Recto/ treble at zero

mchn13

mchn13

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I thought there was a thread here about it, and i know we covered odd settings before; but last practice i tried bass and treble at zero, and mids dimed, and it was an eye-opener. There was easily enough presence to brighten up a bit, but it was the best tone ive ive gotten out of my dual rec. just slayed.
Anyone else run it like this? You can bring the treb and bass up a little to borrow frim the mids if theyre too much. Just cool!
 
JackBootedThug said:
I have ran it that way for years. Treble at zero and presence to taste. I have also said instead of getting your Marshall modded just get a rectifier…but hey-what the fuck does this hair lipped white boy from West Virginia know?
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Well, evidently, you knew something. I knew that bringing the treble below half increased the mids, but I never thought to zero them out.
 
Setting the Treble to zero restores some mids that the Treble circuit would otherwise shunt to ground, but does setting the Bass to zero do anything unexpected?
 
TheGreatGreen said:
Setting the Treble to zero restores some mids that the Treble circuit would otherwise shunt to ground, but does setting the Bass to zero do anything unexpected?
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Its just tighter. Ive always ran the bass around 9:00ish. It still has plenty of lows. And you can use the orange channels presence in addition for different high end content. I did bring the bass and treble up to 1 out of 10, to take a smidge of mids. Still has tons. My rev g sounded killer but the improvement was even more on my 3channel dual. That amp sounded way better! Ithink i prefer 6l6’s running like this. The rev g has el34’s and was a little darker. Nothing i couldnt fix with the presence knobs.
 
TheGreatGreen said:
Setting the Treble to zero restores some mids that the Treble circuit would otherwise shunt to ground, but does setting the Bass to zero do anything unexpected?
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To me It sounds like the bass shares some of the mid freqs too.
 
I have never zeroed the bass. Next rec I get I’ll try it. I always keep going back to Mesa… not sure why I sell them….
 
I've done it before, and it's a cool sound, but it's not my favorite from a Recto nowadays.

I've also never liked running the mid knob above noon on Rectos. The mid knob is focused at a certain frequency that I feel like if you run it too high, they don't sound less scooped, but they just kinda sound weird/worse, LOL.

I think it's a cool sound that people don't often realize is hidden in a Recto. But I don't feel it's a Recto's most "Recto-y" sound either.

To get a nice aggressive midrange from Rectos, I like the results I get from slamming a hot and mid-focused pickup into them so that you can lower the gain knob as low as you can, boosting them with something with aggressive mids like an SD-1, and runining them into V30's. JMO, of course.
 
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Rex Rocker said:
I've done it before, and it's a cool sound, but I kinda felt like Rectos kinda stop sounding like Rectos at some point if you do that.

I've also never liked running the mid knob above noon on Rectos. The mid knob is focused at a certain frequency that I feel like if you run it too high, they don't sound less scooped, but they just kinda sound weird/worse, LOL.

I think it's a cool sound that people don't often realize is hidden in a Recto. But I don't feel it's a Recto's most "Recto-y" sound either.

To get a nice aggressive midrange from Rectos, I like the results I get from slamming a hot and mid-focused pickup into them so that you can lower the gain knob as low as you can, boosting them with something with aggressive mids like an SD-1, and runining them into V30's. JMO, of course.
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I’ve e always ran the bass at 10:00 or less with rectos, they still sound huge to me. Also in drop a on a seven string. Withthe treble at zero, you get some of the highs back with the mids as well. Ill try to make a short clip of it this weekend.
 
JackBootedThug said:
I have never zeroed the bass. Next rec I get I’ll try it. I always keep going back to Mesa… not sure why I sell them….
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I have come back several times now and will always keep one in the mix. it just does a thing that nothing else does, and i like to shape it how i like it.
 
Treble at zero?

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I like mids, and treble; not quite Stryper levels of mid honk, but close. On my Marshalls, my bass is down to at least 4, if not off; the louder I play Marshalls the less bass I use.
 
rsm said:
Treble at zero?

a white cat is sitting on a tiled floor licking its paw .



I like mids, and treble; not quite Stryper levels of mid honk, but close. On my Marshalls, my bass is down to at least 4, if not off; the louder I play Marshalls the less bass I use.
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It works dude. Your just using presence for treble….sounds crazy but it works. Then if you’re using a boost it brightens it even more….
 
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JackBootedThug said:
It works dude. Your just using presence for treble….sounds crazy but it works. Then if you’re using a boost it brightens it even more….
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I use presence and treble...just below icepick levels. On Marshall treble and presence have to be adjusted together.
 
mchn13 said:
I’ve e always ran the bass at 10:00 or less with rectos, they still sound huge to me. Also in drop a on a seven string. Withthe treble at zero, you get some of the highs back with the mids as well. Ill try to make a short clip of it this weekend.
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No, yeah. Depends on the Recto, but I usually run the bass knob below noon as well, even when boosting.
 
Rex Rocker said:
I've done it before, and it's a cool sound, but I kinda felt like Rectos kinda stop sounding like Rectos at some point if you do that.

I've also never liked running the mid knob above noon on Rectos. The mid knob is focused at a certain frequency that I feel like if you run it too high, they don't sound less scooped, but they just kinda sound weird/worse, LOL.

I think it's a cool sound that people don't often realize is hidden in a Recto. But I don't feel it's a Recto's most "Recto-y" sound either.

To get a nice aggressive midrange from Rectos, I like the results I get from slamming a hot and mid-focused pickup into them so that you can lower the gain knob as low as you can, boosting them with something with aggressive mids like an SD-1, and runining them into V30's. JMO, of course.
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The mids on a Recto are centered around 500hz, which is a cardboard frequency I usually use external EQs to get rid of.
 
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