Recto Lovers - what would you buy now?

saxxamafone

saxxamafone

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Many versions of the recto now kicking around out there.
Some insanely over priced of course depending on the rarity.

If you were in the market now for a good recto... what would you be buying?

From what I've seen and heard, the multi watts seem to be a decent meeting point of good tone at a reasonable price?
Or do they still fall short to the Gs and Fs etc?
 
Multiwatt was, and still is my favorite. Problem I had with it though, was too damn loud for home use.

I also dug the Single Rectifier with some JJ KT77's, but the FX loop is garbage.
 
I'd rule out anything earlier than F I think purely due to the prices of those.

Regarding the triples, main thing I hear is the mids and tightness sits in a slightly different place to duals
 
I've had plenty so I'll weigh in.
  1. The Rev C is king, buuuuut.....
  2. Rev F triple is next. Note if you're going to get a 2 channel, the triple is tighter than the dual. ...and in reality you boost them all. Tone isn't really different.
  3. I prefer the Dual MW to the Triple MW because the mids sit in a better place and the tightness is the same. MW are voiced like the F. A MW in 50W mode is very player friendly.
  4. Tremoverbs are amazing as well.
  5. Early small logo Gs are also very good. Later "normal " Gs are just normal.
Happy hunting!
 
I had a 2 channel Dual Recto from ‘94 many years ago. No idea what rev it was, but I thought it sounded very good. Wish I still had it.
 
Badlander if I was buying new.

For used I would wait for a good price on a Rev G, or a multiwatt if you need a clean channel. Everything else is too expensive.

Tremoverbs were my favorite, but I can't justify $2k for an amp I bought and sold multiple times for $750 within the past 5 years.
 
Bought a new Tverb in 1995 I think. Loved that amp! Sold in a moment of young stupidity. Kick myself everyday.

Played several other Recto's and they were not for me. I would love to try a C, but the talk above has me leaning toward a Dual MW. Cost and ease of obtaining being the main factors.
 
Same question, except a bit more specific:

Which would be the Recto that fits these characteristics better? Scooped lower mids, BIG sub lows, and aggressive and bright highs and high-mids?
 
RevC/D is the only Rectifier I really liked and it's quite different from later revs. So it would be a RevC/RevD, a clone of those or a Framus Cobra V1 which is what a Dual Rectifier would like to be and it's on par with the RevC/D.
 
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Multi Watt or old Tremoverb combo are the best options now that won’t cost a bomb.

I love a Rev F but the prices don’t really make sense when you can just get a MW. Rev G is solid too if the price is good - I’d just say a MW is no worse of an amp and you’ll get more features and newer components.

I don’t really see the point in a Rev C/<500 Rectifier, they sound cool in their own right but it’s more of a party trick to me and not really the rectifier sound I most associate with. Cool for bragging rights/collector quality
 
If you need versatility go for the MW. If you want pure tone go for an F or G. The MW sounds a little more polished or Hifi, but the frequency spectrum it delivers reminds me of an F.
 
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