Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verb 212 Combo

This amp is loaded with features. I'll spare the boring details. What more could you possibly ask for? The only thing I don't like is that you have to get 4 seperate footswitches. No big deal. For those of you that think there are too many features, LEARN TO USE THEM!

For all of you whiners complaining about noise, check the rest of your gear and take into consideration that this amp is a gain monster. You can't plug a Squier piece of crap into the amp and expect to sound like your guitar hero.If you set the gain all of the way up it is going to sound like shit! Try setting the gain lower and the master volume higher. This amp is the only amp in my opinion that is built for extremely high gain and still has an incredible clean channel. You have to spend time on it but you can get your own tones. NOT A BEDROOM PRACTICE AMP. It is balls to the wall LOUD. Mesa is definitley proud of their gear (Price) but like everything else, you get what you pay for! Great tones with both single coils and humbuckers. Extremely versatile, superior quality, raw tube tone. You are not going to find a better sounding high gain combo amp! I don't give out too many 10's but this is definitley a "10"

Never had a problem! Keep your pots clean.

Called Mesa to find out how to drop it to 50 watts (Still very loud) and they were extremely helpful.

I've been playing a while and have experimented with many different styles of music, amps, guitars, pickups, etc. This amp is definitely worth the high price and is soon to be a collector's item as they are not in production any longer. If you can find one, GET IT!!!!

this thing has AWESOME features! two channels, two modes per channel, tremolo for each channel, parallel fx loop, anything and everthing you could want, and too easy!

one word, DAMN!!! this thing has TONE, TONE, TONE! two channels with two modes equaling four different KILLER modes. no modeling crap, this is the real thing! THE Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, the Mesa Rec. clean(and I mean clean!) is the pristine Mesa clean that everyone loves, the vintage high gain is a rushing Mesa crunch that raddles your bones, the blues is thick and lusturously smooth, and the modern high gain is;(this is what a seizmagraph 1000 miles away looks like)
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FOOTBALL STADIUM RATTLEING,DESTRUCTIVE GAIN IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE!!!!
I dunno... like a tidel wave... or a earthquake... or a huricane!!!
if you like the sounds of Creed, Korn, POD, Limp Bizkit, Staind, Mudvyane, Metallica... any high gain artist you can think of uses a Dual Rec. I play it with Seymour Duncan single coils because humbuckers are just too much! I play everything but country and this amp hasn't let my down. heck! you could play country if you wanted too!

I've only had this thing for two months so I couldn't tell you.

and I've never dealt with the company.

I stole this for $700. from what I can tell, I paid half price for this! although this is worth whatever they charge! the only amps it cannot sound like is a tweed or a brit amp, but it does everything else! like I said if you want high gain, you want a Mesa!

This was made in 2000
I play Rock,Metal,Jazz Fusion
2 channels,channel switching, and effects loop
It's feature is what makes this amp personality
I use this amp for outdoor, Large Venue playing, it has all the power I need.

I play a fender strat with single coils straigth into the amp.
It's noisy like any other high gain amp, but not enough to worry about
This amp can push some pretty great lead and rhythum sounds
The clean channel is pretty clean
The distortion is AWESOME, VERY COMPRESSED.

You can depend on it but I would still carry extra tubes.
No problem breaking down yet.

The Company is great "Thanks Michael Wolf" The response of resolving my problem was the best I ever seen.

I have been playing for 32 years
I would by another if stolen

Mine is a 1998 trem-o-verb combo bought new. It would be hard to imagine a big amp with more features. In terms of sounds, you can choose rectifiers (solid state vs. tube), drop the voltage for a clanky / chewy / vintage sound, use a variety of power tubes (EL34/6L6/5881), and then choose between four modes (a nice clean, an OK pushed, a vintage VH/AC-DC dirty, and a modern Bush/Korn type of dirty), plus reverb and tremolo per channel. Dang! The only complaints here are than too many controls are on the back panel and that the footswitch changes channels and not modes. Note: This amp is WAY TOO LOUD and WAY TOO RUGGED to be used as a bedroom practice/recording amp. There is a bit of hum and you are paying a ton for a bulletproof chassis and blow-the-back-wall-out volume. This is an unhinged monster gigging and rehearsal amp, great for recording huge high-gain tracks but not so great for practicing and recording delicate fingerpicking at whisper volumes.

