What Should I Choose?, Between these two or other similar that you might know |
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Mar 2 2010, 10:20 PM
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These are two great options that I have encountered:
JSX Dual rectifier I would like an amp to play stuff in the vein of Dream Theater, Symphony x, Children of Bodom, Steve Vai, Between the two which one would you consider is the best option for this, or maybe you know of other one that you would recommend? -------------------- Visit my:
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Mar 2 2010, 10:30 PM
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Between this two, I would have go for the MESA, since I trust more in their craftmanship than Peavey. I also find Peaveys a little "heartless", eg. there is no core in the tone in the same way as in MESA, Marshalls and Fenders....
But thats just personal, I guess. Other suggestions would be to have one built for You, made on the specs that You specify - or to have a stock amp modified. I guess most of the top players have their own amp-tech's that are doin custom stuff on their gear. //Staffay --------------------  Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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Mar 3 2010, 02:38 AM
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I would choose Recto over JSX anytime. However, I believe that the cab is very important, so I would spent the same, if not more amount of thought on that problem. Speakers are the final tone link, not the head.
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Mar 3 2010, 03:17 AM
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Do you really need an amp Daniel?
I mean an amp as an amp, power, loudness on stage, heavy weight for carrying around etc. If not that you should strongly consider an AxeFx, Standard or Ultra, doesn't matter, both would work just fine for what you looking for. I use my Ultra for gigs all the time, I go straight into mixer/PA and I get some of the signal back in on-stage monitor, just like you would do if you were keyboard player. Of course you can always bring your own monitor on stage if you like but if there's a monitor already than imo there's no need to, unless you really have some great FRFR monitor that you can't live without. 
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Mar 3 2010, 05:50 AM
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QUOTE (Staffy @ Mar 2 2010, 10:30 PM)  Between this two, I would have go for the MESA, since I trust more in their craftmanship than Peavey. I also find Peaveys a little "heartless", eg. there is no core in the tone in the same way as in MESA, Marshalls and Fenders.... But thats just personal, I guess. Other suggestions would be to have one built for You, made on the specs that You specify - or to have a stock amp modified. I guess most of the top players have their own amp-tech's that are doin custom stuff on their gear. //Staffay thank you staffay, I will take that into account -------------------- Visit my:
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Mar 3 2010, 08:45 PM
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QUOTE (ZakkWylde @ Mar 3 2010, 06:29 PM) Don't buy any of them without trying them beforehand! They sound extremely diffrent! The Peavey might be a Joe Satriani signature amp but it packs an insane amount of gain and is used by a lot of Extreme Metal bands aswell as melodic players. I personally don't like the Rectifiers, they are tight and heavy sounding but they are lacking mids (even if you dial them in) so they are hard to hear in a band context as they don't cut through the mix very well... Here are some other amps that suit your needs and bands who play them: Peavey JSX/6505/5150/3120 Trivium, In Flames, Dragonfore, Soulfly, Bullet For My Vallentine, Machine Head, Joe Satriani, Black Ston Cherry, Rusty Cooley Engl Fireball/Powerball,/Savage/Special Edition: Megadeth, Nevermore, Children Of Bodom, Steve Morse, Judas Priest, Orianthi, MARTY FRIEDMAN, Vinnie Moore Mesa Boogie Rectifiers/ Mark Series: Carlos Santana, Lamb Of God, Alter Bridge, Dream Theater, Metallica Marshall JVM 410/210, JCM800: Zakk Wylde, Iron Maiden, Trivium, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, Slayer, Hatebreed, Yngwie Malmsteen The possibilites are endless in the highgain tube amp sector so don't limit yourself to just those two, travel to a big store that has all those amps and try them out!! thanks a lot for the accurate suggestions Zakk, problem is, I have order the amp from the US since there are no dealers from those brands over here and if they bring them, they bring them extremely expensive like 15% more than original price, but I'll see what I can do 
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Mar 3 2010, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ Mar 3 2010, 08:45 PM) thanks a lot for the accurate suggestions Zakk, problem is, I have order the amp from the US since there are no dealers from those brands over here and if they bring them, they bring them extremely expensive like 15% more than original price, but I'll see what I can do Only 15%? Consider yourself lucky man, used dual recto head (only!) can reach 2500e here, old model! Brand new is 2000$ on the web anywhere so... 
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Mar 3 2010, 10:00 PM
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QUOTE (DickyB25 @ Mar 3 2010, 09:22 PM) Look out for the new rectifiers for 2010 if your goin to buy one. here's some details New Improvements / Features: Patented Multi-Watt Channel Assignable Power – Allows you to assign either 2 or 4 Power Tubes to each Channel for Power Ratings of 50 or 100 Watts of Class A/B Power via independent 50/100 Watt Power Select Switches. The Triple Rectifier allows you to do the same however with either 2 or all 6 Power Tubes for Power Ratings of 50 or 150 Watts per channel via independent 50/150 Watt Power Select Switches. Patented Channel Assignable Dual Rectification with Recto Tracking – Allows you to assign either Tube Rectification or Silicon Diode Rectification to each Channel to fine tune the feel and character of each Channel. New Footswitchable, Tube-Driven SERIES FX Loop – Vastly improved performance and tone with Multi-Effects than Parallel Loop - Exceptionally transparent in preserving your tone while being easier to use with any type of effects. The original Rectifiers featured a Series Loop. New Tuner Output with Footswitchable Tuner Mute New Compact Footswitch - New 3x3 Stacked, 6 Button Footswitch – Top Row = Mute, FX Loop & Solo, Bottom Row = Channel 1, 2 & 3 Improved Clean & Pushed Modes (Channel 1): Clean Mode features improved headroom for amazing clarity and the most sparkling bell-tone cleans ever from a Recto, even with hotter humbuckers. Pushed Mode features tighter, more focused and percussive low end with an amazing range of gain from Overdrive textures to full-on ripping Crunch. Improved Channel Cloning on Channels 2 & 3 - Raw, Vintage and Modern modes have been further optimized for more similar performance on either channels Improved Presence Control on Vintage Mode - Provides better high-end balance and control between Vintage and Modern Modes No Price Increase - All this for the same price as the current 3 Channel version wow man, neat! I was also considering buying the pre amp version, either the Triaxis, or Recto version? I know this might have been discussed already as I 've been seeing in other forums but I would like to know your input on these options These would be great because they offer the direct recording output and also the size makes them easily transportable for gigs. But I want to know if that would really sacrifice something in the end, or is the tone actually there still? -------------------- Visit my:
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Mar 3 2010, 11:16 PM
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Man, I don't like metal amps that much, but that Dual Recto is definitely catching my eye, those are monster specs
This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Mar 3 2010, 11:16 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Mar 10 2010, 01:32 AM
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so you would recommend using pedals instead Ivan?
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Mar 10 2010, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ Mar 10 2010, 12:32 AM) so you would recommend using pedals instead Ivan? Ivan does love his stomps!  He is the european gearmanndude!
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Mar 10 2010, 07:44 PM
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I would go for the rectifier just because I totally love the sound it gives.... I don't really know about the JSX tho since I have never tried one....
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Mar 10 2010, 07:57 PM
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QUOTE (ZakkWylde @ Mar 10 2010, 05:57 PM) There is no pedal that sounds better than a good amp's own distortion! +1 I'm definitely agree to this Zakk, even that its possible to boost the gain a little bit and still get nearly the same tone as playing so loud that "Your grandma will wake from her sleep"..... //Staffay -------------------- Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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