Hey tastic, I agree with ya, i quite like the tone. Now I was wondering if you could help me out.
Borrowed a mates triple rec and mesa o/s quaddy, set it up, plugged in and ................... well, not overly impressed. I mean for $7,500 worth of gear, I expected a lot more. I must have MORON settings going on, cause the XXX and the 6505+ (to me) sound way better through the same cab.
I love the tone you have happening here, so I can only put it down to not having any experience with a recto until the other day. The only things I can see where the recto outshines the Peaveys is in the build quality,(god the recto is beautifully built), the quietness of the amp and the bottom end it produces. (I think I know why Devin townsend uses his recto and Stilletto together now) as the recto to me just doesnt have enough body and balls by itself.
Now when I throw a Maxon od 808 in front of it, it becomes much better, but still not on par with the XXX.
I recorded the 3 amps through the mesa cab individually, then recorded the 3 amps through the Randall warhead cab (v30s) individually and ended up going with 4 lots of peavey in the end. No Recto.
If you could share some settings, or any info on the recto in how to achieve something solid, that would be great mate, if not I will battle on, but I still havent had much success fiddling with the knobs.
P.S I have the recto on the 3rd channel, modern, with the gain at around midday, and if i krank it up past 1.30 - 2.00 ish it just turns to mud. Frustrating, especially after hearing your tone on here.:hotjump:
And I disagree with you, naturally - I'm loving this head/cab combo, and while I agree about the hi-end thing others have mentioned, a little tweaking will remedy that! And even if I did think it had too much bass, well, there's always a knob for that, and I'd much rather have a little extra bass than the stuffy wool of the Stiletto cab! Thanks for listening though dude, and it's probably just a taste factor!
