Guitarists; Anyone familiar with the Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier?

decent amps but way better ones out there for the money

same wattage?

I love 70's ampeg V4's (100 watts)

but you should these out too:

VHT pit bull/deliverance
Engl Fireball
5150 III

Usually dudes playing those amps are going for that super compressed high gain tone and end up dabbling in axefx at some point... which i'm not a fan of at all.

I don't know, This one would be for a studio. if I liked it there, I'd tour with it in which I'd need 2. Possibly 3 for a backup.

I like that they're 150w. What kind of cab and guitars you using?

ampeg V4 then with a matching 4x12 cabinet





get a lone wolf audio left hand wrath (HM2 clone) and you're all set
seriously, that is widely regarded as THE best death metal pedal on the market

I used to have a single rectifier. It was a great amp. I eventually moved on because I found it to be something of a one trick pony. When I had one they were just two channels. I think they have added more channels and features since then.

I have an Orange Rockerverb 50 now, and it is a fantastic amp. It really can do everything I want it to including balls to the wall metal. I have a Les Paul with emg's as well, and it screams through that thing. I'm not that familiar with Death Metal guitar sounds, but the orange sounds great for stuff I like (Mastodon, High on Fire, Down etc.)

Downside to the Orange is that it is quite expensive.

150 watts is crazy to me. I've had multiple 50 watt amps including the single rectifier that could easiky drown out Jon Bonham.

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I've had multiple 50 watt amps including the single rectifier that could easiky drown out Jon Bonham.

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In the drive to be "loud" - something was lost along the way. Your point is an important one - guitar, key and vocal amplification in a rock band only needs to bring it up to the level of the drums - the PA public feed is what makes it loud enough for everyone in the venue to hear. If it's a small club or room with no PA, then it's even sillier to overdo the volume of the instruments.

You're just making more work for someone else to try to balance things out.

I mean that's not really true though. It depends on what genre of music you play. He plays death metal. If you play doom/stoner/sludge, you're going to want a 100+ watt tube amp.

I prefer the dual rectifier. If you want an amp that just does extreme gain better than just about anything else, triple is the way to go. I find the dual allows for better nuance and fills and still provides some monster distortion.

Then again, I play a baritone guitar in drop A# with blackouts, so the triple might just be overkill for my guitar.