Hey man, I always and still have a love hate for the Rectifier...but what always worked best for me was an MXR 10 band in the loop...absolutely lethal! Never a boost...just EQ! Such a massive Improvement IMO
The classic recto is probably my all around favorite family of amps so I'll be in the minority in the comment section here haha. Honestly it's easy to see where people dislike these, it's one of the "slower" feeling gain structures out there plus the note clarity is clearly lacking compared to other more modern options there are around today. Moreso, digital models and ampsims also notoriously have a hard time capturing that specific amp's "thing" people like me rave about, and that "thing" really resides in 1) dynamics and 2) how well it responds to different boosts (and I'm not being anti-plugin, they are fantastic ! I use them very often even if I have several amps), and finally these amps got stupid, stupid expensive. All this doesn't help with opinions of people on the internet. BUT ! Where that amp shines in on recordings as you mentionned. It's on a crap ton of records and has been taken on countless tours across all the subgenres for good reasons : It's just a cheat code amp to track and mix heavy metal with, it just works. Leaves the right spot for vocals, is very dynamic so the guitar tracks always sound exciting since they "move" around, unlike something very compressed and "safe" like a Diezel that will just kinda ... be "there" in the mix, if it makes sense. The lowend, whilst huge, remains very very clean and it handles downtuning like an absolute champ, that makes for a super wide feeling wall of sound. The mandatory boost argument is bogus to be fair, because who doesn't boost their Marshall (or have a gain/saturation modded unit/clone, same idea ...) or 5150 to get that precise pick attack thing thats appreciated in metal ? As far as looking at it as a guitarist and not a guy that only pushes faders on a mix, to me and to most of the other recto guys out there, its very much about the addictive chug power and the generally scooped voicing they have. Digging in for that room shaking chugga chugga combined with the signature "chomp" sound (which I too get it, can be acquired taste) feels like it can never get old. Once more, in my experience, with all things I mentionned so far no other amps does what a recto does honestly, but it's not the be all end all "if you dont have or like that then you're a donkey". Don't forget people on the internet are often both very opinionated (cos the thing they spent money on *has* to be the best) and poorly informed/experienced. Its effectively one of those amps you have to adapt your playing around a little bit. As far as settings go, the two main things is to stay around noon on the mids and treble plus never ever going past 2 o'clock on the gain knob. Also, did you know the presence knob on channel 1 of the older 2 channel rectos affects channel 2 also ? Even if you're currently playing in the good old modern-bold-silicon diode settings ? It can definitely be percieved as a little whack design wise, but there is something similar going on with 100w EVH 5150III heads regarding gain knobs of channels 2 and 3, and I believe these are oh so praised by the general public. I think things like these make the analogue stuff still fun and relevant these days ... ;) I'm done yapping, I'm not really trying to convince, but just to share my 2 cents. Keep up the good work✌
So true!!! Honestly people don't understand that 1 amp doesn't fit all. 5150's have a nice tight compressed sound that helps keep flury of notes nice and listenable. With that being said the Dual Rectifier has that fat wide tone that leads it self to "slower" rifts. I would basically use a 5150 for something like metalcore/MySpace Deathcore, thrash, Grindcore, etc. And I would use the Dual Rectifier for something along the lines of Slam, down tempo deathcore, sludge, etc.
I remember one of my old scene days bands was a big fan of Mesa amps in general, and then they got around to wanting to record a full length. I never really got what happened, but yea, fizz city with the tone that record ended up having. I think a fair amount of tone has to have a bit of flair that shows its sound isn't mainly the cabinet (boxy). But it walks a line.
I didnt know I hated that amp before. Its embarrassing. A friend is selling one and I was about to buy it. I always thought he had weird settings and had his action set too low causing alot of buzzing, so thanks for saving me some money or saving me from kicking my friends ass to get my money back. It sounds very non-harmonic or non- musical like running the signal thru some crumpled up newspaper an crumpled up tin foil. It probably keeps the government from spyimg on ya but attracts Aliens and dont ask what happened to Sigourney Weaver when she played thru one
I will say I don’t use a real recto, I run Fractal, but the Rev F/G model is one of my favourites and I’ve loved so many rectifier tones over the years since I began learning guitar. OD808 in front, bass at 10’, mids and treble at 2’, presence at 11’. Keep the master low and gain no higher than 2’. Sounds great to me.
Dude, it being a gatekeeper’s amp is spot on. I said I LOVE the clean and crunch channel and hated the distortion channels. the mesa crowd freaked out. lol. It’s true though I do love the clean and crunch on them. They’re amazing pedal platform amps. The recto recording pre through a Marshall power amp is amazing. Anyway, the synergy recto thing sounds better than any mesa rectifier I’ve heard: lol
the crunch channel is so underrated especially if you pair it with a nice subtle compressor and a tight boost pedal(or 0 gain 10 volume OD, i honestly prefer this because then i usually get some coloring unique to the overdrive especially if i up the gain to 2-3 area) you can get some beautiful tones
I’ve heard some incredible rectifiers, I’ve just never experienced it IRL. But yeah the synergy module does a really good job of delivering “that” sound
I believe the Synergy is based on a 2-channel Rev G dual rectifier. Any of the 2-channels are where the magic happens. 3-channel not so much. Too much fizz in the highs and a very loose and boomy low end.
Not really. The metal-head's basic issue with it is that the DualRec sounds best doing NOT METAL. My '92 dualrec sounded best in orange channel with the tube rec active - this is counter to tight metal rhythm guitar. It's far more along the lines of loosey-goosey Hendrix and heavy blues. Marks are much better for (classic) metal, due to simulclass' superior transients, the additional gain structure, and graphic EQ. MUCH better.
@@shaft9000 I generally prefer the mark series over the rectifier. Mark series have a killer distortion, amazing cleans, and everything in between. They also do the cool pedal platform thing really well.
When I played in Atheist I used a Dual Rec. I loved it! But then when I stopped playing in E and did my own thing I couldn’t get the sound I wanted. I don’t use pedals, even a boost. I ended up playing in all the lower standard tunings and now can’t beat the sls 5150 red channel.
Mostly a matter of "doing it wrong" mixed with "wtf are you here for in the first place?". It's essentially a re-jigged early 90s take on an old Plexi, so why is anyone trying to out- Diezel-diddle _anything_ with a dual Rec?
