Mesa Dual Recto

[leecs]

5150s are one of the better tighter-sounding amps stock. However the lead channel has too much of that high end sizzle but it can be eq-ed out or smoothened by using a ts type pedal with the highs rolled off.

the main "juice" is from the rhythm channel. Not the lead channel.

 

[gsonique]

Tube rect or silicon selected ?
Tube rect saggamolishes
Silicon Tightpants

Is your feedback switch ...engaged >> more ??
.. power tubel.. el34 /6L6?

fur metal tight pants and beyond...we usually reduce first preamp cap >>> gives that much nicer overall tightness for all channels aye.

There are lots of mods for specific needs and i can't be discussing it here.

 

[Hydrofly]

Theres a reason why I swear by solid state amplification.

 

[thor666]

How now brown cow?

What speakers are on the recto?

A speaker swap might help...

 

[Weiht]

Yeah, this is one amp that is hard to use and hard to get a gd tone immediately. like wat others said, u have to find that sweet spot which imho is very small. Its not a bad sounding amp, its just that u gotta find out how to get the beast going cuz its not idiot friendly, esp if its ur first go at a tube amp.

I jammed with it before n it was the one of the worst amps i used jamming, even the ibanez ss amp sounded nicer... BUt when the owner came in n demo the amp, i was like shit...

That being said, im more of a guitar straight into amp old skool/classic rock and bluesy tone kinda guy, so u can ignore wat i said about the 2 paragraphs above hehe