My neck.. my back... lick my recto and my craic....
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JiveTurkey
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Oh my! 
jellodog
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Well done sir 
TBH it probably stomps the Rev
So glad to have found a Mesa Boogie forum that's actually active
TBH it probably stomps the Rev
So glad to have found a Mesa Boogie forum that's actually active
jellodog
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So glad to have found a Mesa Boogie forum that's actually active
Hah! Yeah - What was it called ... "Grailtone" ? I remember that being pretty useless when I needed advice.
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Those rectoverb 50 combos have their place somewhere, but the bigger brother heads are much better
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Dual Rectifier Multi-watt, from 2018.
Stratzrus
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I'd heard very good things about the Multi-watt and have been considering getting one. Other than the price of a used one, is there anything you prefer about it over the Mark VII?
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I'm definitely not the right person to ask about Mesa amps. I've barely played any. Never played a proper Dual Rectifier until today, only amp models and profiles of it. Same for the Mark VII. Actually, I may have played the Mark V in a shop once and struggled dialing it in, thus it didn't make an impression on me. But that's me, not the amp.
What I would say is the multi-watt actually has usable cleans, which by all accounts the original Rev D-G models didn't. It's also capable of some super bright and cutting tones, whereas the older models seemed a bit darker.
I would say the multi-watt still needs an EQ or boost up front to help tame the low-end, but one you do that ... man... it's just early 2000's alt-rock and metal in a box. It's pretty fantastic.
I remember years and years ago I saw a localish band called Latitudes. This is my favourite album of theirs:
Well their guitarist Tim was using a Dual Rectifier, and it absolutely blew me away. That would've been 2010/2011 perhaps. And ever since then a part of me has wanted a DR. And finally I've got one.
That whole Jim 'Lil thing about "we only care about recordings of guitar amps" is a load of fucking bollocks. I've been carrying around the desire for a dual rec based on a small 30-40 attendance live show, for just over 10 years.
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Amp in The Room For The Motherfucking Win!
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I have one, and it's surprisingly versatile. You really gotta do the "ears-not-eyes" thing with the knobs, and don't be afraid to do things you might not think to do with them, but it can get some great classic rock tones as well as the ones it's known for.
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I like that Latitudes cut. Killer stuff.
Regarding EQ, If you had a five band Mesa EQ like the one below in front of the amp how would you set it?
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Yeah. they're bloody great!I like that Latitudes cut. Killer stuff.
Regarding EQ, If you had a five band Mesa EQ like the one below in front of the amp how would you set it?
So...... EQ before the amp.... generally what you wanna do for nice tight high gain tones is reduce the low-frequency content a bit. On my Boss EQ I usually lower 100-200hz by quite a bit - sometimes up to 10dB !! Then on the channel of the amplifier... I crank the bass to add it back in, since most EQ's on amps are either mid-way in the distortion circuit, or even after all of the preamp distortion stages altogether.
So I'd roll 80hz off to taste... then a little bit of roll off on 240... I'd leave 750 neutral.. and I'd crank 2200. I'd have 6600 halfway so I didn't introduce any fizzy frequencies. But really... it's all about using your ears.
Okay.. so for FX loop processing...
So with the Mark... it has an active EQ that is situated before the distortion right.... that's my laymans understanding anyway... so... when you crank bass, mid, or treble.. you're pushing those frequencies harder into the distortion stages, and those frequencies get distorted.
The classic thing (so I've been told!) on the Mark is to lower the bass on the channel... but increase it on the graphic EQ. Because the graphic EQ is AFTER the distortion stages... so you basically reduce the bass to tighten up the amp and get more mids and highs distorting and cooking, and then you add your low-end back in afterwards. It's kinda like running a graphic EQ in the FX loop of any amplifier I guess.
Sooooooo... how I'd program the EQ would be totally dependent on what the preamp is feeding the loop.
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Congrats! Big change in volumes from Raw, Vintage and Modern. So much so that I thought mine was busted when I first switched them. I can’t believe these things are $3000 now! Great amp though. Now you just gotta boost it.
Been messing around with a Boss SD-1waza, and a Boss EQ-200. I've not tried my Boo TS yet, which is an 808 clone.Those TS-style boosts (Maxon) also work great with Recs, since you can lop off a lot of that low-end before
it hits the preamp.
