Just got my Mini Recto

[noodles]

UPS dropped it off this morning.

I so do not want to be in the office right now.

 

[Nomad100]

Freaking thing looks great. 8)

I've been rocking a new "Multi-Watt" dual for the last 6 months, but plan on getting a Mini when funds are available.
When you get a chance, a full tone report would be cool.

 

[noodles]

Yeah, I was amazed with how shiny it is. It looks way better in person, and the padded gig bag is a cool touch.

I'm taking it to band practice tonight, so I'll see how it holds up to a Triple Rec, M6 Carbine, and a pissed off drummer. I'll probably play most of rehearsal through my Deuce II, but it's worth a shot, since I can crank the hell out of it.

 

[BenoA]

Congratz! Keep us posted on how it sounds!

 

[siggy14]

You know I will be over sometime this weekend to check that baby out....

 

[Jacko123]

Congrats!!! Lucky bugger.

 

[noodles]

Spent about 10min with this before rehearsal yesterday, and was completely blown away. Below half, it is pretty much the same as most Rectos. Modern mode gives you that low gut punch and tons of saturation. Cleans are really sparkly, and getting the gain around half starts to break the preamp up in a really (good sort of) nasty, musical way.

Start opening up the power section, and the amp starts to dramatically transform: it gets spongier, with a looser bottom and sweeter midrange. Suddenly, you're reminded that it is a small EL-84 amp. The mids just growl down low, and the bass starts to get crumbly. It is awesome to play lead through cranked, since it completely wails in that old school small amp, Jimmy Page had it cranked for the Stairway solo sort of way. I had the thing in 25w mode, just dimed, with the gain on 1:30. Trust me, there isn't a volume problem. :lol:

I wouldn't expect to play this with your metal band, but it is perfect for what it is. I could see recording halfstack tone at a manageable volume. I could also see cranking it in a rock setting. Personally, I'll be using it for my Top 40 coverband.

That's the cab at our rehearsal studio, just in case anyone assumes I would actually want to buy one of those POSes. :wink:

 

[Addictedtokaos]

The mini just looks weird on top of a 4x12.... its so small.

Im just a basement player. I would love to get that recto tone and gain for things like metallica, slayer, megadeth at low volume. Do you think the mini handles the high gain stuff well at that level vs say a single? or does it loose its tightness fairly easily?

 

[noodles]

Nah, I had to approach halfway up to make it start flubbing out (without a boost, mind you), and that was freakin' loud. It's tight around 10:00, and even then, your neighbors will yell.

 

[siggy14]

Hey the 800 cabs are damn good, I will not buy any marshall unless it says JCM800 or is older like the old plexi cabs. although with a recto the 75's are not the best speaker.

Spent about 10min with this before rehearsal yesterday, and was completely blown away. Below half, it is pretty much the same as most Rectos. Modern mode gives you that low gut punch and tons of saturation. Cleans are really sparkly, and getting the gain around half starts to break the preamp up in a really (good sort of) nasty, musical way.

Start opening up the power section, and the amp starts to dramatically transform: it gets spongier, with a looser bottom and sweeter midrange. Suddenly, you're reminded that it is a small EL-84 amp. The mids just growl down low, and the bass starts to get crumbly. It is awesome to play lead through cranked, since it completely wails in that old school small amp, Jimmy Page had it cranked for the Stairway solo sort of way. I had the thing in 25w mode, just dimed, with the gain on 1:30. Trust me, there isn't a volume problem. :lol:

I wouldn't expect to play this with your metal band, but it is perfect for what it is. I could see recording halfstack tone at a manageable volume. I could also see cranking it in a rock setting. Personally, I'll be using it for my Top 40 coverband.

That's the cab at our rehearsal studio, just in case anyone assumes I would actually want to buy one of those POSes. :wink:

 

[noodles]

Hey the 800 cabs are damn good, I will not buy any marshall unless it says JCM800 or is older like the old plexi cabs. although with a recto the 75's are not the best speaker.

True, at least it's not a 900. However, Mesa cabs are still much better, and yes, G12T-75s just don't work with Rectos. Even with my Stiletto II, I have to turn the bass knob down substantially, or the cab farts out.

