Hands down, the BEST Rectifier I've ever played..... 

My first nice amp was an OG block letter 5150 my dad got me when I was a teenager in 1996. We were kinda poor but my dad and I both loved Eddie and I was getting good at the guitar so he went for it. Solid guy. A few years later in college I thought it was cooler to have a Marshall so I traded it for a JCM 2000 TSL 60w. Yeah... 60 w. I'm a total douche. I still have that stupid TSL. Now that I'm the same age as my dad was then, and he's gone from the earth, that TSL reminds me of how cool my dad was and how stupid I was. I'm a doctor now and very grateful so have a little money so bought all the 5150s. I wish I could give them all to my dad. RIP dad. I know you know that I was as stupid as you were once.

Anything called Mr. Scary is guaranteed to deliver. Also, when playing makes you smile huge and smile, it's crazy joy.

dude you're the fucking best metal channel for gear and tones on youtube, simples as that... keep going man

As soon as you put the MOD in it, we start hearing and feeling your joy of playing it. Cool!

The 90s dual rectos were things of legend. And while I still like the amp - and it sound super unique... not sure if I'd ever want to have one anymore.

Dude, how?!!! This thing sounds freakin’ amazing. Best recto tone I have heard in RU-vid videos (and I’ve been watching a lot of them as I’m debating getting a recto). I think I’m sold after seeing this video. Also need a Mr Scary mod obviously. Thank you for another awesome video, as always. 👊🏼

I’m a huge fan of Mesa amps. I’ve got a Mark V and a TC 100. I had a single rectifier a while back and didn’t quite bond with it at the time - looking back I never should have sold it

Nothing beats the sound of a properly dialed in rectifier.

That amp is sick sounding dude. I was smiling right along with you after the mod. Great to see you enjoying yourself as well!

*Mesa rectifiers have become the staple sound of metal, and you mentioned the real culprit above all others which is being scooped and having some grain or rasp to it.* For at least the last 20 years, every amp and every mod I've employed is scooping mids, having a lot of bass, moderate treble and a good amount of grit and rasp, but being I'm primarily a solid-state guy, it's a PITA to tame the high even order harmonics that semiconductors are plagued with. *This is why digital is certain to take over, they've basically nailed tube fizz and zing, and the chip architecture being manufactured has finally been adapted for asymmetrical clipping and resolving at least some of the high even order harmonic content.* I'm a bit late to the game, but my s.s. analog designs created from the ground up still do it significantly better than the most expensive digital gear around outside of something like a Kemper. *The mod you added to resolve this amp's failures is relative to something I'm designing and building using solid-state, but perfectly confident mine will do it way better and for any type of amp technology.*

What up fellow erieite? Lmao Yo I love this mod I have same version mesa head chrome plate not blacked out. I’ll be getn my hands on a mr.scary mod asap. I’m so AMPED now can’t wait. Thanks bro Randy /BluntForce/LED.

God I wish I still had my dual rec. This sounds great

The tone in that last riff was nasty AF! Keep up the good work KB!

That’s got a lot more growl and bark than it originally did. Wow. I’ll have to try this!

All out war riff at 17min dope

Hello, this is my first video here. Great job. I am a bass player, and when the band came off tour for the last time, my guitarist needed money to start his new path in life. so I thought i was helping him with buying his ?1997? Dual Rec. I had only ever heard it on large stages. We had a case maker design flight cases, so we didnt have to take them out of the case. We just removed the front lid/front and unsealed a small plate in the back to plug into. Let me tell you, he did me the solid by selling it to me. Holy S#!+ ! I have had duals paired with the oversized cabs 8-10 times in my studio prior to this point. This THING is a monster! It stays inside the stag/flight case with the front off. The low end is so HUGE yet it sounds so translucent with a face melting sound. Your gutz RuMbLe. Now, saying that when I take it out of the case it sounds like every other oversized Mesa cab. If you can recreate this in any of your own studios, this is a MUST DO!!! But what do I know, I'm just a bass player. ;) Nice channel BTW. Keep it up!

