I finally get the Badlander- it's voiced like the Rev C.
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BrentSP
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I just got a BL a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. If you go in wanting it to sound like a refined, loose, flubby recto, then you'll be disappointed. It's the complete opposite. Recto's voicing with Mark tightness...period. Fits my style to a Tee.
I love recto voicings but despise their lack of quickness and attack. I hate using a $100 boost to "fix" a $$$$ amp. It's asinine to me unless you're using it to add different shades of color as some do with a clean setup. Had ex-Boogie tech John T do his standard Recto mod to my blacked-out MW recto and good Lord is that one punishing machine of an amp. Surprised more haven't jumped on that wagon as it fixes EVERYTHING bad about a recto and tunes the lows into chest-pounding low end vs loose sub lows.....and still has no NF on the modern mode.
Personally, never played a REV C but the back-to-back clips my buddy Kev has done of his C and BL sound very close with the C having more low mids and scooped mid mids....but the attack and texture are all there and nearly the same, at least in the clips. I don't think anyone can really say unless they have them side-by-side to each other. Even Kev himself feels they do sound very similar but not exact and he has them both side-by-side. Definitely closer to the C than any available recto today.
Here's my quick BL demo.
I love recto voicings but despise their lack of quickness and attack. I hate using a $100 boost to "fix" a $$$$ amp. It's asinine to me unless you're using it to add different shades of color as some do with a clean setup. Had ex-Boogie tech John T do his standard Recto mod to my blacked-out MW recto and good Lord is that one punishing machine of an amp. Surprised more haven't jumped on that wagon as it fixes EVERYTHING bad about a recto and tunes the lows into chest-pounding low end vs loose sub lows.....and still has no NF on the modern mode.
Personally, never played a REV C but the back-to-back clips my buddy Kev has done of his C and BL sound very close with the C having more low mids and scooped mid mids....but the attack and texture are all there and nearly the same, at least in the clips. I don't think anyone can really say unless they have them side-by-side to each other. Even Kev himself feels they do sound very similar but not exact and he has them both side-by-side. Definitely closer to the C than any available recto today.
Here's my quick BL demo.
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Dino 939
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I bet there an EQ pedal on the market that can bring that in.
A mod to it may screw with the already screwy’
Badlander voicing.
Dino 939
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HELL YEAH with the John T dude and that insanely good mod.
Dino 939
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I actually am gonna send him a Roadster at some point soon if I haven’t missed the opportunity
BrentSP
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Oh man, it's a crazy good mod that keeps the stock cosmetic look but makes numerous but subtle tweaks to the circuit that adds up to an insanely great-sounding recto. Even under the hood the mods are so well done with original stock boogie parts but with different values that you can't tell it's been modded at first glance.
BrentSP
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I plan on doing a JT Recto demo in the same style as my BL demo soon.
311splawndude
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Great demo - great tones.
Would love to hear some drop tuning chugga chugga too
You should create a thread for this too
BrentSP
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Thanks. I do have the JT Recto in drop C# for this clipGreat demo - great tones.
Would love to hear some drop tuning chugga chugga too
You should create a thread for this too
311splawndude
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^ sounds great
how would that sound through the badlander to you think?
how would that sound through the badlander to you think?
BrentSP
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There are a lot of similarities between the JT and BL with the BL being tighter with more mids. I think in the mix it would be hard to tell the difference. The time it takes to edit these multi-angle vids is ridiculous. I have great respect for those guys doing those types of vids on a weekly basis AND still maintaining a family and day job.
That’s the best clip I have heard of one yet , it does not have that grating upper mid
BrentSP
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Thanks! Yeah I stated that in the BL video captions. It was in the DAW part slightly clipping red.
How does it handle the modern drop D stuff like AIC , Shinedown
Three days grace ?
Racerxrated
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That is a stellar demo; and clearly shows the Badlander’s ability to play 80s stuff no boost needed. Which is exactly what the first Rectos were designed to do.
