Rack gear was hard to justify for gigging smaller venues. Always looked cool when someone rolled in with it loaded up with a fancy tuner lighting up.
@JorisGriffioen10 ай бұрын
These days I use a Synergy rack setup that's smaller than most heads and is 4 channel + 100 watt full tube. With a Torpedo Live for direct. It's a rabbit hole for sure but you can get some very cool setups going.
@matttaylor144910 ай бұрын
Those 7 string riffs at the end with that sound dialled in was massive sounding.
@Erock50310 ай бұрын
glad I'm not the only one that struggled with that setup. I wish I could give you some tips as a previous owner, but it left the stable pretty quick. Thanks for the vid!
@dumpedcabledumpedcable11610 ай бұрын
Maybe the tone in the room wasn't to your liking, but that was honestly some of the better Dual Rec recorded tones I've heard. Very aggressive.
@mdh-210 ай бұрын
Great video. That tone is massive! The presence on the 2:100 is disabled when connected to the recto preamp, so any changes made to the presence on the 2:100 would have no effect to the tone…same with the 2:100 volume. All controls are on the preamp when connected to the 2:100.
@davidjoel11110 ай бұрын
Rack gear is so impractical, yet so cool! 🤣 I used to rock an ADA preamp with a carvin power amp. I dreamed about rocking a triaxis with a 90/90 poweramp
@MrBlackHimself10 ай бұрын
I HAD AN ADA AS WELL...IECE 0F JUNK...S0LD IT AND B0UGHT A R0CKTR0N MAXE PREAMP, MUCH BETTER F0R HEAVY STYLES! STILL HAVE IT!
@rikkydavidson176210 ай бұрын
Ada rules n DigiTech twin tube tube fx blows most even the new on the cheap.small rack top .
@fredpastukh34603 ай бұрын
Best preamp ever!
@jamesanthonyrogers862610 ай бұрын
Doing a great job mate! Always enjoy your videos and keep up the belligerence! 💯👍🏻
@draleigh888110 ай бұрын
The rectal fractal ... Now thats an amp I can do without. 😂
@lukeeggleston669610 ай бұрын
Dudeeee love your videos!!!! Been a big fan for awhile now and I’ve been taking some inspiration for my band !!!!’
@djabthrash5 ай бұрын
The recorded tones here sound badass
@AmdusciasBaal10 ай бұрын
Cool and interesting video on an amp that's not very often seen nowadays. Not my kind of sound tough, I've never been a big Mesa Boogie fan, I always feel they have a kind of "too much" in their sound, too scooped, too gainy, lacking of real meat. But the video is cool and does justice to the amp ! Good job !
@AdamRainStopper10 ай бұрын
I honestly wish there were more standalone preamps. Also, you could get like 5 very different preamps and 5 very different power amps and have 36 distinct sounds. More practically, you get a preamp (like this one) that basically IS your sound, then have a little solid state pedal power amp for home, a 20 watt studio power amp and a 200 watt monster for the stage. The format just gives you nearly infinite options. You do pay for that versatility though.
@RodVonLongrod10 ай бұрын
I used to have one of these preamps years ago. It was really nice but it took a lot of dialing it in to get good tones recorded with my limited skill set at the time. I never bought the power amp companion. Overall, it was a good idea at the time for direct recording.
@jasons.392110 ай бұрын
Kyle, if there was ever a Fractal Rectal to be played, I probably did that back in the early 90's. It's all a blur. Anyways, love what you do and the community on YT you've created is badass! How bout a X-mas sale on some gear? Doesn't hurt to ask.
@rikkydavidson176210 ай бұрын
7string sounds great pv plus n 5150 my stereo rig blows walls down supertones real amazing 5150 overdrive and mxr eq 10 bands in fx loops wow 😮❤
@alanstrange242110 ай бұрын
I never owned this set up but the reasons I thought it would be great mostly involved being able to do stereo effects without trying to use two separate heads in conjunction, to run through just one side of the power amp and always have the other as a back-up in case one side blew up, or to push two full stacks and just get belligerently loud. In retrospect the last one is the most logical way to go. But I did a few shows where I pushed 4 Orange cabinets with my Triple Rec so I figure I got pretty close to that goal anyway.
@zoomzoom39509 ай бұрын
I still have my TriAxis, someday I may get a Mesa power amp, but I have Engl rack gear, and a Mesa JP-2C rack amp.
@Crunchifyable210 ай бұрын
Stereo is cool. As much as I love tube amps, nothing sounds better than stereo reverb and FX. So yeah give me tubes and then a stereo solid state FX output stage.
