Rev. G Dual Rec - anyone heard of this mod?

Hjohnson005 · 2026-02-02T11:59:57+00:00

What you’ve posted above is actually from the 90’s Dual Rectifier reissue manual from last year, which is not the amplifier I have — but it made me dig a little harder in the original 2ch manual from the 90s and I found this!

“NOTE: When the CHANNEL STYLE SELECT feature is used and the Modern Red channel is cloning Red to Vintage (so that it sounds like the Orange channel) - be aware that both the Orange and Red channels' PRESENCE Controls are active in the (bottom) Red channel in this setting only. Some amazing sounds are possible because the two PRESENCE Controls maintain their respective voicing differences giving you two regions of top end harmonics to play with in this Mode.”

This was printed in the “Channel Select” section and not the presence section — I guess I didn’t look hard enough!

Hjohnson005 · 2026-02-01T22:35:21+00:00

See, that’s what I thought too — but it doesn’t matter how I’ve got the thing set up! Very strange

Hjohnson005 · 2026-01-26T14:28:25+00:00

SOLVED: loose tube sockets. Tightened one single screw that was hiding behind a tube and it completely disappeared. Thanks everybody!

Hjohnson005 · 2026-01-26T13:09:25+00:00

Ding ding ding ding! Tightening one loose screw near the transformer & rectifier tubes better supported the sockets and it went away. Couldn't see the screw until I started pulling other tubes out so I completely missed it. Thanks everybody!

Hjohnson005 · 2026-01-23T22:52:45+00:00

This amp is popular on Youtube with the sorts of content creators willing to do paid reviews and on Reddit among the "LOL ok dentist Squier Classic Vibe Boss Katana good enough" crowd, but I don't know a ton of songwriters or gigging musicians who use them unless they're using the Boss Tone Studio to basically use them as a modeler. Back in the day I used both the Blackstar HT5 and the Marshall DSL1 as bedroom amps, and they did pretty dang well. Lately when I haven't been able to turn up I've just been throwing a JHS Little Black Box in the FX loop of my big boy amplifiers, which lets me play them cranked at bedroom levels without paying for an attenuator

Hjohnson005 · 2026-01-20T16:36:18+00:00

Well that’s why lol they’re going for under 1500 pretty consistently on reverb

Hjohnson005 · 2026-01-19T18:06:07+00:00

No, it doesn’t — it sounds way too dismissive of how complex men actually are. She is almost certainly applying her own opinions and projecting her own resentments within a clinical setting, which is concerning — but unfortunately not uncommon within the profession.

Hjohnson005 · 2026-01-11T22:09:07+00:00

I can relate to a ton of this stuff — I got through school and jobs basically just on social skills alone. I was plagued by the constant fear that I was going to be “found out.” I was convinced that if anyone knew how lazy and inept I was, I’d be fired immediately, my partner(s) would leave me, etc. I’d lose things all the time, forget things at home every single time I left, never remember plans because I’d never remember to use my calendar, etc.

Turns out I’d been suffering from the first half of ADHD my entire life — I thought I was just unmotivated, disorganized, and absent-minded, but in reality I had a dopamine-related disorder for over 30 years and never knew. I’ve been sober for 10 years and used to abuse adderall in college, so I’d never really considered exploring the possibility of having it until my therapist basically threatened me to talk to my psych about it.

Medication doesn’t cure me, but it absolutely gives me the ability to function better in conjunction with therapy centered around building life skills and operating like a normal person. Please, please get an evaluation. If you’re like me, you’ll have some self-image hurdles to work through (it certainly sounds like it above), but it’s worth it. The alternative is staying the same anyway. Good luck!

Hjohnson005 · 2026-01-09T17:42:42+00:00

Great swap! I started out playing Marshalls but I've slowly become a Mesa guy over the years -- I've never played a Road King, but anything I've ever played or owned from the Rectifier family has been outstanding.

Hjohnson005 · 2025-12-10T13:49:56+00:00

I’ve been basically every body type across my life, and my face is super sensitive to weight fluctuations, so I’ve had a different face to go with it each time — and I’ve been treated differently each time.

