Mesa Boogie Badlander 25 vs. Recto-verb 25-Sound Shootout

Here is my comparison vid between these two great amps! I ran both of these guys into my Torpedo Captor X using the same 4x12 IR, going into a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface into Logic. Thanks for checking it out!
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[@AlexMessanoMusic]

Skip to 01:17 to get straight to the sounds!

[@JJDon5150]

Thanks for getting this up! They actually sound very, very similar. When I did a shootout in store between the Mini Rect and Badlander 100 in 25 watt mode, I was surprised by how different they sounded, but I probably just dialed them in incorrectly. Badlander sounded much more Marshally and the Mini Rect had way more gain and bass. The Badlander is probably the better overall value because you have to put an overdrive before the rectoverb to tighten it up anyways, but I'm wondering if the lack of low end is really noticable? Probably doesn't matter in a mix, but that's been a complaint about it online. Rectoverb also lacks the DI Output and IRs the Badlander has, and I thought the Badlander had better cleans, but the Rectoverb does have 4 overall sounds (2 cleans, 2 overdriven) vs. 3 with the Badlander (1 clean, 1 cruch, 1 crush). I'm wondering if you'd miss the 4 seperate voicings of the Rectoverb by going to the 3 shares ones on the Badlander?

[@AlexMessanoMusic]

@@JJDon5150 Pushing the gain in the badlander's clean mode is a very similar tone to the Rectoverb's pushed clean mode.....so essentially you can get four voicings from the badlander as well!

[@JJDon5150]

@@AlexMessanoMusic Makes sense. So all in all, do you think the Badlander is worth it over the Rectoverb 25 or vice versa? Have you compared both jamming with a band yet or playing live to see which sounds better in the mix? Or boosted or unboosted?

[@AlexMessanoMusic]

@@JJDon5150 Yes I have...It is a little easier to get the Badlander to cut through a little more in a band setting. They both take pedals equally well.....so yeah, If you want to replace the Recto-verb with the Badlander, I'd say it be totally worth it.

[@jayteesgear]

Both impressive but the Rectoverb Combo will be mine soon! Just LOVE that tone!

[@1974zah]

I've been waiting for someone to do this exact comparison.

[@ralphy6526]

I agree with your assessment of both amps at the end of the video, me personally I like the bass and mids more of the rectoverb, it suits my playing style more blues and not so heavy rock. Thanks for the video.

[@Mecanix23]

Great video!

[@tman6495]

Very nice demo of both...which Boogie has a looser feel when soloing....or being both 25wts does it matter?

[@AlexMessanoMusic]

The Badlander is a tighter amp overall since it's voiced with less low end going in the preamp section, so the Rectoverb has the looser feel

[@funkyfoe12]

The Badlander has a nice "sparkle" that the Recto is missing....I'm curious, those clean funk tones you were playing...Do you think you those amps can stay that clean in a live band context? Or will they start to overdrive when you start really pushing the volume to keep up up with a band/ drummer.

[@AlexMessanoMusic]

To stay super clean at band volume, you'll definitely need to use a compressor in the front end

[@trahnettilhcs]

Badlander is just a tad less congested, perhaps? Similar enough that a decision could come down to features rather than tonality. The built in load box and direct capabilities of the Badlander keep me looking there. Can you load your own IR’s into it, or are you stuck with Mesa’s stock offerings?

[@AlexMessanoMusic]

You can load in your own via USB...but I find that the built in IRs are pretty damn good as is. Mesa licenses the same technology from Two Notes Audio Engineering, so the quality is on par with a Captor X, or Torpedo Cab M.

[@mikedenkinger9570]

Here's ny thing with the Rectoverb: If you put a good quality EQ in the loop, you can get that extra high end that the Badlander has. However, i think the Badlander has a faster attack and isnt a loose as the Rectoverb. I say these things as a Recto25 and MkV25 owner.

[@grahamjarman]

which u like more, recto or mark