Recto Reissue - Re-EQ'd Dinesh Clip

TheGreatGreen

TheGreatGreen

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So I got curious and took a segment of the Mesa 90's Dual Recto video and Re-EQ'd it.

Original Video - playing starts at 0:27



Here's a clip taken starting at 0:27.
The first section is completely unchanged from the video. Next is the same clip but I ran it through an EQ in Reaper. Boosted highs and lows, cut mids and some whistling high mids, etc. No change other than EQ.


I'm not saying my EQ is perfect or ideal, but it seems to me like there's a lot to be said for crap mic placement and how bad Gibson's demos have been. Seems like there might be a decent sounding Recto in there if you can carve it out.
 
I always thought that it is an unwritten rule to demo isolated tracks with *almost* no post processing?
 
Faded Abyss said:
I always thought that it is an unwritten rule to demo isolated tracks with *almost* no post processing?
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Mesa mic'd that Recto with a Royer ribbon mic. It sounded terrible as you can hear in the first clip. I was just trying to see if I could EQ it back to being a more recognizable or "traditional" sounding Recto.
 
Honestly the new recto probably sounds great, but we would have no idea because of gibson's incompetence

I'm sure someone here can afford to buy one to find out, I certainly can't

TheGreatGreen said:
Mesa mic'd that Recto with a Royer ribbon mic. It sounded terrible as you can hear in the first clip. I was just trying to see if I could EQ it back to being something more recognizably and "traditionally" Recto.
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Ribbon mics are fine for combination mic setups, but as a standalone for a heavy tone that's the dumbest thing on earth

They're generally used as "Flavor" added to a 57, 421, I5, or maybe an sm7

The ribbon mic by itself explains how weird it sounds, certainly
 
TheGreatGreen said:
So I got curious and took a segment of the Mesa 90's Dual Recto video and Re-EQ'd it.

Original Video - playing starts at 0:27



Here's a clip taken starting at 0:27.
The first section is completely unchanged from the video. Next is the same clip but I ran it through an EQ in Reaper. Boosted highs and lows, cut mids and some whistling high mids, etc. No change other than EQ.


I'm not saying my EQ is perfect or ideal, but it seems to me like there's a lot to be said for crap mic placement and how bad Gibson's demos have been. Seems like there might be a decent sounding Recto in there if you can carve it out.
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Sounds like you added a Vintage 30 and Mesa was using something else. Much better to my ears.
 
TheGreatGreen said:
Mesa mic'd that Recto with a Royer ribbon mic. It sounded terrible as you can hear in the first clip. I was just trying to see if I could EQ it back to being a more recognizable or "traditional" sounding Recto.
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Yeah, these demos haven’t been good. Cracked me up seeing the royer ribbon being the solo mic choice. These guys need to hire someone else to do these demos. Just awful.
 
Chronic Narnia said:
Regardless this amp being $3,499 is a joke.
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Rectos are a classic, but for 3499 you could get so many crazy nice amps that do that kind of tone

It's wild to me that gibson is this incompetent but I guess i shouldn't be surprised

They should have done what peavey did with the 6505 1992 and 6505ii reissue - make them like the old ones, make them reasonably priced, and make a shitload of money on people saying "oh fuck yeah, a Rev G/F spec recto for 2000 dollars, killer"
 
DanTravis62 said:
Rectos are a classic, but for 3499 you could get so many crazy nice amps that do that kind of tone

It's wild to me that gibson is this incompetent but I guess i shouldn't be surprised

They should have done what peavey did with the 6505 1992 and 6505ii reissue - make them like the old ones, make them reasonably priced, and make a shitload of money on people saying "oh fuck yeah, a Rev G/F spec recto for 2000 dollars, killer"
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I also think people paying $3k for any Rev F, A, B, C, D, E are out of their minds but hey, I guess people ARE buying those and tone is subjective.
 
DanTravis62 said:
Rectos are a classic, but for 3499 you could get so many crazy nice amps that do that kind of tone

It's wild to me that gibson is this incompetent but I guess i shouldn't be surprised

They should have done what peavey did with the 6505 1992 and 6505ii reissue - make them like the old ones, make them reasonably priced, and make a shitload of money on people saying "oh fuck yeah, a Rev G/F spec recto for 2000 dollars, killer"
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Yep, Peavey did that perfectly and kinda put a stop to or at least put a hold on the ridiculous Eddie died prices.
 
OldGtrGuy said:
I also think people paying $3k for any Rev F, A, B, C, D, E are out of their minds but hey, I guess people ARE buying those and tone is subjective.
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For sure. People spend insane money on Sunn Model Ts too, and those things are ...cool? But not 3 grand cool to me, not even close
 
If it sounds better than a multi-watt, I’d rather spend more on a new one than get an old one that will be more susceptible to failing parts.
 
Why not use a 57 like pretty much everyone on earth is used to hearing.
 
Faded Abyss said:
If it sounds better than a multi-watt, I’d rather spend more on a new one than get an old one that will be more susceptible to failing parts.
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The MW have been very reliable. Not a common amp to have fail. Not like a Bugera LOL
 
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