I agree; atm I have 6 4x12s....Mesa Trad slant, 2 Marshall slants (79 w/65s, 72 w/Pulsonics) 1 Marshall straight (83 w/T75s), a Mesa halfback (EV/C90) and a beat to shit 68 Sound City straight with JBLs/GBs. Each of my 3 amps sound completely different through each cab. Best way to mod amps imo lol
Rectifier punk tones > Rectifier metal tones IMO
Can’t say I disagree since it’s so killer for that style, but think it’s amazing for metal too if it’s the right style of metal (I wouldn’t use it for anything that’s really fast or requires a very tight sound). It can get tight enough imo with the right boost, speakers and pickups, but even so if I wanted that sound would go instead with my iic+, ccv or Badlander. Those are usually my go to’s for tighter sounds or even the Naylor also with the right boost
I don’t know why, but I’ve always thought the older 2 channel Rectos sounded better than the 3 channel ones. I’m sure there are differences in the circuit, other than the third channel of course, that contribute. I think some of the earliest Dual Rectos have Mark Series transformers in them, which makes them sound different than even the later 2 channel ones.
I'm not sure if they do; I've heard yes and no. But, the early transformers they used had a habit of failing if they were used with a 16 ohm cab, from what I've read. I've yet to play anything earlier than a later F triple...mine is around serial 2800. But it sounds amazing.
I had a 94 2 Channel Dual that had been modded by Peters Amps for an adjustable bias. I thought it sounded killer. Wish I still had it. It was warmer and had better sounding gain than the later ones, at least to my ears. It was more old-school.
I have a Rev G Blackface Triple. I havent loved it as much the last few years and recently I decided to flip it over the the vacuum tubes rectifer setting. It was like it came alive! Best it has sounded in years. It was almost like it was too tight on the Diode setting. It went from a thud low end to a nice chug. I always sound crazy when I say a Recto was too tight sounding, lol. I am amazed how much that small change improved things, especially when it is opposite of what everyone says to do online.
The culprit here is your ears and tastes, my dude. That tone is perfectly fine and would easily sit in a recorded mix. You’d be surprised how much of the mids in a metal mix can actually come from the bass.
Well my tastes are much different than yours, even with the Peavey, the clip sounds bloated in the lows, way too much low end going on... can't hear the bass guitar at all really cause the guitars low end is overpowering the mix, and the highs are a little harsh, i'm sure someone will agree with me on that. That's not to mention the lack of mids, but that may just be because there's so much damn bass and treble in the tone that the mids have taken a back seat. There's certainly some frequencies there that are not pleasant IMO. Just crank it up and it'll be more obvious, a good mix should sound good at low and high volumes.
The loop cuts a lot of bass if you dont do the loop bass suck mod on it. I did, and now I leave it on all the time. It helps balance volume for low volume tones.
I was listening to this just now in the car. Couple of things about this recorded tone that are detrimental to how this guitar sounds:
Edit: this also sounds like a cranked power section with the preamp gain fairly low. It’s got that power amp squishy compression thing happening. I know this is an early 2 channel rack mount recto, and the earlier ones were a little warmer but had more upper mids than later Rectos, imho.
That sounds better to me. More balanced. I guess I just don't like the sound of the Engl cab. In this, i can hear separation between the guitars and the bassline a bit more.
It's not that I don't hear the bassline, i can, but it's all one sound, ya know? cant tell where the bass ends and the guitars begin... does that make sense??