+, the cleans are amazing to me, the leads are great, and it has a great distortion tone that sounds completely different than the voicing of my DR. But my DR suits the style of music that I play the majority of the time, the best. But if you are really interested in getting a C+ there is a really cool IIb-->C+ (only 7 in existence [I think]) up on ebay right now. It has GEQ and Simul.
Elpelotero
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Platypus said:
mine has simul and rev. and i got it for 1500. it's a combo that i plan to convert to a head someday. I would take simul above all else though. You can always add eq somehow, but simul class cannot be copied.
