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Originally posted by Mincer View Post
Funny, my Blue Angel has a Dual Recto badge on it, but sounds nothing like the other ones.
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostI've never owned a Rectifier, but my favorite amp will forever be a Mesa Dual Rectifier. Preferrably a Rev F or a newer Multiwatt. I don't care about cleans or crunch. I just want that Modern Red Recto sound.
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostThe Badlander is also kinda like that, just in the opposite directon of the Blue Angel, LOL. I suppose the Blue Angel is part of the Rectifier series because it has rectifier tubes? Don't know how related it may be to Pushed mode or Vintage mode on a "normal" Recto. Rectos are more versatile than what people give them credit for, IMO. They've also got some decent mid gain sounds to them. But I've also tried the Badlaner, and it didn't sound anything like a "normal" Rectifier to me either.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
In 1994 I played a Dual Rectifier (don't know the revision) and it was the only amp I've ever heard that sounded exactly like a broken in 1968 Marshall Plexi 100 head and cab, but it didn't do cleans while a Marshall does just by changing your pick attack.The opinions expressed above do not necessarily represent those of the poster and are to be considered suspect at best.
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My favorite amp is a Rocktron Voodu Valve preamp and a Peavey Classic 60/60 tube power amp with a 4x12" cab. It can push some air but it sounds also very good at bedroom level (as quiet as my Katana at 0.5w).
Nothing boutique, nothing high class, but when I'm shopping to replace it I'm always coming to the conclusion that it will be too expensive and I will have to make some compromises. It's an hard to dial preamp (because of the 2-band pre-eq and the 4-band parametric post-eq) but you can dial any tone you want (clean, blues, pop, classic rock, hard rock, '80s metal), and all recallable with midi. Probably a Synergy rig could replace it but it's freaking expensive.
Based on the amp models I play with, I would really like to have a Cornford MK50.
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Originally posted by donaldr View PostMy favorite amp is a Rocktron Voodu Valve preamp and a Peavey Classic 60/60 tube power amp with a 4x12" cab. It can push some air but it sounds also very good at bedroom level (as quiet as my Katana at 0.5w).
Nothing boutique, nothing high class, but when I'm shopping to replace it I'm always coming to the conclusion that it will be too expensive and I will have to make some compromises. It's an hard to dial preamp (because of the 2-band pre-eq and the 4-band parametric post-eq) but you can dial any tone you want (clean, blues, pop, classic rock, hard rock, '80s metal), and all recallable with midi. Probably a Synergy rig could replace it but it's freaking expensive.
Based on the amp models I play with, I would really like to have a Cornford MK50.The opinions expressed above do not necessarily represent those of the poster and are to be considered suspect at best.
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I'd loved to show you but I don't have any mic to record it right now.
Yes pre-eq where I cut the bass and boost/cut the mids a bit depending of the "channel". That's how I can raise the bass without sounding muddy.
I'm also dialling the input gain level depending if I'm using a Les Paul or a Strat, just to push the input tube a bit more for single-coils.
I created 4 "channels" plus each one has a solo variation (adding a bit of gain, some bass and some mid for single notes and some delay).
1- Clean "channel" is based on class A topology. It sounds a bit like a mix between a Fender clean and a Mesa clean.
2- Crunch "channel" is based on class A topology, It sounds a bit like a JTM-45.
3- Drive "channel" is based on a low-tube high-gain class B topology without variac. It sounds a bit like a modded Plexi (think brown sound).
4- Metal "channel" is based on a high-tube high-gain class B topology with some variac. I based the eq from the Mesa 5-band graphic eq frequencies (the Q might not be the same). It sounds a bit like a 5150 (maybe as I never had such a high gain amp).
I think part of the sound is the Peavey tube power amp, it has four 6L6 and three 12AX7 valves in it. But I don't drive it that much because it's very loud.
It doesn't sound fizzy at all as I can fine-tune the parametric eq to remove it.
It also reacts very well to guitar volume, I can go from high-gain to almost clean (edge of breaking up) on the drive "channel" no problem. A the flick of the switch on the Les Paul.
I will try to record the Voodoo Valve by itself some day, adding power amp simulation and IR in the daw, or from my Atomic Firebox.
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Originally posted by donaldr View PostI'd loved to show you but I don't have any mic to record it right now.
Yes pre-eq where I cut the bass and boost/cut the mids a bit depending of the "channel". That's how I can raise the bass without sounding muddy.
I'm also dialling the input gain level depending if I'm using a Les Paul or a Strat, just to push the input tube a bit more for single-coils.