The problem is that not all Rectifier amps sound the same. So many revisions have changed the overall sound of these amps. Try a 2-channel Recto preferably a revision F for metal. I have an early 3-channel and I can get it to sound good (to me) but damn those 2-channels from the 90s are where it's at for that classic 'album' style recto tone. I'm pretty sure the Synergy DRECT is based on a 2-Channel rectifier from what Fluff said in his video. Update: I see you have owned/had a 2-channel on your RUclips.
Owning a Rev G and a Rev F, the F is an absolute beast for big metal chugs, not so far from the Rev G I have imo, but has this extra push and back on the kick wich is very insane.
Would love to hear it against your powerball. They are called German rectifiers (without the mid boost at least). Would love to hear how close they are.
Yeah the thing I like about the powerball is the mid control. It reminds me of a recto when it’s scooped, but when it’s focused it sounds more like the sound I enjoy
You do one video on Temu how you decided not to work with them and RUclips is like "Oh, here is commerical for Temu during your video!" Is it irony or bad analytics? Anyways nice video! Every time time I see your Deviant Grimoire I'm like "Soon... I will have my own verison..." rubbing my hands together like a cartoon villian.
Haha thanks. I have no idea, I'm sure google sees people watching something with the brand name I will not speak to avoid these things, and they just assume you must like that and give you ads that are based off that.
You're not wrong. I love the Mark series, but I could never get the Dual Rectifer to work. I felt like I was pulling a train with each note. No way could I play leads on it. It was probably the most disappointed I've ever been with an amp.
Its always been interesting to me that a piece of gear could personally define someone and that person could be offended or cross because you dont like it. Like bro your cool but the amp sucks 🤣🙏 I think you rule Taylor and you have every right to criticize anything you dont dig. Its your channel !
I didn't get into tube heads until 2018 and the first two I were after was a Triple Rec or a Peavey 5150. I got the 5150. A few amps later (and playing in a band where the other guitarist utilized a Triple Rec) I got a Rev G Dual Rec. I am just not a rectifier fan. I like how they sound for some chugs but I do not like how they feel to play. Long story short happy I went the 5150 route. 😂
I have an MKI Single Rectifier… I use my 5150 Overdrive pedal into the clean channel because no matter what, that thing never sounds that great otherwise.
I've been using a 1966 VOX Westminster for the majority of my life. Nabbed it from a pawn shop in 98 for $200. If i put the volume on 2?, i could possibly evacuate my bowls if i stand in front of it. Tried all sorts of heads all manner of speakers, nothing quite has the thump and grind of this thing. The only time i had fun with a DR or TR from Boogie?, was at a music store in a different city with the head being jacked into a slanted 4x10 unknown brand cab with some greenback's in it. ALSO: HOW TF DO YOU ONLY HAVE 60K SUBS?. Keep on shredding dude!, happy i found your channel!.
@TaylorDanley Haha. Go for it. Quick question; Was plugging into a Rectifier your worst gear disappointment moment ever? It was for me. Close second to the Seymour Duncan twin tube mayhem preamp pedal.
I think dual recs shine with lead playing and single notes. Unless you're really working to control the low end it's just too "wooly". Still a no for me, dawg.
Spot on. Listen to the riff of Nightwish’s “Sahara”, made up mostly of fast open single notes. That’s pretty much the only thing I consider Rectifiers somewhat useful for. That and open octaves, as they’re commonly used for simple punk solos.
I’m sure you were joking but just in case…as someone who works with data, your RUclips poll isn’t comprehensive enough to conclude anything about the wider guitar playing community.
FUCKING SLAYER!!!! LMAO Dude🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, that shit got old when I was fucking 16. I've owned a LOT of amps and I do miss my old Rectumfryer. I've owned a few 5150 III's and I like parts of each and was disappointed by each. I loved the chunk of the recto, YES I had to boost it, but I think the vibe of the Recto always felt like a hard rock amp that you boost into whatever metal area you're aiming for while the 5150 was a METAL amp that was bored when I did anything but death metal on it. The 5150 cut well, but yeah I always got bored with it pretty quickly.
As an unapologetic rectifier lover, I really can't disagree with you. My feelings are that its an absolute tone beast. That said you are absolutely right that its only that its a tone beast with a lot of qualifiers (the right boosts, EQ pedals, speaker combos, etc.). If you like the 5150s because they don't need all the weird tips and tricks, you're absolutely right to feel that way. I actually just bought the Heavy Hatchet Distortion because of your description of it sounding like an "idealized rectifier" because in 2024 theres no reason to do all the BS.
Thanks for being a cool dude Taylor! Since you're a sometimes old school solid state guy, keep an eye out for the Ibanez TBX150 head. It rips. Don't pay more than like $200 tops.
I have listed over a number of Mesa Triple Rectifiers over the last several years and briefly owned a Dual Rectifier Blue Angel 2×10 combo that I absolutely adored (I had to offload it back to the previous owner to help pay bills). Nowadays, I am more in the camp of the Peavey Invective 100, the Driftwood Purple Nightmare and the Diezel VH4... I would love to have the latter.
Cannibal Corpse use them(or used to use them?) with a Metal Zone as a boost which tightens it up and gives it a razor sharp tone. Also if you haven't heard any of the modded Rectifiers from Hermansson Amplification, check em out, they sound REALLY good! But I always gravitate to the Mark series amps for Mesa, they just sound better to me and don't NEED a boost to sound good like a rectifier.
I've never owned a dual or triple rectifier. Only borrowed a dual from a friend for lil while. It's not bad but meh... I've been a 5150 Mk1 guy for almost 20 years before moving on to Diezel for several years..
Usually use something like this live! Other guitarist switches between (I believe) the red channel on a dual rec, and an SLO, going into the mesa 412. TS808 in front, OFC.
I love rectos, besides my EVH 5150 Stealth I think it’s my best amp. I boost my recto with a plumes drive. Also you have to know that the tone knobs eq shift as you turn the presence knob higher. Also you need to know that certain rectos have a whole different EQ curve. I generally treat my rectos like this Mids as Low mids Treble as high mids Presence as treble. If you treat the knobs like that you can get awesome tones for 7&8 string guitars.
I echo your experience with Mesa. Over the years I’ve had a dual rec, mini rec, TC50, and a mark V, and the thing they all had in common was really making me feel like I was fighting to get good tones. They all could sound great, but I never had problems getting good tones with any of the 5150 variants, for example. So now I use a stealth.
