Over on the Boogie Board there was a thread last year about this. I can’t verify, but someone took the design apart and described it as a Mark preamp section into a Marshall-style power amp.It sounds even less like a recto though too imo… I actually have no idea what to compare it to. Definitely a very unique sounding amp. Lots of people say Marshall, I’m willing to believe it, my Marshall experience is fairly limited outside of JVM and a dsl401 that exploded in less than an hour
I agree with this 100%.If I were to have it modded; I would have the sort of surgical eq it seems to have baked in up front removed and maybe add another gain stage so crush mode name fit. That's nitpicking and perfect world stuff though. I like it better than the Stealth but obviously; I don't have one currently.
Over on the Boogie Board there was a thread last year about this. I can’t verify, but someone took the design apart and described it as a Mark preamp section into a Marshall-style power amp.
For me it was very similar to my EVH 5150 III and it caused me to play the EVH quite a bit less. The EVH had substantially more gain, but the Badlander felt better and had a better overall sound. Plus I could swap 6L6s for EL34s without having to bias or buy an entire second amp. The Badlander can work in a recto-ish fashion when boosted and on the Crush channel, but I prefer a true Dual Rectifier for those types of sounds.
I see no similarity between the Badlander and the VII mode on the VII. The VII mode is my least favorite mode right now on the Mark VII. It’s good boosted, but why bother when I have so many other great modes to use?
Would you just buy a Dual Rectifier alreadyI wonder if a mod would be possible to add an overall master volume after the channel masters
Would you just buy a Dual Rectifier already
The Badlander is a RINO. Recto In Name Only. The last thing this amp sounds like is your typical recto.It sounds even less like a recto
The amp has more gain it feels like as you crank it \m/So second time using the badlander with the band tonight. Performed excellently! Last time I was using it with the thiele and I’m not really sure I like the BL with the EVM. I felt like the c90 widebody sounded better with this amp and miced up easier too.
I guess I’m pretty much over the complaints I had about the post fx loop master volumes. Honestly balanced just fine with matching volumes with the settings I had dialed. Also for whatever reason, I feel like the cleans sound more clear and less gritty with more power/volume behind them… lower volumes at home I swear it sounds more broken up on the cleans. I actually noticed this on my old roadster too, but that was more at -super- low volumes
After accepting that for high gain sounds I need to not judge what the knobs look like, even if the settings might resemble what a a 14 year old just discovering insane mode on a spider III might dial in
Crush mode absolutely crushing and this amp sits in a mix incredibly well. That might be another part of the “problems” I’ve had… I feel like wherever the mid focus of the amp sits is definitely made more to play well with others than by itself lol. Did a long chug and doom jam in one of our songs tonight and it was just punishing for that. I know many feel like this amp doesn’t have enough gain on I it’s for the heavies but I didn’t even think to try boosting. Gain on 10 in crush mode at band volumes seemed to performed fine lol
Brought my III back home and think the BL is going to have a tenure for at least a few weeks at my drummers
You’re also hitting speaker compression as well.The amp has more gain it feels like as you crank it \m/
Yeah and saturation becomes more apparent the more high-end is in the signal.The amp has more gain it feels like as you crank it \m/