Been amp hunting for a couple weeks after I threw in the towel and returned my Marshall DSL40CR. To this point have not played Fender or Orange amps, but have played almost all the Marshall and Mesa’s
The best tone I’ve heard yet is the clean tone on a Rectoverb 25 combo. Was amazing. That said I found the gain channel horribly abrasive. The odd thing is that I dig the Mini Rectifier gain tones and the Rectoverb is supposed to just be the Mini + Reverb as I understand it. The Mini has a good clean tone, not nearly as good as the Rectoverb, but good nonetheless. But I pretty much enjoyed the gain structure on the Mini Rec. (Aside from some slight in-articulation under heavy gain)
So the questions are:
1. Is the Rectoverb truly just a Mini + Reverb or is there more going on?
2. Was my dislike of the Rectoverb gain channels potentially due to playing the combo, and not the head through a better cabinet? (I’ve read some people complaining about nasally or boxed tones via the combo, which may be their way of describing what I called abrasive) I have a new 2x12 Mesa cab with V30’s.
Here’s the rub. There is one Mesa dealer in my city and they don’t have a Rectoverb head only the combo, so I can’t really test out the head to see if my dislike of the gain channel was down to the combo setup vs a dedicated cab. So basically I’d have to take a $1400 stab in the dark.
Any thoughts, opinions, advice is welcomed.
The best tone I’ve heard yet is the clean tone on a Rectoverb 25 combo. Was amazing. That said I found the gain channel horribly abrasive. The odd thing is that I dig the Mini Rectifier gain tones and the Rectoverb is supposed to just be the Mini + Reverb as I understand it. The Mini has a good clean tone, not nearly as good as the Rectoverb, but good nonetheless. But I pretty much enjoyed the gain structure on the Mini Rec. (Aside from some slight in-articulation under heavy gain)
So the questions are:
1. Is the Rectoverb truly just a Mini + Reverb or is there more going on?
2. Was my dislike of the Rectoverb gain channels potentially due to playing the combo, and not the head through a better cabinet? (I’ve read some people complaining about nasally or boxed tones via the combo, which may be their way of describing what I called abrasive) I have a new 2x12 Mesa cab with V30’s.
Here’s the rub. There is one Mesa dealer in my city and they don’t have a Rectoverb head only the combo, so I can’t really test out the head to see if my dislike of the gain channel was down to the combo setup vs a dedicated cab. So basically I’d have to take a $1400 stab in the dark.
Any thoughts, opinions, advice is welcomed.