All user reviews of 4/5 for the Mesa Boogie Rectifier Recording Preamp

Mesa Boogie sought to answer the trend of digital emulations of their rectifier series amps with an analog alternative, the rectifier recording preamp. Featuring 2 distinct channels and 6 user modes (clean/ fat/ brit for channel 1 and raw/ vintage/ modern for channel 2), the preamp is modelled closely to the typical rectifier amp with some notable additions. A bright and -3db pad are added to channel and a preamp voice toggle on channel 2 allows you to choose between "live bright" and "warm record" modes. The preamp is tube based running 6 12ax7's and an effects loop is present as well. The focus of the preamp was the recording output, however, mesa have included several I/O options to make the unit gig friendly as well. The construction is top notch and the preamp looks very sharp in a rack.

UTILIZATION

The preamp is very simple to use and connects directly to an interface to record to your DAW. The inclusion of a footswitch makes sessions easy to navigate. I used the preamp with an external power amp and cabinet with wonderful results. With this configuration, the unit sounds splendid at both bedroom and gigging volumes. Construction is solid and gives you the same sense of confidence as any other Mesa product.


SOUNDS

The cleans are voiced differently from a normal rectifier head, offering note separation and brilliance typically not found in the series. The bright switch worked very well livening up my dark sounding Gibson's and sounded at home stock with my brighter, maple fretboard equipped guitars. The gain sounds are excellent and being able to control your output with a poweramp can deliver some very saturated sounds. As impressed as I was with the live application of this product, I felt that the direct recording function was a little underwhelming. The preamp direct sounded lifeless and lacked the excitement of capturing the same setup in the room with a e609 microphone.


OVERALL OPINION

If you are looking for a preamp to match with a poweramp and cab, this is an excellent tube offering that can be had for as little as $650 used. If you were excited about the direct recording application of the rectifier preamp, you will more than likely be dissapointed with the results.

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output recording: Metter to direct a mixing desk, or your sound card ...
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UTILIZATION

Ben will not be easier

SOUNDS

Ben is a clear top, very clean, with the presence, in short it's a very alive, very light ....

the distorted sounds are very hard to enrgistrer in rhythm as very aggressive .. it's gross gross
fo to be careful to not put too much gain, if not, well the room is cool .. ok .. but even hard ca ca registration boiled ....... it's really hard to master .. ... I say that seeing is not a pod .... the sound is raw fo rework, for it is against life, hotter, denser ... in short it is the element to master I admit it does not yet have arrived ....

at the guitar, the chords sound the death !!!!!!!!, very defined, very harmonically rich .. it's beautiful

where it is the drip pan in rhythmic style Stratovarius, ect .... malamsteen or a parasite to a pti Bzzzz which is always present is that makes the game unsuitable !!!!!

solo, very good, the sound is brilliant, very far, dense, hot short ... I love it life with a brief delay is magic .. pti is the purpose of em ... I edit cete 've found a really top lead sound (channel vintage trebble 11 h, 12 h mid, bass 9am gain between 15h and 18 h, 9 h presence) and the pt1 ... it sounds, I also have a PODXT .. I n'utilsé over this preamp for months ... it's the slap, the revelation ... and I said I use it live soon .. pt1 mp3

its going to clear itself in engegistrement .. easy

OVERALL OPINION

It's been yn peus a year since I have it, a lot .... only jl'aime ik ben recording sounds saturated ryhtmqiue a little hard to manage .. to play live ...... . ben love !!!!!!
the price is dear dear !!!!!!!!, HOnet ca does not apply .... You just have to be passionate and somewhat tainted like me

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I will not repeat what has already been said. I put 8 because I think there is everything you need in terms of sound but a canal would have been more practical

UTILIZATION

The use could not be simpler: we choose the channel you select the mode, turn the knobs and the sound comes alone.
Personal I was very scared at first because I read everywhere that the mesa were very hard to solve and quite frankly I do not agree for two reasons:
"I had a very clear idea of ​​his that I wanted and it was found one hour
-All sounds are good (a requirement to love the grain mesa) so it is a priori not difficult to find a sound that appeals
I, for one, was fortunate to have the french manual. clearly goes straight to the point, and explains in detail the possibilities of the beast.
bulk of the score nothing wrong so I put 10

SOUNDS

I bought this preamp for a very bold his death (at the nile, cannibal corpse), the sound has a dream theater, and a clean mind in the fender. and frankly there is no deception on the goods. I have the sound is one I voullais, and yet I put him in the ass a marshall 9200 and everyone said that There's more .... I have a cabinet for the Marshall 1960 (4x12) in v30, and a mesa 2x12 correct (in v30)
More in details:
It is super clean and really kind Rican fender twin in the mind (to be heard in the studio to repeat ...). it lacks can be a bit of momentum compared to the fender (but in my case it is also can be my Poweramp)
Them are our wonderful crunch exactly what I wanted to type a good blues roots and dark. you can also type in tones more in the spirit goes pink floyd tt ca alone.
-Saturations are very dark and furious, in contrast to type in the extreme it can be a lack nothing gain. my solution (which is the same as that of loomis nevermore) is put forward (just after the guitar) a little overdirve very light. the grain is not changed by against sound may be slightly compressed, but gives away the bulk of his large, dark nag.

well basically I etter 10 because it does exactly the job that I buy, however, a small disappointment all the same: I can not find the surgical precision of my tube preamp engl E580 or gain celuici. but being careful to treat his game more and putting on that famous overdrive came to win what we want

OVERALL OPINION

Very very good stuff, the very high quality !!!!! I paid for mine ocaz in perfect condition € 780 and that price is a great deal. against nine for the price is, in my opinion, prohibitive! it is too expensive for what it is. However, all the sounds and patterns are fully exploited, this product is perfect if you know why they buy it. coming of the planet when I have a little engl on my hunger in terms of precision ... but hey my grateux voullais I play on the mesa and frankly after testing, it does not bother me too much.
I put 8 as objectively as it's great stuff but it is very expensive for what it is if you buy nine (twelve o'clock is not a product all the same!)

small edit: I told him now added a mesa boogie from 2:90 qqs months and frankly it day and night with the marshall. I can not say that Marshall was wrong but Poweramp 2:90 bcp more suitable to my style (darker with a lot of bass and dynamics). basically, whatever the purists who say that only allows for 2:100 sound correct, for my part I have the same sound with a dual ....