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[Michael Scarn]

I posted about this the other day, but it became official when I picked it up last night



dude was mad cool, hooked me up with the flight case for free



my associate nick had never seen a boogie in person, so he asked that i bring it over for him to check it out. Don't yet have a cab for it, so we just sat around admiring it.

[chrisolson]

That's the best sounding Recto-series amp I ever owned. HNAD!!

[tonemonster]

your turned the amp on without a cabinet? I thought that was bad for the amp?

[Michael Scarn]

I wanted to show him the tube glow, I left it on standby. I thought that would be ok, no?

[Trussrod]

your turned the amp on without a cabinet? I thought that was bad for the amp?

Plugging a guitar into the head and playing it with the amp turned on but no cabinet connected can damage the output transformer. Just turning it on shouldn't be a problem...

[Michael Scarn]

Plugging a guitar into the head and playing it with the amp turned on but no cabinet connected can damage the output transformer. Just turning it on shouldn't be a problem...

sweet! thanks for that info, i was starting to stress about it lol

[Twitch]

Plugging a guitar into the head and playing it with the amp turned on but no cabinet connected can damage the output transformer. Just turning it on shouldn't be a problem...

Unless youre setting the bias, then youll want that load. Irrelevant in this situation, I know. However, I still wouldnt leave it on more than a few minutes without a load, just in case the amp its self is emitting a signal internally, such as a bad hum, internal feedback, etc. When it is on, Id turn all the knobs to 0, just in case.

[Nimitz]

dude was mad cool, hooked me up with the flight case for free

How do you figure the case was "free" it came with the amp that you payed for... can't stand when people throw around the free word.

Cool Amp btw... now shoot a video and lets hear that bad fugger!!!

Also clean the leaves out of your trunk seal area.

[Trussrod]

Unless youre setting the bias, then youll want that load. Irrelevant in this situation, I know. However, I still wouldnt leave it on more than a few minutes without a load, just in case the amp its self is emitting a signal internally, such as a bad hum, internal feedback, etc. When it is on, Id turn all the knobs to 0, just in case.

Good advice. Thanks, Twitch.

[Michael Scarn]

How do you figure the case was "free" it came with the amp that you payed for... can't stand when people throw around the free word.

Cool Amp btw... now shoot a video and lets hear that bad fugger!!!

Also clean the leaves out of your trunk seal area.

it feels free for the following reasons:

1.) I JUST saw another ad on CL for a rectoverb (same as mine) for 1k, I talked this guy down to 500 lol (yes, I tried it, sounds great).
2.) the ad mentioned ONLY the head (actually wasn't even advertised as a ROV, ad just said single rec)
3.) I was on my way out before the guy remembered he had the flight case, didn't want anything extra for it. He could have sold it elsewhere and gotten some cash for it, those things aren't cheap.

also, thank you for pointing out the leaves. I will fix those TONIGHT, son lol

[jgcable]

Rectoverb is a great amp. One word of caution, I would never turn a tube amp on without a speaker load even if its on standby.
Not safe.

[Michael Scarn]

hmm, won't do that again. Thanks guys


stupid question:

I had a dual rectumfrier in college, and it had a button on the footswitch for the fx loop. This does not, but it has a loop. How do I use it? I string the fx pedals together and plug into the back (parallel or other?)...then how do I activate them? I don't want the signal to affect the tone until I'm actually using my pedals.

thanks

[jgcable]

hmm, won't do that again. Thanks guys


stupid question:

I had a dual rectumfrier in college, and it had a button on the footswitch for the fx loop. This does not, but it has a loop. How do I use it? I string the fx pedals together and plug into the back (parallel or other?)...then how do I activate them? I don't want the signal to affect the tone until I'm actually using my pedals.

thanks

I don't believe the single recto has a switchable loop.

[Trussrod]

I talked this guy down to 500

You stole that amp if you only paid $500 for it. The case is an additional $200 at least. I hope it turns out to be a great amp for you.

[Michael Scarn]

You stole that amp if you only paid $500 for it. The case is an additional $200 at least. I hope it turns out to be a great amp for you.

I know, that's what I'm saying! I wasn't planning on buying a new amp until march, but I saw that for $600, offered 500 just to be an asshole lowballer and the dude took it. No joke, I found the same amp for sale in a town maybe 80 miles from where I got it for 1k today. Played it at the guy's house to make sure it works, everything works great. I got really lucky with this purchase.

I don't believe the single recto has a switchable loop.

fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu

so what's the point of a loop them?

[Hellbat]

The only difference between a switchless loop and a switchable one is that with the switchless one you have to turn each effect on and off individually. With a switchable loop, you have one button to turn off every effect all at once. Otherwise they are the same in operation.

[Michael Scarn]

so when i turn a pedal off the signal is no longer affecting the tone in anyway???

[Hellbat]

If you have a true bypass pedals yes. If the pedal employs a buffer, some people can feel/hear it and it fucks with their mojo. I've never noticed much myself but I'm a bad guitarist with a bad ear.

[Michael Scarn]

so that's on the pedal, not the amp correct?

thanks for the help

[Hellbat]

Correct. All a switched loop does is allow you to add or remove all pedals (in their current on/off state) all at once with a single footswitch. When the loop is turned on it will behave exactly the same as a switchless loop, you just have the option to bypass all effects with one button instead of switching each pedal on/off individually.