Pedals to chuck in front of my Recto

[Orvillain]

What pedals other than a TS or SD1 would you throw in front of a Recto?

Are there any pedals out there that would give me the sound of the 'Pushed' mode when run into the clean mode???

It really is a shame that the clean/pushed (and I guess the raw/vintage/modern too) switches can't be footswitched.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

How about an ep booster, electra or SHO? I've been using boosts instead of ods with the gain turned down with my jvm for a while now.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Klon
Rocktron Austin Gold
BB Preamp
Mesa Gridslammer/Toneburst/Cleo/Flux Drive

 

[JiveTurkey]

OCD
KLONE
RAT

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[Achilles]

Peper's Dirty Tree

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Maxxon SD9
TWA SHO
Boost from Rodenberg SL-OD
TC Spark
Schaffer Replica

 

[SillyOctpuss]

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I love the sweet honey but it's only really worked for me into Fender amps. I haven't had it back on my board since I sold my Princeton and hot rod deville.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

I love the sweet honey but it's only really worked for me into Fender amps. I haven't had it back on my board since I sold my Princeton and hot rod deville.

I'm not in that camp, but it's all personal preference. Just giving a different answer than others, kind of my deal.

I run a clone of it into my Laney IRT120 dirty channel, and the clean....it's the best gain pedal I've ever used ...it does light to upper mid level gain, and stacks great.

For context I use it exclusively when trying to ape Kim Thayil from Soundgarden. I can use it for just about all gain level sounds....and the deluxe has added eq control, which makes it even more useful, to me.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

but it's all personal preference

Absolutely. It's a pedal I love I just found other drives worked better for me with the other amps I've had.

It does stack incredibly well though. Loosely based on rat topology.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Absolutely. It's a pedal I love I just found other drives worked better for me with the other amps I've had.

It does stack incredibly well though. Loosely based on rat topology.

I mainly love what the focus knob does, in regards to pick attack and the mid character. It responded very much like a good barky amp, but with oomph.

I find i like stuff that is a bit outside of normal.

 

[James Freeman]

I am a fan of diode-less SD-1/TS, technically it's not a SD-1/TS anymore but an op-amp mid/treble booster.
If the amp channel is already tight but needs more gain I suggest a high headroom eq like the ParaEQ or MXR M108S (silver).

 

[HomespunEffects]

… MXR M108S (silver).

Yes, the Silver is a lot less noisy than the black. Had both, traded the black one away.

 

[2112]

Klone, Mudkiller, GEQ or PEQ, HM2, TC Booster/Line Driver, Grind/Integrated Preamp ... The list goes on!

I compared a few a while back.

 

[texhex]

 

[TwistedTape]

Peper's Dirty Tree

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Yea, I would go with something like this, I think it runs on 33 volts, lots of volume. If you need a lot of tone shaping throw an eq in the loop.

 

[Orvillain]

Klone, Mudkiller, GEQ or PEQ, HM2, TC Booster/Line Driver, Grind/Integrated Preamp ... The list goes on!

I compared a few a while back.

Leather clad hero, to my rescue!

 

[dk_ace]

For pushed mode type tones, I’d go with a Tim/timmy or maybe a morning glory or light speed.

Also, certain Germanium range master style circuits with a full range mode or mode with more bass in it can be cool in front of the recto clean channel. That won’t sound like the pushed mode really, but it’s an interesting sound.

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[the swede]

What pedals other than a TS or SD1 would you throw in front of a Recto?

What happens when you use a TS with how the amp sounds right now? To much mids? If the amp has a hump somewhere that's already prominent, you should not boost that. Theoretically.... that is. Is my opinion. So then its about finding the one that boosts the parts you want to boost.
I think I would try one that has b/m/t controls. Or a EQ pedal first maybe. Then you'd now for sure and the search for a dedicated drive will continue in that direction. Theoretically

 

[dk_ace]

What happens when you use a TS with how the amp sounds right now? To much mids? If the amp has a hump somewhere that's already prominent, you should not boost that. Theoretically.... that is. Is my opinion. So then its about finding the one that boosts the parts you want to boost.
I think I would try one that has b/m/t controls. Or a EQ pedal first maybe. Then you'd now for sure and the search for a dedicated drive will continue in that direction. Theoretically

I read his request more like, “what should I consider other than the usual suspects.” If you ask what to put in front of a recto, most people will say TS without even reading what you’re trying to do. It’s a classic combo. It’s also pretty boring on the clean channel IMO and won’t give you the “pushed” mode sound.

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