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We
know you won’t believe it …so STOP READING! Get your guitar, and go check out the new Recto Pre, direct through a console.
Still
reading? Then here’s the deal:
There were several times we almost gave up. For three years we worked day and
night to deliver the sound and feel of our legendary Dual and Triple Rectifier
stacks …direct to tape. All this time we watched a digital parade of “me-too modeling toys” try
to seduce you. But we chose an alternative approach to modeling …it’s
called reality.
In
a classic guitar recording, what you hear is the
sound of a tube pre-amp feeding a tube power amp,
driving a speaker. Note that a tube amp and speaker
share a magic and complex relationship because each
affects the other as they constantly respond to changes
in frequency and volume. And don’t forget, the
cabinet also affects how the speaker moves as it
pushes air at the microphone, reacting with the ambient
characteristics of the room.
Got all that?
Now
let’s try to recreate this process —sound and feel— leaving
out everything except the pre-amp. Ouch! You can
see why we almost gave up.
We’re
not exactly sure how it works or even how we did
it …only that we were determined to stuff a Recto Stack in a two-space rack. And
we didn’t stop ‘til it was over the top.
If you want to be like the original, why not start with the original. And
in fact we used the exact same parts and circuitry—making it killer for live too. Then we added extra recording tubes, six in total, five custom transformers, a gang of tuned inductors and our thirty years of tone-questing experience to duplicate on tape not just the sound—but
the addictive feel of a Recto stack mic’ed
up in a great room.
Channel One alone will amaze you. We’ve added the Fat and Brit modes from the mighty Road King to create a truly powerful arsenal of clean and roots sounds. If you never used Channel Two’s amazing gain sounds, this Pre-Amp would be worth every dime just for it’s Channel One virtues alone. But trust us—there’s
more, much more: Raw, Vintage and Modern roam gracefully
through all the realms of subtle gain expression
before reaching a mind-bending fury of high-gain
Recto performance.
So
don’t settle for less than the most recorded
and revered amplifier in contemporary music. Now
those sounds and more are instantly available—any
time, any where at any volume level. Remember, only Mesa makes the authentic Recto.
So
next time you want to track, don’t get bogged down with hours of set up and miles of cable. Plug straight in to the Recto Pre-Amp and get right to the heart of your playing—inspiration.
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Features
- Handbuilt in the USA
- Pure
Analog "Recto Direct" Recording Circuitry
(no digital modeling) / 6x12AX7
- 2 Fully Independent Channels with 6 Modes (Channel 1 = Clean, Fat or Brit, Channel 2 = Raw,
Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain)
- Independent
Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence & Master
Controls per Channel
- Bright Switch and Pad Switch (Channel 1)
- Live Bright/
Warm Record Voice Switch (Channel 2)
- Record Output Level Control
- "Live" Output
Control (over all channels)
- Solo Level Control
- Parallel
FX Loop w/Stereo Returns &
Mix Control
- 1
Smart Power Function Trigger (Controls Smart
Power Modes on Select MESA Power Amps - "Deep, Half Drive or Modern")
- Independent
Stereo Main & Recording Outputs
- External Switching Inputs
- 2
Button Footswitch (Channel 1/2 &
Solo)
Available
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