Cant get my dual rectifier to work

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NO, actually you don't have a basic understanding or you wouldn't be doing what your doing. Get the manual at Mesa boogie.com and read it. You might actually learn something.
 
thegreattailz":1q2mz5q2 said:
If somebody really wants to help me inbox me.
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Everyone here has been trying to, but here I will try to do it without sarcasm.

1) Never run a tube amplifier without at least 1 speaker cabinet connected to a speaker/cabinet output. Preferably that would be a cab/speaker with the same resistence... 8 ohms to 8 ohms, 16 ohms to 16 ohms, etc. If you read the manual on mesaboogie.com, it tells you that there are "safe mismatches" i.e. 16 ohm cab on an 8 ohm output on a mesa is acceptable, it will just increase the speed of the tube wear.

Powering on your Rectifier without a cabinet is the equivalent to walking around the gun range with your booger hook on the bang switch... you will kill someone, in this case the rectifier.

You will not get ANY sound from the Recto without speakers. period. Don't try it, it will not work.

Plug in at least one cab... please...

we beg you.

PM me if this does not make sense... I will help all I can.
 
We are trying to help you but you come off as completely clueless about all of this with very little clear information as to what you are trying to do and then cop an attitude. You say in your first post you don't have a cab, then later you say that you have a load hooked up...hooking the line out (which does not take any signal from the power amp part of the amp, preamp only) is not a load on the amp . If that is accurate your done right there, your computer is not a speaker load for the amp and without a load your amp will self destruct.

As we have said 10 times you MUST have a speaker or load box of some kind on the amplifiers speaker output even if you keep the master volume at zero and only use the line out. Also most likely the channel volumes (and the channel gains) will need to be up a little to get anything out of the direct out and it will sound crappy since there will be no speaker emulation so it will be thin and buzzy and not sound like an amp and cab. If you've really read the manual all of this should be very clear. Buy a POD and run that into your computer, it will sound better anyway. That amp (any amp really) is not made to do what you are trying to do, they are meant to plug into a cab and play at higher volumes. Good luck
 
A line out is not a load
The only thing that's a load is a speaker cab (actually no, but for now, yes)
Want some help?
DO NOT TURN A TUBE AMP ON WITHOUT A SPEAKER CAB CONNECTED TO THE AMP'S SPEAKER OUTPUT
Hope that's clear
 
Here's some advice; go buy some sort of amp modeling software or iRig if the only output device you have is a fucking computer. Why on earth would you try to run a 100 watt AMP thru a computer, even if you use the line out?? It will sound like shit unless you have speaker sims etc. I think this is the definition of overkill. EVEN IF YOU ARE USING THE LINE OUT YOU NEED TO HAVE A LOAD ON IT (A SPEAKER CAB FOR INSTANCE).
 
RG955TT":2m0w6fja said:
We are trying to help you but you come off as completely clueless about all of this with very little clear information as to what you are trying to do and then cop an attitude. You say in your first post you don't have a cab, then later you say that you have a load hooked up...hooking the line out (which does not take any signal from the power amp part of the amp, preamp only) is not a load on the amp . If that is accurate your done right there, your computer is not a speaker load for the amp and without a load your amp will self destruct.

As we have said 10 times you MUST have a speaker or load box of some kind on the amplifiers speaker output even if you keep the master volume at zero and only use the line out. Also most likely the channel volumes (and the channel gains) will need to be up a little to get anything out of the direct out and it will sound crappy since there will be no speaker emulation so it will be thin and buzzy and not sound like an amp and cab. If you've really read the manual all of this should be very clear. Buy a POD and run that into your computer, it will sound better anyway. That amp (any amp really) is not made to do what you are trying to do, they are meant to plug into a cab and play at higher volumes. Good luck
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I dont undrstand pre amps, power amps and line outs. I understand what they are, but Im not an amp junkie so I know nothing about the inner workings. The whole purpose was I live in an apartment, and yes I have a cabinet (its in storage) and im getting it tomorrow. But I live in an apartment so I cant use the cabinet for (high volume) recording, hence trying to keep the tone of the tube amp and recording off it rather than blowing my neighbors out and getting kicked out. Does that make logical sense?

