Triaxis phat mode has less gain from non phat mode?

[virtu]

So, last night i went to check a TA. (sn:T-67XX)
When i switched to Lead 1 Red the sound was hardly as a crunch gain.
Even with high settings of gain and lead 1 drive.
Seller tried to convinced me that this is the phat mode....
i mean, it should sound like a recto right? and if it's not exactly the same sound it should have tones of gain right.....
I know how it's a recto gain....my band mate has one......
Is this the phat mode anyway or it's a faulty one????????

 

[ryjan]

I had the Phat mod on mine and the Ld1 red was VERY saturated and full of gain. Id beware of this triaxis.

 

[Danimal]

Is this the phat mode anyway or it's a faulty one????????

It's "fat" and the fat mod was done to answer the complaints that the original Recto boards were harsh and fizzy. You know, like a Rectifier.

The fat mod was intended to do just that: fatten the sound. If you're noticing that it doesn't sound gainy and nothing like a Rectifier, then yes, you do indeed have the fat mod on your TriAxis. I would definitely say it's "faulty," but that's by design.

 

[virtu]

I had the Phat mod on mine and the Ld1 red was VERY saturated and full of gain.

If you're noticing that it doesn't sound gainy and nothing like a Rectifier, then yes, you do indeed have the fat mod on your TriAxis.

So, i have two opposite answers.....

Ok mates, don't get me wrong but that TA had gain like a TS9 tubescreamer at it's full gain. And this with gain at 10 and lead 1 drive also at 10......so it had much less gain from a typical recto...if this is the fat mode, then it's a bad joke.....

I have the roadster and it's gain it's from another world in terms of quantity....this TA was like to have the 4th ch (modern) of my roadster at 9-10 o'clock...so i tend to believe that it was faulty...

 

[ryjan]

Thats not right. I could get over saturated with the lead drive at 7. Maybe a bad preamp tube?

 

[virtu]

I don't know...all other modes was just right...is there a specific tube for just the LD1 red? i think modes shares tubes...and i've read that the LD1 red is very sensitive because is different part from the other modes and it has it's own circuit board...

 

[elvis]

It's possible the recto circuit was damaged, either on its own or during the modification.

 

[Danimal]

if this is the fat mode, then it's a bad joke......

Sounds about right!