[NiCkMiLnE]

Originally Posted by Xtremevillan

Oh cool, thanks. I'll read up and see.

I do want to try out a JVM.

im a year or so mesa user and i cant think of usint any other amp

played a UV through the jvm and it soundd like shit to me

[budda]

try channel 2 and three.

dont neglect things, sometimes they're the thing it turns out you need. case in point: me and my resonance knob

[Xtremevillan]

here's somethign I can say on my tunings: on -12 dB, the low end is HORRIBLE. Very flobby from two feet away. it sounds muddy and unclear. Should I turn the master volume up? It's pretty high and loud.

[Toshiro]

Originally Posted by Xtremevillan

Oh, that makes sense! So in this picture:

1 2 3 4 5 6 = V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6, or is that the ones wrapped around the foil?

The covered(foil) ones are preamp tubes, those are the power tubes.

[EdgeCrusher]

Originally Posted by Xtremevillan

Edge, not sure if i would want another mesa if this one works out wrong.

Well the Mark series are voiced much different from the Recto's, it's much more of a hot rodded Marshall tone, so don't let one bad experience ruin your opinions of all Mesa's, though I do understand where your coming from, it does suck spending $1000+ on an amp and not being 100% happy with it. The series II Stilletos and Mark III/IV would suit you much better than a Recto I belive, and IMO are better than any Marshall though similar in tone.

[Xtremevillan]

I see, man. We'll see how it goes.

@Toshiro, would the V1 be the foil ones or the power tubes? I'm going to be wearing this n00b badge for a long long time.

[EdgeCrusher]

V1 is the first of the smaller foil covered preamp tubes, not the larger ones which are the power tubes

[Xtremevillan]

Thank ye very much!

I've gotten a sound I like out of the Mesa after messing around a little, though it's still not as good as I want from the low end, even a few inches away from the speakers. I'll try to work on that--switching to "Modern" on Orange works well. PErhaps I'll delve into the red 3rd.

[budda]

i can only say it so much - explore all the options on your amp.

[Shaman]

Originally Posted by LordOVchaoS

His SD-1 was Chaos modded by me which includes taking it to TS specs and much much more. It sucks very little bass. In reality an SD-1 is almost a straight up tubescreamer clone slightly modified.

Oh, I missed that, thanks for clearing that up

Originally Posted by Xtremevillan

1) I'm not sure I can do that, at around 8:00 to 9:00 (starting at 7) it becomes a little...too loud.
2) So you think I should spring for an Ibanez TS-9 from LordovChaos? Or a default one? Seems fine to me but then again it's my first pedal.
3) There's some mental block with me and the third channel, I prefer to use the orange in vintage, but if I'm becoming this desperate, why not. In fact yes, I DID try out the settings! Moving into the next room the low end was flobby but everything else was fine, which...well you read above what I did wrong, lol.
4) I play Necrophagist music and I always pick hard. Sometimes for tremolo I pick light but it's still a hard kinda light.
5) I have my gain on 12:00, if anything, a tick above 12 on 3rd, and 1 on 2nd channel.
6) That sounds fine, I think you did one before too.

Yeah, I never turn my amp past 8o'clock without wearing some kind of hearing protection!

Your settings seem to be OK, you pick hard, you have the LordOvChaos SD... Even though I love my Triple, it just migh be that the Recto tone just isn't for you.

The Recto isn't really what you are looking for if you are after a Necrophagist kind of tone. The Rectifier is very organic and raw sounding.

Was the tracked Recto tone ok for your ears? Of course I tend to EQ the amp my own way, so you might not like the tone I like.