How do you guys get a great clean tone out of a 2-channel DR

[Monsta-Tone]

I just picked up a Rev. F Dual Rectifier head.
It was severely damaged, but I have it all fixed up now! Guess it pays to be a Mesa tech!


It needs new tubes and maybe some contact cleaner, but it's fully operational again!


How do you guys use your clean (Orange) channel?
I'm a slave to distortion, but really like good cleans.

I'll be running a G-System in the loop for chorus etc.

 

[Areola]

i tend to hit the switch on the back to change it from Rythm/Lead to Clean/Crunch

 

[Silverwulf]

Try this thread:

http://forum.grailtone.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=33690

 

[Monsta-Tone]

i tend to hit the switch on the back to change it from Rythm/Lead to Clean/Crunch

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I said 'Good Clean!'

 

[jtxdriggers]

:shock: You fixed her that quick?! I'm so happy she's okay :mrgreen:

I like my cleans dirty, so dual recs = enlightenment for me. But I would suggest turning the gain down, turning the orange channel master up, and running a chorus through the effects loop for only the orange channel.

 

[Monsta-Tone]

It actually took about 6 hours of surgery, but in the end, she's gonna make it!
Still a couple of small bugs to work out, but everything seems to work so far. I haven't had a chance to try the Loop yet though!

I found a few blown up resistors, a few with heat damage, a few that looked good but didn't measure right, and quite a few bad diodes that looked good on the outside.

It took out the entire power supply for the channel switching circuit, and the filament resistors, and part of the bias circuit.

It sucks that the easiest mistakes can cause so much damage!


You should find a new tech too. There were physically obvious things that he should not have missed. He should have also put a meter across the O. T. to find out that it was something hidden and not the obvious. I'm not pointing fingers, but you would be better served elswhere. It still wouldn't have worked after replacing the obvious stuff, but when resistors and diodes are blown in half and there is smoke on the circuit board, it's a good starting point.

Save your money and send your baby to me next time!


Those are pretty much the settings that I was planning on starting with. I had a couple of Rev. G's in the past.
I seem to remember that one of them had a decent clean channel, but the newer one didn't. At the time, I didn't know enough about tube amps to realize what a difference new tubes would make.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I love the lead channel with the gain at 12 and the presence cranked with my 7 string! It sounds heavy like a mother!!!!!!!!!!

 

[droptrd]

How do I get a good clean tone out of my rev G? Good question. When I find the answer Ill let you know Ive been searching for that answer for years.

 

[Areola]

i tend to hit the switch on the back to change it from Rythm/Lead to Clean/Crunch

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I said 'Good Clean!'

Ok... try this...

Go to your local Orange dealer and buy an AD-30 an A/B Box and an extra guitar lead.

 

[echoes420]

I was the author of that original post that was linked to...

Since that post, I have bought a standard rec 4x12 and re-tubed the head with a set of JJ's from Eurotubes.

After all that, the clean channel was MUCH better... more headroom and less breakup, but still not "super clean". I tried all of my guitars to see which one would give me the best clean tone. I assumed my Strat would be the go to axe for cleans... but my Corgan Strat has really hot mini-humbuckers in it... not so good for the clean.

Then I was going back and forth between my EMG equipped Washburn X50proE and my passive Gibson SG and noticed that the EMG's actually gave the clean a more compressed feel and didn't break up as much. I then realized that when I got my Gibson, I had to raise the pickups to match the output of my Washburn. But that was with my solid state Fender Metalhead. So I lowered the pickups in the Gibson and there it was... the clean I have been looking for! No backing off the volume(though I guess that is kind of what I did, essentially) and no worrying about playing dynamics to avoid breakup.

So after all that... my modest suggestion is lower your pickups a little bit on the guitar you use for your cleans. This isn't really a problem if it is the same guitar you use for your distortion... just raise the master on that channel to compensate.

Hope this helps.

 

[MusicManJP6]

So after all that... my modest suggestion is lower your pickups a little bit on the guitar you use for your cleans. This isn't really a problem if it is the same guitar you use for your distortion... just raise the master on that channel to compensate.

Hope this helps.

Good advice! This can be overlooked easily.

 

[muramasa]

Clone the ORG channel to RED and hit the ORG Gain switch on the back to clean. I run my Gain around 10' o clock.

this is on a 2ch triple recto but i'm sure it will work.

 

[Monsta-Tone]

Right on! I will give that a try tonight!

 

[Anonymous]

Clone the ORG channel to RED and hit the ORG Gain switch on the back to clean. I run my Gain around 10' o clock.

this is on a 2ch triple recto but i'm sure it will work.

+1, that's what I do.

I've gotten passable cleans out of my TR 2 channel. Another way is to crank the presence knob (which actually is a treble roll-off and when dimed, doesn't have an effect on the signal), turn the mids down some for a Fender chime, and leave the bass around noon. Then, keep the gain low and the volume high.