Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier: Tube Amp Maintenance 101 

Taking out half of the tubes reduces the output, the 100w head becomes a 50w one. It reduces the headroom and makes it break up/distort earlier IIRC.

@@michaelguenther3141 is it safe?

He halves the wattage of it so he can use his 6505 combo like a cabinet

i own this exact amp and i was told by Mesa techs that this is indeed safe, HOWEVER there are a few things you must do: - remove one rectifier tube as well (doesn't matter which one) - use the next lowest impedance speaker output. for example, if you were using the 8 ohm, you now need to use the 4 ohm into the same speaker setup - make sure the two tubes that you leave are NOT on the same side! 50W mode is fun as hell 😁

instaBlaster...

What amp? May or may not be.

The only discharged cap is one that you've safely verified as discharged. Fatal is serious. Be sure.

just discharge them, every single time. takes 10 seconds. caps can keep high voltages for weeks under some conditions, it's not worth the risk.

Yes.

Yes

You ever find out? He sprayed the f out that stuff for sure. Must be some type of contact cleaner. Deox-it perhaps?

Stephen Lee Brown Sr IKR?! I thought it was going to be funny 😡

If you only place 2x power tubes on the Mesa Dual Rectifier you will get 50 watts instead of 100w, which for at home solo play, would be more ideal. I use an attenuator on my dual rec with all tube slots populated (100w) to get to bedroom levels. The new DR model known as the ''multi-Watt'' has a switch that sets it to different wattages without needing to remove tubes,

@@thet740 For 50w operation on these, if one did want to run on the Tube Rec, does it matter what socket you place the tube in, and does it def only need one? Also for SS Rec operation in 50w, does it need a Rec Tube at all, or do you just put one in for safety, or incase you want to use it?

lol!

In order to decrease the wattage of that amp from 100W to 50W. I didn't have a proper speaker cab back then.

Limpa contatos para eletrônicos . NÃO pode usar wd não ! E usar luvas , pois esse amplificador armazena alta tensão nos capacitores .

Yeah I bought one a few months back. Only $480. Now they're 8 bills and backordered. Any problems with yours?

He's running it at half power (50 watts instead of 100)

@@Slappy_McSpankme I know that that affects your clean headroom, but does it affect your sound in any way? Also, does the steel plate that goes over the grille serve any purpose, or is it just decorative?

Mine is a triple

I guess the real question is: does it have a puny single diode rectifier or A FOOLL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

so buy one

@@blcklstd6156 i own a triple rec and its the same thing as dual

@@sohamsengupta6470 You can go solid state rec or tube with a switch.