Have a 3 channel recto. Will a TOV or 2 channel solve this?

[thisundyingfire]

The 3 channel tends to be a bit on the flubby and grainy side, while a boost helps with the flub it makes the grain even worse and then I turn down the gain and then it feels like a fight to play the amp.

It's lnr a giant problem when I'm playing metal or harder stuff, I also want to be able to do more indie rock type stuff and here the Rectifier falls apart for me

 

[Elpelotero]

t-verb will address the tight/gain issue AND the indie rock tones. the 2 channel will also but not as much the indie stuff

 

[cyber104]

With due respect - the 3 channel recto will cover all of these genres without much trouble.

My suggestion would be to really sit down and experiment with the settings.

If you want to remove "flub" - to start with use silicon diode rectification - not the tubes

 

[firmani99]

I have been in your same boat. What I did that I really like is I put a parametric eq between the guitar and amp. I cut 80 or 90 hz maybe even 100Hz by about 6 db (depending on the guitar). Then I increase the bass knob on the amp to bring some low end back in. This doesn't help much with the fizziness but it helps a LOT with the flubbiness. And it doesn't add the grit and fizziness that an OD pedal does.

Also, while they aren't my favorite pickup, my guitars with EMG 81's don't put out a lot of low end so they work very well with the rectifier. There is less flubbiness with them even without the EQ.

 

[jc986]

10 band EQ in the loop can be very effective in dialing out the "graininess" or any other undesirable frequencies. I no longer have a Recto, but I liked my tone much better once I got my MXR 10-band in the loop.

 

[Jorn218]

Turn down your bass knob. Turn your treble half hour to hour lower than where your mids are set at, and use the presence to edge back in the sparkle the treble usually gives. This is how I cured that whole bass looseness on my amp and cabinet. So much so I pulled the OD pedal out of the chain as it wasn't needed any longer. turn up your gain until you start getting the graininess, then back it off just enough so the graininess just goes away. I'm talking tiny movements on the gain knob while backing it off. Half a millimeter too far and you fight the amp.