I had a 3 channel recto for over a decade and I loved it. But the shortcomings were many for sure. Once I moved to an old school death metal band I switched to a 5150iii el34 50 watt and couldn't be happier. Its not perfect, but deffinetly more versatility and aggressive gain then a dual rectifier.
As someone who firmly believes you can make great music with almost any guitar amp, I totally get the rectifier hype and hate. It has a very distinct big but tight bottom end that sounds different from any other amp I've tried. Palm mutes through a rectifier sound massive. That being said, if you're not into scooped tones, you'll likely need to blend it with a marshall in order to cut through a mix. And is it worth spending 3k on an amp that, 75% of the times, is used basically just to thicken up a JCM800?
I had a rectoverb 25 and thought I loved it I then bought a DSL20 and the two together were amazing but I found myself only playing the rectoverb with the Marshall and if I was only using one it was the DSL20 so I had to sacrifice one and the rectoverb went I only miss its clean channel and it’s blending with Marshall for clean and high gain. I’d love to have another darker voiced amp to pair with my dsl but I don’t think it’ll be another Mesa . I’m thinking maybe an OR15 or OR 30 would be cool paired up. I love a lot of rectifier’s tones but honestly the Marshall at 1/3 the price was far better for me. I’m sure the EL84 power section doesn’t help the lower wattage rectifiers and maybe a 50 or hundred watter is a completely different animal but it’s just more volume than I need 20 watt amps are a lot louder than I need. I think for the money if it’s got to be a Boogie a MK4 is going to be the best bang for buck boogie if you can find one for a decent price I remember when 800 dollars would get you a clean used MK4 but unfortunately the last time I looked at them they had went up close to double that.
i've tried a Rectifier before but i truly didnt enjoy the tone that came from it. ever since i have used an Orange amp, i have gravitated towards them. being more on Sludge, Doom, Stoner style guitar player. i love the bottom end you can get from them and they take pedals well too.
I can’t stand dual rectifiers for metal. Even heavily boosted, not my thing. Ive even tried a mini recto which are supposed to sound great across the board. I love it for rock! Really sounds great at low gain with a boost, and I really enjoy the clean. I LOVE the dual rec for making really musical, atmospheric, interesting sounds. Adam Jones used one for all of those hazy, eerie tones on Aenema.
I used to hate Dual Rectifiers until I found out that at one point Meshuggah used them with a Marshall 1960 cab. IMO Dual Rectifiers sound awful with Mesa Boogie cabs.
Heh. Yeah, okay, I get ya. If it doesn't work as is, I think it's justified to ask whether it's really worth the effort and the money. I used to want a 3-channel Rectifier because of the assignable FX loop... Nowadays, of course, the game has changed and getting to where I want to be is a different thing entirely.
I guess they compensated for the power amp effect of the rectifier with some EQ filtering. The sound of the rectifier comes from the power amp. Take the preamp off a rectifier, send it into the power amp of a 5150, and you lose that sound. While the 5150 into a generic 6l6 power amp (not the rectifier power amp) with a resonance control will still sound like a 5150.
After having a Peavey XXX for multiple years, I plugged in to a Dual Rec at a rehearsal ONE TIME 13 years ago... Never played through another after that day. haha
Same, man. I've heard some ruthless Dual Recs live, but when I finally get around to asking the artist which witchcraft lives on his board, it's always a great distortion pedal utilizing the beefy power section and not the amp shining through. Plenty of people make great sounds with them, but I hate them under my own fingers.
I love the 2 channel Rectifiers and I totally understand your opinion. I have began with a Rev G, and it sounds really fat and loose, very scooped and dark, it definetely needs a great boost and a 10 band EQ in my opinion. Since I do it (like every amp I have), I can extract awesome tones. But, I have discovered heaven since I have get a Rev F wich is more open, way more low mid grunt, very punchy and aggressive. Boosting it is awesome too. Even if they are similar they have big différencies to me and I am totally in love with that Rev F, doesn’t mean that I don’t like my Rev G anymore. Both are great amps. But even if I love these amps, you have to boost it and depending what version you have it can be very hard so dial in, wich is a shame for the price it costs.
You know I always though they sounded like a sandblasting aluminum tone but I can't deny the tones that amp has produced. Clean channel was not great but was ok when pushed. All this to say, I much prefer a 5150 or 6505.
Holy shit...respect. I've never gotten how or why so many metal fans (in all it's many, many, many subgenres) are Slayer or die. I respect their presence in metal, but their music isn't for me. Point being, thank u for letting me know I'm not the only person in the fucking world that feels that way lmao.
I find that Soldano dudes are the ones who roll their eyes and hush your silly comments when you tout the attributes of other amps, lol. I think a dude from the band Sword, "Kyle Shutt", had a custom-built amp with one big knob, "BIG Crunch".
I love the Recto, but if you aren't into the typical Recto sound, they are VERY counter intuitive to dial in to do something else. The high knob is set to a higher frequency than the Presence knob. The EQ at noon is incredibly scooped. The EQ is all highly interactive, including the presence. On older 2 channel amps the presence is interactive between the 2 channels. There's a lot to not like, especially if you like things straight forward.
while your take on the dual rectifier is 100 percent accurate , those things are fixed by using el34 tubes for tightness and smoothness instead of wooliness and harshness the 6l6 brings , and also use a clean boost that cuts low end like a fortin 33 or a classic graphic EQ . this is common knowledge about taming rectifiers not secretive at all
@@ItzBruce-po2bv according to that asshat nothing affects the tone besides cabinets. But there is an extremely limited amount of cabinets that are actually used on metal records and everyone isn’t all sounding the same using them. Not everyone using gt75s immediately sounds like meshuggah
100% my experience with DR's. I love the tone that I hear on some albums that used it, but every one that I've ever played sounds like dogshit. I can't get it to work..
Man picked up a Kramer pacer thinking maybe be better quality than Gibson other brands and frets were so sharp its almost unplayable I'll keep playing my budget Dean Guitars with my joyo mini stack . why play anything authentic when you can get your wings Dean Guitars
Mesa rectifiers have always sucked, I remember wanting one so bad and finally got the chance to give one a try,I was so dissapointed,I've tried about every rev ever made and my opinion stays the same they suck,I'll stick with the 5150 or Soldano any day of the week
Rectos sound decent boosted, but on their own, they are a complete mess. With that said, I usually boost any high amp when I am playing extended range guitars simply because shelving the low end is a necessary evil at that point. I could totally get by without a boost with either of my main amps (Revv Generator and Engl Savage) if I absolutely had to, because the core tones are already pretty great.
