Triple Rectifier - Why no one talks about it?

[danielworks]

Having 150w and having 6x Mesa 6L6 (or EL-34) instead 4 wouldn`t be a different sound or is it like the same ?

 

[Budda]

More headroom = tighter bass response and different mids. Triples can trample duals in a two-guitar setting.

This may belong in amps though?

 

[danielworks]

It surprised me a bit since I had Triple Recs in almost every Multi FX board ...

 

[Bruce Sokolovic]

I love my multi watt Triple Rec. Don't know what else to say about it.

 

[TheGoatLord]

Had a triple for years and hated it. I think most people gravitate towards the dual which has less headroom and more bounce to it.

 

[Bruce Sokolovic]

Had a triple for years and hated it. I think most people gravitate towards the dual which has less headroom and more bounce to it.

multi watt with serial loop or older one?

 

[Rellstar]

I have one and I love it. It's louder than my Dual

 

[LawbyDayGuitar@Night]

I have a non-multi watt Triple Rec and I love it. Its at the tech right now and I can't wait to get it back!

 

[Morphine]

Had a Triple in the early 2000s. Must have gotten a lemon as I had to bring it to Petaluma for warranty work multiple times (they said the shielding foil was melting and shorting out the amplifier... so fix it?lol) eventually got rid of it as I was tired of dealing with it.

My favorite Mesa amp was a late 90s Dual Rectifier Tremoverb. That thing sounded amazing. I stupidly sold it when I stopped gigging for a while and never did get another that sounded as great as that one.

 

[shemihazazel]

Kinda crazy how much variation there is in sound between the Recto iterations. I love the Recto1 in the AFX, while Recto2 does nothing for me.

 

[la szum]

Had a Triple in the early 2000s. Must have gotten a lemon as I had to bring it to Petaluma for warranty work multiple times (they said the shielding foil was melting and shorting out the amplifier... so fix it?lol) eventually got rid of it as I was tired of dealing with it.

My favorite Mesa amp was a late 90s Dual Rectifier Tremoverb. That thing sounded amazing. I stupidly sold it when I stopped gigging for a while and never did get another that sounded as great as that one.

Bummer.

Mine is a "Sell an internal organ first, before you sell the amp" kind of amp.

 

[State of Epicicity]

Bummer.

Mine is a "Sell an internal organ first, before you sell the amp" kind of amp.

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Man that thing looks like it’s begging to be played. It shouldn’t matter, but something about the looks of Mesas is just awesome.

 

[Morphine]

Bummer.

Mine is a "Sell an internal organ first, before you sell the amp" kind of amp.

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For sure!

I had the head paired with a Mesa 4X12. Did many gigs with that setup and it never let me down.

 

[aziz]

There's something with those Tremoverbs, I've played a few and the sounded better than other Rectos to me.

 

[OrganicZed]

There's something with those Tremoverbs, I've played a few and the sounded better than other Rectos to me.

A lot of people consider the Tremoverb to be the best iteration of the rectifier series of amps.

 

[TheGoatLord]

multi watt with serial loop or older one?

multi watt

 

[la szum]

A lot of people consider the Tremoverb to be the best iteration of the rectifier series of amps.

Yup. And the best tones are the ones that Recs are not really noted for. It can do that
fat low-end, sizzly top, and no mids thing that a lot of Nu-metalers bludgeoned to
death. It is also an amp that Jeff Buckley used live, and the Pushed and Mid-gain tones
on it are glorious.

 

[redhedded1]

Bummer.

Mine is a "Sell an internal organ first, before you sell the amp" kind of amp.

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I had a late nineties Rect-O-Verb 50 watt combo, looked almost identical to this. I should have never sold it, although TBH with the Axe I don't know how much it would get played.

 

[Budda]

I have spent since 2007 talking about rectos online so Im still wondering about this thread lol.

 

[danielworks]

It's maybe kinda dumb .... but I feel like missing something since I had the reference of triple rectifier from other amp simulations and some sound reference from albums recorded with Triple Rectifiers ...