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Despite being used before one of the EL34s may be pooched and taken something out. One of the 10¢ parts with a $100 bench fee. From what I understand the Mark V's EL34 mode is biased quite hot... Somewhere up near the top of the operating range when used with their own tubes.

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The thing I've liked about both the Mark and the Recto is their ability to change as I evolve. I'm not locked into one or two sounds and everytime I get experimental I learn something new.

All Rectos are good. The Internet just likes to obsess over shit no one else cares about.

Wanting to sound like Metallica was the whole reason I bought a Mark in the first place. It took me a few years to find my own voice. I'm less metal, more hard rock these days.

I think they started with IIIs and progressed to IVs. I was a fan of Ignition... They started loosing me after that. Sounding like Offspring was never really my goal. It just sort of happened as I tried to not sound like Metallica every time I plugged into a Mark.

I had a Mk III red stripe. Very pissed off sounding amp. I loved the sound but the shared EQ felt constricting. At first I didn't mind it because I only cared about the lead channel, but once I started experimenting and learned how good R1 could sound the shared EQ drove me up a wall. I...

If you normally play in a three piece you can afford to have a pretty wide guitar sound. Once you go two guitars you have to divide up the sonic spectrum and work out between the two of you where you're going to sit. You might wind up with something that sounds terrible when heard solo, yet...

It's like being in a bar and having to choose between two obvious 10s... No matter which one you take home, you win. I will say that I prefer the slant Standard... But I wouldn't be upset with a Trad.

To me your masters seem a little low. I have my channel 2 around 9:00 on the master (modern) with the gain around 10:00. When switching the loop in and out of bypass this was about as hot as I could get it while maintaining minimal impact on the overall tone. If I clone red to orange im...

How are your channel masters set? Is the amp set to switch between clean & modern?

When I think solid state I think transistor amps... Old Peaveys and Sunns, etc. I put modern emulators in a separate category. An AxeFx isn't really doing the same thing as a Bandit, and it's trying really hard to sound like it has tubes.

I stopped reading after he claimed the SLO is a copy of the Mesa Mark II and that the Recto's modern channel has solid state diodes for tighter clipping. The author seems to think that tightness and transient response is the most important aspect to good metal tone, yet how many great metal...

If that's your goal then I'd suggest setting up two different guitars. Probably both cheaper and/or less frustrating in the long run.

2012 (and newer) Customs have a Richlite fretboard. I think that if it sounds good, it is good. I also think that 2013 was a benchmark year for Gibson and that the value of that guitar of yours will increase as time goes by.

Considering the amount of work involved buddy must've REALLY wanted a Triple Recto. Also... considering the amount of work we can see on the outside, I'd be really surprised if the preamp was still stock.

Not a great picture but it looks like they removed the tube rectifiers and replaced both trannies.

I agree... I'm just not sure what can be done about it.

I have both a Rev F and Roadster. I mostly use the Roadster.

Mesa also makes deep switchable.