Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier - Can I Be Convinced

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@vincelupone
@vincelupone 4 ай бұрын
The amp comes alive with a tubescreamer out front, especially in modern mode. This is common. Why wasn't that tried here?
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 23 күн бұрын
Because it's not a metal channel ?
@untoldguitarist
@untoldguitarist 18 күн бұрын
​@@davlostiedfranca it doesn't have to be. The 3ch Dual Rec non Multi watt dual Rectifier head. I just helped a friend re tube his 2008 with the Eurotubes High gain 12ax7's kit w/ hot grade 6L6's and running them in EL34 mode. That amp now nails any kinda style of tone you want out of it. His Dual Rectifier head now was a very versatile amplifier on every single channel.
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 18 күн бұрын
Hi @@untoldguitarist, Yeah I have a Road King II. And I agree with you 100%. I've ask them to do a review on this beast. Tweed and brit channel on channel 1 and 2. Open back with C90 also and closed bak with V30. What do you think about tthe fact that Zakk Wylde has changed (first accidently) EL34 for 6550 ? Premier Guitar - Pantera Rig Rundown with Rex Brown & Zakk Wylde. Have a good 2025 year.
@untoldguitarist
@untoldguitarist 18 күн бұрын
@@davlostiedfranca Definitely! Those kits absolutely sound the best in the Rectifier's. I've been buying his retube kits since 2007. Also have the same kit in my 1998 Triple rectifier Rev G head. Also thank you for bringing back memories, I previously owned a series 1 Road King head but sold it off even though it was a swiss army knife of tones available with every option imaginable. But at the time I was playing in a metal band and stayed on modern mode on the 2ch Dual Rectifier head I also had at the same time. I sold it off and if I remember correctly it was serial #646 series 1 RK head.
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 18 күн бұрын
Mine is a Nø2789 @@untoldguitarist, custom shop imbuya with is 2x12" from 2006. I bought an other 2x12" custom shop private reserve in 2023, because I need more than only one speaker. And want to invest money anything else than in crypto (Hell / the mark of the beast). Take care and have a ton of fun, notes, power cords and feedback for 2025. Hi from Montréal.
@stewartking4822
@stewartking4822 7 ай бұрын
These 3 channel rectifiers are more versatile than most people think. You have to spend time with them, the eq controls are very different from other amps plus you have the choice of tube or diode rectification, bold or spongy power etc. They do sound better with a boost up front but the same can be said of many Marshalls. This was a pretty shit review of a great amp tbh
@cblizard6850
@cblizard6850 5 ай бұрын
I love these amps
@untoldguitarist
@untoldguitarist 18 күн бұрын
I agree I just helped a friend re-tube his 2008 dual rectifier with sound like crap when he brought it over and then he bought tubes from a vendor I recommended we tubed it. And now it's a very versatile three-channel head that can nail everything from like push blues to jazz chords to like all that metal and everything in between.
@RobinErhage
@RobinErhage 6 ай бұрын
Best amp ever
@simonpedersen4853
@simonpedersen4853 3 ай бұрын
You can literally make a proper dual rec sound like anything you want.. Fantastic amp! Basically a Soldano SLO with rectification. Wonderful thing.
@LA.Guitar
@LA.Guitar 8 ай бұрын
Treadplate on the Pod was my “go to” sound for years!
@TheStudioRats
@TheStudioRats 8 ай бұрын
Wrongun!
@MRxr400
@MRxr400 8 ай бұрын
i still run a single rec for alot of different styles in a cover band and even use it for church. still love it and have owned single recs for 16 years. before that, mark 4's.
@shaharbar
@shaharbar 8 ай бұрын
I hate to repeat the sentiment, but as the owner of said amp, that amp REQUIRES a TubeScreamer. I almost returned it after spending a good amount of time tweaking it because it was a wooly mess until I learned about using it in conjunction with the green pedal.
@joesfathead
@joesfathead 4 ай бұрын
I sold mine before I figured this out unfortunately.
@mark.guitar
@mark.guitar 8 ай бұрын
I was forced to use one of these for a festival gig when my Peavey 50w Classic was nicked. I shoved a 7 band graphic EQ in the front and after messing about with that it was far better than I expected. Not perfect though...
