Meet The BEAST! - The Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier!! 

IT'S BOOGIE TIME!! Also 500,000 subs - Thanks sooooooo much :)

And Darrell woke up one day and said "I need a Mesa" and the mid life crisis begins!

Dual Rec owner here. Love these amps, and there's even more versatility in setup than shown here! Ch2 and Ch3 also have another mode called "Raw" mode, located on the same switch as the other modes, that is the "low gain" mode of those two channels. Dual Rectifiers also have switches on the back that can vary slightly by model, but do essentially the same thing: First, a switch or set of switches that allows you to select either Diode or Tube rectification. Next, a switch labeled "Spongy" and "Bold, and I copied a section from the owner's manual to explain this. " “SPONGY” works like a built in Variac, reducing all the internal voltages for a true vintage feeling and that extraordinary “brown sound.” Power is reduced some-what too, making it easier to achieve an overdriven power sound, especially when the RECTIFIER SELECT switch is in the VACUUM TUBE position." Finally, there's a bias switch that allows you to choose between the stock 6L6 tubes or EL34's.

DBG is becoming every guitarist's wishlist- love the tone of that Mesa.

Love your videos, Darrell! You always have an accurate perspective, loaded with detailed demonstrations, packaged with an extremely positive attitude. You should have at _least_ a million subs right now.

I’ve parted ways with a lot of gear over the years but I’ll never separate with my triple rec.

SIIIIIIIIICK dude Good trade. In 10 years this will still be a hell of a lot more valuable than your old helix.

Amazing sounding amp. The little Dual Rec Trem'o'verb combo is just one of the best things i've ever heard.

I bought that same amp brand new in 2006 and at the time (and several years after) I thought it was a 1 trick pony. then I started to really learn what it was capable of and it is DEFINITELY NOT a 1 trick pony. I can get a ton of different tones from Low gain blues, Marshall mid gain tones to full on face melt

20 year old me bought the triple rec with the 4x12 cab 17 years ago. I love my Mesa boogie. It never disappoints!

I recorded one of my favorite personal albums using a dual-rec head, and I was firmly in the JCM900 camp at the time. This is a great get.

Next purchase? All the houses in a three block radius.

For the knobs being too hard to see, I used glow in the dark paint and added a dot where the marker in the knob is and that fixed it for my black spirit which also has that issue, depending in the quality of the paint you may have to retouch the marker a couple times but it helps a lot

Got a Dual Rectifier from Guitar Center for 1000usd a decade ago and it still keeps it's value and sound!

Man. I see it in your smile every time you play with the Mesa. A satisfied player. Happy for you. 👍

I owned the combo version and it was fantastic. I also owned an F-50 and F-100 and can truly say that Mesa makes awesome amps.

Great video Darrell congrats on acquiring another great amp! I remember in like 06, I had not yet played many of the great amps other than some classic Fenders. I moved to a town with a store that had all kinds of Mesas, and when I saw the dual rec I was afraid to try it because it looked like it could knock the building down. Killer looking thing, but at some point the guy wanted me to hear it. He started playing very accurate sounding Allman Brothers and blues tunes and I was so surprised by how big and how lush it sounded. Then he adjusted it and said “you can also do this” and played a few of the most crushing sounding chords I have ever heard! I didn’t know it would have such a range. Congratulations!

Great trade man! That’s killer. Something I’ve been wanting for a while myself

She's a beaut Clark!!! I'd say you got one heck of a deal - great classic amp!!

I'm new to my Mesa but I love it. In fact, it was the Mesa patches in the modelers that made me want that amp. It's killer!

Oh man, that is beautiful! Mesa is my dream amp. I already have a Hughes and Kettner so the Mesa is next on my list. You're living my dream :-D

Congrats brother, love your channel. It's just flat out cool.

...that chug though! 👍 Great tones all the way around. Congrats on the guitar and all subs!

My recto is the heart and soul of my sound. Absolutely love them. Great amps that still sound awesome all these years later

Fantastic tones with that thang!

My man , you are in paradise! Butterflies in your stomach and why not?! Like a kid with a new bike! Nice playing and great sound. Keep'em coming !

Congratulations on 500k. Love your channel.🎸🤘

I am sooooo jealous. Awesome stuff. By the way I checked out your album over the weekend I totally dig it.

