xscottx9 said:
Hello. I am new here, been lurking the last couple days. I bought a used Dual Rectifier, and should receive it next week. My question is, what better suits the DR for High Gain, *LOUD* bedroom levels. The Tube Screamer/Boss SD-1, or a THD Hotplate?
Looking in the old posts I found a ppost by a guy named platypus? .. He posted webcam video of a problem he was having with his DR, .. I am curios if "you" read this, .. what volume were you playing at? I really liked the sound *CRUNCH* you were getting, and noticed you were in your *room* ..
Also, I have a DSL50, which I love for its Crunch Channel/Low gain setting .. That Gary Moore sound on the "Strat" pack DVD. I know the DR prolly wont cop that sound, .. but curious if anyone knows what I am refering to?
Thanks ..
Hi
Well you're talking about two different things here. I don't mean to insult your intelligence so I will explain it anyway, if you know what I'm talking about just ignore this.
The THD Hotplate is NOT a pedal, it is a power soak/signal attenuator, whereas the tube screamer and the SD-1 are pedals. The Hotplate allows me to set my amp where I would if I was playing at a gig and then it 'shrinks' that sound down to bedroom levels while still maintaining that cranked sound. I still get rich power tube distortion even though I'm in a tiny room (thank god I'm moving this week
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I use the Tube Screamer or my Fulltone OCD as a boost pedal, simply to get a bit more fluid/chug out of my amp.. I set the gain very low on the pedal and let my amp do the talking.
Here's an indepth look into my rig:
Guitar -> TS9 Tube Screamer or Fulltone OCD -> Mesa Dual Rec
The THD Hotplate goes inbetween the Dual Rec and the Cab
FX Loop -> Boss DD3 Digital Delay
Dual Rec: (all settings are 'clock-face' oriented)
Here are the settings from the video
Bold Power Variac
Tube Rectifier
Channel 3: Modern Setting
Presence: 11:00
Master: 11:00
Gain: 3:00
Bass: 12:00
Mid: 11:00
Treble: 1:00 - 2:00 (to taste)
I use my guitar to control my volume so I set my amp for monster gain, then use my volume control on the guitar to go from creamy blues breakup to full on thrash.
^ There are all my secrets
As far as the low gain setting.. a Mesa just isn't a Marshall and never will be. That being said, there are some great tones that would be up your alley on Channel 1 with the 'Pushed' setting set or in Channel 2 on 'Raw' mode with the gain set low.
The only way to get the crunch you heard in my vid at that volume is to use an attenuator like the Hotplate. You can obviously crank it to get that sound but that defeats the bedroom level
Any other questions, feel free to respond here or PM me, there are lots of really great people on this board so fire away!
Oh, and my problem was fixed, it was a bad rectifier tube :roll: