Interesting...Mesa Rectifier Revisions Myths?

[angelspade]

Please don't buy the roadster unless you are an experienced tech with loads of free time and money.

Ask me how I know

Seriously?

 

[DanTravis62]

Seriously?

They sound quite good but both the road king and roadster have a very common known fault with the channel switching relay

Basically it's supposed to temporarily silence the "pop" when you switch channels

The relay commonly goes bad and the amp powers on fine but makes no sound whatsoever - Its a well known and documented fault with this series of amps that is an absolute nightmare to fix

Only buy it if you have a good tech you can take it to (that will actually work on boogies) that really knows what he's doing

I know these amps sound great but there's a reason they go so cheap - that relay is a time bomb

 

[Beyond Black]

Even more than our old Rev C? The vintage high gain mode of the orange channel still haunts my dreams.

As great as the C is, I do prefer the RI, it’s all around more balanced.
It’s tighter, the lows are less boomy, more usable, and the mids are juicy and richer.
Also, they really improved the red channel. With every Recto I’ve had I’ve lived on orange and had little use for red.
On the RI I actually love them equally.

 

[LP Freak]

The lowly three channel Dual that I had was a vicious beast.
The Dual RI that I now have is my undisputed favorite, Mesa knocked it out of the park.

I still need to grab one of those

 

[vultures]

I agree that Rectos can vary quite a bit, but unlike LPs, I’ve never played a dog.
I’ve had everything from the three channel Dual to the Rev C, and they’ve all been very good to great.
If a Recto’s a dog, my money’s on shit tubes or it’s an old two channel in dire need of servicing.

Right on the money. The really bad Recto's I've played needed new filter caps and/or had those leaky sprague caps eating the board Crazy to think some Rectos are 30+ years old at this point and need new filter caps. Makes me feel old.

 

[Beyond Black]

I still need to grab one of those

Did I have one last time you were over?

 

[LP Freak]

Did I have one last time you were over?

Nope

 

[Beyond Black]

Nope

Gonna have another ampfest likely around September, I’ll hollar

 

[skoora]

This is true to a certain degree. But when I go to amp fests, it is generally not the amps I think I will like that are great. A lot of times it is the amps I don't even want to try that end up kicking major ass.

When you get to play multiple amps back to back, all the myths go away. Memory of amps can be strong, but when you put them back to back, there is no color

Ass to A….I mean, Back to back is the only way.

 

[skoora]

They're sufficiently identical that I would be against anyone being able to consistently identify them blind.

Which reminds me I should run down a Triple Multi-Watt before they become hard to find.

Surprisingly I don’t see them very often on GC used. Almost always when I see a 3 channel one on there it’s the first gen.