its really underrated at this point. i just got one a few weeks back and am surprised at it's versatility. The Orange channel to me is the most underrated one
Just ordered my Dual Rectifier today, and bought a Marshall 1960A cabinet today for it! I cannot wait until my Recto comes! Edit: Had for almost a month now and it's incredible! I guess you can say my tone was..... rectified.
Paul, I have a peavey 6505mh, an Engl fireball 100 and a katana 50. I gotta say, they are all very different. If I had a gun to my head, and had to pick only one, the Mesa dual rec would be the one.
I bought this amp a year ago, with the Black Taurus panel option. By far the best amp I ever played, and every time I play it I am so glad I bought it. This is a really versatile amp too, you can get a lot of really good clean and distorted sounds out of it.
After watching about 30 videos on this amp, I finally got one today. It's simply amazing. I got one that's multi-watt, built after 2010. I plan to get a Vader 4X12 instead of a Mesa 4X12 cab. The reason is I have a cat ( metal grill ) and the Vader can be pushed to 480 watts. Vader hold their value a lot better and are rarer.
Great demo...close-ups of controls with clear precise explanations! I must have this amp! Probably have to purchase it used as the price point *New is Freeking expensive as hell...
so happy with my dual rectifier multiwatt and recto 4x12 strd !! I also got an express 5.50+. the best amp company in the world. unfortunatly they are so expensive in argentina...I paid nearly 6000 usd the half stack in the authorized dealer...Argentina sucks!
even though i play at home i'm still getting one. so much great tone for what little price you pay for and that goes for the 412 cab too. i play anything from Angus Young to Dimebag Darrell and this thing will do it all with only the help of my zw44 pedal.
@mmim4 if you still dont know and to anyone else, a diode makes the rectifier (it allows voltage to only go one way) the dual rectifier uses 4 diodes (2 in series) to get rid of any negative voltage, to keep all of the positive high voltage. a tube rectifier is pretty much the same, only differnce is, the diode is made of sillicon, a tube makes use of a vacuum.
Hey I just got it from digital village Acton (London) today ..Awsome .. Actually i order the original one and they sent me this ,then i found out about this newer version and so glad that i got this one ..
Here’s a tip: I’m a plexi/JCM800 type player but had to use one of these after the back line failed on us and we were given replacement gear. I used the clean channel with everything up! Gotta have those mids in there though!!
i feel like this amp has two or three tones that i have been trying to get at seemingly forever. that 1-pushed setting in particular... it's like a gain-ier version of my favorite small-amp tones. i would probably buy the amp for that channel alone, (if i had the money, lol.)
I've been doing a tremendous amount of research on guitar amplifiers for my grandson and I've been looking at the triple rectifier quite a bit and this was the best educational video I've seen on the Mesa boogie rectifier. That's it! I'm sold!
Man I’m so torn between getting this or a mark v. Ultimately, i ended up deciding getting a mark v combo then this dual rec. head and run it through the mark v speaker. It’s like deciding between the black album or the load/reload tones LOL
I'm really interested in this head but I recently played through a roadster and the fx loop sucks a lot of highs out of the tone. Does this have a pretty true fx loop circuit and no tone suck?
Is there any way you could post the settings for each sound used in this video? I have this head and would like to use your settings. Also what effects did you use on this video because I hear some kind of doubling effect. Thanks.
Just for the record, Although this demo says channel 2 and 3 are "Set up the same" they are in fact different. The knobs and switches are the same however, the red channel and orange channel have different components inside and are very different animals.
@mmim4 Nope. The rectifier basically works to convert AC power from your wall into DC power for use by your amplifier. Most amplifiers today run with solid state a.k.a. diode rectifiers. The Dual Rectifier series allows you to select the rectification for each channel, either valve/tube or diode rectification...
@wolfeman85 no. I wanted to do that on mine, and a guy who used to repair them, told me that if you pull out 2 tubes, than something about the resistance or impedance is not ok, you got to change that too.....
