Like anything man, I always end up keeping the ones that speak to me and letting the rest go. All of the greens are far more similar than different. Just a matter of finding the small details that suit me.
Buddy of mine got a 2 channel Dual Recto back in '98 new.. I guess it would have been a Rev G. I remember when he sold it 15 years ago for $700, I should have snagged it then. It always sounded awesome.
So much better than MW's to me. Especially if you want "that sound" (the orange ch to me) the MW's and 3 channel versions in general missed the mark imo
I don't know, honestly it's one of my darker amps with a softer inherent texture to the notes. I'm a huge recto fan (one of my all time favorite amps is the Rev C), but it can't get anywhere near as clanky or hard in attack or note texture no matter what I do as say Hermansson's, Dino's, Mako Dorado and a bunch other amps. It's not the ideal tool for that job imo. I play it when I want growl and thick beef and use boosts as necessary to help it fit as needed, but it's not a clanker or machine gun riffer for me
Agree, Nihility rules and Vogg is one of the best in the game. Are you sure that’s a Recto? IMO it sounds solid state.
Yeah the Mesa triple was his main tone for a long time. Would be a solid state like 12dbs or so underneath. It makes a little difference, not much. I know the solos were the Marshall valvestate.
It's funny how inserting just a single 1 in that seven 0 note sequence could turn that riff from nu metal into Meshuggah
I think it's a dark and rich amp too, but it can also be setup to sound great with a lot of clank if you boost it right and get the Treble / Presence dialed in right.
Here's a clip showing what I mean. It's really boring, just a (badly played, lol) 15 second chugging 00000000 riff. I did it when I first got the amp when I was messing around and seeing what kinds of sounds I could get out of it.
Again, not the most exciting riff but if that's not clank I don't know what is.
Tagging @Bxlxaxkxe also, as he asked about the amp's brightness.
I think the biggest difference is the wizard mid range. It can get clanky for sure, but if that wizard mid range isn’t your thing… there’s no getting rid of it. Don’t get me wrong love both amps. But rectos in a band setting and under a mic work so well, they scoop out just in the right spot.
It’s about where I remember Rev F’s being in the dark to bright spectrum. I’d have to AB of course to say 100% for sure. It is darker than my other current amps by default fwiw. I really like it though
Yeah their midrange I never liked, but they redeem themselves for me in other ways with special strengths. It's mostly on chords (especially as they ring out) where their midrange doesn't do it for me. On single string palm mutes or more single note-y stuff it's not as bad. In TheGreatGreen's clip he was doing more the latter and in that particular context I'd choose the Hell Razor every time over Recto's (even boosted with a TC style pedal), but some of those other amps I mentioned I like even more for this niche and don't have that Wizard type midrange