Im not retarded, I just didnt think tube amps were this sensitive. Youd think theyd be more versatile with safety gimmicks in place. But apparently not.
 
Where's Bob Savage? I'm sure he would enjoy this thread.

Ok though, let's be serious here. You should plug your guitar into the 4 OHM output on the amp. Your guitar has 6 strings so you can't use the 8 OHM jack, it will feedback a ton. If that doesn't work try taking the slave out and hook that into the input of a POD and crank the amp. Something should happen.
 
thegreattailz":2vdk8ixj said:
.....I just didnt think tube amps were this sensitive.
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Its not that they are sensitive....they just have too much power.
 
Tube amp is old technology, mostly free of gadgets
That's in order to preserve that classic warm sound
You can still use your line out, but you need a cab
Want silent recording? Get a Kemper
 
danyeo":1da3jy4z said:
Where's Bob Savage? I'm sure he would enjoy this thread.

Ok though, let's be serious here. You should plug your guitar into the 4 OHM output on the amp. Your guitar has 6 strings so you can't use the 8 OHM jack, it will feedback a ton. If that doesn't work try taking the slave out and hook that into the input of a POD and crank the amp. Something should happen.
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I thought it went into the 8 ohm output? If you apply the inverse of ohms law and divide that by pie, a 6 string guitar = 8ohms. I thought everyone knew that?
 
Milerky2":p68jwccm said:
thegreattailz":p68jwccm said:
If somebody really wants to help me inbox



Powering on your Rectifier without a cabinet is the equivalent to walking around the gun range with your booger hook on the bang switch... .
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I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thank you.
 
Stramm8":s7hc8izh said:
danyeo":s7hc8izh said:
Where's Bob Savage? I'm sure he would enjoy this thread.

Ok though, let's be serious here. You should plug your guitar into the 4 OHM output on the amp. Your guitar has 6 strings so you can't use the 8 OHM jack, it will feedback a ton. If that doesn't work try taking the slave out and hook that into the input of a POD and crank the amp. Something should happen.
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I thought it went into the 8 ohm output? If you apply the inverse of ohms law and divide that by pie, a 6 string guitar = 8ohms. I thought everyone knew that?
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Well it's all those damm safety gimmicks! You'd think they would of thought of ways around all this.

This reminds me of selecting the correct power band for a motorcycle, everyone told me the red one's were best but I went with green.
 
The cab I have is 8 ohms, and Im still fucking confused cuz it has 2 8 ohm outputs. So its not like Im a fucking retard, I just have never owned a tube amp before. So this is my first day. Some of you guys have been doin this shit for years and had teachers. Here is a picture of the back
 

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That pic is from a Triple recto.
Just plug your cab into one of the 8 ohm spots. No teachers here....plug and play. ;)
 
thegreattailz":3q27yrxt said:
The cab I have is 8 ohms, and Im still fucking confused cuz it has 2 8 ohm outputs. So its not like Im a fucking retard, I just have never owned a tube amp before. So this is my first day. Some of you guys have been doin this shit for years and had teachers. Here is a picture of the back
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For now, what you need to know is:
Use one 8 ohm output and plug your cab in there

By the way, you can have a better teacher than all of us ever had
It's called the friggin' manual

;)
 
thegreattailz":j3ws3vgg said:
The cab I have is 8 ohms, and Im still fucking confused cuz it has 2 8 ohm outputs. So its not like Im a fucking retard, I just have never owned a tube amp before. So this is my first day. Some of you guys have been doin this shit for years and had teachers. Here is a picture of the back
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For the love of pete, read the fucking manual if you don't understand how it works. If you don't have a manual, download it from mesa's website. They are so easy to understand that even an actual retard can understand it; so you should be fine ;)
 
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