I created 4 "channels" plus each one has a solo variation (adding a bit of gain, some bass and some mid for single notes and some delay).
1- Clean "channel" is based on class A topology. It sounds a bit like a mix between a Fender clean and a Mesa clean.
2- Crunch "channel" is based on class A topology, It sounds a bit like a JTM-45.
3- Drive "channel" is based on a low-tube high-gain class B topology without variac. It sounds a bit like a modded Plexi (think brown sound).
4- Metal "channel" is based on a high-tube high-gain class B topology with some variac. I based the eq from the Mesa 5-band graphic eq frequencies (the Q might not be the same). It sounds a bit like a 5150 (maybe as I never had such a high gain amp).
I think part of the sound is the Peavey tube power amp, it has four 6L6 and three 12AX7 valves in it. But I don't drive it that much because it's very loud.
It doesn't sound fizzy at all as I can fine-tune the parametric eq to remove it.
It also reacts very well to guitar volume, I can go from high-gain to almost clean (edge of breaking up) on the drive "channel" no problem. A the flick of the switch on the Les Paul.
I will try to record the Voodoo Valve by itself some day, adding power amp simulation and IR in the daw, or from my Atomic Firebox.The opinions expressed above do not necessarily represent those of the poster and are to be considered suspect at best.
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Can't pick one. I have'nt found an amp that "ticks all the boxes" for me and if I had, I'd have just the one amp not the 10+ that I have..
Variety is my thing"Less is less, more is more...how can less be more?" ~Yngwie J Malmsteen
I did it my way ~ Frank Sinatra
Originally posted by Rodney GeneIf you let your tone speak for itself you'll find alot less people join the conversation.
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I also tend to get really different sounding amps (from each other), again cuz what's the point of having 10 amps that all sound the same..
Although I have been toying lately with the idea of another Laney Ironheart (either 60W or 120W) for backup...maybe w/ one running EL34's & 6L6's in the other..
Ironheart's are definitely my most popular amps. I have three (120W, 15W Studio & 60W IRF/SS) and might soon have four if I do get another 60/120W tube head.
Laney started making them in the UK since the beginning of this year (Black Country Custom's) which basically just gives them an excuse to knock the price up & makes it a great time to scoop up the Chinese ones being phased out cuz they're the exact same thing.
And as with all modern high gain heads Ironheart's are 100 percent mass-manufactured/pcb based amps like your TV, Washing Machine & iPhone (all pretty well/reliably made in Chinese factory's) ..so I don't forsee a huge leap up in quality/tone shifting manufacturing from China to the UK.
It will get a bunch of previously reticent moron's to start queuing up for them now though"Less is less, more is more...how can less be more?" ~Yngwie J Malmsteen
I did it my way ~ Frank Sinatra
Originally posted by Rodney GeneIf you let your tone speak for itself you'll find alot less people join the conversation.
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Originally posted by Phantasmagoria View PostAnd as with all modern high gain heads Ironheart's are 100 percent mass-manufactured/pcb based amps like your TV, Washing Machine & iPhone (all pretty well/reliably made in Chinese factory's) ..so I don't forsee a huge leap up in quality/tone shifting manufacturing from China to the UK.
It will get a bunch of previously reticent moron's to start queuing up for them now thoughYou will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
Whilst you can only wonder why
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Did'nt say that had tubes (?) just that they were mass produced like washing machines, TV's etc and PCB based. So I did'nt forsee much of a difference in anything really by shifting manufacture to the UK.
I'm pretty sure the PCB boards, tranny's etc will still be MiC. In fact I'll be surprised if anything inside (or outside) changes except fot the plaque that says "Black country Custom - Made in UK" which is what will make all the difference to a lot of idiots.
Its marketing ...pure and simple and yeah the prices is just a couple of 100 USD higher now ( for EXACTLY the same thing -plus the all-important BCC plaque) but I'm betting it will start creeping upwards pretty quick if sales increase (and they will). Certainly an Ironheart Mk II will be close to twice the price now...
Which is why I think this will be a great time to scoop up another MiC Ironheart before they're all gone. (I do love the Ironheart by the way...imo it produces some of the best lead tones I've ever heard out of anything @ any price & is no slouch in the rhythm dept. either)"Less is less, more is more...how can less be more?" ~Yngwie J Malmsteen
I did it my way ~ Frank Sinatra
Originally posted by Rodney GeneIf you let your tone speak for itself you'll find alot less people join the conversation.
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