Ola Please Respong.
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Today's question.
Hey Ola.
I've got a Triple Rectifier that I've had for a while
but I've been able to quite dial it in just right.
What would your advice be to get the most ultimate and brutal chug out of it?
Cheers.
Alright, I'm gonna try and help you out.
Look at this, I don't have a Triple Rectifier.
That's just how it is.
But I do have a Dual Rectifier right here.
And the main difference between the Triple Rectifier and the Dual Rectifier
is the headroom.
The Triple Rectifier is 150 watts,
the Dual Rectifier is 100 watts.
In the tonal aspect, they're not really that different.
There's even more differences between different revisions of Rectifiers.
But that's a completely other video right there.
We're not gonna go into that today.
The Dual Rectifier is sort of like a standard in the metal world today.
At least during the 90s.
It was designed in the beginning of the 90s and with that--
It has a sick tone going.
However, it's not the most modern-sounding metal amplifier.
I mean, this sounds good.
But it's not enough.
You know, you need a little bit more push in the amplifier, so...
What a lot of bands did back during the 90s
is that they boosted their Dual Rectifiers to get where they wanted.
If you have active pickups, for instance,
that's also a little bit of a boost, so...
A lot of people with EMG 81s, for instance, they didn't need an overdrive.
They just plugged in the 81 in there and that was it, basically.
So, to answer your questions, I brought out two different pedals today.
Two of my favorites for using with a Dual Rectifier.
So, here's the Dual Rectifier tone.
Pretty good as it is.
Let's engage my favorite overdrive pedal.
The Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9.
This was a classic back during the 90s.
Basically all metal bands that were using a Rectifier,
they boosted with a Maxon OD-808 or a TS-9.
It's such a classic.
And that, my friends, is one of my favorite guitar tones, metal guitar tones.
That's just--
It's so good.
My first ever tube amplifier was a Dual Rectifier.
So I'm kinda married a little bit.
I just really love this type of sound.
So if you're into the 90s type of metal tone,
the TS-9 gets you there, man.
Easily.
If you want a more modern metal tone to a Rectifier,
I'm recommending the Fortin 33 pedal.
This is the signature pedal of Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah
And it's very easy, there's just one knob.
And basically you want to have it at maximum, most of the times.
Unless your amp is farting out, then you need to crank it down a little bit.
So, let's engage the Fortin 33.
Can you hear that?
The monster we made, man.
OK, dialing up the gain.
And just like that, we have a sick metal guitar tone.
So, to answer your question,
these are the two overdrives or filters that I would use
with a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier or Triple Rectifier.
It's--
Agh.
It's just agh.
Sometimes when I do a festival with The Haunted for instance,
sometimes I'd only bring one of these.
You know, because usually the backline consists of a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier.
I would just hook up an overdrive into it and I'm done basically.
Because Mesa are the staple of metal guitar tone.
So they're always available in backlines, for instance.
So, just a little cool--
Tried and tested.
Just a great amplifier, man.
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