donnievaz
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Hi, I'm the pissed/disappointed new owner of an older series 1 Rectoverb combo. I just bought it used, drove a couple of hours into a neighboring state to get it and it has issues. First off, I fully admit that I'm a dumbass for not cranking it up when I tested it out. The kid I bought it from's dad was upstairs and I was trying to be as little a disturbance as possible. STUPID! I got it pretty cheap so I'm not that distraught but it stills sucks to have to deal with this.
Here's the symptoms and what I've done so far. All the symptoms are more noticeable the higher the volume goes. Just for reference, I played a Single Rectifier Solo 50 head at GC yesterday to get a better idea of what this thing should sound like.
1. The clean gets dirty way earlier.
2. At anything higher than bedroom volumes the pushed mode is unusable. It sounds like a maxed out fuzz pedal that cuts out intermittantly.
3. The dirty channel is better but still sounds off.
What I've done:
Swapped power tubes. First I put in a set of JJ's that I had laying around. These seemed to help the dirty channel somewhat but not completely. Next, I ordered a set of TAD 6L6's and had him pick out a set that's compatible with the Mesa as far as current draw thinking that that may be part of the problem. Turned out to be no significant difference from the JJ's. I also swapped a bunch of preamp tubes with no luck. I'm going to try a more scientific approach tonight and do one at a time hoping to eliminate all possibilites. I'm thinking this problem goes beyond tubes.
Has anyone else had the same issues?
Thanks!
Here's the symptoms and what I've done so far. All the symptoms are more noticeable the higher the volume goes. Just for reference, I played a Single Rectifier Solo 50 head at GC yesterday to get a better idea of what this thing should sound like.
1. The clean gets dirty way earlier.
2. At anything higher than bedroom volumes the pushed mode is unusable. It sounds like a maxed out fuzz pedal that cuts out intermittantly.
3. The dirty channel is better but still sounds off.
What I've done:
Swapped power tubes. First I put in a set of JJ's that I had laying around. These seemed to help the dirty channel somewhat but not completely. Next, I ordered a set of TAD 6L6's and had him pick out a set that's compatible with the Mesa as far as current draw thinking that that may be part of the problem. Turned out to be no significant difference from the JJ's. I also swapped a bunch of preamp tubes with no luck. I'm going to try a more scientific approach tonight and do one at a time hoping to eliminate all possibilites. I'm thinking this problem goes beyond tubes.
Has anyone else had the same issues?
Thanks!