Very cool. I've had my two channel Dual Rectifier for 27 years. Yes, what a beast. I think I'm going to keep it around for another 27 years. Ha. Rock on.

Love your taste in gear, I must say! Very nice Darrell.

Great video (as usual) and.. congrats on making 500k!! :)

Darrell !! You're understandably missing your "Blue Angel", then talked about how Channel 1 was so close to "that sound". But while playing Channel 2 in Vintage mode.... you couldn't quit smiling... that's a beautiful thing dude!

Very nice! Sounds Great!

After many years of noodling at home with silly solid states amps and headphones, I found my old 70's Music Man, four Telefunken EL 34 power tubes, 130 watts, in the storage a few month back....and it's lethal once a couple of beers have found its way down the throat. That thing moves some air, doors, windows AND walls. Incredible. The Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier seems to be able to do the same, and with three channels. What a fantastic thing. Sounded amazing. Congratulations!

I love Mesa Boogie. I can’t ever get rid of my Express 5 : 25. It defines my tone. 12 years and going strong.

Your smile from the sound of the Mesa was priceless.

Mesa amps always sound so effing bad ass...they just don't disappoint

_The Dual Rectifier is so good man! Used in countless recording! Great demo!_

Very cool! I have had a Dual Rec for a long time. Most people would not know based on it’s use on heavy recordings, but it is hands down the most versatile amp I own. Drop the wattage, switch it to the tube rectified setting and the blues guys take note pretty fast. These things are anything but a one trick pony and kind of a great deal factoring everything in. Enjoy your new amp!!

One of my fav Mesa Boogie sounds is the song The Bends, that distortion is perfect.

Rock on with that Dual Rectumfrier and congrats Darrell on 500K subscribers! :)

Welcome back to old school buddy !! I'm about your age so seems like our generation is the same more or less :) and CONGRATSSSSS for your guitar production, It's gorgeous, hope all goes well. Best of luck :)

Darrell, you know you make anything sound pristine and high quality! Cheers for this showcase, and an absolute bargain I'd say!

Nice! I picked up two off the used market here in Victoria BC in the last few months. I found an old '90s Dual Rectifier Trem-o-Verb and a newer multi-watt head. They sounds quite different from each other, but I love them both. I used to be into use solid-state amps, then tried the modelling thing, but then I picked up a 15W tube head and remembered why I love tubes heads. A few months ago I got Two Notes Captor X and it's basically changed everything. I can run a 100W beast like this in my downtown single bedroom apartment with no issues. Heck, late at night I can even unhook the cab and play into headphones or record silently.

Hello, Darrell! Your channel is the best, man! Thank you so much for so many great videos and for the opportunity to get to know how lots and lots of fantistic gear sounds. I have an ENGL 530e that I think you should try someday. You would be surprised. By the way I was in shock when I heard how awesome you are with the accoustic guitar. Congrats, man!

The rec and grandmeister are both on my wishlist! Excellent trade!

love the warmth from a mesa just buttery

I was in audio Nirvana when I heard what sounded like the blue angel again. Bravo sir! Killer gear management! Long live the Dual Recto!

Thought I would get with the times about 8 years back and sold my Mesa and my Marshall in favor of an amp modeling rig. I found that I just didn’t enjoy playing that much anymore running through a bunch of computer gear. Finally re-purchased a Mesa 4x12 and Dual Ractifier (rackmount recto) and will never sell them again. Still pining for my JMP-1, though. Running the rectifier and Marshall stereo through the boogie cab was my favorite sound ever.

You did great man! That Mesa is is awesome!

the clean sound is really nice too!

Awesome tone !!!! Love it !!!

Greatest line of amps ever made IMO - I use my Triple Rectifier to practice everyday! Nothing else has tone anywhere close to it.

Wow I’m more impressed with the clean and vintage tones than the super overdrive section of that amp!!! Love it!

Hi Darrell, Congratulations on Half a Million Subscribers, so well Deserved, you manage to Cover such a lot of Brilliant Topics👍👍👍. what a Magnificent Amp, Mesa Dual Rec, Just Beautiful, people are often surprised how Warm the Clean Channel is, I have its Little Brother, the Mesa Mini Rec, even though the Mini has 2 El84's as the main Power Stage, still has the Pentode Gain Stage, Mesa were able to capture the Dual Rec Character in a small Head, the Cleans are so sweet and Warm, it does everything I want and more! One of the features of the Huges and Ketner I was really impressed with was the Dual Power Soaks. A very Clever Amp design! Take care Brother ♥️👍. Melbourne, Australia.

