Not sure who gave that review; but I've had 2 F Triples, 2 G Triples/Duals and the king, the Rev C. The MT is basically an F Triple already boosted; with tight lows that are huge like any Recto.
Pretty high praise. How noisy is it? My buddy just got a tele, so i was warning him about single coils with high gain
I have a Decimator on my board; so I don't worry about it...but, it seems pretty quiet. I have heard of others that complain about noise, however.
The multi watts are killer versions of the Rectos, for sure. Can't go wrong with one of those.
Throwing an aggressively set gate in the effects loop to track from the guitar signal didn’t work?
I've never owned a gate, so couldn't say. I think that would be a way to get closer but my gut tells me still wouldn't have done it for me.
I remember the one I had sounding like a mix of a boosted Recto and Uber. It very much sounded and felt like an already boosted amp. My only tighter amps straight in were the Hermansson and Dorado. For a recent made amp it's quite good, but all my keepers I compared it with sounded to me more raw/less polished, even the Steavens and Hell Razor. I definitely remember Rev F's being more more raw/rough around the edges. Boosting it of course homogenizes the sound and cuts lows, but at least the amps I compared with had more extended lows. I think if anything I found it sort of refined/polished in a good way rather say Friedman's typically being polished in a bad way. That already boosted effect with some low end and high end cut in the right places (no harshness) gives what a lot of guys ultimately try to dial their amps in to be anyway
Yeah stock (even boosted) they're not the amps if one needs really tight or fast tracking. I just don't know if some of these modded ones get more filtered/sterile sounding or fully maintain all the throaty growl and other good stuff I get in the early ones stock. The Hermansson's become their own thing that I also love and about as tight and fast tracking as it gets
Never played an early recto, but compared to the MW I had, I think it has plenty of that throaty growl. Has that gritty, ragged edge still and nothing sterile at all to my ears. I run the gain on it higher than any amp I've owned, and I typically run gain fairly conservative, but on this amp it sounds soooooo good up higher. One of those amps that is so fun to play and just sounds so good I don't want to stop playing.
I agree I have two downed Engl's its ridiculous and the company is no help at all. The boards suck and they fry. The rev gen mk3 aniv i have i also agree with for me its weird lol i hate the sound in a room with a cab but mic up it does its job lol its an odd ball for me. But great tool.
Dude I’m deeply sorry you have two Engls down and out, that must really suck to have that kind of money invested and the company is of no help.
Been my hesitation with owning another Engl. I've owned a bunch way in the past, and loved certain models, but can't overlook the quality of components and likely hood of issues, and they're not cheap. With no support....I just can't revisit.