Soooo… $3499 for the RI Dual Rec?

stephen sawall said:
I bought the Tremoverb a month old in 1994 for $1100. The gentlemen had tax issues and needed money immediately.

The Triple was built in 2000. One of the last 500 - 2 channel made. The amp looks new. Like no one ever used it. After cleaning with Deoxit it got brighter and a bit more gain. Original preamp tubes still in it. I bought it a week ago for $1200.

I mentioned before buying it was worth more money. He said he knows. He got a good deal and wanted to pass it on.

The bass is tight enough I can do most of the stuff I do at tempo. With the right overdrive I can get it tighter than any of the rev C or F I have played on.

There was one of the rev C Dual that had been converted to a Triple prototype at GC in Seattle years ago. Steve King talked me into checking it out. It was $700. I would have bought it. But it didn't sound that good to me. I probably should have bought it.
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I will say my early Tverb had my favorite cleans of any amp I've ever played.



Talking in general about Marks, there really are significant differences over the lineage. If people are saying that close mic recording is the real tone and best way to compare, then looking at the entire history of Rectos, honestly there's just not that much difference between them. (..although there is in the room for sure.) In a mix, if you're willing to turn knobs to match I doubt guys could tell a difference. Here's the oldest vs the newest, and I've recorded everything in between as well. If you have a good Recto that does it for you, be happy & be done! ...I'm just an idiot & have sold them all because ADD. I want to accumulate experiences, not things..

 
Bxlxaxkxe said:
I’ve been let down by pretty much every rare super expensive amp I’ve bought. Hype train sets unreal expectations. Price is not a reflection of tone, but supply - tough lesson to learn.
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Yep. Just about the only rare high dollar amps I’ve played that I’ve thought really stood out as grail amps were Wizards. But even then it’s all personal preference. I still love my Mesas. Even the Dumble ODS I played at Gruhn’s was only what I’d consider “ok” and not just because it wasn’t my thing at all, I just didn’t like the feel or tone.

It’s all just different flavors of ice cream, and some flavors happen to cost more.
 
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GJgo said:
I will say my early Tverb had my favorite cleans of any amp I've ever played.



Talking in general about Marks, there really are significant differences over the lineage. If people are saying that close mic recording is the real tone and best way to compare, then looking at the entire history of Rectos, honestly there's just not that much difference between them. (..although there is in the room for sure.) In a mix, if you're willing to turn knobs to match I doubt guys could tell a difference. Here's the oldest vs the newest, and I've recorded everything in between as well. If you have a good Recto that does it for you, be happy & be done! ...I'm just an idiot & have sold them all because ADD. I want to accumulate experiences, not things..

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I have been comparing the clean on these three amps. For me the Heartbreaker has the best cleans. I like it better than any of the Fender Twin amps I have had. I agree the Tremoverb cleans are amazing. The Triple cleans are better than I remembered. More time with it to really tell.

Agree if you got one you like keep it. Crank up the presence on a G and it starts to sound a lot more like C.
 
VonBonfire said:
Still wishing I had bought every used Faded Gibson I could get my hands on from around the 2005 era. $350-400. I could've retired early, lol.
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Right?? I quit playing for ~6 years when I had my daughter and then came back to it and was shocked how much those cost. That was one of my first "real" guitars and it cost like $500 new :LOL:
 
stephen sawall said:
If I understand correctly only a few made. The other one I saw they were asking $10,000. It was unusually bright even for a rev C.

I have always preferred the G over the C and F. The C is obviously more focused. But doesn't have the girth I want from a Rectifier. The F is much closer to the G.

The reissue I hear is half F and half G. That information came from Reza....so who knows.
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I've found a lot of variance in older Mesa amps within the same models. I had a buddy who bought a Rev F after he heard how good my Rev G sounded. His Rev F was flubby and trash. A Triple sounded better. He managed to sell it for a decent chunk because of the hype. Had another Rev G that sounded like mush. I'd be interested in scoring another Rev G cheap and just swapping some caps around to make it a mean machine. I don't feel precious about modding these amps anymore.
 
Bxlxaxkxe said:
I’ve been let down by pretty much every rare super expensive amp I’ve bought. Hype train sets unreal expectations. Price is not a reflection of tone, but supply - tough lesson to learn
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The more I play the Hell Razor the more I realize it’s the real deal .
 
vultures said:
I've found a lot of variance in older Mesa amps within the same models. I had a buddy who bought a Rev F after he heard how good my Rev G sounded. His Rev F was flubby and trash. A Triple sounded better. He managed to sell it for a decent chunk because of the hype. Had another Rev G that sounded like mush. I'd be interested in scoring another Rev G cheap and just swapping some caps around to make it a mean machine. I don't feel precious about modding these amps anymore.
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Absolutely. If you have an amp you don’t really care for, that you can make into a lifer with a couple bucks worth of parts, there’s no reason in the world not to do it. Doubly so if it’s basically the same part but on the better side of the tolerance range or something like that.
 
GJgo said:
So then, maybe we shoud all just get MT100s and call it good? Paging @Racerxrated !
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Hey, it's a good amp...definitely gets that 'boosted Recto' tone to my ears. I'd put the comparison right in between a good G/F triple, with even more low end available which reflects MT's affinity for the early Uber mixed in...

But it's still its own thing, and if a Recto is a must have amp for you, then I'd wait to grab the real thing. For me it's Marshalls first, then a changeup a distant second.
 
Techdeth said:
This is all insanity . Some people sell wizards for $4000 used . I’d take that any day thsn psy $3000 for
Techdeth said:
This is all insanity . Some people sell wizards for $4000 used . I’d take that any day thsn psy $3000 for ANY recto
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Good for you. I just sold my MTL and still have my Rev C. I’d also take my old D or F over it. Wizards are great but they’re vacant in the mids, and don’t have anywhere near the low mid growl of a Recto.
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I’m just not a recto fan . I’d take a wizard over anything .except maybe my Hermanson Marshall . So I blend them always for my tone
Will someone show me a recto tone that will blow me away ? Like a famous album ?
I’ll check it out
I really interested
 
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Greazygeo said:
Till you have one and try to read the freakin knobs in low light.
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Oh I’m sure it’s impractical, but that doesn’t make it look any less awesome.

One thing does bug me about the look of the RI though. I’d swap out the black loop active master knob with a chrome one. Mesa got that one right the first time.
 
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