Help! Rectifier Recording Preamp Problem

[Torren61]

I bought a Recto from a guy on CL. It worked for the couple of minutes I demoed the unit but when I got home, it seemed to get worse and worse. I changed all of the tubes to new JJ ECC83 S tubes.

I made a recording of the sound. My guitar is a Gibson SG with P90s rub straight into the Recto and recording out to my Audio interface. The interface is fine and the signal isn't clipped there.

Here's the SoundCloud track:

https://soundcloud.com/torren61/mesa-recto-problem

Any idea what could be the problem?

Thanks!

 

[Torren61]

Problem solved. I had my guitar plugged into the front input. I moved it to the rear input and lowered the master volumes to 9 o'clock. Everything seems to be working properly. I don't know why it makes a difference which input is used but I'll keep reading the manual until I get it sorted.

 

[Given To Fly]

Nice trouble shooting! I'll have to try it! Just so you are aware, the Rectifier Recording Preamp will try your patience and requires a little bit of "out of the box" thinking to get the tones you want. The clean channel is actually pretty easy to work with though. Out of curiosity, what studio monitors are you using?