You're the first one to actually show the modern/vintage switch is actually on the inside of the unit. That feels like a miss by Synergy compared to their other units like the Uberschall which had a lot of features built into the faceplate. When I've played with a rectifier live before, rhythm was red channel modern, and lead was orange channel vintage. Not being able to set one channel to modern and one to vintage is an unfortunate design choice here.
My dialed in sound on my headrush mx5 is a blend of either a dual rec or blended with a 5150 through a greenback IR. Best tone I’ve ever been able to dial in personally.
A rectifier always makes me think about those overproduced nu metal stuff and american death metal, all the european stuff sounded more organic where i always found the dual rectifier super sterile and for me its like EMG, They sound great! But there is only one tone thats great about it. For my money id go orange or engl honestly
I really like the tone from the D string and higher, but all the low end power chords sound like wooly trash. It's like hearing a metal show from outside the venue. Just a muffled wall of meh. The Boomstick was the closest to a good tone you got in my opinion, much tighter and articulate in the chugs and felt like I was actually in the same room as the amp.
The Dual rectifier is a terrible "amp", it sounds dull and without body, doesnt matter the pedal you put through it and the horrible fizzy sound. I prefer the Crate BV120 which is like $375 and has better tone.
Funny you say you wish an amp had one knob there’s a plugin by bogren digital digital where it’s literally one knob and it sounds amazing. I also hate dual recs but bogren digital’s dual rec plugin is actually super good for solos and leads. It’s called one knob
I got one of these Drect modules a couple of weeks ago and honestly I love it almost as much as my SLO module. The Drect is a bad boy (but in a good way 😉)
I have never had luck getting something I enjoy from a Rectifier. One of those amps you just tweak and tweak, but never find a happy spot. Mesa's are not cryptic amps. There is no special version. I agree; you'll always see rack gear if not a whole pedal board in tandem. Hot take; they're over implemented and constructed with little regard to some of the levels the circuit outputs. I don't care what albums they're used on. but, of course, im just some n00b who doesn't get it lol Edit to add that I would definitely snag that module, over an entire Rectifier, if I really needed that "mesa thing" Great demo, thanks for sharing with us
Well for me there's not one amp that i don't use an EQ pedal on. In my opinion every amp doesn't sound like i want it to. Thats why amps like the dual and the 5150 are just closer to what i want. So yes the duel sounds awesome.
I can totally understand your feeling. For me it's the inverse, everything else sounds off to my ears. For instance the 5150 has this honk honk in the palm mutes that I hate. On an album it's alright but when I play one, I hate it. I could crap on almost every amps I've tried that isn't a Rectifier, except maybe a few ENGL models that are sweet.
Dang- I used to wonder why people would bash on Mesa gear after gigs I'd play, but it sounds like there's a loud contingent of Mesa users / owners that are basically like BMW owners / drivers of the guitar world.
Man I think the dual always need a ts8 in front, and I also think they really work on the mix, but if you're playing alone it does sound weird, I don't own any dual rects, I'm more into Laney and Marshalls, and man Peaveys are super classic, right?
This was great. I really liked the review. It was sitcom like and comical. I think the rectifiers just get very muddy and sterile sounding. I don’t hear any real guitar tone or articulation. Just dimed out distortion and overdrive. My favorite Mesa is the Badlander, before that it was the Mark 4.
You’ve clearly got a great sense of humor. Min 1:20 😂 The ‘vintage’ setting after you tweaked it sounds pretty good. The ‘Medusa’ sounds killer! 🫵👍 I too do NOT like fiddling around. Just plug in and go. 😃 BTW- what is that guitar!?! Jackson Kelly? Home made hybrid? Beast from the depths of Mordor!?! I love it. ❤❤❤
Ive always had a prob where if i like how open chords sound then i wont like how the palm mute sound so ill dial in a good palm mute sound then i wont like open sound
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Hey man, I always and still have a love hate for the Rectifier...but what always worked best for me was an MXR 10 band in the loop...absolutely lethal! Never a boost...just EQ! Such a massive Improvement IMO
I only got into Dual Rectifiers because of that Cannibal Corpse tone.
To be fair they do make them sound amazing, on the other hand I also like how creed made them sound too, and rammstein too
The classic recto is probably my all around favorite family of amps so I'll be in the minority in the comment section here haha. Honestly it's easy to see where people dislike these, it's one of the "slower" feeling gain structures out there plus the note clarity is clearly lacking compared to other more modern options there are around today. Moreso, digital models and ampsims also notoriously have a hard time capturing that specific amp's "thing" people like me rave about, and that "thing" really resides in 1) dynamics and 2) how well it responds to different boosts (and I'm not being anti-plugin, they are fantastic ! I use them very often even if I have several amps), and finally these amps got stupid, stupid expensive. All this doesn't help with opinions of people on the internet.
BUT ! Where that amp shines in on recordings as you mentionned. It's on a crap ton of records and has been taken on countless tours across all the subgenres for good reasons : It's just a cheat code amp to track and mix heavy metal with, it just works. Leaves the right spot for vocals, is very dynamic so the guitar tracks always sound exciting since they "move" around, unlike something very compressed and "safe" like a Diezel that will just kinda ... be "there" in the mix, if it makes sense. The lowend, whilst huge, remains very very clean and it handles downtuning like an absolute champ, that makes for a super wide feeling wall of sound. The mandatory boost argument is bogus to be fair, because who doesn't boost their Marshall (or have a gain/saturation modded unit/clone, same idea ...) or 5150 to get that precise pick attack thing thats appreciated in metal ?
As far as looking at it as a guitarist and not a guy that only pushes faders on a mix, to me and to most of the other recto guys out there, its very much about the addictive chug power and the generally scooped voicing they have. Digging in for that room shaking chugga chugga combined with the signature "chomp" sound (which I too get it, can be acquired taste) feels like it can never get old. Once more, in my experience, with all things I mentionned so far no other amps does what a recto does honestly, but it's not the be all end all "if you dont have or like that then you're a donkey". Don't forget people on the internet are often both very opinionated (cos the thing they spent money on *has* to be the best) and poorly informed/experienced.
