[Mattayus]

Originally Posted by Shaman

On my Rectifier I have my bass: 11 mids: 10 treble: 11.(o'clock)

treble at 11 o'clock? doesn't that sound like you've got a blanket on your amp?!

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Mattayus

treble at 11 o'clock? doesn't that sound like you've got a blanket on your amp?!

Dude, I run my treble on 0 most of the time, for leads. Hold up a sec while I hunt down the last clip I posted here...

[Mattayus]

Oh yeah I remember you saying, wasn't it for a Satch cover? That's so weird, I plain don't get how it can still have so much bite. I have to crank the shit out of my highs to not get the blanket effect

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Drew

Dude, I run my treble on 0 most of the time, for leads. Hold up a sec while I hunt down the last clip I posted here...

Edit:

New Tune, "Zero Mantra" (yes, I really am recording!)

Honestly, sometimes it seems about 90% of what you know about every other amp on the planet doesn't apply to Rectifiers.

[Mattayus]

So it seems! That's a badass tone bro, really creamy and vintage

[Drew]

Recto on Modern mode, with the gain maybe 5 o'clock and the treble at 0 and presence pretty low too. Makes no sense, eh?

[Shaman]

Yeah, Rectifiers are very unique when it comes to EQ. And of course, tracking is a totally different scenario. What works in a room or even live with a band, might sound like utter crap when tracking guitars.

Of course it depends on the tone you are going for, but the cymbals etc. should fill the upper range in a mix, so you can get away with pretty dark sounding guitars just fine. as long as they are not too dark, so that they lose the upper range djent.

[Drew]

Shaman, as I recall, you're an Opeth fan too.

It always amazes me when I see those guys live. Every once in a while Mikael will play something between songs, just a chord or two, through his rig, and it sounds tiny - sort of thin, rolled back highs, not a hell of a lot of bass, and very little gain at all. I mean, AC/DC sounds heavier than he does alone, practically.

And then they'll start another song and the bass, drums, and second guitar will come in, and holy fucking shit does it suddenly become a huge guitar sound - massive, articulate, and just brutal.

It's almost comical.

[Shaman]

Originally Posted by Drew

Recto on Modern mode, with the gain maybe 5 o'clock and the treble at 0 and presence pretty low too. Makes no sense, eh?

For a Recto user that makes total sense

I usually have my presence totally off and treble 11o'clock when using the modern mode. It is such a bright channel, so low presence/treble settings are the way to go. No wonder people often think Recto's are fizzy when they crank the presence like it is a Marshall etc.

Originally Posted by Drew

Shaman, as I recall, you're an Opeth fan too.

It always amazes me when I see those guys live. Every once in a while Mikael will play something between songs, just a chord or two, through his rig, and it sounds tiny - sort of thin, rolled back highs, not a hell of a lot of bass, and very little gain at all. I mean, AC/DC sounds heavier than he does alone, practically.

And then they'll start another song and the bass, drums, and second guitar will come in, and holy fucking shit does it suddenly become a huge guitar sound - massive, articulate, and just brutal.

It's almost comical.

You got that right! When you only listen to their guitar tone it's nothing extraordinary, but all of the instruments work amazingly in a mix.

[Drew]

I actually like what the presence does to the midrange though, as it comes up - it sort of scoops out a bit of lower mids, it seems. So, for heavier rhythm parts I generally run the presence pretty high and just try to work around it in the mix...