single recto incoming!!! edit: lol jk, had to return it

[HomespunEffects]

Man, that could be a bummer, or is more likely God's way of telling
you that a Dual is actually the path to your healing and redemption.

But then he'd have a Dual Rectifier.

 

[sleewell]

I will say my rectoverb 50 was not really loud enough to hang with drums, which afaik is identical to a single except it also has reverb

really?!?! thats crazy. every mesa ive owned has been super loud.


now i feel a lot better, if its not a bit louder than drums i dont have a use for it.

 

[la szum]

I had one and did like it. It just didn't have near as much punch or oomph as the 100.

That's the thing, for me. I feel like a Rectifier needs that stouter Power Section
to offset and balance out the intensely Preampy nature of the Amp.

 

[la szum]

Now you can let our your inner Eagle and roast away

 

[spawnofthesith]

really?!?! thats crazy. every mesa ive owned has been super loud.


now i feel a lot better, if its not a bit louder than drums i dont have a use for it.

I did find it odd. I traded that amp for a 50 watt express 5:50+ and had no issues with a drummer, and currently have a 50 watt badlander and a 60 watt mark III that again, have absolutely no volume/headroom issues

 

[EOengineer]

I think it’s the nature of the rectifier power section. Even my revision G dual doesn’t seem as loud as other 100w amps until you’re in modern mode where there’s a big jump.

Probably why the triple exists.

 

[MatrixClaw]

I was in this thread 10 times to say they are shiite. Then I was like, "I don't want to be that guy."

Now the handcuffs are off.

I've owned almost every version of the Recto and the Single was, by far, my least favorite one. I keep seeing people all over praising them in the past few years and I'm quite confused by it. I traded a 6505+ head for mine and, while I'm not a huge fan of the +/II, either, I wouldn't have traded had I heard them side by side.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Most of the 50w Mesas have a very small Output Transformer. While they're big enough to handle the 50w rating, they lack headroom and punch.

 

[6CA7-A]

Most of the 50w Mesas have a very small Output Transformer. While they're big enough to handle the 50w rating, they lack headroom and punch.

yes, the single rec 50 head i had was a real dog. Not much of anything to it.
However the dual rec i had would shake "snow" off ceiling tiles.