MESA Dual Rec
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80's_Metal
Underglazed Hair Metalologist
Re: MESA Dual Rec
Heck ya!
Heck ya!
PFDarkside
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Re: MESA Dual Rec
They get pigeonholed as nu metal and post grunge (that treadplate doesn’t help) but they are great for a wide variety of tones. A long time ago, my friend’s dad used one for a classic rock cover band. I was shocked to see it but when they started playing it sounded great.
My big combo is a Road King, which is effectively a fully featured Dual Recto. Awesome amps.
Do you run yours through the same cabs as the Marshall?
They get pigeonholed as nu metal and post grunge (that treadplate doesn’t help) but they are great for a wide variety of tones. A long time ago, my friend’s dad used one for a classic rock cover band. I was shocked to see it but when they started playing it sounded great.
My big combo is a Road King, which is effectively a fully featured Dual Recto. Awesome amps.
Do you run yours through the same cabs as the Marshall?
JMP/HBE
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JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: MESA Dual Rec
Jealous. That's an awesome amp, and probably gonna be the white whale for me.
Jealous. That's an awesome amp, and probably gonna be the white whale for me.
Nostalgic Distortion
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Re: MESA Dual Rec
The last three times I’ve gone to purchase a amplifier I’ve set out with the intention of getting a Dual Rec. & everytime they’ve either been priced poorly or I’ve come across something else I wanted more. Hopefully one day though, they are just the greatest sounding & well rounded massed produced amps on the market IMHO...
The last three times I’ve gone to purchase a amplifier I’ve set out with the intention of getting a Dual Rec. & everytime they’ve either been priced poorly or I’ve come across something else I wanted more. Hopefully one day though, they are just the greatest sounding & well rounded massed produced amps on the market IMHO...
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: MESA Dual Rec
I’ve been trying out amps in the Recto family, when I can, and so far the result is that my next big-money amp purchase must be in that area.
I’ve been trying out amps in the Recto family, when I can, and so far the result is that my next big-money amp purchase must be in that area.
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: MESA Dual Rec
Nice one, congrats!
I love my Dual Rec; I use it with a 1970s Hiwatt 4x12.
Nice one, congrats!
I love my Dual Rec; I use it with a 1970s Hiwatt 4x12.
InbredJunk
New member
Re: MESA Dual Rec
Great amp, for sure. Loved mine, but yearned for tighter lows and crunchier highs.
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Great amp, for sure. Loved mine, but yearned for tighter lows and crunchier highs.
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El Dunco
Sock Supplier to RHCP
Re: MESA Dual Rec
I love the thing. Indispensable for a big, juicy heavy rhythm sound. It does everything else leading up to that very well too. I love all the different sounds you can get between rectifier tubes and diodes and the channel cloning options. It's a real swiss army knife once you work out how to set the EQ. Some people say Mesa DR cleans are no good but I suspect they're talking about earlier revisions or they just don't know how to dial it in because the cleans on mine are really nice. I can understand it's unusual to not have a reverb tank but it's not a usual amp in the first place.
I love the thing. Indispensable for a big, juicy heavy rhythm sound. It does everything else leading up to that very well too. I love all the different sounds you can get between rectifier tubes and diodes and the channel cloning options. It's a real swiss army knife once you work out how to set the EQ. Some people say Mesa DR cleans are no good but I suspect they're talking about earlier revisions or they just don't know how to dial it in because the cleans on mine are really nice. I can understand it's unusual to not have a reverb tank but it's not a usual amp in the first place.