@Zhorellski Wattage is about how much headroom you have - when do the tubes break up. Volume level is measured in decibels :). 25 Watt and 100 Watt are almost the same decibels, so both are freakin' loud anyways :D - to see this check the tube for a video How loud is a Mesa Dual Rectifier (100W) and How loud is a Mesa Transatlantic (25W). The 5W will just break up really soon, but are also too loud for home if you crank them up :) Besides that power section can only technically be 100, 50 and 25
I got a dual rectifier because I adore john petrucci's tone (it's kinda hard to replicate). Other than that, It's got that perfect mix of distortion & clean tones. I can get an acoustic tone & at the same time, I can switch to a death metal crunchiness in an instant.
I have a mesa 5: 50 plus. I realized I'm needing more high gain than the burn and crunch modes obtain. Besides completely switching my rig to a dual/triple rec, would the throttle box peddle be a good choice to push my amp. I'm looking for that Umphrey's Mcgee like heavy tone. Great demo!
Hi Ryan - The Throttlebox tends to be the pedal that guys use into a clean channel to get Rectifier style gain from the pedal. It sounds like you probably want to blend the gain from a pedal with your Express gain sounds, at which point, we would probably recommend the Flux-Drive or probably the Flux-Five (with Graphic EQ) as the most versatile, all around pedal to add gain to existing gain channels. BONUS: The Flux Five sounds great with the clean channel too! :) Hope this helps and good luck in your search.
I'm trying to use the fx loop with only one channel (chorus pedal). Does anyone knows if I can assign the loop only for the clean channel (channel 1) ?
Wonder if this head would sound that good going through my Marshall 4x12 1960 cab? I've been looking at a 50/100 watt tube head and this one sounds like what I've been searching for.
Absolutely, Jeff Littleton. While we are obligated to say it would sound better with a Mesa 4x12, if you can get a Rectifier head with a marshall 4x12, that sounds great too! Good luck in your search! :D
Just wondering if you can assist? Been playing this amp since it came out. Recorded with it for 4 cds with a Les Paul Custom with EMG 81/85. I love this amp. Clean channel awesome. Question: trying to duplicate a tone in my head. Basically a JCM 800 and. Dual Rectifier. Any ideas on settings? Looking for a solid rhythm tone similar to Like Sykes on Whitesnake period and a soaring lead similar to Wylde on No More Tears. I have been close but no cigar. If anyone had the setting let me know. I only use a chorus pedal and delay that it in the loop. Thx
I’ve been playing on a dual rec since 2002. I’ve played hundreds of shows with it and recorded multiple albums with it. Check out my band here on UA-cam to see how it really preforms. No, I am not endorsed by Mesa. Check out Inimical Drive here on UA-cam! Cheers!!!!
Mesa endorsees are a pretty exclusive group. Petrucci, Santana, and Timmons are the only ones I know of and Petrucci I'm pretty sure has the only signature model ever made. Gotta go down to the crossroads for that shit. Lol
@Zhorellski It's a matter of tubes that defines the wattage. I bet they just didn't want to put another different type of tube in there to mess with their circuit.
Himrcali68 - Congrats on your new Rectfier! :D At the time this video was made we hadn't gotten to the point where we were keeping track of the settings. Unfortunately, we don't really know what the settings are, sorry to say. Hope you're enjoying the amp!
i tested this amp at a musicstore today, sounds sweet but sometimes it's muddy or something on specific notes. kinda hard to desribe how it sounds like. does anyone know what i mean? any experiences with that?
I played a few rectos - old one, multi watt, roadster.. now I own Road King II and I am very happy with it but none of these amps has that level of natural saturation without tube screamer or any boost pedal.. I have guitars with emg's, pra HFS and mesa recto 2x12 cab.. so my question is : are u boosting it in this video or what's the secret ? thanx for an answer !
Hi Tomas - no boosting in this video. What you hear is what the amp can do. If you hear any differences, I suspect what you are hearing is the differences in players hands and the techniques and styles etc. Keep in mind that Marcus here, in the video, has worked at Mesa for 15 years and used to be a playtester... He's probably played through more Mesa's than almost anyone on the planet. That often helps to get great tone from amps. :) Hope this helps and hope your amps are working well!
