Shredding: Mark IV vs. Triple Rec.

[metalmaster]

I am currently a very happy Mark IV owner who uses his amp for metal / shred. I love the sound I've got now. I have the chance to buy a Triple Rec. Do these things shred? I've heard Mesa Rectifiers before, and wasn't too impressed with the amount of saturation. I didn't have the chance to mess around with it too much though. Is There any more gain saturation on the Triple Rec than on my Mark IV? Or should I just not try to fix what 'aint broken. Do I really need that extra 65 watts and the headroom it provides? Or am I caught in the perpetual trap of searching for better tone regardless of cost or practicality? What is happening to me !?!?!

 

[prs1999]

sounds like you got G.A.S. to me...and nothing wrong with that.
After owning 3 different Mk amps,and 3 Dual Rectos(I'm down to a .D.R. Ractifier and TriAxis) The D.R.'s do get more saturation,but the MkIV has more clarity. How about trying a BBE in the loop.
I did a BBE482i with mine on the lead channels and it just made it jump alive.
Is your MkIV a combo or head/cab?
The 150 watts of headroom is fine but are you playing out?

 

[Elpelotero]

for solo work, i'd take any of the marks any day over a recto.

 

[metalmaster]

My Mark IV is a head powering an oversize Recto cab. I am using a BBE maxcom which also has the sonic maximizer built in. I am not currently playing out, but shold be in the near future. G.A.S. = Gear Acquisition Syndrome ?? Lemme guess, no cure for it except going broke or deaf.

 

[Russ]

What did you say? :lol:

I'm broke...

:wink:

 

[Shep]

hey dude you are just like me...own a mk iv and want more..i was thinking dual rec or mk III blue or red or green stripe for my self...so a triple can't go wrong....i have gas to...lol

 

[Paul Secondino]

I am currently a very happy Mark IV owner who uses his amp for metal / shred. I love the sound I've got now. I have the chance to buy a Triple Rec. Do these things shred? I've heard Mesa Rectifiers before, and wasn't too impressed with the amount of saturation. I didn't have the chance to mess around with it too much though. Is There any more gain saturation on the Triple Rec than on my Mark IV? Or should I just not try to fix what 'aint broken. Do I really need that extra 65 watts and the headroom it provides? Or am I caught in the perpetual trap of searching for better tone regardless of cost or practicality? What is happening to me !?!?!

The Recto series amps are all very gainy. A triple Recto should have atleast as much gain and tube saturation as a MArk 4. But regardless, the mark4 clean tones kill the recto and sound tighter to me which can by definition be considered pretty "shreddy"

 

[screamingdaisy]

Recto's will shred just fine. They're generally not my first choice for soloing on, but they'll do it just fine (The Darkness' lead guitarist was using a Triple Recto if I remember correctly). Myself, if I was going for a lead amp I'd go for the Dual first (more power tube compression).