ultimatemetalguitartones
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Tried this beast today in the studio! What a cool amp!
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jbru91
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That sounds killer! What a jam room too! I've been itching to try the big Revv. Is the the latest version (mkiii?).
Bash_Man
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sounds nice and heavy.
ultimatemetalguitartones
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Thx man! yeah that's the one!
Beyond Black
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Nice sounding amps, but rather polite and very compressed. Your Mesas fucking devour it.
DanTravis62
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Very solid, but it is rather "polite" as @Beyond Black says.
That may change with a close mic, though?
That may change with a close mic, though?
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I’ve never played a Rev in person but polite and non aggressive is what I hear constantly. Like a tube that sounds like a modeler or something
DanTravis62
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the only real, close miced clips ive ever heard are glenn fricker, and im not going to judge their amps based on that lol
but yeah that seems to be what everyone says
thegame
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No
PBGas
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Great amp! I used one for most of the summer and really liked it. Lots of features built in.
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Racerxrated
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It’s kinda like what most Friedmans used to sound like; polite and polished like a recorded tone. Cool if that’s the sound you want.
But like Jeff said, your Mesas will devour it!
Cool clip!
But like Jeff said, your Mesas will devour it!
Cool clip!
Beyond Black
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My buddy has one, and it actually sounds really good if you want a smooth, polished tone. But we played it side by side with a particularly good sounding three channel Dual Recto, and for aggression metal tones, the Mesa took it’s lunch money, gave it a swirly, and kicked the shit out of it.
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VESmedic
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Pretty much exactly my thoughts when I tried one here mic’d up… soft as a baby’s ass. Soft, polite, no edge at all. Hard, hard pass for me m.
DanTravis62
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At least in the realm of ultra modern high gain it seems like there are way better options out there.
I'm not really a connoisseur of this sound though, to me it all sounds a bit neutered - but from some reason the revv stuff specifically comes across as super tame and clinical.
I'd love to be proven wrong with some great close miced clips, but they haven't appeared yet
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ErikT
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Sounds good dude! Thanks for sharing.
ultimatemetalguitartones
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That's definitely true! They are rather clinical and maybe more studio oriented but for the modern stuff they are killer amps with lots of features. I would never buy one to be honest though
Beyond Black
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For modern tones with a ton of switchable options, I consider KSR’s to be in the same category as Revv, but KSR’s smoke them IMO.At least in the realm of ultra modern high gain it seems like there are way better options out there.
I'm not really a connoisseur of this sound though, to me it all sounds a bit neutered - but from some reason the revv stuff specifically comes across as super tame and clinical.
I'd love to be proven wrong with some great close miced clips, but they haven't appeared yet
DanTravis62
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Yeah if this was the sound I was going for, a Colossus or something I think would be way better.
Plus kyle doesn't do the obnoxious youtube shill marketing overload thing, plus his stuff seems better designed and thought out.
I'm actually more impressed with his pedal designs than his amps though lol, the Eros is a really fucking great swiss army knife overdrive to keep around.
Beyond Black
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My buddy
Another friend on mine has a Colossus, and that‘s a killer amp. It’s much more aggressive and growly than the Revv. He gigs with it and it cuts really well and sounds huge. Guitar players are always sniffing around that amp when he takes it out. Hahahaaa
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VESmedic
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One of my favorites for sure. And I agree, the KSR stuff is where I’d be going if I was looking for an amp like this. I wanted a colossus for years and when I finally got one ( first ever made actually) it absolutely floored me. Has the best high end on earth, even while being kind of dark. Phenomenal crunch and punch. Like the best of a recto and an SLO with the response of a mark series almost.