@MrUmandMrEr
@MrUmandMrEr 8 ай бұрын
Mark IIc kicks its arse...
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 23 күн бұрын
... and wallet.
@untoldguitarist
@untoldguitarist 18 күн бұрын
@@MrUmandMrEr yeah for a amp that is reselling for 6k to over 10k in USD I would hope so.
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 23 күн бұрын
Hi there, if you have the chance to review a Road King II multi watt (4x6L6 + 2EL34) with V30 closed and C90 open back. I have a DC-3 combo with C90 too, which I like. Really awsome channel, thank's guys.
@christopher-miles
@christopher-miles 8 ай бұрын
i mean buckley practically had one of these. tremoverb is a great amp too...
@untoldguitarist
@untoldguitarist 18 күн бұрын
You guys definitely don't know the secret sauce of how to get a Rectifier sounding its absolute best.
@woot808
@woot808 8 ай бұрын
Hermansson Amplification do an amazing modded version of this amp.
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 23 күн бұрын
Yep ! Need may be better mics to record.
@untoldguitarist
@untoldguitarist 18 күн бұрын
@@woot808 which it's no longer any of a Rectifier DNA. Jeremy of Ground Zero amps keeps the Recto DNA on his Rectifier mods and also does killer mods for a fraction of the price. Reza just uploaded a clip of a Ground Zero modded Marshall with the sniper mod that amp rips.
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 16 күн бұрын
Thank's a lot for all those informaions @@untoldguitarist .
@otter5555
@otter5555 7 ай бұрын
i used the "vintage" channel to get very passable marshall tones while still having my "recto" sound as needed.
@davlostiedfranca
@davlostiedfranca 23 күн бұрын
Vintage with 6L6 it's a Mesa vintage. May be try a Road King ? They have 4x6L6 et 2xEL34 switchable, open C90 and closed V30.
@Liam_Doherty_UK
@Liam_Doherty_UK 8 ай бұрын
Engl everytime 😎👍
@Simple5.0
@Simple5.0 3 ай бұрын
I have one but I rarely play it. I mean, I barely play anymore as it is but when I do I like the 4100 more.
@Sam_Sparks144
@Sam_Sparks144 10 күн бұрын
They sound amazing if you spend the time to learn how to dial in the amp. They are super versatile. You can play any style of music with a Boogie.
@3rdStoreyChemist
@3rdStoreyChemist 8 ай бұрын
Try it with single coils! Otherwise with humbuckers and no TS/SD1 in-between, very easy to get those overly muddy tones.
@vocalinkproduction
@vocalinkproduction 3 ай бұрын
I can never get my Dual Rec to not sound fizzy.
@Funkybassuk
@Funkybassuk 8 ай бұрын
My biscuit’s just gone limp. 😂 Not my thing but Paul made it sound quite fun with the noodling.
@endtimeguitarist
@endtimeguitarist 8 ай бұрын
Hey I would love to see the two of you enjoy the amplifier and I didn’t want to write this because I didn’t know how to word it. Match it with the matching cabinet. Also I’ve heard each model varies one from another pretty frequently. The best seen example I have is of the new prometheus head being demonstrated by Kyle bull. The moment he switched to the matching cabinet was like the moment light came from a light bulb. Also the carvin company greatly expressed how when they start with the design of their heads it always starts with the cab. I have an Engl head that just doesn’t not get its full justice through an orange v30 despite. You only hear its true sound on its matching v30. However I have an uberschall that sounds out of this world on that orange. I would keep it a little longer and give it a go even with some emg pairing. Cool video and hope you guys have a really good rest of the night 😊
@DBroce
@DBroce 8 ай бұрын
I still go back to the Tone Talk live with Dave Friedman and Mike Soldano, where Dave says that the Mesa Rectifier is an a exact clone of the SLO.
@RobvandenBoogaard
@RobvandenBoogaard 8 ай бұрын
Yeah, also think about that sometimes. It really hurt Mike
@martynm
@martynm 8 ай бұрын
And the SLO was based on a Mesa Mark series, which itself was derived from a Fender Princeton. Also, the rectifier has a wildly different power amp, so it’s not like a rectifier or SLO sound anything like each other.
