Re: New Toy = Obligatory Pics
Marcel said:
You "trade" your 5150 for a rectumfrier ... hm i don't uderstand...
hope you like the recti
5150 = cleans blow.
Recto = more brutal, powerful, defined, articulate 5150. :13:
tone? said:
you like it more than the 5150??
Much! Just had the first band practice with it today, and it made the whole band sound tighter and cleaner.
iekobrid said:
What was the total elapsed time on all that? How long did it take to go from Squier to Satan?
4 years for all of it, started with the Squier/Squier setup.
BluesGuyJ said:
Sweet deal DSS. Welcome to the Mesa family, I'm new to it too. Rocks, doesn't it? lol.
Although I thought you had some sick tones with that Peavy 5150. Are you still applying the Maxon OD to the Mesa the same wayyou were to the Peavy? I was actually thinking about trying out the same thing with my Mark III on the lead channel. You gotta get clips up soon bro!
Hell yes, it rocks! I can't wait to get a matching cabinet and a Mark IV!
I did like my tones with the 5150, but they started to bore me. Everyone and they're mother in this genre plays that amp! It just got really bland and trite. Same exact settings on the Maxon, it tightens it up more than it tightened up the 5150.
WaR HeaD said:
btw, other than money, there is one reason of buying the single recto instead of the dual recto?
Lighter, cheaper to retube, etc.
That said, I might eventually go to a Dual for the increased headroom.
TwilightOdyssey said:
I've been struggling with a Dual Rec 2x12 combo that I keep in my office, trying to get a tone out of it that is closer to my likings. I ended up going with the SS rectifier instead of the valve ones, swapping out the 6L6s for EL34s, as well as swapping out the 12AX7s for 12AT7s. (Except for the phase inverters, which have to remain as 12AX7s) After pumping the mids and running it on the Red Channel, it's much closer to the old school sound I prefer. The 12AT7s have much less gain, so I just throw the HBE Big D in front of it. It's a pretty good rig for after-hours jamming.
Well first, what speakers are in it? I much prefer V30's to C90's. I also prefer the 6L6's in this amp, but we're going for a bit different style of mids here
. I'd use the SS rectifier, keep it on the bold setting, and use the Vintage mode for your style.
SOLO GUITAR STEWIE said:
I really like the efx rack set up, I could imagine setting up the midi was
a pain
(do you also have it set up for channel switching and for the stomp boxes?)
The midi was the easiest part of it, I'd say. I spent more time soldering the cables to hook up the channel switching and OD switching than I did programming the midi board.
