Getting a Recto has been on my radar since I started playing guitar in the early 2000s. It was obviously everywhere in live and recorded music then. The Recto nostalgia has been building and is of course high at the moment with the new reissue. The Recto Multi Watt is Gone 
and Best Dual Rectifier Tones threads accelerated my decision to finally get one.
I got one based on a tip from the Multi Watt thread, but have been too busy to turn it on until earlier today. It did have a bad Rectifier tube, but I replaced it. I explored inside the chassis to observe the state of the screen grid resistors, to see if I should return it. I did want to get it working by myself though.
Playing the digital models over the years has been okay, but I wanted the full experience in the room out of a cab.
I initially checked its functionality by reamping into the amp connected to a Suhr Reactive Load + IRs. I briefly got to flip through all the modes on the 3 channels through a 2x12 loaded with a V30 and CL80. The experience of the big low end in the room is everything I had hoped it would be.
My tube amp journey probably won’t stop at the Recto, but first impressions are great.
and Best Dual Rectifier Tones threads accelerated my decision to finally get one.I got one based on a tip from the Multi Watt thread, but have been too busy to turn it on until earlier today. It did have a bad Rectifier tube, but I replaced it. I explored inside the chassis to observe the state of the screen grid resistors, to see if I should return it. I did want to get it working by myself though.
Playing the digital models over the years has been okay, but I wanted the full experience in the room out of a cab.
I initially checked its functionality by reamping into the amp connected to a Suhr Reactive Load + IRs. I briefly got to flip through all the modes on the 3 channels through a 2x12 loaded with a V30 and CL80. The experience of the big low end in the room is everything I had hoped it would be.
My tube amp journey probably won’t stop at the Recto, but first impressions are great.