@TheStudioRats
@TheStudioRats 3 ай бұрын
I cant get a Retumfryer to sound anything like a SLO
@tiagoramalhais5493
@tiagoramalhais5493 8 ай бұрын
I like metal, and i never understood why it's so popular in metal, for me it's a wall of fizzy high end and flubby bass.
@cyanidejunkie
@cyanidejunkie 8 ай бұрын
Yup… but if you set the bass on 2 and run a tube screamer into the front end it’s a whole new animal. The thing with Boogie is the tone stack is before the preamp stage of the amp… I’m not a fan of that. Be well my friend.
@adamfstewart81
@adamfstewart81 8 ай бұрын
I think that’s why people use them with tube screamers
@richarddeeble09
@richarddeeble09 8 ай бұрын
They're actually very versatile amps which often work brilliantly in mixes. The vintage setting is great. The controls are idiosyncratic, highly interactive and often need a boost or pre-eq.
@Manley156
@Manley156 8 ай бұрын
Because tradition and boosting...
@martynm
@martynm 8 ай бұрын
@@cyanidejunkieAre you sure you’re not thinking of the Mark series? In those amps the tone controls are pre-gain, which is why you also have the graphic EQ. The rectifier, I’m pretty sure, has the EQ post-gain.
@30smsuperstrat
@30smsuperstrat 8 ай бұрын
I never head that head, but I did have the road king. Instead, I had the Rivera knucklehead K Tre. 😆
@willchug
@willchug 8 ай бұрын
It just needs a Hermansson Amplification mod. ☺️
@davidstafford1071
@davidstafford1071 7 ай бұрын
i had one for a while because of the independent EQ. Once I got my Genz Benz El Diablo 100 I moved it on.
@davidrg1550
@davidrg1550 6 ай бұрын
Im not a fan of Dual Recs at all. BUT I’m in the process of getting a Maverick just now
@Manley156
@Manley156 8 ай бұрын
I like it on certain recordings, but I hate playing them. I dislike the paired v30 cabs and everything is tubby and fizzy with no mids on its own. I love hi gain that barks and is punchy and not 'buzzy'
@adamfstewart81
@adamfstewart81 8 ай бұрын
Sounds wooly and flubby without a pedal, gents.
@riffmondo9733
@riffmondo9733 8 ай бұрын
Too many controls. Never cared for them. Marshall or Orange does great metal with very little tweaking at lower cost and better reliability.
@IamMusicNerd
@IamMusicNerd 8 ай бұрын
Try the new Synergy version. It’s epic.
@adamfstewart81
@adamfstewart81 8 ай бұрын
I bet! Probably made by Dave Friedman and / or Steve Fryette 😋
@colinpadley1897
@colinpadley1897 7 ай бұрын
Not into metal, but it sounds great.
@howardgillingham4763
@howardgillingham4763 9 күн бұрын
Badlander kills this thing
@27retrodaze
@27retrodaze 8 ай бұрын
Turn the gain up to around 6 or 7 and put a Way Huge Green Rhino and a noise gate in front of it... There you go... Convinced.
@jorgiewtf
@jorgiewtf 4 күн бұрын
Unusually, I get something out of your videos… this one?… not so much. I actually have no clue what your message was on the dual rectifier but it’s cool… that was some nice riffing anyway!
@baj5025
@baj5025 6 ай бұрын
Mark series or bust. Rectos always fell like playing a rubber band to me.
@slidersson
@slidersson 8 ай бұрын
I like the lady to the left, she has a lot of goods things to say
@oleaudenenger7856
@oleaudenenger7856 8 ай бұрын
Rectumfire 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@Jacobin777
@Jacobin777 6 ай бұрын
Maybe "dated" however it's still the best.