Hello Tomas, would be nice if MESA/Boogie UA-cam channel help you, but they wan't. So I will. They get that sound from amp because the sound was recorded in MONO channel, so you need to panned and mix the clip from mono, this make a more gain. Also a 4x12 cab has more natural bass because the air inside the cab. There you have the solution.
Hi MrMetalNoob - Thanks for helping. Good suggestion. Let us know if there's anything we can help you with. We always do our best to help people whenever we can. Thanks again. Rock on & have a great day! :D
I've ever thought that Mesa is probably the only brand that really you need to know before selling an amp. Who sell a Rectifier probably doesn't know , as always, how to set it correctly. Never max the presence control an treble too, I've seen video where presence where at max and it sounds horrible. The less treble control you use the more power have bass and middle, like all Mark series. And, anyways, everything is on the manual. Read it...I would work for you ahaha I'm born in the wrong place.
it has to do with power tube break up. 100 watts is only 3 db louder than 50 watts. but the 50 watt drop in power will give a much sooner brake up in the power section.
So this is a jack of all trades master of all amp then. I can definitely see the reason for it's price point now. Is there a major difference between channels 2 and 3 or are they the same channel that you can use to set in different ways?
So that would in theory mean I could have one of the channels set to vintage voicing as a lead channel and have the other set to modern as a rhythm channel? Right now I need to figure out how to get money for the head and matching 4x12.
Yes! There's obviously many ways to configure this, BUT - this is one of the ways that we often suggest since Vintage sounds AWESOME for solo stuff and Modern is KILLER for rhythm. So - hats off to you... you're right on the money with the intended usage. :) Thanks for your interest!
question... is the new dual recto which seems to have some of the features that came in roadster, now a better sounding amp than the roadster? since it came out after the roadster ( i believe)
Good question,mainlymusicman - The Roadster was the introduction of Lone Star based clean sounds in the Rectifier series and after it was released, the Road King was updated to that same circuit. In 2010, the Dual and triple Rectiufiers were updated to the Lone Star Clean circuit as well as offering Multi-Watt switching and a few other feature upgrades. That's the long answer to your question... the short answer is YES! The latest Dual and Triplke Recs have all the features of the Roadster but only 3 channels (instead of 4) and no reverb. Thanks for your interest!
@6eternal6genocide6 your local guitar store can order it in for you or should be able to order it in. also make sure you have a decent cabinet to use with it.
I have the two channel rectifier, revision g I believe. Am I able to get the same tone that you got the second time on the modern channel? On channel 3 I think it was. It sounded great but I obviously only have 1 channel for modern. Thank you
Hi Adam - The 3 channel Rectifiers were designed to sound the same as the 2 channel ones but offer the additional channels for switching and configuring the amp for more switchable sounds. SO... YES! You should absolutely be able to get the exact same sound. Hope your 2 channel is working well and thanks for watching!
MESA/Boogie I have just noticed that the presence control on channel one works when I'm using channel two, they both work on channel 2. I think only on the vintage setting but I'll have to double check. I like to use the silicon diode setting aswell and unfortunately it's a lot more noticeable on that setting. I did buy it second hand, ( in beautiful condition I might add, still in its case) but I would appreciate some advice if you have any, on what it could possibly be, or even if it's normal and I'm just making a fool of myself. Thank you
Hey Adam - when in Ch. 2 with the Cloning switch set to "Red to Vintage", the Orange channel Prescence control does also work. Totally normal. Rock on! :)
MESA/Boogie that's good news. Thank you very much, What a great business you have where I can buy a second hand product, go on to the businesses you tube channel, comment and get a reply in a matter of hours. I'm truly looking forward to using more mesa boogie products in the future, thank you again
Hitimeforachange12 - Set the Loop Assign switch on the back to the channel you want the effect on. Whenever you switch to that channel (and the effect is on), you'll have that sound with the effect (and not on any other channels). Hope this helps!
@sempiternalxxx3 I own this model amp, (I posted videos with my profile.) and apart from the hard rock/metal tones, the clean channel is extremely good as well!!! The vintage and modern high gain modes are perfect, of course, but one thing I like to do, is use RAW mode, and then PUSH that with a tube screamer. It sounds different but still has all the saturation in the world. I'll post a demo of that ASAP.