The drop C balaguer sounded insane.

Bonus points for the Blue Voodoo cab!! Good solid cabs that can be found for a steal these days.

That sounds surprisingly awesome

I had a PRS S2 McCarty 594 I sold when I bought the PRS core model. I had upgraded the S2 with 57/07 Pickups. I miss that guitar so much. I didn't like Core model and traded it for a Gibson ES335. I tried to buy it back and the guy had already traded it .

Yes, I sold my 99 Triple Recto. Most amazing sounding recto I've ever played and only heard a few on youtube with the same mojo this thing had. Sold it along with the oversize 4x12 cab before I went to college and regretted it every day of my adult life.

So freaking good sounding!!!!

Yes. My Laney 4x12 cab and 5150 head from the 90s.

That Balaguer is awesome... I love the Hyperions / any "explorer" shape they do is pretty badass.

Now time to see if it’ll work with the Badlander and Stiletto 😈

Love the All Out War and Hatebreed riffs!

Damn. Those downtuned riffs sound NASTY. I think I'm in love.

Man, I didnt realize you had a Zzounds link too, i knew you did Sweetwater... I will remember that, ive been ordering from them quite a bit lately...

I had a multi watt triple rectifier with el34 power tubes that looked identical to this. Killer amp

I regret selling my Peavey 3120 head & 412 half stack. Not that I need 120 watts or have a place to play those 120 watts but all three channels were usable and sounded really good.

Wonderful. I somehow needed this today.

Hey Kyle! Have you considered the possibility of a series of videos looking at pedal-type amplifiers like the Blackstar Amped 3, the BluGuitar Amp 1 Iridium, etc. and comparing them to conventional tube amps? If somebody has the right collection of tube amps to make an informed comparison, that's you man.

Oh my, Kyle, that sounds lovely.

Yep. My 1992 Charvel Rhoads CRR 068. Made for 1 year. Purchased from a shop in Russia for $400. Sold for $700 and got damaged in shipping so one less in the pool. It was almost mint.

You also have str-430 power tubes in that. Those are the Sovtec 6L6wxt that mesa used for a short time. They are a bit clearer and tighter in the lows IMO,,,,compared to the 420 that are more common mesa chinese tubes.

Oh god. I happen to have a Hot Mod V2 and a Rev G Dual. You know what's going to happen right after this video.

Nice video! The riff at 12:13 sounds like Revocation. 👍

Call me crazy but when you bumped the mic it actually sounded really good. It really accentuated the characteristic aggressive top end rectifiers have

Ive been saying it the entire time, the 2ch Rectifiers just sound in my opinion that much better then the 3ch heads. That's why I still own a 2ch Triple Rectifier head.

Killer, Kyle!!! Thanks for sharing!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

6:32 Front delt exercise right there! The sound is awesome! 🤘

Sounds brutal , heavy , grinding , mean 😦

This sounds pretty darn sick if you ask me!

the hermansson modded rectifiers are the best rectifier sound on the planet. misha mansoor,fredrik thordendal, and tramonti all have them.

I love the Espada's sizzle

Excellent work.

17:22 sd-1 wins hands down. that open C was too good with the sd-1.

Dude! That thing is fucking sick! Now I must find one...

I bought a hand wired rack mount Dual Rectifier from a shop near Mesa in Cotati, Ca. I previously saw one on eBay for $1,700 so I offered $700, the guy accepted it. I took it home, put it on eBay for $1,700 “buy it now”. I then commenced to playing it a few minutes to be sure it worked. THREE HOURS later I stopped playing and realized how long I sat in front to that amp. I checked on eBay to cancel the auction and to my disappointment, it had sold within minutes. I regret selling it to this day. It was the only amp and only time I had sat down for that long a time, playing.

