Inflames626
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Re: EMG HZs: Why do they get less respect than Rodney Dangerfield?
Huh. No 900s? Or were those more late 80s/early 90s?
I would have thought Tube Screamers were the weapon of choice.
Something else interesting to think about is the Recto vs. the Mark and James's continued preference, to my knowledge, for the Triaxis, which pretty much puts all the Marks in one rack.
I always heard Marks to have much more midrange than Rectos. For a long time I loved Rectos in the 90s, but these days they sound flabby and scooped to me, like Korn. They seem to be increasingly mixed in to give body to a sound as opposed to standing on their own (say with a lot of metal bands using Rectos and 5150s together). The gain they do have seems quite fizzy, and with the usual scooped mid sound it seems like definition goes away quickly.
I heard a Triple Rec played through a Recto cab and then through a Marshall 1960A and of course the Marshall sounded much tighter, probably due to its smaller dimensions.
If there's truth to the perception that older Rectos are better, much of this probably also has to do with the widespread preference for older dual channel Dual Rectos vs. newer three channel Dual Rectos.
This isn't to bash them too much. Some of the best Dual Recto high gain guitar sounds ever recorded are on the Godsmack and Creed albums. But I find them to be very finicky to dial in. They have potential to sound great or very, very bad.
The funny thing is Godsmack always used to appear in promos with Randalls, but used Mesas when I saw them (at least in 2004).
For my money, the long neglected Randall RG100ES is probably one of the best amps out there if a person wants a tight scooped sound or a cutting solo tone. You can't go wrong with old Dimebag or George Lynch. And they're to be had for very cheap and are reliable, being solid state.
They're a little noisy, but I think this clip sounds great for the intended sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ9FeCz1Dng
Huh. No 900s? Or were those more late 80s/early 90s?
I would have thought Tube Screamers were the weapon of choice.
Something else interesting to think about is the Recto vs. the Mark and James's continued preference, to my knowledge, for the Triaxis, which pretty much puts all the Marks in one rack.
I always heard Marks to have much more midrange than Rectos. For a long time I loved Rectos in the 90s, but these days they sound flabby and scooped to me, like Korn. They seem to be increasingly mixed in to give body to a sound as opposed to standing on their own (say with a lot of metal bands using Rectos and 5150s together). The gain they do have seems quite fizzy, and with the usual scooped mid sound it seems like definition goes away quickly.
I heard a Triple Rec played through a Recto cab and then through a Marshall 1960A and of course the Marshall sounded much tighter, probably due to its smaller dimensions.
If there's truth to the perception that older Rectos are better, much of this probably also has to do with the widespread preference for older dual channel Dual Rectos vs. newer three channel Dual Rectos.
This isn't to bash them too much. Some of the best Dual Recto high gain guitar sounds ever recorded are on the Godsmack and Creed albums. But I find them to be very finicky to dial in. They have potential to sound great or very, very bad.
The funny thing is Godsmack always used to appear in promos with Randalls, but used Mesas when I saw them (at least in 2004).
For my money, the long neglected Randall RG100ES is probably one of the best amps out there if a person wants a tight scooped sound or a cutting solo tone. You can't go wrong with old Dimebag or George Lynch. And they're to be had for very cheap and are reliable, being solid state.
They're a little noisy, but I think this clip sounds great for the intended sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ9FeCz1Dng