These Dual and Triple recs are Mesa best amps by far. They come out with all these other amps trying to tap all the markets but this one will do it all. Roadking, roadster, lonestar. This amp will do all of those. Pointless to go after anything other than a dual rec. Triple rec offer more power but who freaking cares. You can’t use it or certainly can hear the difference. I currently own a Express 5:50 mini stack. Cool little amp but again just get a dual rec...don’t over think it..
I got my Multi watt rectifier but it just doesn't have the oomph that this one seems to have. It seems like there is much less gain. I got it used. Would bad power tubes cause this?
Hi GreenDay - sorry to hear you're having trouble. The issues you've mentioned could definitely be tube issues. Have you tried replacing the tubes? Did you buy it used or new? Have you spoken to anyone at the Mesa factory about it? You could also watch this video for starters to learn more about tube troubleshooting and replacement: ua-cam.com/video/wSl-l9aWDHw/v-deo.html It could be either a power tube or a preamp tube, so solid troubleshooting is what's neede to find out. Let us know if you have questions and we'll be glad to help you get the amp back up to speed!
Hi, one more: I so far did not find a better amp for my needs. Got a Marshall 410H, I have to be back to Dual Rectifier because of the unacceptable side noise of the Marshall amp!
The Mesa rectifier; this amp is as versatile as it gets. Probably the only amp you'll need for the rest of your life \m/
I have one too, and I completely agree.
I got a 2002 dual
If you play in a Metallica tribute band, then yes... this is the only amp you'll ever need. If you want a truly versatile Boogie amp get a JP-2C.
"Hold my beer." -Dave Friedman
its really underrated at this point. i just got one a few weeks back and am surprised at it's versatility. The Orange channel to me is the most underrated one
Why does the video looks like it was made back in the 80's?
It almost was, Marco. :D
It's just the Napoleon Dynamite background
Marco Mata looks like 1995
You mean 90s 😉
Just ordered my Dual Rectifier today, and bought a Marshall 1960A cabinet today for it! I cannot wait until my Recto comes!
Edit: Had for almost a month now and it's incredible! I guess you can say my tone was..... rectified.
I just ordered one tonight. Lol. Now for the wait.
Paul, I have a peavey 6505mh, an Engl fireball 100 and a katana 50. I gotta say, they are all very different. If I had a gun to my head, and had to pick only one, the Mesa dual rec would be the one.
How does or sound with the marshall cab
I bought this amp a year ago, with the Black Taurus panel option. By far the best amp I ever played, and every time I play it I am so glad I bought it. This is a really versatile amp too, you can get a lot of really good clean and distorted sounds out of it.
I love this guy's playing style... nice riffs
Probably the best amp i have ever heard
Thanks, +Tonight The World Dies ! :D
After watching about 30 videos on this amp, I finally got one today. It's simply amazing. I got one that's multi-watt, built after 2010. I plan to get a Vader 4X12 instead of a Mesa 4X12 cab. The reason is I have a cat ( metal grill ) and the Vader can be pushed to 480 watts. Vader hold their value a lot better and are rarer.
Congrats on your new Recto, Bernard! Hope it serves you incredibly well and let us know if you have any questions. Rock on :D
I love this guy demo-ing the recto, makes me want to buy this amp without thinking twice.
Man, I REALLY love that Channel 1 Pushed setting!
Great demo. This is going to be my forever amp!
I was finally able to buy one! Made in 2014 and I am so hyped for it to get there.
I can't wait for mine to get here next week.
PRS and MESA the dream combo!!
Great demo...close-ups of controls with clear precise explanations! I must have this amp! Probably have to purchase it used as the price point *New is Freeking expensive as hell...
Marcus Daniel is a friggin' hoss of the old school. Love his playing on the Electra Dyne vid/
so happy with my dual rectifier multiwatt and recto 4x12 strd !! I also got an express 5.50+. the best amp company in the world. unfortunatly they are so expensive in argentina...I paid nearly 6000 usd the half stack in the authorized dealer...Argentina sucks!