Its effectively one of those amps you have to adapt your playing around a little bit. As far as settings go, the two main things is to stay around noon on the mids and treble plus never ever going past 2 o'clock on the gain knob. Also, did you know the presence knob on channel 1 of the older 2 channel rectos affects channel 2 also ? Even if you're currently playing in the good old modern-bold-silicon diode settings ? It can definitely be percieved as a little whack design wise, but there is something similar going on with 100w EVH 5150III heads regarding gain knobs of channels 2 and 3, and I believe these are oh so praised by the general public. I think things like these make the analogue stuff still fun and relevant these days ... ;)
I'm done yapping, I'm not really trying to convince, but just to share my 2 cents. Keep up the good work✌
I saw a comment once that said this amp sounds like a very overpriced metal zone pedal. Sometimes I can’t forget about that.
Didn't enjoy a single tone from this clip, but I have to thank you for reafirming my decision to get rid of my dual rec years ago.
If you like 16th notes, get a 5150. If you like 8th notes, get a dual rectifier.
As a 5150 iconic owner, Can confirm this is true
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I like 47th notes.
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So true!!! Honestly people don't understand that 1 amp doesn't fit all. 5150's have a nice tight compressed sound that helps keep flury of notes nice and listenable. With that being said the Dual Rectifier has that fat wide tone that leads it self to "slower" rifts. I would basically use a 5150 for something like metalcore/MySpace Deathcore, thrash, Grindcore, etc. And I would use the Dual Rectifier for something along the lines of Slam, down tempo deathcore, sludge, etc.
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I think the only reason i like Mesa is because I'm 50 this year and it defined metal for ages. Now you can get that tone with almost any multi fx.
Fair point
I remember one of my old scene days bands was a big fan of Mesa amps in general, and then they got around to wanting to record a full length. I never really got what happened, but yea, fizz city with the tone that record ended up having.
I think a fair amount of tone has to have a bit of flair that shows its sound isn't mainly the cabinet (boxy). But it walks a line.
@@TaylorDanleyThe tonex Mesa pack is really nice for those "rare" Mesa tones, maybe check it out ?
I think it might come down to finding the right parts and then the right speaker. :)
I didnt know I hated that amp before. Its embarrassing. A friend is selling one and I was about to buy it. I always thought he had weird settings and had his action set too low causing alot of buzzing, so thanks for saving me some money or saving me from kicking my friends ass to get my money back. It sounds very non-harmonic or non- musical like running the signal thru some crumpled up newspaper an crumpled up tin foil. It probably keeps the government from spyimg on ya but attracts Aliens and dont ask what happened to Sigourney Weaver when she played thru one
I will say I don’t use a real recto, I run Fractal, but the Rev F/G model is one of my favourites and I’ve loved so many rectifier tones over the years since I began learning guitar. OD808 in front, bass at 10’, mids and treble at 2’, presence at 11’. Keep the master low and gain no higher than 2’. Sounds great to me.
Dude, it being a gatekeeper’s amp is spot on. I said I LOVE the clean and crunch channel and hated the distortion channels. the mesa crowd freaked out. lol. It’s true though I do love the clean and crunch on them. They’re amazing pedal platform amps. The recto recording pre through a Marshall power amp is amazing.
Anyway, the synergy recto thing sounds better than any mesa rectifier I’ve heard: lol
the crunch channel is so underrated especially if you pair it with a nice subtle compressor and a tight boost pedal(or 0 gain 10 volume OD, i honestly prefer this because then i usually get some coloring unique to the overdrive especially if i up the gain to 2-3 area) you can get some beautiful tones
I’ve heard some incredible rectifiers, I’ve just never experienced it IRL. But yeah the synergy module does a really good job of delivering “that” sound
I believe the Synergy is based on a 2-channel Rev G dual rectifier. Any of the 2-channels are where the magic happens. 3-channel not so much. Too much fizz in the highs and a very loose and boomy low end.
Not really.
The metal-head's basic issue with it is that the DualRec sounds best doing NOT METAL. My '92 dualrec sounded best in orange channel with the tube rec active - this is counter to tight metal rhythm guitar. It's far more along the lines of loosey-goosey Hendrix and heavy blues.
Marks are much better for (classic) metal, due to simulclass' superior transients, the additional gain structure, and graphic EQ. MUCH better.
@@shaft9000 I generally prefer the mark series over the rectifier. Mark series have a killer distortion, amazing cleans, and everything in between. They also do the cool pedal platform thing really well.
When I played in Atheist I used a Dual Rec. I loved it! But then when I stopped playing in E and did my own thing I couldn’t get the sound I wanted. I don’t use pedals, even a boost. I ended up playing in all the lower standard tunings and now can’t beat the sls 5150 red channel.
Why have a Dual Rectifier when you can have a Peavey XXX AND a 6505 combined for way less monies?
mesa - > marshall 1960a = good noise
sorry i dont make the rules
I kinda like the joyo zombie but I never played a actual mesa
"Loose and wooly with ear piercing fizz" - that's exactly what I think of when the Dual Rec is mentioned.
Me too. I have a Sovtek Mig 100 thats dumps all over it.
Yeah and it’s awesome
Mostly a matter of "doing it wrong" mixed with "wtf are you here for in the first place?".
It's essentially a re-jigged early 90s take on an old Plexi, so why is anyone trying to out- Diezel-diddle _anything_ with a dual Rec?
@@shaft9000 lol
The problem is that not all Rectifier amps sound the same. So many revisions have changed the overall sound of these amps. Try a 2-channel Recto preferably a revision F for metal. I have an early 3-channel and I can get it to sound good (to me) but damn those 2-channels from the 90s are where it's at for that classic 'album' style recto tone. I'm pretty sure the Synergy DRECT is based on a 2-Channel rectifier from what Fluff said in his video. Update: I see you have owned/had a 2-channel on your RUclips.
Owning a Rev G and a Rev F, the F is an absolute beast for big metal chugs, not so far from the Rev G I have imo, but has this extra push and back on the kick wich is very insane.
Whats your Opinion on the M/B Stiletto?
Would love to hear it against your powerball. They are called German rectifiers (without the mid boost at least). Would love to hear how close they are.
Yeah the thing I like about the powerball is the mid control. It reminds me of a recto when it’s scooped, but when it’s focused it sounds more like the sound I enjoy
@@TaylorDanley Video idea: without mid boost against the recto, with mid boost against the peavey module. Maybe it can match both?
You do one video on Temu how you decided not to work with them and RUclips is like "Oh, here is commerical for Temu during your video!" Is it irony or bad analytics?
Anyways nice video! Every time time I see your Deviant Grimoire I'm like "Soon... I will have my own verison..." rubbing my hands together like a cartoon villian.
