Randall Smith said he actually wanted to change the Soldano circuit

[BABMusic]

Interesting stuff. Smith released this video today, where he goes into some of the history of the Rectifier. At about 2/3rds through the video, he said that he wanted to change the Soldano preamp circuit, but that the other people at Boogie told him not to change it because it sounded great (with their power amp). He also credited Mike Soldano, although he states the obvious that the Recto does not sound like an SLO.

He also mentioned a hilarious story about some disability advocate who tried to sue the Hollywood store because the store had a step in the front door. The Boogie store had a side door for people in wheelchairs (with no step) but the person complained it should be in the front. LOL. Pathetic that these kinds of lawsuits are taken seriously. If I were I judge, I would laugh my ass off and throw it in the trash.

 

[Eazy-ESP]

Interesting stuff. Smith released this video today, where he goes into some of the history of the Rectifier. At about 2/3rds through the video, he said that he wanted to change the Soldano preamp circuit, but that the other people at Boogie told him not to change it because it sounded great (with their power amp). He also credited Mike Soldano, although he states the obvious that the Recto does not sound like an SLO.

He also mentioned a hilarious story about some disability advocate who tried to sue the Hollywood store because the store had a step in the front door. The Boogie store had a side door for people in wheelchairs (with no step) but the person complained it should be in the front. LOL. Pathetic that these kinds of lawsuits are taken seriously. If I were I judge, I would laugh my ass off and throw it in the trash.

When you right click on the video you can copy the url at the time stamp.

 

[skoora]

Love these video’s he’s been doing. We would never had got them if he was still working.

 

[BABMusic]

When you right click on the video you can copy the url at the time stamp.

Fixed. Thanks

 

[Eazy-ESP]

Fixed. Thanks

Good. Now I will watch it.

 

[TX6Strings]

Wow! Eddie had and loved the 2C+! I never knew.

 

[japetus]

Wow! Eddie had and loved the 2C+! I never knew.

This changes...everything.

 

[glpg80]

This changes...everything.

Browned crunch berries

 

[mentoneman]

went to the hollywood store many times.
when my triaxis needed repair, they transferred my presets to a demo triaxis they had and let me borrow it while my unit was being serviced.
also had my IIB Coli modded for simulclass at that shop.

 

[BABMusic]

went to the hollywood store many times.
when my triaxis needed repair, they transferred my presets to a demo triaxis they had and let me borrow it while my unit was being serviced.
also had my IIB Coli modded for simulclass at that shop.

I've also been there several times. I'm sad that it's gone now. The staff were very helpful and friendly. That's actually where I first tried a Mark series and fell in love.

 

[DrewJD82]

He also mentioned a hilarious story about some disability advocate who tried to sue the Hollywood store because the store had a step in the front door. The Boogie store had a side door for people in wheelchairs (with no step) but the person complained it should be in the front. LOL. Pathetic that these kinds of lawsuits are taken seriously. If I were I judge, I would laugh my ass off and throw it in the trash.

I use an industrial engineer firm for a lot of projects on the campus I run, the owner told me a while back that 60% of their business is correcting ADA requirements that weren’t built into a property to begin with and 90% of the time it’s because an ambulance chaser walked a property with a tape measure and found a violation that hasn’t affected anyone, but isn’t by the book and they’re suing the property owner as a result.

 

[NinjaRaf]

Well, that's not QUITE what he said. He said there is a section in the front of the preamp in those initial rectos that he took from Mike's amp and he wanted to change that section of the preamp, but everyone else at Mesa told him not to because it sounded great. And then proceeds to thank Mike.

Also, they didn't try to sue the Boogie store. The guy sued the person he bought the shop from because of the guy went bankrupt from the lawsuit.

 

[BABMusic]

Well, that's not QUITE what he said. He said there is a section in the front of the preamp in those initial rectos that he took from Mike's amp and he wanted to change that section of the preamp, but everyone else at Mesa told him not to because it sounded great. And then proceeds to thank Mike.

Also, they didn't try to sue the Boogie store. The guy sued the person he bought the shop from because of the guy went bankrupt from the lawsuit.

Right, I had to go back and hear it again. That's sad for the guy who lost his shop.

 

[NinjaRaf]

Yeah, pretty stupid to go bankrupt for a lawsuit like this. Not like he built the building.

 

[BABMusic]

I'm kind of clueless on the input stage vs preamp stage, as that's beyond my understanding. Just by watching Randy, it appeared to me he was being honest about the whole Recto / SLO thing.

 

[NinjaRaf]

Yeah, he is being honest about it here. The input stage is just taking your low impedance guitar signal and amplifying to prepare it for the rest of the preamp...which includes gain staging and tone shaping and all the juicy stuff most of us like. It's a small part of the preamp...well depending on the amp. Rectos have a bunch of gain stages and other stuff going on, so it's a small part of a recto. Maybe a larger part of a simple Fender circuit.

 

[Rackman]

Right, I had to go back and hear it again. That's sad for the guy who lost his shop.

Yup that's the legacy of the ADA - thousands of businesses destroyed, lawyers immensely enriched, and all so someone doesn't have to roll around to the side door.

 

[Jdub]

went to the hollywood store many times.
when my triaxis needed repair, they transferred my presets to a demo triaxis they had and let me borrow it while my unit was being serviced.
also had my IIB Coli modded for simulclass at that shop.

That was a cool shop, strategically located right across the street from GC on Sunset! Sad it closed down. I wonder if GC becoming a Mesa dealer had something to do with it? and if so... which was the cart and which was the horse?

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Browned crunch berries

Crunch Brownies.