+chris piana the 5:50 is possibly one of the best amps in the world
What a great amp head sounds awesome
even though i play at home i'm still getting one. so much great tone for what little price you pay for and that goes for the 412 cab too. i play anything from Angus Young to Dimebag Darrell and this thing will do it all with only the help of my zw44 pedal.
@mmim4 if you still dont know and to anyone else, a diode makes the rectifier (it allows voltage to only go one way) the dual rectifier uses 4 diodes (2 in series) to get rid of any negative voltage, to keep all of the positive high voltage. a tube rectifier is pretty much the same, only differnce is, the diode is made of sillicon, a tube makes use of a vacuum.
It sounds so good
Sounds amazing
i like learning about the amps but i really watch just to hear him play
Hey I just got it from digital village Acton (London) today ..Awsome .. Actually i order the original one and they sent me this ,then i found out about this newer version and so glad that i got this one ..
Here’s a tip: I’m a plexi/JCM800 type player but had to use one of these after the back line failed on us and we were given replacement gear.
I used the clean channel with everything up!
Gotta have those mids in there though!!
i feel like this amp has two or three tones that i have been trying to get at seemingly forever. that 1-pushed setting in particular... it's like a gain-ier version of my favorite small-amp tones. i would probably buy the amp for that channel alone, (if i had the money, lol.)
I've been doing a tremendous amount of research on guitar amplifiers for my grandson and I've been looking at the triple rectifier quite a bit and this was the best educational video I've seen on the Mesa boogie rectifier. That's it! I'm sold!
Awesome, +TD-12KX - Hope the amp serves you well and thanks for your interest! :)
great sound！
I prefer the older model, it has an attenuator in the back, so you can dial up the wattage you want. But they're pretty much the same. Awesome amp.
@orpheus06
you can play everything with this amp!!
its amazing!
Man I’m so torn between getting this or a mark v. Ultimately, i ended up deciding getting a mark v combo then this dual rec. head and run it through the mark v speaker. It’s like deciding between the black album or the load/reload tones LOL
I love how Dual rectifiers are much more that metal amps, MESA ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
What did you Guys use, to record the Audiosamples? Did you run it through the 4x12 the Recto is standing on?
Hi guys, in Channel 2 I need only a good crunch sound! Heavy comes later in Channel 3.
I'm really interested in this head but I recently played through a roadster and the fx loop sucks a lot of highs out of the tone. Does this have a pretty true fx loop circuit and no tone suck?
Is there any way you could post the settings for each sound used in this video? I have this head and would like to use your settings. Also what effects did you use on this video because I hear some kind of doubling effect. Thanks.
Just for the record, Although this demo says channel 2 and 3 are "Set up the same" they are in fact different. The knobs and switches are the same however, the red channel and orange channel have different components inside and are very different animals.
@mmim4 Nope. The rectifier basically works to convert AC power from your wall into DC power for use by your amplifier. Most amplifiers today run with solid state a.k.a. diode rectifiers. The Dual Rectifier series allows you to select the rectification for each channel, either valve/tube or diode rectification...
@wolfeman85
no. I wanted to do that on mine, and a guy who used to repair them, told me that if you pull out 2 tubes, than something about the resistance or impedance is not ok, you got to change that too.....
Sounds bad ass!
dude knows his business
this a freekin great vid! all the other other vids of the dual recto on youtube sound so crunchy!?!
@Zhorellski Wattage is about how much headroom you have - when do the tubes break up. Volume level is measured in decibels :). 25 Watt and 100 Watt are almost the same decibels, so both are freakin' loud anyways :D - to see this check the tube for a video How loud is a Mesa Dual Rectifier (100W) and How loud is a Mesa Transatlantic (25W). The 5W will just break up really soon, but are also too loud for home if you crank them up :) Besides that power section can only technically be 100, 50 and 25
@GuernB2 you prolly could but its easier to just flick a switch than take out and replace tubes and change bias all the time
I got a dual rectifier because I adore john petrucci's tone (it's kinda hard to replicate). Other than that, It's got that perfect mix of distortion & clean tones. I can get an acoustic tone & at the same time, I can switch to a death metal crunchiness in an instant.
