RK2 & Triple/Dual

[gearjunkie]

OK guys, I know these things get asked all the time but: I've been looking at buying a Triple Rec for quite some time, but I like the versatility of the RK2. The "Recto sound" is synonomous with the Triple/Dual. I've got a smoking deal on a RK2 and what I want to know from people with experience is: (I know everyone says the RK is darker and whatever) How close can the RK2 mimic the Triple Rec? I don't care about the other sounds that either are capable of right now, I just need to know that. Can it do the same sound?

 

[YellowJacket]

Triple has a power advantage so it is thumpier, if that makes sense. As far as I understand, the tone is brighter on a Triple and darker on a Road King II but they both travel easily into Recto territory. I'd personally get the road king II. It has more options and is far more flexible of an amp. In addition to being a grunge / nu-metal amp, it also does clean and low gain well on the first two channels. Still, if you want the thunder . . .

 

[MesaMonster]

Road King baby. I have one and I use it in church. I can go from nice cleans to the low end thundering and in between. Normally I am not up in front of our congregation slamming something like Slayer but I can certainly rock the house. On channel one, I keep it pretty clean and then kick in an overdrive pedal when I need some crunch. I can do the same on channel three, we are going into major crunch land. Use the overdrive pedal and you are going to melt some faces off. I love my RK II. So much you can do with it. The thing that sold me the most was the Lone Star clean channel that everyone raves about.

 

[gearjunkie]

Thanks for the replies guys. Haven't made up my mind yet. I want to demo both extensively.

 

[binnerscot]

RK2 all day....it is what a Recto should sound like, much classier, much more definition, sits in the mix better, sings more in the mids...definately a better mouse trap. I should also note that the RK2 has a hotter preamp, as in, 2 o'clock on the gain knob equals about 4 o'clock on my old Dual Rec.