Indeed there are!, different strokes for different folks!. This vid was helpful, I used to own a 3 channel Triple rectifier without boost and dialed quite differently. It's always interesting to see how people do things. Btw, love the Plumes pedal!!.
Triple Rectifiers sound a lot better than Dual Rectifiers in my opinion. The extra wattage really makes a difference. I find triples have more headroom, less high end sizzle, and a tighter low end than duals.
Love the video, got the chance to reamp rhythm guitars for my album and they got a Rec rev G and this video is super helpful, I can just show them this when they ask about dialing! I'll check out the 5150 video also as this one was good. Like the banter and that you don't waste time! All the best.
It’s good to keep in mind that he is also using an IR for this vid. As good as they are nowadays they still don’t hold a candle to an actual Mesa 4x12 oversized. It takes the tone to another level!
It took less than a second, I clicked the subscribe button. I'm considering the triple rectifier along with other brutal amps. Thanks for demonstration 👍🏻
Thanks for the sub! If you are interested in rectifiers you might like my most recent video on my channel where I demoed 20 different ODs/boosts on a dual rectifier.
I might make a vide in the future going over those options to explain what they mean and share some tone demos so you can hear exactly what is going on. Keep an eye out! Thanks for watching!
Yes please explain the bypass loop and engage loop options.im too afraid to use the loop with nothing plugged in. I heard u can but not sure what all options u can do with it
I EQ it like (in Amplitube 5, with an external cab, cause the stock ones suck) Tube Screamer: Level: 6, Tone: 5, Drive: 0 Amp EQ: Gain: 6.5, Bass: 4, Mids: 8, Treble: 7, Presence: 6 Cab: Mesa 2x12 blended with Mesa 4x12. Guitar: Fender Stratocaster with a Seymour Duncan Invader (HSS, single volume), strung with 10-52's and tuned to Drop C. Sounds pretty heavy, if you ask me. But hey, this video was my reference point.
I use pretty similar settings. I run my bass lower than you do and presence higher. I think if you're using an IR loader like you are here you'll have a higher bass setting. On an actual Mesa 4x12 the bass is RIDICULOUS. Even at like 11 o'clock it's almost too much. I've also started running an Empress ParaEQ in the FX loop to sculpt the tone even a bit more and also as a boost. It takes the amp to the next level.
I used to hate Mesa amps. Now I have a 3 channel triple non multi watt that I love. I knew at the time there was something special about another triple I should have bought within the same week, it was a mid 90s blackface diamond plate with mirror chrome panel and black knobs and attached power cord. I took too long to make up my mind. It was just sold into guitar center didn’t even get processed into their system yet and it had a matching cab. In great condition minus some years of dust. By the time I went home and made up my mind I went back to get it and in a timeframe of less than an hour it was gone, sold for 1,000 bucks. That same model (personality love the look of the black diamond and chrome) is officially out of control on used sites such as reverb if and when you come across them. That was the first Mesa rectifier that had the tightest non flubbiest tone unboosted that I’ve ever heard from a rectifier. This is almost 2 years ago and I’ve been on the hunt since. I’ve spent enough time with my 3 channel and found some NOS Chinese foil getter 12ax7s and it’s a pretty killer amp but still not the mythical tone that I know exists out there in the wild somewhere. Moral of the story don’t be like me and live with regret and if you come across a rectifier that sounds almost to good to be true buy that motherfucker!