@razorrick1293 how does that affect tone? Down to the pots on the guitar to begin wioth surely?
what im confused whats diode and rectifier? is this not like any other tube amp?
a mainstay in metal
I have a mesa 5: 50 plus. I realized I'm needing more high gain than the burn and crunch modes obtain. Besides completely switching my rig to a dual/triple rec, would the throttle box peddle be a good choice to push my amp. I'm looking for that Umphrey's Mcgee like heavy tone. Great demo!
Hi Ryan - The Throttlebox tends to be the pedal that guys use into a clean channel to get Rectifier style gain from the pedal. It sounds like you probably want to blend the gain from a pedal with your Express gain sounds, at which point, we would probably recommend the Flux-Drive or probably the Flux-Five (with Graphic EQ) as the most versatile, all around pedal to add gain to existing gain channels. BONUS: The Flux Five sounds great with the clean channel too! :) Hope this helps and good luck in your search.
Thank you! I appreciate the input!
do you like the first dual recti?? or the this 1???
is it still and add9 if he actually replaced the 5th? I thought it was suspended something
I'm trying to use the fx loop with only one channel (chorus pedal). Does anyone knows if I can assign the loop only for the clean channel (channel 1) ?
there are any effects on the channel 3?
Wonder if this head would sound that good going through my Marshall 4x12 1960 cab? I've been looking at a 50/100 watt tube head and this one sounds like what I've been searching for.
Absolutely, Jeff Littleton. While we are obligated to say it would sound better with a Mesa 4x12, if you can get a Rectifier head with a marshall 4x12, that sounds great too! Good luck in your search! :D
what mic did you use? :)
What settings was used on channel 2 on modern mode
Just wondering if you can assist? Been playing this amp since it came out. Recorded with it for 4 cds with a Les Paul Custom with EMG 81/85. I love this amp. Clean channel awesome. Question: trying to duplicate a tone in my head. Basically a JCM 800 and. Dual Rectifier. Any ideas on settings? Looking for a solid rhythm tone similar to Like Sykes on Whitesnake period and a soaring lead similar to Wylde on No More Tears. I have been close but no cigar. If anyone had the setting let me know. I only use a chorus pedal and delay that it in the loop.
Thx
I’ve been playing on a dual rec since 2002. I’ve played hundreds of shows with it and recorded multiple albums with it. Check out my band here on UA-cam to see how it really preforms. No, I am not endorsed by Mesa. Check out Inimical Drive here on UA-cam! Cheers!!!!
Mesa endorsees are a pretty exclusive group. Petrucci, Santana, and Timmons are the only ones I know of and Petrucci I'm pretty sure has the only signature model ever made. Gotta go down to the crossroads for that shit. Lol
+MesaBoogie, can you interchange the faceplates? I just got the Diamond Plate face plate, but I really dig that black jute grille! Thanks!
@Zhorellski It's a matter of tubes that defines the wattage. I bet they just didn't want to put another different type of tube in there to mess with their circuit.
Great video! I bought one based on this video and after trying one with my band. Anyway, what tone settings are you using in each channel? Flat?
Himrcali68 - Congrats on your new Rectfier! :D At the time this video was made we hadn't gotten to the point where we were keeping track of the settings. Unfortunately, we don't really know what the settings are, sorry to say. Hope you're enjoying the amp!
I'm thinking of getting the pre 2010 3 channel. I play pretty much everything. Are the cleans suitable for jazz?
The only reason I'm getting the older one is because it's way cheaper used
@pimpleburger
The official Mesa tubes, most likely.
Is this amp always so bassy or is it just the recording?
@EliasjRock92 It's a PRS Single Cut =) Kind of a LP.
cool prs
i tested this amp at a musicstore today, sounds sweet but sometimes it's muddy or something on specific notes. kinda hard to desribe how it sounds like. does anyone know what i mean? any experiences with that?
what year was this released?
Hi, Does anyone remember what the settings were on the amp at 4:38??? or How to get close to that tone!Thanks-
My dream amp!! so expensive though..
It's so worth it! The sound is incredible.
I've got a Triple Recto, Mesa all the way for me.
Nice I have the Dual Recto, but these amps just sound so good.
