If money was no object, what's your dream amp?

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I mean if money is no object, James Hetfield's rig from Live Shit, a Marshall Plexi and JCM 800 and a Peavey Deuce. Might as well cover all my bases.
 

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Hard to say if we are just talking 1 amp. Currently I would love to have something like a Fortin Meshuggah or Cali. Actually if it were possible I would love to have a Fortin made NATAS or Satan and not the Randall version. However some other amps I would really love to collect.

1. Friedman HBE
2. Fryette Pitbull 100CLX
3. ENGL Savage II
4. REVV Gen 100P
5. Mesa Boogie Triple Rect. 2 channel
 

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Hermansson’s stuff always sounds tight as hell, I’d love to see what it’s like in real life. I wonder if the modded rectos still retain any of the Recto feel when they’re that tight.
 

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Sounds sorta like a starved fuzz but without the fuzziness.

Yeah I think that's what's drawing me to it, I'm not a fuzz guy at all which seems to be more of a Marshall thing. He did tell me (as I was just curious about his stuff since his site is down) that Mesa in particular is only $1990 including shipping to America which seems like possibly a steal if anyone was interested.
 

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Yeah I think that's what's drawing me to it, I'm not a fuzz guy at all which seems to be more of a Marshall thing. He did tell me (as I was just curious about his stuff since his site is down) that Mesa in particular is only $1990 including shipping to America which seems like possibly a steal if anyone was interested.
Marshall amps aren't fuzzy though?
 

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I know it's rebuilt from scratch, but I love how he turned an old tube PA amp into a fire-breathing monster. :lol:

Would love to try a Hermansson. Probably the cheapest :)lol:) alternative to a Larry.
 

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I know it's rebuilt from scratch, but I love how he turned an old tube PA amp into a fire-breathing monster. :lol:

Would love to try a Hermansson. Probably the cheapest :)lol:) alternative to a Larry.

His PA builds are incredible. He's supposed to be working on a from-scratch "production" amp design but seems updates on it are few and far between.
 

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I just don't get the obsession with everyone trying to get so tight that all that's left of the guitar is the pick attack. This one was so bad that I thought I was hearing the "clank" of the strings before I realized that it was just an amp gone crazy.
 

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Sounds MUCH better to me here than the stock amp. Midrange is more aggressive and cutting, less fizzy, and the low end doesn't sound like a tub of lard.
 

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I didn't really care for either of them on channel 2; pre-mod was flabby as hell, post-mod sounded like a bad attempt at being a boosted Marshall.

Channel 3 pre-mod is great; post-mod has not body at all, just a bunch of attack. If that's the sound you want, why are you even buying a Recto -- an amp known for its body and THICCness -- at all? Might as well just get a Nitrox and be done with it at that point.
 

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I sort of like the stock one better. I'm getting some sort of disconnect seeing a Recto and hearing what I otherwise think of as like... I don't know, a Randall Thrasher or something. His mod doesn't improve the recto sound -- it changes it into an entirely different amp (that I'm sure is a step in the right direction to some people). I'd prefer to just tighten the original recto sound a tiny bit though.
 
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