JT_Marshmallow
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I like to play clean straight up jazz (ala Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery) so I crave a good warm clean channel that still sounds great when you roll back the guitar's tone knob (I'm not a big "twang" player). I also like to play a creamy jazz fusion style so I like a lead channel with lots of throaty mids.
My other favorite style to play is metal chugging like that of System of a Down. I fell in love with the girth of the Rectifiers when I was a teenager (back in the heyday of nu-metal) and still have a soft spot for it to this day. I can't really play much rock lead anymore because I spend most of my time on jazz, but god damnit I still love to just come home from work and chug some riffs to get my bowels moving.
So as far as a great clean and dirty sound for jazz and fusion, I've found it in the Studio Preamp which I proudly own. It also does a decent high-gain chunk, but still won't sound like a spongy Recto. So I've decided to get a Rectifier...again. (Probably won't ever be in a metal band, so its just for fun.)
I have owned two Rectifier heads in the past: a Roadster head and a Revision F model with a serial # in the 900's. I couldn't get an acceptable lead tone out of the Roadster because of the sharp "fizz" on every channel, and also had a hell of a time trying to not get the clean channel to break up at high volumes. So I won't be buying a Roadster again. As for the Revision F head, I needed an overdrive pedal in front to tighten it up and I don't want to have to do that again, so that's out too.
I really have my eyes on an old Tremoverb but I'm not sure if the extra features are worth it. I have never had the opportunity to sit down with one so of course I need to ask people who have. I would love to get a Rectifier that has a usable clean channel and perhaps a usable lead sound...? Is this too much to ask? Considering my musical tastes stated above, does the Tremoverb deliver? What I'd like to know is:
- How does the clean channel on the Tremoverb compare to the Roadster? Does it tend to break up quickly?
- Are the reverb and tremolo completely useless (such as extra noise or volume drops) like on many other amps?
- Is the Red channel voiced any differently than a regular 2 channel Recto?
- Does that Blues mode actually sound as good as the name implies, or is it just another gimmick to sell the amp?
- The Tremoverb's reviews say that its "incredibly versatile". (I could've said that about the Roadster if it didn't have that goddamned fizz when any gain knob was past 9:00.) Is the T-verb actually versatile? Most of the reviewers on harmony central don't really know how to judge any tone other than metal so I don't know who to believe.
I'm sorry this was long but I want to make the right decision. Thanks in advance!
My other favorite style to play is metal chugging like that of System of a Down. I fell in love with the girth of the Rectifiers when I was a teenager (back in the heyday of nu-metal) and still have a soft spot for it to this day. I can't really play much rock lead anymore because I spend most of my time on jazz, but god damnit I still love to just come home from work and chug some riffs to get my bowels moving.
So as far as a great clean and dirty sound for jazz and fusion, I've found it in the Studio Preamp which I proudly own. It also does a decent high-gain chunk, but still won't sound like a spongy Recto. So I've decided to get a Rectifier...again. (Probably won't ever be in a metal band, so its just for fun.)
I have owned two Rectifier heads in the past: a Roadster head and a Revision F model with a serial # in the 900's. I couldn't get an acceptable lead tone out of the Roadster because of the sharp "fizz" on every channel, and also had a hell of a time trying to not get the clean channel to break up at high volumes. So I won't be buying a Roadster again. As for the Revision F head, I needed an overdrive pedal in front to tighten it up and I don't want to have to do that again, so that's out too.
I really have my eyes on an old Tremoverb but I'm not sure if the extra features are worth it. I have never had the opportunity to sit down with one so of course I need to ask people who have. I would love to get a Rectifier that has a usable clean channel and perhaps a usable lead sound...? Is this too much to ask? Considering my musical tastes stated above, does the Tremoverb deliver? What I'd like to know is:
- How does the clean channel on the Tremoverb compare to the Roadster? Does it tend to break up quickly?
- Are the reverb and tremolo completely useless (such as extra noise or volume drops) like on many other amps?
- Is the Red channel voiced any differently than a regular 2 channel Recto?
- Does that Blues mode actually sound as good as the name implies, or is it just another gimmick to sell the amp?
- The Tremoverb's reviews say that its "incredibly versatile". (I could've said that about the Roadster if it didn't have that goddamned fizz when any gain knob was past 9:00.) Is the T-verb actually versatile? Most of the reviewers on harmony central don't really know how to judge any tone other than metal so I don't know who to believe.
I'm sorry this was long but I want to make the right decision. Thanks in advance!