Seriously? So Rev C’s sound like excessively bright, fizzy, modded Marshalls?Agree to disagree ?Rev C Rectos are for people that dislike Rectos in general and want a “modded Marshall” with a different mid focus.
Does owning about 30 of them count?
See i had the opposite experience. I had an old rev f that i couldnt get right, and was always dry sounding for a lack of a better description. My rev g has more mid content, and even with my weird settings, sounds brutal, tight, and fluid. Just easier to play. Ive owned several different rectos over the years, and theyve all been different. Even a tremoverb that just sounded dead to me. My rev g duall i have now thats been through the ringer is always my goto, and just kills. Would like to get a rev c oneday tho….
I gotta disagree big time with all due respect of course. I may not have had as many as you, but did AB 3 different Rev C’s with the same exact tubes to be fair as well as AB it with a Rev D and 2 Rev F Triples and have tried 4 Rev C’s total. They don’t sound anything like any modded Marshall I’ve had when AB’ed (including lots of Cameron’s among others). They sound basically like other Recto’s with more teeth/aggression and clarity. I could on any of the Rev C’s I’ve played dime the presence and treble (not that I prefer that) and it’s still a much darker and fatter, low mid dominant sound when AB’ed with the Marshall 2203’s I’ve had, SLO’s, Wizard’s, Naylor’s and a few others. Those amps are way brighter with much higher sitting mids, no contest. They’re still dark, fat amps that are only bright relative to other Recto’s IME. And I’m a huge recto fan fwiw that grew up in the ‘90’s. I love my Marshall’s too, but the Rev C (and other Recto’s) is top 3 for my taste, while my favorite Marshall’s (modded or stock) would fall just a little outside that (still love them too)Agree to disagree ?
We all hear things differently, but to me these differences are more often than not pretty big or at least enough for it to make or break my experience with the gear as being magical must haves vs just nice but I don’t need it
All good! If everyone thought like me, it would be boring as hell ? I’m not saying a C sounds like a modded Marshall. I’m saying they seem to be appealing to the same crowd that usually gravitates toward “that” type of sound. I joke Rev Cs are Rectos for the people that hate Rectos, haha. When I think of the “Recto sound” that defined a decade and many genres of music, it’s the Rev G (honorable mention to F which is close).
As far as straight tone, anyway. MW kills it on versatility and options.Yes, disagreements are a necessary spice for sure. Agreements are boring. I think they appeal to guy’s like myself that generally just prefer tones that are more raw, gritty, rough around the edges and vintage Marshall’s by nature tend to be one version of that vs Friedman for example totally ruining that for me. I really hate tones that are too smooth or muffled. Maybe tones that are perfect for you would be too polite/smooth or rolled of for my taste, who knows. There’s no doubt that a G or F defined the sound as that’s what they used, but a C to me is what they should’ve used in a perfect world. A more toothy, aggressive version of that sound with more complexity/interesting stuff going on around the notes. I also fwiw only use the orange ch as I always found the red to sound to bland tonally and too smooth for my taste. For me the orange ch defines that iconic throaty gravely growl like a fire breathing dragon that I’ve only gotten on these 2 ch Recto’s. It’s been one or my favorite sounds ever since I first picked up the guitar at age 14All good! If everyone thought like me, it would be boring as hell ? I’m not saying a C sounds like a modded Marshall. I’m saying they seem to be appealing to the same crowd that usually gravitates toward “that” type of sound. I joke Rev Cs are Rectos for the people that hate Rectos, haha. When I think of the “Recto sound” that defined a decade and many genres of music, it’s the Rev G (honorable mention to F which is close).
I’m also the oddball that seems to love the opposite of everyone else. I prefer F and G to anything that came before, and I like the OG 3 channel better than the MW ?
Nice, so that's a G, F and C?
Orange Modern is where it's at for their iconic throaty growl that red doesn't have. With the right tubes I also actually like tube rectification more, still bold mode
They vary for sure, although IME AB'ing 3 Rev C's with exactly the same tubes (power and pre to be safe) they at least still all had the same qualities in sound and feel that distinguish Rev C's IME from other Rev's and found the same to be the case when AB'ing different Rev F's. They varied clearly, but still had the key qualities that make F's sound and feel the way they do vs others IME