What was the song playing towards the end of this video after he got done speaking?
HiMindbeblown70 - These are all original compositions by the players that work here at Mesa. Thanks for watching!
i want one!
Channel 1 pushed sounded sexy!
@metalpride15 James hetfield actually uses dual rectifiers, so that wouldn't be really surprising.
I played a few rectos - old one, multi watt, roadster.. now I own Road King II and I am very happy with it but none of these amps has that level of natural saturation without tube screamer or any boost pedal.. I have guitars with emg's, pra HFS and mesa recto 2x12 cab.. so my question is : are u boosting it in this video or what's the secret ? thanx for an answer !
Hi Tomas - no boosting in this video. What you hear is what the amp can do. If you hear any differences, I suspect what you are hearing is the differences in players hands and the techniques and styles etc. Keep in mind that Marcus here, in the video, has worked at Mesa for 15 years and used to be a playtester... He's probably played through more Mesa's than almost anyone on the planet. That often helps to get great tone from amps. :) Hope this helps and hope your amps are working well!
Hello Tomas, would be nice if MESA/Boogie UA-cam channel help you, but they wan't. So I will. They get that sound from amp because the sound was recorded in MONO channel, so you need to panned and mix the clip from mono, this make a more gain. Also a 4x12 cab has more natural bass because the air inside the cab. There you have the solution.
Hi MrMetalNoob - Thanks for helping. Good suggestion. Let us know if there's anything we can help you with. We always do our best to help people whenever we can. Thanks again. Rock on & have a great day! :D
Yeah, with my Rockerverb 50 I had to get an attenuator just to play it at home!
yeah!
Did you guys use an overdrive pedal when making this video?
Nope. This video was vreated well before people were using OD pedals in the front of amps. :)
I've ever thought that Mesa is probably the only brand that really you need to know before selling an amp. Who sell a Rectifier probably doesn't know , as always, how to set it correctly. Never max the presence control an treble too, I've seen video where presence where at max and it sounds horrible. The less treble control you use the more power have bass and middle, like all Mark series. And, anyways, everything is on the manual. Read it...I would work for you ahaha I'm born in the wrong place.
Its a SC model very expensive but amazing guitar.
People talk about how flubby the lows are on the Rectifier series. These Multi-Watt Rectifiers sound tighter than I imagined.
which PRS model exactly
is it ???
How about single rectifier version 2?
couldn't you just pull 2 tubes in an older recto to get the same effect as the 50 watt mode? except the pulling tubes doubles the impedance?
it has to do with power tube break up. 100 watts is only 3 db louder than 50 watts. but the 50 watt drop in power will give a much sooner brake up in the power section.
So this is a jack of all trades master of all amp then. I can definitely see the reason for it's price point now. Is there a major difference between channels 2 and 3 or are they the same channel that you can use to set in different ways?
Hi +FGFoxy - Thanks for the kind words. Ch. 2 & 3 are identical except for the presence controls which are a slightly different taper in the pots.
So that would in theory mean I could have one of the channels set to vintage voicing as a lead channel and have the other set to modern as a rhythm channel? Right now I need to figure out how to get money for the head and matching 4x12.
Yes! There's obviously many ways to configure this, BUT - this is one of the ways that we often suggest since Vintage sounds AWESOME for solo stuff and Modern is KILLER for rhythm. So - hats off to you... you're right on the money with the intended usage. :) Thanks for your interest!
First time I liked sound of Mesa. What speakers in cab? It is great sound. Really versatile.
Mesa cabs have used Celestion V30's for years.
Thanks!
question... is the new dual recto which seems to have some of the features that came in roadster, now a better sounding amp than the roadster? since it came out after the roadster ( i believe)
Good question,mainlymusicman - The Roadster was the introduction of Lone Star based clean sounds in the Rectifier series and after it was released, the Road King was updated to that same circuit. In 2010, the Dual and triple Rectiufiers were updated to the Lone Star Clean circuit as well as offering Multi-Watt switching and a few other feature upgrades. That's the long answer to your question... the short answer is YES! The latest Dual and Triplke Recs have all the features of the Roadster but only 3 channels (instead of 4) and no reverb. Thanks for your interest!
