The Official TGF Mesa Rectifier Appreciation Thread.

[EOengineer]

Don't crucify me, but does anyone know of a good fuzz that compliments the character of either of the distortion channels on a Dual Rec? I have a multi-watt and love it. I also love Rabea's recent fuzz video where he blends a fuzz with his gain channel on the Kraken. I know it's a different type of gain as he's using the Marshall side of his amp, and maybe that lends itself better to a fuzz, I don't know, but I'd love to velcro the Rectifier up a little, that'd be cool, I think.

I also just bought a Mesa Midi Matrix for mine. Expensive, but I fancied it.

My one thought here is that you almost certainly want a fuzz with a blend control - something that lets some of the dry guitar signal hit the amp. Otherwise there’s going to be no definition. The deluxe big muffs have a blend knob but I’m not sure if the muff would overwhelm that amp.

 

[kyle-vick]

Will Putney is all about the Swollen Pickle into high gain. Might be worth a look.

 

[jonathanthomas83]

Thank you @kyle-vick , I've tried both of the muff variants I have (think the SP is based on a muff) and though the Russian muff sounds great (Ram's Head not so much), it's not as fuzz/velcro sounding as I'd like. Will keep looking.

 

[EOengineer]

Thank you @kyle-vick , I've tried both of the muff variants I have (think the SP is based on a muff) and though the Russian muff sounds great, it's not as fuzz/velcro sounding as I'd like. Will keep looking.

If you’re looking for Velcro I’d head straight for the DOD Carcosa.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Been flip flopping on a DRect Synergy rig because I am dumb and don't want some 25 watt Rectifier mini turd. Probably won't pull the trigger; but if nothing else it's something to keep me feeling slightly GAS-y. Multiwatt is still killing as expected

 

[Pulsonic]

big box fulltone '69 Ge fuzz - back off the fuzz knob to ≈ 1:00 + typical roll/ride guitar vol knob back, works on my rev f. - have to back Gain down.
in classic 60s circuit at same settings, it really has that organic bark ala faces, pie, et.al but i digress =\

 

[AlbertA]

Alright Dual Rectifier connoisseurs - what's a decent deal on a used 2022 Dual Rec 100W Head?

Trying to decide if I will snatch one up or not.