@JustinHold10 ай бұрын
Owned this same setup back in 2004. I miss it so much.
@lostinpa-dadenduro75556 ай бұрын
I bought this when it first came out. Still have it. I never liked it for guitar but oh my goodness it is awesome for bass.
@ChadAnthonyTheReaper10 ай бұрын
That is "And Justice For All" tone All Day.
@its_Kris10 ай бұрын
I have never seen one of these before. didn’t know this was a thing
@JohnWiku10 ай бұрын
That racktifier sounds waaaay better than the recto heads, the split pre/power amps combo let's you fine tune the sound in ways you just can't with the head!!
@RubyRoks10 ай бұрын
100W per side...Jesus, who at Mesa decided the Triple Rec wasn't enough XD
@MrBlackHimself10 ай бұрын
IMAGINE RUNNING STERE0 WITH 2 4X12'S!!
@Fwr94210 ай бұрын
SST!!! My favorite venue.
@BazonBlades10 ай бұрын
Rack gear is something I never got into. But seeing Kyle stumble over the names of the equipment is pretty damn funny. I feel your pain bro. I have to do so many takes on my videos, it's actually f'n sad.
@travisbickle13121 күн бұрын
Dayum! I have a fryette 2/90/2 that needs this preamp. Haha. I thought this sounded pretty dope, and ive heard nothing but negative stuff about this preamp.
@Le-Dormeur-Duval10 ай бұрын
I first thought it was a Rev F Rectifier 😁 Hope you’ll get that one soon !
@jammor656710 ай бұрын
Holy crap that thing is brutal
@zacinnc7810 ай бұрын
11:02 i like that!
@mattsmith851510 ай бұрын
Back in the mid 90s I rolled into VFW hall hardcore fest with an ADA MP2 w/ Marshall 9200 tube power amp. Ran 4 1960A cabs. It sounded like you tied Chokehold to a Space X rocket and recorded the take off. Kyle look into the ADA MP2. :)
@thet74010 ай бұрын
Sounds crazy but try a Boss Metalzone (distortion at zero/level cranked) in front of a recto to add more mids and mid control. Just don't make any extreme moves on the MZ EQ and it works great. The Maxon ST9 Pro+ also works great in front of a recto and adds a lot of presence along with a mid-enhance/control knob.
@ashen11x2210 ай бұрын
EMG 57 sounds amazing with that set up !!
@bardicdad10 ай бұрын
I like racked gear for my small studio where I am required to take advantage of vertical space.
@elus1ve0ne6410 ай бұрын
The ractal fractal !! 👏🤣
@KyleP13310 ай бұрын
I want some Ractal Fractals for sure. That sounds metal af.
@mcghghy10 ай бұрын
The only rack gear I still use is a Furman power conditioner. (One switch to turn everything on) Korg rack tuner (mute button!)and a BBE sonic maximizer. Even run it into a Spark 😂
@Doa61610 ай бұрын
I use a peavey rockmaster preamp with a peavey clsssic .50/50 , also a lexicon mpx1 and a boss gx700 ,, love the set up.
@JorisGriffioen10 ай бұрын
Ah yes, racks! Let's gooooooooo
@WillCMAG10 ай бұрын
For a moment there I though it was the Mesa 50/50. Which existed at the same time Peavey 5050 power amp. The only reason I know about those power amps was because I was looking for one for my Peavey Tube Fex.
@troyfrink10 ай бұрын
I think it's pronounced "rectal axe."
@BigMateo249 ай бұрын
Are you running the power amp bridged? From the video it appears both switches are on so I would assume so. For me the magic of rack gear is running in stereo with two completely independent channels and layering that with some nice wet reverbs and ping pong delays. Once you get used to that humongous sound, it's hard to go back to mono.
@brad_genx_sk8er10 ай бұрын
I love that Les Paul Studio.
@MotoRiff7710 ай бұрын
Funny video! Rack is back, bring on the 80's
@hierrogm5 ай бұрын
Dang dood I have this power amp u we’re lifting it like nothing ..shit weighs a ton ..great vid
@LucasLeCompteMusic10 ай бұрын
They were commonly called the Racktifier, which is easier to say.
@OfficialSNMvids10 ай бұрын
I have the recto preamp paired with the mesa 2:90 and can get sounding almost exact as any of my other rectos I own like the Rev F and RoadKing for example. I just don't like that the power amp is so heavy!!! What I did to set the amp up is basically set the preamp on how I set my normal rectos and on the power amp I engage the modern mode and deep mode and set the presences to max and I am sure my tone is too bass heavy for some, but that's how I like it. Kyle you got some great tones out of that set up! \m/
@markspurgin822510 ай бұрын
Hey the 80's is calling they want their Rack back JK 😜
@martyjackson18010 ай бұрын
Hi, When will you make the review of the evh 100w el34 ??? 😝
@thatguyinaband634110 ай бұрын
my god Kyle you're going to give me a heart attack!! rate or roast the Legacy VL 100, or try a rat on you're pedal board, much love!