MESA/Boogie thanks. the new dual recto it is.
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@6eternal6genocide6 your local guitar store can order it in for you or should be able to order it in. also make sure you have a decent cabinet to use with it.
I have the two channel rectifier, revision g I believe. Am I able to get the same tone that you got the second time on the modern channel? On channel 3 I think it was. It sounded great but I obviously only have 1 channel for modern. Thank you
Hi Adam - The 3 channel Rectifiers were designed to sound the same as the 2 channel ones but offer the additional channels for switching and configuring the amp for more switchable sounds. SO... YES! You should absolutely be able to get the exact same sound. Hope your 2 channel is working well and thanks for watching!
MESA/Boogie it works great and sounds amazing. Thank you very much
MESA/Boogie I have just noticed that the presence control on channel one works when I'm using channel two, they both work on channel 2. I think only on the vintage setting but I'll have to double check. I like to use the silicon diode setting aswell and unfortunately it's a lot more noticeable on that setting. I did buy it second hand, ( in beautiful condition I might add, still in its case) but I would appreciate some advice if you have any, on what it could possibly be, or even if it's normal and I'm just making a fool of myself. Thank you
Hey Adam - when in Ch. 2 with the Cloning switch set to "Red to Vintage", the Orange channel Prescence control does also work. Totally normal. Rock on! :)
MESA/Boogie that's good news.
Thank you very much, What a great business you have where I can buy a second hand product, go on to the businesses you tube channel, comment and get a reply in a matter of hours. I'm truly looking forward to using more mesa boogie products in the future, thank you again
Can somebody tell me how to assign an effect (chorus) to only one channel (clean channel). I don't get it. Thanks.
Hitimeforachange12 - Set the Loop Assign switch on the back to the channel you want the effect on. Whenever you switch to that channel (and the effect is on), you'll have that sound with the effect (and not on any other channels). Hope this helps!
I tried but it doesn't seem to work. I'll try again...
wow, the only amp company besides maybe blackstar that can actually do a good demo of their amps.
@sempiternalxxx3 I own this model amp, (I posted videos with my profile.) and apart from the hard rock/metal tones, the clean channel is extremely good as well!!!
The vintage and modern high gain modes are perfect, of course, but one thing I like to do, is use RAW mode, and then PUSH that with a tube screamer. It sounds different but still has all the saturation in the world. I'll post a demo of that ASAP.
I want one :)
I cant find this amp head with a cab ! :'(((
Any suggestions ? ? please help :/
what is the riff from at 4:38?
These Dual and Triple recs are Mesa best amps by far. They come out with all these other amps trying to tap all the markets but this one will do it all. Roadking, roadster, lonestar. This amp will do all of those. Pointless to go after anything other than a dual rec. Triple rec offer more power but who freaking cares. You can’t use it or certainly can hear the difference. I currently own a Express 5:50 mini stack. Cool little amp but again just get a dual rec...don’t over think it..
I got my Multi watt rectifier but it just doesn't have the oomph that this one seems to have. It seems like there is much less gain. I got it used. Would bad power tubes cause this?
It also seems muddy and I have to have the treble and presence set almost all the way up to get it to sound good.
Hi GreenDay - sorry to hear you're having trouble. The issues you've mentioned could definitely be tube issues. Have you tried replacing the tubes? Did you buy it used or new? Have you spoken to anyone at the Mesa factory about it? You could also watch this video for starters to learn more about tube troubleshooting and replacement: ua-cam.com/video/wSl-l9aWDHw/v-deo.html
It could be either a power tube or a preamp tube, so solid troubleshooting is what's neede to find out. Let us know if you have questions and we'll be glad to help you get the amp back up to speed!
2:57 for sounds.
50w or 100w. I'm a toob noob but isn't a cranked 50w valve amp still terrifyingly loud?
Hi, one more: I so far did not find a better amp for my needs. Got a Marshall 410H, I have to be back to Dual Rectifier because of the unacceptable side noise of the Marshall amp!
That's kind of the downside to Marshall amps, which is a shame because they sound fantastic.
Uwe Tittmann who uses a marshall 2018?