Haha thanks. I have no idea, I'm sure google sees people watching something with the brand name I will not speak to avoid these things, and they just assume you must like that and give you ads that are based off that.
Watch this channel , his Dual Rec Mods are insane.
Hermansson Amplification
PPS: Hopefuly one day the Bogren Digital stuff get's into the "real world", it would be nice to see a one knob amp!
You're not wrong. I love the Mark series, but I could never get the Dual Rectifer to work. I felt like I was pulling a train with each note. No way could I play leads on it. It was probably the most disappointed I've ever been with an amp.
I like the Boomstick the best. Really brings out the mids in a good way \m/
That's basically what that pedal is, a mid boost and sculpt control.
Its always been interesting to me that a piece of gear could personally define someone and that person could be offended or cross because you dont like it. Like bro your cool but the amp sucks 🤣🙏 I think you rule Taylor and you have every right to criticize anything you dont dig. Its your channel !
I didn't get into tube heads until 2018 and the first two I were after was a Triple Rec or a Peavey 5150. I got the 5150. A few amps later (and playing in a band where the other guitarist utilized a Triple Rec) I got a Rev G Dual Rec. I am just not a rectifier fan. I like how they sound for some chugs but I do not like how they feel to play. Long story short happy I went the 5150 route. 😂
Modded Triple Recto gang, rise up!!! 😁🤣
I have an MKI Single Rectifier…
I use my 5150 Overdrive pedal into the clean channel because no matter what, that thing never sounds that great otherwise.
Interesting. I’ve never heard one but was advised against buying one a while back
Line 6 Spider insane channel ahh tone
I've been using a 1966 VOX Westminster for the majority of my life. Nabbed it from a pawn shop in 98 for $200. If i put the volume on 2?, i could possibly evacuate my bowls if i stand in front of it. Tried all sorts of heads all manner of speakers, nothing quite has the thump and grind of this thing.
The only time i had fun with a DR or TR from Boogie?, was at a music store in a different city with the head being jacked into a slanted 4x10 unknown brand cab with some greenback's in it.
ALSO: HOW TF DO YOU ONLY HAVE 60K SUBS?. Keep on shredding dude!, happy i found your channel!.
A fine video Taylor! I watch your stuff and I'm not even a metal dude.
I also do not like Rectifiers. Never have. They're just too fudgy. Its not a thickness youre hearing. Its a fudge.
I like that, I’m gonna throw fudgey into the vocab
@TaylorDanley Haha. Go for it. Quick question; Was plugging into a Rectifier your worst gear disappointment moment ever? It was for me. Close second to the Seymour Duncan twin tube mayhem preamp pedal.
I think dual recs shine with lead playing and single notes. Unless you're really working to control the low end it's just too "wooly". Still a no for me, dawg.
Spot on. Listen to the riff of Nightwish’s “Sahara”, made up mostly of fast open single notes. That’s pretty much the only thing I consider Rectifiers somewhat useful for. That and open octaves, as they’re commonly used for simple punk solos.
@@metalvisionsongcontest7055 word. Same goes for the Kamelot album "Silverthorn". Lots of single note riffage.
I’m sure you were joking but just in case…as someone who works with data, your RUclips poll isn’t comprehensive enough to conclude anything about the wider guitar playing community.
Like for example, youre an EMG player and fan , im not really a fan , but I love many tones related to EMG.
I was a huge Slayer fan in the 90's 🎉
I really don’t enjoy the Dual Rectifier unless it’s in a brutal death metal context, then it is one of my favorite sounding amps ever.
FUCKING SLAYER!!!! LMAO Dude🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, that shit got old when I was fucking 16. I've owned a LOT of amps and I do miss my old Rectumfryer. I've owned a few 5150 III's and I like parts of each and was disappointed by each. I loved the chunk of the recto, YES I had to boost it, but I think the vibe of the Recto always felt like a hard rock amp that you boost into whatever metal area you're aiming for while the 5150 was a METAL amp that was bored when I did anything but death metal on it. The 5150 cut well, but yeah I always got bored with it pretty quickly.
As an unapologetic rectifier lover, I really can't disagree with you. My feelings are that its an absolute tone beast. That said you are absolutely right that its only that its a tone beast with a lot of qualifiers (the right boosts, EQ pedals, speaker combos, etc.). If you like the 5150s because they don't need all the weird tips and tricks, you're absolutely right to feel that way. I actually just bought the Heavy Hatchet Distortion because of your description of it sounding like an "idealized rectifier" because in 2024 theres no reason to do all the BS.
Great work, TD... Love the Mesa-Boogie Biker Taylor from the early 2000's at a high school prom party... lmao!
Thanks for being a cool dude Taylor!
Since you're a sometimes old school solid state guy, keep an eye out for the Ibanez TBX150 head. It rips. Don't pay more than like $200 tops.
I have listed over a number of Mesa Triple Rectifiers over the last several years and briefly owned a Dual Rectifier Blue Angel 2×10 combo that I absolutely adored (I had to offload it back to the previous owner to help pay bills). Nowadays, I am more in the camp of the Peavey Invective 100, the Driftwood Purple Nightmare and the Diezel VH4... I would love to have the latter.
Put JJs in the power amp and it'll open up the presence with any of the modules. (Synergy owner here)
I personally love Nickelback's heavy tone on the albums Silver Side Up and The Long Road. The Dual Rec sizzle really compliments those guitar riffs.
Cannibal Corpse use them(or used to use them?) with a Metal Zone as a boost which tightens it up and gives it a razor sharp tone. Also if you haven't heard any of the modded Rectifiers from Hermansson Amplification, check em out, they sound REALLY good! But I always gravitate to the Mark series amps for Mesa, they just sound better to me and don't NEED a boost to sound good like a rectifier.
I've never owned a dual or triple rectifier. Only borrowed a dual from a friend for lil while. It's not bad but meh... I've been a 5150 Mk1 guy for almost 20 years before moving on to Diezel for several years..
Usually use something like this live! Other guitarist switches between (I believe) the red channel on a dual rec, and an SLO, going into the mesa 412. TS808 in front, OFC.
I love rectos, besides my EVH 5150 Stealth I think it’s my best amp. I boost my recto with a plumes drive. Also you have to know that the tone knobs eq shift as you turn the presence knob higher.
Also you need to know that certain rectos have a whole different EQ curve.
I generally treat my rectos like this
Mids as Low mids
Treble as high mids
Presence as treble.