1972 Marshall Super Lead

That thing sounds brutal without the scary already

I actually liked how it sounded when you bumped the mic😂

That blacked out Dual Rec looks sick.

I wonder why it says this on the motorcityguitars website? Popular amps that the HMV2/Lynch Mod DO NOT WORK with include: Marshall Silver Jubilee series, Marshall Origin series, Marshall DSL/TSL series, Mesa Boogie amps, and Hiwatt.

There are great rectifiers out there. I have a 2002 modified Dual Rec that sounds and feels great. A boost allows me to shape it however I like. I can't get the gain past about 11:00. It's just for so much.

Holy fuck! That first drive with the Balaguer in Drop C is insane!!!!

Sounds so damn good with the Mr. Scary

Great sound

To answer your question...yes! A 1987 Fernandes Brad Gillis super strat. Man that guitar was cool. Big mistake letting it go. But I was 16, so I didn't know about seller's remorse yet.

The sd 1 sounds the best with it imo

I wish we could hear what the Mr.Scary MOD can do for a Mesa Stiletto.

How about the ksr modded rectifier? That sounded amazing 🤩!! This definitely sounds very mean with legendary tones mod.

There are few amps that sound as brutal as a rectifier with a boost. It just always annoyed me that my Roadster always sounded flubby without the boost so I spent more time turning knobs than playing. In addition to the sound, without the boost it was also lacking that awesome feel when palm muting like you are taming a beast, which gets loose when you stop palm muting. It was just always the same level. With the boost it sounded absolutely crushing though, much like the tone in your video. Sometimes when I hear a great rectifier tone I do regret selling it.

I am 50 and have been playing for 40 years. I lost count of the number of times that I have re-bought gear. God bless those that can always predict what they will regret selling, but for the rest of us I would suggest that accidents happen.

Had a brand new Mesa boogie triple rectifier. I had to sell it to pay some relocation bills. Ughh 😢😢. It was Awesome 😎👍💯👋👋🎸🎸 want to buy one again 😊😊✌️✌️

So to make it sound good you have to have a particular overdrive, a specific type of speaker, exactly the right cab, and change your playing style. Got it.

At 11:57 you roll off the treble and there is a cranky noise.. if that happenes when you turn the pot, that’s a sign of DC leakage, and that’s bad! Some caps might need to be changed. Psionic Audio has some Trem-o-verb videos where he also finds this issue, as far as I remember.

ive been follow this mod for a very long time and last month got mine Mr Scary for this same thinking. using it with my amps which are on the loose side. david is the guy. you can use this mod in any amp maybe it works or not the good thing is no damage to the amplifer. so win win.

HOLY SHIT THAT SOUNDS INSANELY BETTER

That’s pretty cool, I’ve seen these before, but didn’t know how well it would do or if it could damage something.

The tone reminds me of old Metallica. I have a Roadking II going into two Duel Rectifier oversized bottom cabs (Diamond plated) that sounds AWESOME!!!!(Maybe I got lucky) I want this mod.

I had no idea the mrscary works in the rectifier!!! Im getting my rev g out again 😁

I wonder what the Legendary Tones modules sound like in an amp where they wouldn't be a good fit?

I had a reversion C serial # R00149 and had to sell it in 2017 to move from Calif. to Texas. I kick myself almost daily for that sale. Bought it for $1300 in 2016 and sold it on Reverb for $2800. Today 9/2023 this amp would be on Reverb for something crazy like $25k. I just bought a Dual 3 channel Multi-Watt and to be honest. I really don't notice much difference from the Rev. C and this Multi Watt. I got way WAY more controls to get all kinds of different tones, 100/50 switch for all channels, Rectifier diode or spongy for each channel, foot pedal with loop, mute and the master Output knob takes the over all of all 3 channels down equally as well as the variable solo with button on Footswitch. That's a lot of controls and that's not all of what it can do.... So do I miss my Rev. C ? Not really.....but I'd love to have had it to sell at this market which is over inflated in my opinion and way over hyped.....(Thanks Fluff...lol)

