The Dual Recto RI is the best Recto to date. A hill I'm ready to die on.

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Awesome demo! Because of you and with the help of a few beers I pulled the trigger on a Dual Recto RI! Amp should be arriving this afternoon! I'm pumped because this will be my first Dual Recto I've ever owned! I'm a huge fan of Mesa Mark amps so I'm hoping this one will bring a good flavor to my collection! Getting a pedal board setup shortly so I can test a few OD's with the amp! What OD's do you recommend I try with this?
 
Awesome demo! Because of you and with the help of a few beers I pulled the trigger on a Dual Recto RI! Amp should be arriving this afternoon! I'm pumped because this will be my first Dual Recto I've ever owned! I'm a huge fan of Mesa Mark amps so I'm hoping this one will bring a good flavor to my collection! Getting a pedal board setup shortly so I can test a few OD's with the amp! What OD's do you recommend I try with this?
Any Tube screamer variant.....Maxon 808 is very popular. Boss SD1, OD1X are others I've used and liked. Really anything that pumps up the midrange will get the job done on a Recto.
 
Awesome demo! Because of you and with the help of a few beers I pulled the trigger on a Dual Recto RI! Amp should be arriving this afternoon! I'm pumped because this will be my first Dual Recto I've ever owned! I'm a huge fan of Mesa Mark amps so I'm hoping this one will bring a good flavor to my collection! Getting a pedal board setup shortly so I can test a few OD's with the amp! What OD's do you recommend I try with this?
I've tried all the usual suspects as well as a good sampling of the cool kid suspects as well. While it's not necessarily my favorite for the bedroom, the OD1X is the secret weapon I always go back to for anything with the band.
 
Just set it up. Going to fire her up in a minute. I'm going to try these 3 OD's and see what wins.
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So I've been playing the Recto RI in my rock band and it's been fantastic. Tonight I played it with the 7 string in the metal band and it was phenomenal. Sealed the deal for me, no other recto I've tried live (C, F, Gs, Tverb, MWs) has sounded that good. Both the red & orange channels were (very different &) killing it!
 
So I've been playing the Recto RI in my rock band and it's been fantastic. Tonight I played it with the 7 string in the metal band and it was phenomenal. Sealed the deal for me, no other recto I've tried live (C, F, Gs, Tverb, MWs) has sounded that good. Both the red & orange channels were (very different &) killing it!
The RI has the richest mids of any Recto by far.
 
I'm really digging this last clip especially with the G12T75'S which were my least favorite with the HRG reissue. 2nd were V30 for me and Greenbacks were a bit fizzy with this amp. Again all tones are really good just think the Recto really matched well with the old school 75's. Thanks again!
 
both sound nice but i’d give recto the nod. in the right hands that’s a very versatile amp. prince metallica holdworth korn…

but oh the joy of mixing for kids using triple rectos and tsl marshalls in the 2000s…

in that era mixing any amp with a “triple” in its title was normally like pinning a race car with triangle wheels towards a mushroom cloud.🤣
 
both sound nice but i’d give recto the nod. in the right hands that’s a very versatile amp. prince metallica holdworth korn…

but oh the joy of mixing for kids using triple rectos and tsl marshalls in the 2000s…

in that era mixing any amp with a “triple” in its title was normally like pinning a race car with triangle wheels towards a mushroom cloud.🤣

"I set my Recto just like you should set it. Gain, Bass, and Treble on 10, Mids on 0. Why are YOU making it so you can't hear me out front?"
 
Pulled the RI chassis out for testing & inspection. In bold / tube using the stock 6L6 the amp is running 488 plate volts, and the stock STR445 YELLOW are around 28 mA. (each color moves ~6 mA). This is right in line with all other Rectos, they've been historically consistent here.

What is the plate voltage on the HRG RI?
 
Just set it up. Going to fire her up in a minute. I'm going to try these 3 OD's and see what wins. View attachment 419835

I have not tried the RI yet but I have a G mod to C and have really started to enjoy playing her with no boost. Red silicone. But I prefer the Bad Monkey over the SD1, Pepers, Koko, etc.

I used to have an Avatar cab just like that - what speakers are you running?
 
From what i heard, i dont think liking badlander is a bad thing. I heard it wasnt really like a typical recto though.
Truth.
Hey man!
I hope you’re ‘livin’ high & wide’
my brotha’!
Me?
Goin’ hard at it man.
Staying hungry for it and building an army
of Redneck Ninja’s👌.-WORD!
BTW-There’s a total of (8) World Trade Center size cranes posted up in downtown Tampa
slingin’ that work all around man!!
-on another note:

Dude, I just took delivery of the most insane amp.
Yep, you guessed it, it’s a Lenz!
The Evil Twin.-tower’s of tone..
I don’t even need to leave the house anymore..don’t need a marriage..a dog..
or even a dick tbh.
-Just a guitar & a Lenz.-fire in the hole.
He really f’n dialed this thing in like a smorgasboard of buttery-tight high
CAPITAL gains..
This thing is RAD.
Feeling extremely blessed👍.
I’m lost in tone…playing my guitar working my way back to the universe..

Eddy mentioned his amps in some serious players recording arsenals which must be such a head-trip at his age.
Good for him.
He knows…
The only place success comes before work..
-is in the dictionary.
I decided to relearn the guitar in reverse order.
Like that faithful tear-jerker Brad Pitt movie where
he ages in reverse from an old man to a freshly born baby.-a lot like that!

I hope all is well for you & all amongst you
And if not..well shake it up & fire in the hole that shit bro’!!
LTFOL’

Cheers for YEARS💫
 
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