Interesting, thanks. I use the H&K Dx40 and love it.

Had a dual rec. Sold it only because I no longer had a need for it. WONDERFUL amp! Darrell, if you want to skip the attenuator, you can pull out 2 of the power tubes (don't remember if it's the inner 2 or outer ones) and one rectifier tube (either one) and it steps it down to a 50 watt amp. Especially useful live if you have a weakening power tube and "the show must go on". Only about 6db quieter though.

Sounds great - more versatility than I'd have expected - and I like the vaguely industrial look of the metal panel. Frankly, I also like the look of the knobs, even if settings are hard to read. My guess, and it's only that, is that I could sell ALL my guitars and still come up quite a bit short of the Mesa's price (I don't have a HELIX to trade - can't afford a HELIX, either).

Game stepped up! Nice!

Darrell omg 500 k !!!! Good stuff man cheers

Oh man, when you started first talking about the Mesa acquisition, I said to myself "He's missing the Blue Angel. After I heard Darrell start playing I said "I miss the Blue Angel."

These are some of the best non metal tones i have heard from this amp,,very impressive.

Congrats, 500K!

Yeah dude! I’ve got a dual rec roadster multi-watt and a rectoverb 25; both awesome awesome amps!! I also have a Helix LT which I love as well. Your pickups must be super low output because both my dual recs put out some serious gain past 1 o’clock on vintage and especially modern. The ‘raw’ mode is actually one of my favs on the roadster. I also like to run ch 3 with tube rectification and ch 4 with diode rectifier (would be channel 2 and 3 respectively on your amp.) I generally run my gain channels at 50 watts also. Breaks up and gets the face melt sooner 🤤🤘🏼. Have fun! these amps are way way more versatile than people often give them credit for. Glad you ran with some low to mid gain tones! The amps really shine there I think. Also I highly recommend an overdrive on your gain channel. An 808 or Klon type circuit help focus the tone and pull the fizz out of the sound.

Yeeeaaaahh!!! Everyone should have one Mesa in their houses haha, congrats bro!

Between Darrell and Ola my love for gear and all things guitar have increased 1000%

i just got a dual rectum fryer a few weeks ago, love it!

I always used valve amps and FX pedals, but sold all my gear and bought a Kemper because of the reviews and the free lifetime updates. The thing just gets better and better. It plugs into a PA, a monitor, a cab, a PC, and it has all the classic effects (stereo and mono) already built-in. You can put all your profiles and settings onto a USB stick, then you can plug it into anther Kemper, in a studio for instance, and voilà, you're away! Kemper has just released a floor based stage version, which is an all-in-one amp and remote pedal, and the Kemper KABINET and a KONE are coming out sometime in Q1. I've now got amps I could only dream about in the past: Dumble, VOX, Fender, Marshall, Mesa/Boogie, Hughs & Ketner, Hiwatt (Dave Gilmour), Trainwreck, Matchless, Two-Rock, Evil Robot, Peavey, Bogner, Soldano, Orange, Roland, Blackstar, Cornell, Engl, Fuchs, Chandler, Friedman, and the list goes on! I can change amps mid-song, the morphing feature is fantastic, and the new crystal delays and reverbs are brilliant. I would never go back to lugging a heavy valve amp about, the Kemper is more reliable and can do much more than a single valve amp.

......this amp is by far my favorite!!!! Traditionally and often mistaken as a metal amp only, this amazing beast is one of the most versatile amps ever made. The one that beats it, is the Mesa Boogie Roadking (which I also have), 4 channels + reverb with other options (such as tubes selection with various combinations etc.) But all in all, the Dual Rectifier is just an amazing Amp!!!! 👍🔝

Nice demo! Mesas are the best! Awesome amps! Super organic tones and very reliable! The DR are monsters!

Which pedals were you using with the amp? I have the same amp and I heard some delay in there. Wondering if you were using any other pedals and if they are in the effects loop or straight through the front.

Classic amp. Love it.

Happy to see you with yet another nice piece of equipment. But that guitar sweeeet.

My ears are drooling! This is the way guitar was meant to sound!

Congrats on the half mil sub mark !

Dude, that guitar looks incredible!