@tankdarla63710 ай бұрын
that rack crap sounds killer!
@AdamRainStopper10 ай бұрын
I have a question for you. My current bass setup is pretty ad hoc, a guitar preamp into a solid state guitar power amp to a Peavey cabinet with a single 15 inch Black Widow. I make it work, but it does take some tweaking. I'd rather have a bass amp. I'll never be the bassist in a gigging band, it doesn't have to be the 500 watt SVT model with a cabinet taller than me. I could get away with a 20 watt combo if it records well. Affordability is key. I write and record punk songs. This will never be lucrative. What should I be looking at?
@smokebillowin10 ай бұрын
I remember being a young gear head and seeing mick from slipknots rig in guitarworld mag and he had these and j was like wtf is that
@jasoncrump188610 ай бұрын
The fractal Fraggle rock lol
@tankdarla63710 ай бұрын
i know nothing about rack gear
@ScreaminT8110 ай бұрын
Hahahah this was awesome and hilarious. This thing sounds pretty gnarly. On the whole touring thing, it’s almost like no one is using real amps onstage. Unless I’m wrong here
@RX120D10 ай бұрын
It's just too much work and too many points of failure anymore. Modelers just don't complain about touring like amps tend to. It's also super convenient to have your tone and all your effects in a single rack unit. It's kind of a no-brainer unless you really want to do extra work to have analog gear on stage every night.
@ScreaminT8110 ай бұрын
@@RX120D it makes sense doesn’t it? Less shit to lug, and more compact. Very very smart idea
@Nick-ej3qe10 ай бұрын
That sounds pretty damn awesome IMO
@larbear66610 ай бұрын
I hope you check out the Engle preamp
@ironblast510 ай бұрын
Now you just need the quad pre and triaxis pre
@mattvdh2 ай бұрын
I don't know man, I think you were a bit too critical on this one, it sounded really cool. but hey to each their own
@catalyzed845710 ай бұрын
When you gonna check out the Bad Cat player series Lynx 50?
@jaredmestas10 ай бұрын
Love this Racktifier
@hoobastanker910 ай бұрын
I had this setup for a while, I always struggled to get it to sound like a real recto strangely, my roadster seemed much better next to it, plus the clean channel on this preamp is garbage
@chrisgnineil1510 ай бұрын
@Kyle, have you ever tried the BluGuitar Amp1 Iridium? You have so much experience with amps and I would be curious what's your opinion about this little evil guy.
@poopoo-qz7sw10 ай бұрын
Thoughts on genz benz amps and cabs
@Professional.Bro.77710 ай бұрын
In the thumbnail it looks like a pedalboard
@tankdarla63710 ай бұрын
wow a les paul that does not look completely lame
@user-nu7xx7pc1d5 ай бұрын
how much? thanks.
@SteveHatzman10 ай бұрын
Rack gear?
@paulnealis282810 ай бұрын
Are you saying rack gear or rap gear?
@vorpalblades10 ай бұрын
Yoyoyoyoyoyo
@MickH6010 ай бұрын
Gap Year !
@paulnealis282810 ай бұрын
Are you saying Fractal or Pterodactyl?
@vorpalblades10 ай бұрын
Fractaldactyl
@MickH6010 ай бұрын
@@vorpalblades hahaha, that just rolls off the tongue...!!!
@pv650510 ай бұрын
I'm not a fan of the million amp models in one unit and miss the one clean sound and one super flexible distortion sound, each with super super flexible eq that you can dial in, hit save, and recall on the fly... y'know... the ADA MP-1
@matttaylor144910 ай бұрын
Video starts at 06:30
@MrBlackHimself10 ай бұрын
S0UNDS BETTER THAN THE RECT0 HEADS
@nobodyimportant7646710 ай бұрын
Already sold to another viewer?! Damn - I wanted to beg you to sell this to me. #sadface
@Greg2581510 ай бұрын
🙂😁
@sdbdops236410 ай бұрын
Guitar lessons 😂
@keolahutchinson768710 ай бұрын
First!!!
@ronnielobosmith487010 ай бұрын
Please some time soon buy and try an APHEX AURAL EXCITER C104 BIG BOTTOM run it through every amp you own it will change your life I promise