FullMontySmurf
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I bought something like a month ago a 3 channel Dual Rectifier. I was blown away from day 1, but as I listened today to the clip I recorded that very first day, I noticed that my tone has improved. Less muddy lows and warmer tone. So I recorded a second clip using the same 'recording setup' (which is a laptop on a couch in front of the amp, using the built in mic of the laptop), to check if it maybe was the crappy recording I was hearing. To a certain extent, it was, but still I could definately hear that my tone has improved.
So this was the clip of day 1:
http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~alombide/DualRectoBognerTest_Vintage.mp3
Clip record today:
http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~alombide/DR_Bogner212_luider.mp3
I played a Killswitch engage thingy in dropped C, to see how tight it would sound. With a lot of mistakes that is
Again, I used a Les Paul Standard and a Bogner 2x12 cab. My settings were identical (I wrote them down that day). Bold setting, Tube rectifier, Channel 2 Vintage mode and slightly-louder-than-bedroom-volume.
Except for 2 things: a little bit more treble (which allows you to tweak more easily the rest of the eq, because the treble pot is the first in chain, which means it increases or decreases the effectiveness of the other eq pots). And A LOT MORE PRESENCE.
I think that the added presence does not remove the low oomph (as some boosters do), but does something in the highs that adds crunch/chunk to the palm mutes so you can actually hear very clearly the pick attack on the strings. The actual oomph may not be very tight, the rythm is still clear by the audible string attack.
This has a drawback on lead sounds, they may sound a bit agressive this way. But that's where the other channels can be used for, that would be the next serious tweaking step.
I thought it was funny to see how my random tweaking (add a bit of this, turn that a bit down) during a month means a small difference in settings, but a big one in tone.
So this was the clip of day 1:
http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~alombide/DualRectoBognerTest_Vintage.mp3
Clip record today:
http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~alombide/DR_Bogner212_luider.mp3
I played a Killswitch engage thingy in dropped C, to see how tight it would sound. With a lot of mistakes that is
Again, I used a Les Paul Standard and a Bogner 2x12 cab. My settings were identical (I wrote them down that day). Bold setting, Tube rectifier, Channel 2 Vintage mode and slightly-louder-than-bedroom-volume.
Except for 2 things: a little bit more treble (which allows you to tweak more easily the rest of the eq, because the treble pot is the first in chain, which means it increases or decreases the effectiveness of the other eq pots). And A LOT MORE PRESENCE.
I think that the added presence does not remove the low oomph (as some boosters do), but does something in the highs that adds crunch/chunk to the palm mutes so you can actually hear very clearly the pick attack on the strings. The actual oomph may not be very tight, the rythm is still clear by the audible string attack.
This has a drawback on lead sounds, they may sound a bit agressive this way. But that's where the other channels can be used for, that would be the next serious tweaking step.
I thought it was funny to see how my random tweaking (add a bit of this, turn that a bit down) during a month means a small difference in settings, but a big one in tone.