I have a 2 channel, black face, chrome panel, leather wrapped "Triple" rectifier from like 93. I agree with you that the tone from these beasts is mythical. Just crushing. They are the first triples made and the white Buffalo's of the rectifier revisions in my opinion. Only thing is they have to be played loud and now that I'm married with kids, it doesn't get much play. I'm going to have to part with it sooner or later. It's to good of an instrument for me to hoard all to myself. That'll be a sad day 😭
@@jjosh7707 where do you live? In the USA? I don’t know how to send pm through RU-vid but I would be more than willing to give it a good home. I regret not jumping on the black diamond black knobs chrome control panel and due to my hesitation of 2 hours I missed a deal. As I type this I am plugged into the triple non multi watt I ended up with, and although it’s a great amp it’s nothing like that day I tried out the amp as it just got there and the amazing part is I wasn’t using any kind of of/boost and an EC-1000 with Meg 81/85 and it sounded so incredible and tight without the fizz. It was dirty and dusty but no damage at all anywhere. The cab it came in with was an oversized from I’d assume the 90s because all the speakers were smooth and most certainly broken in. That amp made me a Mesa fan right there on the spot. Didn’t realize their rarity, it jumped out to be because I much prefer the black diamond plate over the silver much more sophisticated and brutal looking while still being a djentleman. I also need to score a Mesa 4x12, they are a standard for metal tone. I have Laboga, Marshall, and Randall cabs but really want a Mesa. Probably going to get a traditional rather than oversized to keep it tighter sounding. I’d try to hold on to it but at the same time I’d love to have it. It will definitely be cared for and impeccably maintained as I do all of my equipment. Stay rocking brother!🤘🤘🤘🎶🎶🤘🤘🎶☢️
You can tighten up the flubby sound without a boost pedal by a couple tube tweeks. Swap the rec tubes out from 5U4's to GZ34's and replace the two outer 6l6's with KT88's still run in 6l6 mode.
For what it's worth I have both and prefer the triple. Whether its just the ones I have or whatever, the triple just gets it where it's supposed to be while the multi-watt just seems to fall short. Even at lower volumes I like the triple... I should do a video.
@@ScottBynoe just got my first Dual Rec, and dialing in a 6505 is no where near the same as a Rectifier lol. Your video helped. Thanks man. Btw that subbing scene you have at the beginning of your video really works and it’s funny lol.
@@dylansalcedo2797 haha thanks man, I was debating whether or not to keep that little bit in... and yes, a Recto and 5150 are VERY different...my approach is the same, but you really need to set them differently to get the most out of them (in my opinion at least). Cheers!
I know some use the loop as the master volume. An eq in the loop would do wonders not just for volume but overall tone. Everyone has a preference but I find rectifiers have a great foundation but need some work to get the tone where I like it. Eqs and ODs are a must IMO.
To clarify, the bigger dual rec amp made famous in the early 2000s has 3 channels, this one DOESNT HAVE THE CLEAN CHANNEL AT ALL. Green is clean, Orange is crunch, Red is distortion/high gain. Thats why your "clean" isnt clean. You just dont have a truly clean option.
I have a triple rectifier with one of the dreaded parallel fx loops. This thing drives me INSANE. I use a boss me80 for the loop, and a few pedals in the front... Is your mesa same type of loop? If parallel, what settings should I use for the send and return mixes? Every time I play this amp it sounds different, even with the settings dialed in the same....
@@ScottBynoe what settings do you use? the manual says to keep at 12 oclock for both, but I find im not getting full potential off that... sounds like tone is being choked
Lol feel free to post your own video and show the world how it’s done champ. If it’s anything like your other videos it’ll be good for at least a laugh.
Never got warm with this amp, fizzy as hell, you are always just fixing errors made within the gain structure. No definition in bass as well. Every one tries to solve this by using overdrives in front or even eqalizer pedals... There are way better amps with tight bass response and no fizz, for example Diezel Hagen, VH4 ...
Ya, Recto's can be polarizing. I know people who love them and who hate them. Also no argument on the Diezels, I'd love to get one. But they are so expensive! One day maybe...
@@ScottBynoe I think once you get your sound dialled with a Rectifier, for YOUR ears, as you mention here, it is just an amazing wall of sound. Thick crushing distortion. Such a huge bottom end but easily tamed a little with a boost. Personally, I love how even with a boost a Rectifier can still sound thick and juicy. The bottom end is still there if you need it. An ideal amp when blending with another as well. I own a Rectoverb 50 which sits on a Mesa OS 412 Slant/ Straight cab. It gets blended with a 5150III 50 Watt 6L6 and an Engl Savage 120 Mk1 which sit on 412's also. A brutal combination of high gain heavy hitters. Diezel's are great amps, for sure, but I owned and then sold my VH2. It just didn't gel with my ears. I was shocked. Thought it would be my dream amp. For all the grief Rectifiers get, once you get one dialled right, it is quite an experience being in the room with it cranked through a great 412 cabinet. A very cool video here. The playing in the intro was deadly.
your right it doesn't cost anything to subscribe to your channel. but it would just be another channel when i have too many channels already. you should feel grateful for non subsriber views if its 90% of your views.
