duffrouillard said:
Don't do it!!! Get some different modules. I prefer the Grail over the Recto it's beefier, or you can modify the recto into the grail with a capacitor. Or even try an ultra or ultra xl. The Ultra is a more compressed version of the Recto and sounds much better, and the ultra xl just cranks. The Mr Scary is also a great module also. Get a blackface or Tweed instead of the Clean. The clean is really sterile sounding and has no life... You will enjoy this amp, i would try different tubes also, i prefer 6L6s's to EL34s. I am guessing yours came with EL34s.
Mine has EL 34's and 6L6's. I prefer the EL's a little better. The problem is the bass, it's just way too much. I have the density down to zero. I reseated all the tubes in the recto module. The clean module didn't work. One of the tubes was just about out. WTF? Answer me this. How the **** does a tube come loose? It's not like they are not tight fitting. I mean you'd have to throw it against a wall to have it come loose. Whatever though, end of rant.
I have biased everything. Both sides at about 32mv or whatever the book says.
Now what's up with this? Everyone says "oh yeah, just throw a different capacitator in it", but nobody ever explains which one to replace, what to replace it with. I've seen the front page with the mods already. It doesn't have any of the mods I am dealing with.
I play metal, not 80's metal but modern metal, death, whatever you want to call it.
My other problem is the effects loop. Either one when used with a delay or reverb renders the tone useless. That's why I sold my mesa rectifier studio preamp. The parallel effects loop sucked. But I'll put up another thread on the effects loop.
Thanks for the help guys. I don't want to sell this stuff, but now have my eye on the engl 50W power amp and special preamp which will cost me about 3k. I want to give this stuff a chance, but I'm really really discouraged already with the tone. All this stuff is brand new. I've also verified all the preamp tubes are glowing as well in the modules and the RM-4
Kevin