Mesa Rectifier VS Modelers! (The Ultimate Comparison!)

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Published 2024-06-27
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Thanks for watching my comparison video of the MESA/Boogie Dual Rectifier (3ch) vs the Fractal Audio Axe Fx III, Line 6 Helix, Neural DSP Quad Cortex, Boss GT-1000, St. Rock Amperium Live, Headrush Prime, Hotone Ampero II Stage, Fender Tone Master Pro & Fractal Audio Axe Fx III! Let me know your thoughts in the comments below! Cheers!

Gear used in this video:
- Schecter E1 Apocalypse Red Reign
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Fractal Audio Axe Fx III
- Line 6 Helix Floor
- Neural DSP Quad Cortex
- Fender Tone Master Pro
- St. Rock Amperium Live
- Headrush Prime
- Hotone Ampero II Stage
- Boss GT-1000
- ML Drums by ML Sound Lab
- Cubase 13 Pro
- ML Sound Lab Cabinet Impulse Responses
- Fractal Audio LB-2 X-Load
- Klotz Cables & DI Box

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All Comments (21)
  • @BaianoPR
    I'm really impressed how the dual rectifier sounds exactly as a dual rectifier.
  • @JStillwell-wm3ln
    The Tone Master model is based on a 1992 2-channel Dual Rectifier Solo head Rev F on the red channel with modern voicing, bold power amp mode and silicon rectifier. We were going for maximum 90's nu-metal vibe.
  • @NoelFernandes
    You're a hero! one of the big difficulties of comparing rectifiers is that we can't know what models are being the original reference for that modeling. The same model of the same year of production sounds a little different from each other. The rectifier itself has changed a lot by it's versions, since 1992. Great comparison!!!
  • @RequiemDead
    It's the subtle frequencies of the Recto (and it's revisions) that for some reason seems to be so hard to capture/model. Everything nowadays is close enough to say, yep that definitely is a rectifier...but man, do I love the actual amp in all it's tube glory! Great vid, Jon!
  • @johnfinlay4963
    Those are pretty close, but you can hear small differences. Got my Badlander50 on monday and I’m loving it . Thanks for all the stuff you do for us 🤘🏻🤘🏻
  • @TheGooseChaseMusic
    Most of them sounded close, especially in the mix, but holy some of the dials on the modelers are set to extremes just to match. Great video, as always.
  • @scottwhitlow8468
    Wow. What a great comparison! Can’t believe how far TMP has come after their latest firmware update. So close!
  • @FuzzySnuggz
    It's crazy how close the Tone Master is to the real thing. If I didn't have a Quad Cortex already, I would definitely be eyeing the Tone Master now!
  • @user-os3vt8lm6g
    Thanks for that rectabatte! Please share your DI guitar tracks and recorded rectifier tracks to us, so we can try to get closer. For example ampero (with different poweramp and amp settings) and amperium (different tubes, power amp tubes and impedance curves and so on...)
  • @decadence3001
    Based on a 2001, 3 Channel Mesa/Boogie® Dual Rectifier® Solo Head. The Dual Rectifier® was part of Boogie's more modern, high gain approach for that "big hair" sound. In contrast to the earlier Boogies, the Dual Rectifier's tone controls have more influence at high gain settings, so you can scoop the mids and increase the bottom end. We used Channel 3 on the Modern setting for this one with the rear switches set to Bold and Tube Rectifier®, respectively. (It's from helix website)
  • @dernetteherr9347
    Hi , the Headrush sound is terrifying the best is AXE Fractal and Quad Cortex Thanks for testing
  • @QuoVadis88
    Fender TMP has updates and hot fixes, leap-frogging ahead. They just had a hot fix a few days ago. Sound and features are really making it a good purchase. People are impressed how fast and vast the improvements are.
  • @FungusLabel
    For a studio with limited budget I'd pick any of these modellers. They simulate tons of legendary amps so well - especially in the mix. However, I used a lot of digital amps and for some reason they never gave me same satisfaction as a tube amp, when playing in a room. There is something special about tube amps, so pick your real Mesa, Marshall, Peavey... etc. tube amp, while they still exist. Great video John.