@timhopkins3810
@timhopkins3810 8 ай бұрын
Nu metal was the big thing in my formative years- Korn released their debut when I was 12 - but I never understood the dual rec thing. Sounded ok and as good as you could make it but not for me. Your other packs are great though so I’ll just enjoy them instead 😊
@theittyreport
@theittyreport 8 ай бұрын
I said that after i knew what tone was, aka low gain more expression... andy timmons vs kirk hammett for example. I looked back and was glad i couldnt afford the rectifier at the time it was so popular. Now i look at it and a flaming dumpster fire. No idea why it became so popular but i guess it was due to the black Metallica sound. The one amp from mesa that i love and destroyed the rectifier is the subway rocket. Way smoother and deeper tone. Closer to a mark 2c but its own little world.
@eduluke2010
@eduluke2010 8 ай бұрын
After such ill will, no wonder it sounded bad. LOL This amp requires a specific learning curve, very rewarding though.
@riccardo8676
@riccardo8676 6 ай бұрын
I'm sorry to see that this is a terrible review. One of the most recorded amplifiers ever, mortified by those who don't know how to use it. There are other better reviews wasted time.
@TheStudioRats
@TheStudioRats 6 ай бұрын
You should watch some more of our vids and waste some more time.
@riccardo8676
@riccardo8676 6 ай бұрын
@@TheStudioRats Yes, I've seen others. You're nice, but in my opinion this one turned out really badly, unfortunately also the one with the Bogner Eclipse. Maybe the problem lies in the choice of speakers, you should have some 4x12s maybe an oversized mesa and mike them well.
@TheStudioRats
@TheStudioRats 6 ай бұрын
No it’s still shit.
@riccardo8676
@riccardo8676 4 ай бұрын
@@Sorbzski99 This is not about being a keyboard warrior, I have that head and in this video it sounds like crap. We are talking about one of the most used heads in records from 2000 onwards. This demo is merciless.
@fraenkiboii
@fraenkiboii 8 ай бұрын
I personally don't like dual rectos either. However, they work well if you put a green pedal in front of them with the level high and the gain on zero.
@heavymetal6910
@heavymetal6910 8 ай бұрын
Bring that mesa to any amp tech for a repair and prepare to be told to clear off, talk about a mess under the lid
@colinparks619
@colinparks619 8 ай бұрын
For dual recs ...Mesa rev F or G or nothing , modern post 2000 duals modes should be called Flubby Fuzzy Fizzy Gotta use a boost for this amp tbh , that does change things more than it does on most amps , makes it a snarling monster, still not tight , but not as wooly
@andreabadino4873
@andreabadino4873 6 ай бұрын
You should learn how to tune this amplifier before doing a review like this :(
@Adventuresingearland
@Adventuresingearland 6 ай бұрын
😂 Or just accept they’re a dog. 🐶
@andreabadino4873
@andreabadino4873 6 ай бұрын
@@Adventuresingearland that’s why they’ve been used on countless records with great sound 👍
@Adventuresingearland
@Adventuresingearland 6 ай бұрын
@@andreabadino4873 and plenty more which sound like utter tripe. 😁
@KellyWV
@KellyWV 2 ай бұрын
Dear British/Canadian/Australian youtubers: MESA is pronounced "may-suh" not "mess-uh".
@TheStudioRats
@TheStudioRats 2 ай бұрын
Yeah you guys say Jaguar and tomato wrong but I don’t pull you up on it…. Oh damn I just did.🤦‍♂️
@dethstormpx4
@dethstormpx4 4 ай бұрын
If you don't love a recto you don't know how to dial one.
@nonamejustbecause-b9k
@nonamejustbecause-b9k Ай бұрын
What I got out of this video is despite giving lip service to some versatility you STILL called it a one trick pony....Try Dave Grohl uses one for Foo Fighters...DECIDEDLY NOT METAL!!!
@paultaylor2968
@paultaylor2968 8 ай бұрын
Keep your fire extinguisher handy. 🔥🚒.
@johnsmith-ug5tp
@johnsmith-ug5tp 8 ай бұрын
Dreadful to my ears.
@fastboy_guitars
@fastboy_guitars 8 ай бұрын
Way too much skill for this amp. It’s only built for massive drop d power chords.
@jonanthony9927
@jonanthony9927 8 ай бұрын
Ah, the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectum Frier - loud as fuck and pretty useless for most applications
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