If you treat the knobs like that you can get awesome tones for 7&8 string guitars.
I echo your experience with Mesa. Over the years I’ve had a dual rec, mini rec, TC50, and a mark V, and the thing they all had in common was really making me feel like I was fighting to get good tones. They all could sound great, but I never had problems getting good tones with any of the 5150 variants, for example. So now I use a stealth.
I had a 3 channel recto for over a decade and I loved it. But the shortcomings were many for sure. Once I moved to an old school death metal band I switched to a 5150iii el34 50 watt and couldn't be happier. Its not perfect, but deffinetly more versatility and aggressive gain then a dual rectifier.
And just easier to get in the zone I swear. They made those amps with players in mind.
As someone who firmly believes you can make great music with almost any guitar amp, I totally get the rectifier hype and hate. It has a very distinct big but tight bottom end that sounds different from any other amp I've tried. Palm mutes through a rectifier sound massive. That being said, if you're not into scooped tones, you'll likely need to blend it with a marshall in order to cut through a mix. And is it worth spending 3k on an amp that, 75% of the times, is used basically just to thicken up a JCM800?
I had a rectoverb 25 and thought I loved it I then bought a DSL20 and the two together were amazing but I found myself only playing the rectoverb with the Marshall and if I was only using one it was the DSL20 so I had to sacrifice one and the rectoverb went I only miss its clean channel and it’s blending with Marshall for clean and high gain. I’d love to have another darker voiced amp to pair with my dsl but I don’t think it’ll be another Mesa . I’m thinking maybe an OR15 or OR 30 would be cool paired up. I love a lot of rectifier’s tones but honestly the Marshall at 1/3 the price was far better for me. I’m sure the EL84 power section doesn’t help the lower wattage rectifiers and maybe a 50 or hundred watter is a completely different animal but it’s just more volume than I need 20 watt amps are a lot louder than I need. I think for the money if it’s got to be a Boogie a MK4 is going to be the best bang for buck boogie if you can find one for a decent price I remember when 800 dollars would get you a clean used MK4 but unfortunately the last time I looked at them they had went up close to double that.
i've tried a Rectifier before but i truly didnt enjoy the tone that came from it. ever since i have used an Orange amp, i have gravitated towards them. being more on Sludge, Doom, Stoner style guitar player. i love the bottom end you can get from them and they take pedals well too.
I can’t stand dual rectifiers for metal. Even heavily boosted, not my thing. Ive even tried a mini recto which are supposed to sound great across the board. I love it for rock! Really sounds great at low gain with a boost, and I really enjoy the clean. I LOVE the dual rec for making really musical, atmospheric, interesting sounds. Adam Jones used one for all of those hazy, eerie tones on Aenema.
I used to hate Dual Rectifiers until I found out that at one point Meshuggah used them with a Marshall 1960 cab. IMO Dual Rectifiers sound awful with Mesa Boogie cabs.
Heh. Yeah, okay, I get ya. If it doesn't work as is, I think it's justified to ask whether it's really worth the effort and the money.
I used to want a 3-channel Rectifier because of the assignable FX loop... Nowadays, of course, the game has changed and getting to where I want to be is a different thing entirely.
I guess they compensated for the power amp effect of the rectifier with some EQ filtering.
The sound of the rectifier comes from the power amp.
Take the preamp off a rectifier, send it into the power amp of a 5150, and you lose that sound.
While the 5150 into a generic 6l6 power amp (not the rectifier power amp) with a resonance control will still sound like a 5150.
After having a Peavey XXX for multiple years, I plugged in to a Dual Rec at a rehearsal ONE TIME 13 years ago... Never played through another after that day. haha
Same, man. I've heard some ruthless Dual Recs live, but when I finally get around to asking the artist which witchcraft lives on his board, it's always a great distortion pedal utilizing the beefy power section and not the amp shining through. Plenty of people make great sounds with them, but I hate them under my own fingers.
I love the 2 channel Rectifiers and I totally understand your opinion.
I have began with a Rev G, and it sounds really fat and loose, very scooped and dark, it definetely needs a great boost and a 10 band EQ in my opinion. Since I do it (like every amp I have), I can extract awesome tones.
But, I have discovered heaven since I have get a Rev F wich is more open, way more low mid grunt, very punchy and aggressive. Boosting it is awesome too.
Even if they are similar they have big différencies to me and I am totally in love with that Rev F, doesn’t mean that I don’t like my Rev G anymore. Both are great amps.
But even if I love these amps, you have to boost it and depending what version you have it can be very hard so dial in, wich is a shame for the price it costs.
You know I always though they sounded like a sandblasting aluminum tone but I can't deny the tones that amp has produced. Clean channel was not great but was ok when pushed. All this to say, I much prefer a 5150 or 6505.
Holy shit...respect. I've never gotten how or why so many metal fans (in all it's many, many, many subgenres) are Slayer or die. I respect their presence in metal, but their music isn't for me. Point being, thank u for letting me know I'm not the only person in the fucking world that feels that way lmao.
I find that Soldano dudes are the ones who roll their eyes and hush your silly comments when you tout the attributes of other amps, lol. I think a dude from the band Sword, "Kyle Shutt", had a custom-built amp with one big knob, "BIG Crunch".
I love the Recto, but if you aren't into the typical Recto sound, they are VERY counter intuitive to dial in to do something else. The high knob is set to a higher frequency than the Presence knob. The EQ at noon is incredibly scooped. The EQ is all highly interactive, including the presence. On older 2 channel amps the presence is interactive between the 2 channels. There's a lot to not like, especially if you like things straight forward.
while your take on the dual rectifier is 100 percent accurate , those things are fixed by using el34 tubes for tightness and smoothness instead of wooliness and harshness the 6l6 brings , and also use a clean boost that cuts low end like a fortin 33 or a classic graphic EQ . this is common knowledge about taming rectifiers not secretive at all
At that point, get a good amp that has high wattage. Glenn Fricker already demonstrated proof of tubes making no difference in tone.
@@ItzBruce-po2bv according to that asshat nothing affects the tone besides cabinets. But there is an extremely limited amount of cabinets that are actually used on metal records and everyone isn’t all sounding the same using them. Not everyone using gt75s immediately sounds like meshuggah
100% my experience with DR's. I love the tone that I hear on some albums that used it, but every one that I've ever played sounds like dogshit. I can't get it to work..