I traded a legit JCM800 from the mid 80s for an Orange TH30 with matching cab. Functionally it was a good trade cause the Marshall didn't chug enough for me, but now they're worth like $3500

Looks like you have the Les Paul on the neck pickup? Doesn't sound like it though...

pretty killer Kyle, thank you! Side note, you're getting jacked man!

probably still has the old Schumacher Transformers the earlier revisions used, aye? check the stamp on the transformers, I'd not be surprised if it's the EIA 606 number

Never played a real Dual Rec but have played some sims and have always struggled with them because of that muddy gain i could never get a tone I liked. While there is no Mr Scary mod for simulators I now understand how the gain on a Dual Rec works and that will help me shape a tone I like.

Notice the crate bv cab don’t sleep on the blue voodoo line!

Sounds really good but the noise floor also went way up. Doesn't seem like a reasonable trade-off.

I understand that your content is more amp based and plugins is not your deal, but it would be interesting to hear your take on amp plugins that simulate amps you have in your collection, like Josh Middleton has a plugin modeling his personal 5150, rectifier and triple x.

I wonder if the hot mod works in a soldano or jet city. Rectifier’s and soldano being so similar

Man this is absolutely amazing!! Wish I still had my Rectifier. Would be curious if this would work on the OR15? Feel like that amp would also benefit with the extra headroom in the preamp

When I was in high school I managed to get my hands on a really nice 5150 signature half stack. Didn’t know at the time that it was and is still to this day one of the more popular amps for rock/metal. Well, I wasn’t playing as much and ended up selling it. One of the few real regrets I have in life.

Kyle’s life will change the first time he plays a Road King 2

I have a newer multi-watt. I use a wampler ego compressor and a fulltone full drive. I think I get similar tones to yours with that setup.

That sounds sick dude 😮

My Randall RG100 with the carpet. That thing was EVIL. Paid $100 for it. Sold it for $200 and thought I was hot shit lol.

Wow that;s not bad man, listen to the open high notes that ring out. If you did that on a gain saturated Dual Rec in would sound so bad but those 2 strings ring out nicely

nice tone ! it seems like the mod is introducing a lot of hum on the amp !

I love that mod

Throughout this video I was getting more and more excited about dusting off my old Rectoverb DR head which had been relegated to a permanent location in the closet. Until I heard the price for the mod. Damn... 320 bucks is like half of what I paid for this amp some years back. The mod sounds incredible though... So now you MUST put the Mr. Scary mod into EVERY amp you demo! 😁 I would be curious to see what it would do to something like a Bogner Uber or a Diezel VH4 (if you have one). Not that they need a mod - just curious what's possible. Or how about the mod in something like a Fender Super Sonic - would that make it a metal amp? 🤩 At the moment I am living in Asia away from my "real" amps back in the US - playing the PRS MT15 which I bought on your recommendation. No regrets there - what a great amp! Thanks for steering me in the right direction! 🤘

It is one of the fullest, most punchy,aggressive and articulate HI gain amps ever made. Why do you think so many companies try and copy it? Why it's the most recorded hard rock and Metal amp in history? There is a reason for this. It's because it is one of the best amps ever made...period. I Rank my Multi watt Dual Rectifier right up there with my KSR Colossus H-100. Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers are super special. Gotta play one to understand. Yes they very. Some are good. Some are great, and some have something indescribable and special going on. That's why they are one of the most coveted of all time

17:30 were you "soaked in torment" while recording those riffs ? This amp sounds like an All Out War. Joke aside : sick Recto tones

Sweet vid!

Tweaked 15... I've bought and sold 3! Keeping this one.

WoW! That Works Great! 🤘🏻

I actually enjoyed the bumped mic sound quite a bit

OMG I just realized that you have a Crate out Nice!