Jackie
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So my friend and I decided to visit Thomann, a huge European music shop in Germany.
The Dual Recto (3 channel) was of course among the heads we just HAD to hear. I read through the manual and stuff to see how I could approach it and I remembered something but trusted my ears and stuff too so we could spend less time tweaking and more time playing.
Anyway we tried it through a MESA cab with an LTD M300FM (EMG81-60 combo) so I don't think pickups are the cause here... the "confused" in the topic title relates to the gain level of this beast.
I was pretty shocked to find that the only channel with enough compression/gain to really play metal with comfortably (and mind you I'm one of those guys who likes to use lower gain settings and pick hard) was CH3 Modern, there rest were more of a crunch tone... I thought this was pretty much your basic metal monster with the ability to rock n' roll.
Anyway I kept Treble on around noon to 1 o'clock, mids on about 11 o'clock, bass on less than noon and gain at 1-2 o'clock and below, Presence below 11 o'clock and Master on around 10-11 o'clock on 100W and around noon on 50W... OK I admit that amp could have been a lemon but besides the lack of gain it sounded fine, tone wise.
Is this how a Recto should sound/feel like or was that amp probably fkd up in some way? I noticed there was humongous popping when switching channels that didn't go away with the "switch in standby" trick.
What adds to my confusion is comparing to my TriAxis. I know Lead 1 Red is just a slight approximation of a Recto, but still, I have spades of gain available and I think 6 on Gain and Lead Drive is over the top.
The Dual Recto (3 channel) was of course among the heads we just HAD to hear. I read through the manual and stuff to see how I could approach it and I remembered something but trusted my ears and stuff too so we could spend less time tweaking and more time playing.
Anyway we tried it through a MESA cab with an LTD M300FM (EMG81-60 combo) so I don't think pickups are the cause here... the "confused" in the topic title relates to the gain level of this beast.
I was pretty shocked to find that the only channel with enough compression/gain to really play metal with comfortably (and mind you I'm one of those guys who likes to use lower gain settings and pick hard) was CH3 Modern, there rest were more of a crunch tone... I thought this was pretty much your basic metal monster with the ability to rock n' roll.
Anyway I kept Treble on around noon to 1 o'clock, mids on about 11 o'clock, bass on less than noon and gain at 1-2 o'clock and below, Presence below 11 o'clock and Master on around 10-11 o'clock on 100W and around noon on 50W... OK I admit that amp could have been a lemon but besides the lack of gain it sounded fine, tone wise.
Is this how a Recto should sound/feel like or was that amp probably fkd up in some way? I noticed there was humongous popping when switching channels that didn't go away with the "switch in standby" trick.
What adds to my confusion is comparing to my TriAxis. I know Lead 1 Red is just a slight approximation of a Recto, but still, I have spades of gain available and I think 6 on Gain and Lead Drive is over the top.