I find it hilarious that the best sounding Dual Rectifier type thing I've played (by far) is a $190 lunchbox head from Joyo. 🤣
Man picked up a Kramer pacer thinking maybe be better quality than Gibson other brands and frets were so sharp its almost unplayable I'll keep playing my budget Dean Guitars with my joyo mini stack . why play anything authentic when you can get your wings Dean Guitars
Mesa rectifiers have always sucked, I remember wanting one so bad and finally got the chance to give one a try,I was so dissapointed,I've tried about every rev ever made and my opinion stays the same they suck,I'll stick with the 5150 or Soldano any day of the week
Rectos sound decent boosted, but on their own, they are a complete mess. With that said, I usually boost any high amp when I am playing extended range guitars simply because shelving the low end is a necessary evil at that point. I could totally get by without a boost with either of my main amps (Revv Generator and Engl Savage) if I absolutely had to, because the core tones are already pretty great.
You're the first one to actually show the modern/vintage switch is actually on the inside of the unit. That feels like a miss by Synergy compared to their other units like the Uberschall which had a lot of features built into the faceplate. When I've played with a rectifier live before, rhythm was red channel modern, and lead was orange channel vintage. Not being able to set one channel to modern and one to vintage is an unfortunate design choice here.
I know I’m surprised more people don’t mess with them. The majority of the modules have them
My dialed in sound on my headrush mx5 is a blend of either a dual rec or blended with a 5150 through a greenback IR. Best tone I’ve ever been able to dial in personally.
A rectifier always makes me think about those overproduced nu metal stuff and american death metal, all the european stuff sounded more organic where i always found the dual rectifier super sterile and for me its like EMG,
They sound great! But there is only one tone thats great about it.
For my money id go orange or engl honestly
I agree about Rectifiers. I prefer the sound of the Mark series or even the .50 cal. A Mesa with a parametric eq is a good one.
I really like the tone from the D string and higher, but all the low end power chords sound like wooly trash. It's like hearing a metal show from outside the venue. Just a muffled wall of meh. The Boomstick was the closest to a good tone you got in my opinion, much tighter and articulate in the chugs and felt like I was actually in the same room as the amp.
Missed opportunity to bust out the Pentademon... 😪😪
The Dual rectifier is a terrible "amp", it sounds dull and without body, doesnt matter the pedal you put through it and the horrible fizzy sound. I prefer the Crate BV120 which is like $375 and has better tone.
Funny you say you wish an amp had one knob there’s a plugin by bogren digital digital where it’s literally one knob and it sounds amazing. I also hate dual recs but bogren digital’s dual rec plugin is actually super good for solos and leads. It’s called one knob
I got one of these Drect modules a couple of weeks ago and honestly I love it almost as much as my SLO module. The Drect is a bad boy (but in a good way 😉)
I feel like I've run into Marshall fanboys that are almost as bad, too many people want to justify their expensive purchases
I have never had luck getting something I enjoy from a Rectifier. One of those amps you just tweak and tweak, but never find a happy spot. Mesa's are not cryptic amps. There is no special version. I agree; you'll always see rack gear if not a whole pedal board in tandem. Hot take; they're over implemented and constructed with little regard to some of the levels the circuit outputs. I don't care what albums they're used on. but, of course, im just some n00b who doesn't get it lol Edit to add that I would definitely snag that module, over an entire Rectifier, if I really needed that "mesa thing" Great demo, thanks for sharing with us
Well for me there's not one amp that i don't use an EQ pedal on. In my opinion every amp doesn't sound like i want it to. Thats why amps like the dual and the 5150 are just closer to what i want. So yes the duel sounds awesome.
I can totally understand your feeling. For me it's the inverse, everything else sounds off to my ears. For instance the 5150 has this honk honk in the palm mutes that I hate. On an album it's alright but when I play one, I hate it. I could crap on almost every amps I've tried that isn't a Rectifier, except maybe a few ENGL models that are sweet.
I tried so hard to like the dual recto, I even bought one a second time, only to trade it back for a marshall jcm2000 again.
In all fairness that first part you started playing on you didn't put much effort into it. You were helping it sound worse. In my opinion.
Dang- I used to wonder why people would bash on Mesa gear after gigs I'd play, but it sounds like there's a loud contingent of Mesa users / owners that are basically like BMW owners / drivers of the guitar world.
Hey, I don’t really like Slayer, either. I mean, a few of their songs are good to me but just not my vibe.
Man I think the dual always need a ts8 in front, and I also think they really work on the mix, but if you're playing alone it does sound weird, I don't own any dual rects, I'm more into Laney and Marshalls, and man Peaveys are super classic, right?
This was great. I really liked the review. It was sitcom like and comical. I think the rectifiers just get very muddy and sterile sounding. I don’t hear any real guitar tone or articulation. Just dimed out distortion and overdrive. My favorite Mesa is the Badlander, before that it was the Mark 4.
I use a spookyvibes fx night terror over drive on my dual rec and it’s so sick. Dual recs need a boost mandatory imo lol
I just think if people hate something don't review it, someone is loving something
Remember, opinions are like a**holes.
Most people only take a close look at their own when something is going wrong.
The Mesa Rectifier is the Microsoft Windows of amplifiers: A suboptimal amp that somehow became the most successful.
Cannobal Corpse seems to make em work... triple recs, I think, but still. Soooooo much of recorded tone is down to speaker cab/microphone combos.
You’ve clearly got a great sense of humor.
Min 1:20 😂
The ‘vintage’ setting after you tweaked it sounds pretty good.
The ‘Medusa’ sounds killer! 🫵👍
I too do NOT like fiddling around. Just plug in and go. 😃
BTW- what is that guitar!?!
Jackson Kelly?
Home made hybrid?
Beast from the depths of Mordor!?!
I love it.
❤❤❤
Thanks dude, trying to add more humor into my videos! The guitar is a Debian Guitars Grimoire
@@TaylorDanley Debian Guitars, entirely Open Source...
Ive always had a prob where if i like how open chords sound then i wont like how the palm mute sound so ill dial in a good palm mute sound then i wont like open sound
Yeah I hear you on that!
Yea, that’s the whole reason I haven’t bought one. They’re hard to dial in. Yes, let’s go with that.
Rectifiers are awesome, and if you disagree, I respect your opinion! 😂
The Medusa is my least favourite… I like all of them but that one. Weird.
THAT SOUND YOUR GETTING ,METAL, CAN EASILY BE DUPLICATED ON A TRANY AMP.