From Leo: That amp is a blast from the past, serious loud. I have an amp with knobs like that. I bought some pin stripping tape from the auto parts store and carefully made lines on the face of the knob. I can see settings at a glance and the tape has been in place for a couple of years.

that's a nice killer amp and great trade!

Hey Darrell, I just came across a gem. I bought a guitar with EMG active pickups and was amazed by the power and sound. So being inquisitive like you I did some looking under the hood. Well I found 2 nine volt batteries and they were in SERIES making them powered by 18v instead of 9v. So is that all there is to making any active pickups extreme?

Lol, I just sold my rectifier Roadking 2 in Edmonton. What a beast of an amp that was! I needed to downsize and didn't want to deal with tubes anymore. Picked up the boss katana 💯 head and it replicates rectifier tones really well! 🎸

Congratulations on half a million subscribers sir Durrell.

Dude I just picked up a dual rec my dream amp for a sweet deal on reverb. It has so much balls

I did a show with Drowning Pool and they brought in 3 double stacked triple rectifiers mesas... HOLY!!!! That was the most intense stage volume I've experienced... Sound check in a relatively small empty arena was awesome! Such a brutal amp. I hope you get to scare your neighbors with your dual.

My brother got one of these for his birthday a few years back, and he really doesn't play much guitar as of late. I've played on it once or twice and loved every minute of it, but it was his amp. Since he doesn't play much anymore, and I currently use a cheap chinese stereo as an amp but recently decided I wanted to invest in a full stack. Definitely thinking about buying this off him, especially after this video.

Darrell, I understand completely. Though I do have a helix and hx effects I also have 5 different mesa amps: duel rectifier maverick 2x12 combo, TA 30 2x12 combo, TC50 head, triple rectifier multi watt head, and duel rectifier roadster head. The helix is great for certain things especially if function and portability desired. That said nothing feels like a tube amp to inspire your playing. Recording the helix gets damn close, but you just do not have the same connection. I even ditched my kemper as it felt sterile and flat.

Sounds great, always wanted a mesa

Welcome to the club! I have an original 2 channel Dual Rec from '92 and a 150 watt Ttiple Rectifier from around 2002 or so. Do yourself a favor. If you don't already have a TS-9 Tube Screamer (which you SHOULD), get one and put that in front of the amp when you do high-gain stuff. It will tighten up and focus the bottom end a bit. Enjoy it. Take some time with the EQ. There is a definite learning curve to get the Rectos dialed in right. Have a good one!

I got a Mesa Boogie duel rectifier in 1991 loved it I used it in a cover band played all over with it heavy beast until a friend of mine at GIT told me about the The Bogner Ecstasy 101 in 1992 he sent me a recording he laid down in a LA studio with it I ordered one unbelievable tone It had less of a presence in then the rectifier but just so much more mid level tone I used it until touring in my band Intense with a top 20 song on the radio in 2001 when we were handed 4 line 6 100 watt heads to test live i sold both amps and still wish I hadn’t especially that Bogner. But the bias amp sure comes close. Was going to buy one again but after getting a Revv 120 no need for the good old day amps.

welcome to the Rectifier club, I did the same, had a hd500x a few years back that I got rid of and got my Rec

I ordered a custom Mesa Express + 5/25 a couple years ago from Sweetwater. I ended up waiting almost 6 months, but it was very cool. Endless tones, but I ended up selling it as it was way too complicated for me to learn to use well. I then went to Friedman PT20 and sold that, now I should have my Spark later this month.

Great video!

i agree with the PA approach fpr any scale of performance. complete control of all aspects of the sound presentation.

yep nothing like a true and trusted tube beast

I love my Mesa Boogie Roadking! And coupled with my TwoNotes Captor I can either get -20db attenuation for the bedroom or use the DI/Line Out to my audio interface for silent recording.

Wow! I love that guitar! Just wondering: The guitar hanging solution in the back, what brand is it exactly? Looks like a modular system for music stores, am I right? Thanks for the info!

Thanks man!

My favorite amplifier 🤘

6:02 love the Toto riff! Luke is amazing.

That is one sweet sounding amp!

An easy way to attenuate it is sinply removing 2 of the power tubes, works great and doesnt harm the amp in any way (ive talked to the good people at mesa about this, and they said it was no problem). Still very loud though. Best solution is attenuation.