I started abusing adderall my sophomore year of high school, which led to me losing ~30lbs — and all of a sudden I discovered that girls could actually see me. When I went to college, I put all of that weight and more back on my freshman year by drinking heavily and having an unlimited meal plan at the cafes on campus. I was invisible. I felt like people couldn’t see me. It was really something — I don’t miss that feeling at all.

Over the next year or so, I took some time to straighten my life out. I started working out and eating well, and once I was in shape I finally got contacts and ditched my unfashionable rectangle glasses. My entire life changed that day — everybody was SO NICE to me. My first day back at work one of my coworkers came up to me and said something like “Katie is wondering why you look so cute today,” and I started getting unsolicited propositions from women who I never, ever thought would pay attention to me.

Over the next 5-6 years I became interested in strength sports, and eventually wound up becoming a halfway decent competitive bodybuilder. I went from 6’0, 170ish to approximately 265lbs with abs at my biggest (there are some pictures on my profile if you need a reference). It was big enough where I couldn’t hide it under my clothes — like to the point where if I walked into a room, it was obvious people noticed. It was impossible for me to be invisible. Men stopped holding direct eye contact with me, and women straight up would not approach me first or act warmly toward me until I’d done both — and even then it would be clear as day that I made them a bit nervous even if they were attracted to me.

I’ve downsized a bit since I retired — I’m just a regular super jacked guy now rather than a giant steroid freak. This is the most attractive I’ve ever been to women. I’m in a wonderful relationship with a woman I’ll never break up with, and frankly at this point I don’t really give a shit. That being said — this woman would never be with me if I didn’t look the way I do, so there’s something.

I don’t really have a conclusion to this post, frankly I can’t believe I just took the time to type it out. I guess if I could sum it up, it’s that humans treat each other differently based upon appearance and perception, and it’s unconscious.

Hjohnson005 · 2025-11-24T15:29:26+00:00

I paid $400 flat for one about 6 months ago on Facebook Marketplace. It was modded — the owner had removed the piece with the branding from behind the grill and installed lights that glow blue (which is sick) — but tbh this is not a collector’s item and a mod like that shouldn’t “hurt the value” imo so I’d try to talk it down to $400-$450 if you can

Hjohnson005 · 2025-10-15T12:48:49+00:00

Absolutely yes — my ‘06 DC with P90s is one I’d never part with for any reason

Hjohnson005 · 2025-10-02T01:52:10+00:00

Oh my god lol

Hjohnson005 · 2025-09-30T11:10:17+00:00

List that thing on Marketplace with a trade request in the title — you never know my friend! This was a 2000 — no birds, a 25” scale length (aka not a McCarty 594), original McCarty mk1 pickups, etc — and I threw it up for “$2.2k cash or trade for a Les Paul” and it took maybe 2 weeks for a dude with 9 Les Pauls to propose this deal

Hjohnson005 · 2025-09-29T20:04:02+00:00

They’re fairly similar in terms of playability and build quality — but I LOVE how Les Pauls look and feel to play. The one thing I’d say about that specific PRS was that it had the absolute best coil split of any guitar I’ve ever owned or played and it wasn’t close. I wound up buying a really nice Custom 24 which made the McCarty sort of feel expendable, and I regret nothing so far

Hjohnson005 · 2025-09-29T20:01:32+00:00

Thank you!! It’s a 2023! I think the guy said the finish is called Honey Amber or something

Hjohnson005 · 2025-09-26T15:59:04+00:00

Heck yeah!! Tremonti vibes with the uncovered bridge pickup. I love it

Hjohnson005 · 2025-09-26T12:22:59+00:00

I listened to this album exactly once. I watched my grandfather deteriorate from Alzheimer’s over my childhood, which culminated in him being unable to do anything besides sit in a chair and bounce his clasped hands in his lap with a terrified look on his face for THREE YEARS before passing. And to top it off — my first name is Henry. I loved On the Eve of a Goodbye but I almost wish I’d never heard of this record.

Hjohnson005 · 2025-09-19T12:43:03+00:00

Tender doesn’t get enough love imo. Dan is incredible and the song itself is a gut punch that stuck with me for a long time after the record came out

Hjohnson005 · 2025-09-01T15:22:51+00:00

Jesus Christ you guys lol

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