 

[ryjan]

Nah, I had to approach halfway up to make it start flubbing out (without a boost, mind you), and that was freakin' loud. It's tight around 10:00, and even then, your neighbors will yell.

Why is it that anytime someone gets a lunch box amp the first thing everyone wants to know is how loud it can get. Then someone buys a Triple Recto and everyone wants to know if it sounds good for bedroom volumes. :lol:
Cool toy man. Sounds like it'll be fun.

 

[YellowJacket]

Why is it that anytime someone gets a lunch box amp the first thing everyone wants to know is how loud it can get. Then someone buys a Triple Recto and everyone wants to know if it sounds good for bedroom volumes. :lol:
Cool toy man. Sounds like it'll be fun.

No joke!! Everyone wants one amp that will do everything, I guess.

 

[BenoA]

Why is it that anytime someone gets a lunch box amp the first thing everyone wants to know is how loud it can get. Then someone buys a Triple Recto and everyone wants to know if it sounds good for bedroom volumes. :lol: .

Post of the week!!! :lol:

 

[noodles]

Why is it that anytime someone gets a lunch box amp the first thing everyone wants to know is how loud it can get. Then someone buys a Triple Recto and everyone wants to know if it sounds good for bedroom volumes. :lol:

No ****, right? :lol:

 

[siggy14]

So noodles bought it over to my place this weekend, sounds great, we put it through my oversized recto cab, my slant traditional mesa cab and my mesavertical 2x12, all cabs loaded with v30's, we also put it though a 1978 marshall cab loaded with black backs, amp sounded amazing through all the cabs. We got modern to classic rock, to santana type tones and everything in between. It will never sound exactly like anoother amp, but between all the modes you can get damn close.

I tell you right now, If i wanted a small portable amp I would buy this thing in a minute, it held up with my roadking, which in my opinion and alot of other peoples is one of the best sounding mesa rectifier amps you will ever hear.

 

[noodles]

The absolute best sound on the amp was Ch1/Pushed/25w, gain dimed, bass 11:00, mids 1:30, treble 12:00, presence 12:00, with a tube screamer out front as a boost, through an old Marshall cab with Greenbacks. I was playing his 70s silverburt Les Paul, and it was classic rock in a box. I could play Boston all day long that way, and you could switch to a cranked Ch2/Vintage/10w to play leads.

 

[siggy14]

They are black backs, but the same as green backs, 25 watt speakers from 1978. The silverburst is a 1979 and had a Dirty finger reissue for pickup and a aluminum tail, everything else was original including all wiring.

Amp sounded great, i missed the push mode.

The absolute best sound on the amp was Ch1/Pushed/25w, gain dimed, bass 11:00, mids 1:30, treble 12:00, presence 12:00, with a tube screamer out front as a boost, through an old Marshall cab with Greenbacks. I was playing his 70s silverburt Les Paul, and it was classic rock in a box. I could play Boston all day long that way, and you could switch to a cranked Ch2/Vintage/10w to play leads.

 

[YellowJacket]

Mini Recto + G12m 25s (Greenbacks, Blackbacks, etc) must be absolutely amazing!!

 

[noodles]

My cover band started recording guitars for our promo pack CD (just a verse/chorus of a pack of songs):

He's got a pair of Peavey 1x12s from the late 80s, which we shoved into the base floor bathroom of his townhouse. This is where these lunchbox amps really shine: we got great sounds at volumes that won't wake the kids and piss off the neighbors. Some of the first few songs have the two amps blended together, but we quickly just started using different modes on the Recto for everything. His wife is ticked at me, since he wants to sell the Blackheart and pick up a Mini of his own.

Oh, and it is ridiculous how much gain these things make. In Ch2/Vintage, with the gain around 1:00pm, you're past classic metal territory. When recording the verse for Adel's "Rolling in the Deep", we had to roll the gain back, or it turned it into a Metallica song. Opps. :mrgreen:

Throw a TS out front, and the thing turns to liquid. It saturates much more readily than a Dual. I think the metal band will be cutting leads through this thing, since it's so easy to push the thing hard.