I mainly use a '78 Les Paul with humbuckers with this amp, occasionally my '89 American Strat or '95 Ibanez S540. Clean channel is complex and sweet enough to handle strat strumming but won't do vintage-Bassman-SRV-clank. Vintage dirty is GREAT for moderate classic BTO/ZZ-Top rock and then browns into chimey saturation like old-school van halen. cool. flip to neck pickup with tone down for singing santana leads! pushed mode ("blues") is too thick and muddy for my playing; i use it very rarely for strat/ibanez rhythm tracks. Red channel IS today's metal sound; if you know Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Bush, Nickelback, POD, Incubus, etc., (all dual-rec users) you know this sound. this is a grinding, up-in-your-face blast that i love, but is NOT for everybody. the only amp in the ballpark is a Bogner Uberschall. Mmmmmm....bogner uberschall.....

It's not like i'm on world tours 250 nights a year, but it's been bulletproof for me. had to replace the 5881s after 2 years. I would definitely use it without a backup.

I had two separate technical questions about the amp. Both times I spoke to staff who were not only able to answer my question, but got so fired up about the amp they started giving advice about settings and sounds! (On my long-distance dime, of course.) Very professional and enthusiastic staff - but don't call on fridays, they're long gone.

I loaned this amp to my drummer two weeks ago (while I was on vacation), and he won't give it back. It gets used all the time in my studio while the all-tube Marshall JCM (which is a nice amp) and the solid-state Fender Princeton Chorus next to it sit quiet. It is the defining sound of my band and has never let us down. This amp would be a 10 if it weren't so damned expensive. Bravo!

OK folks, this is a REAL amp for REAL players. 1999 100w Dual Rec in a 2x12 open back combo with Tremolo and Reverb. 2 channel with 2 "voices" per channel. Looks like a bad-ass Harley, black leather with chrome knobs. Loaded up with delicious, phat, meaty tubes. Mix-able, bypassable and foot-switchable effects loop, jacks for switchable loop, trem, verb and channel. (only comes with a single channel-switching foot switch though, you'll need to buy/build more switches to footswitch everything. Can be used with EL34 OR 6L6 power tubes - very cool!
I play mostly cover-band rock and blues - nothing too heavy-metally. I'd say 10 for features, but it would be so much better if you could only footswitch all 4 "voices", instead of just the two channels. Another downside - this thing one HEAVY MF! Not sure the poundage, but it feels even heavier than my old 5150 combo. Thank God it comes with castors, or better still, get your drummer to grab one of the side handles and share the load.

Mostly use a single-coil Strat for clean-blues, and an EMG fitted Paul for rock crunch. This beast will do everything from squeaky clean to monsterous grind. For all you Heavies, keep in mind this is an open-back combo, so it won't thump into your chest cavity quite like a half-stack. The tonal variety is amazing, it can sound like many other amps, can do the heavy, modern Boogie thing, and even has unique tones - notably the "Blues" voice on channel 2. This is WAY different - dark, thick singing-smooth overdriven sustain, without too much fuzzy distortion. Not for everyone, but you can make some convincing Santana/Eric Johnson/Larry Carlton lead sounds with this setting. Sounds like a wall of amps in parallel - I've never heard anything quite like this in a stock combo.

Had a loose gain knob from the store, had to take the chassis out of the cab to tighten it. No big deal, it gave me the chance to check out the amazing build quality and attention to detail inside the box - wow! This is high end shit! Since then I've dragged it in and out of several bar gigs - no problems.

No idea, never had problems with this or my last Mesa-Boogie (DC3)

Like most experienced players, I've used and owned a lot of amps over the years, Marshall JCMs, old Fenders, etc (15 yrs playing, 10 semi-professionally). If any of you have played on the Canadian club scene, you'll understand why I couldn't always afford to have this much amp at my disposal. I gig only on weekends, usually only once or twice a month so it will likely take a year just to recover my investment on this one piece of gear! That said, for the love of music, it was worth every penny! I finally found MY amp in the Tremoverb combo. It may not be YOUR amp, but it might be - check it out if you can.

This amp is a 1999 model, I believe. It was really designed for hard rock and metal, but also sports two dedicated modes for blues and clean playing. It is really a two-channel amp, but each channel has two modes, making it a total of four different modes of play. Tons of different configurations to run it on (i.e., 100 or 50 watts, channel-specific parallel effects loop, 6L6 or EL34 power tubes, etc.). Very powerful and very loud, 100 watts running out to two 30-watt vintage Celestion 12-inch speakers. Can also use silicon diodes or rectifiers for the preamp stages.

Man, Boogie must have the best name-sales record in the history of guitar amplification. It's hard to get Boogies around where I live, so I bought it to take back with me and compare to my 5150 II halfstack. I'm running a Gibson Les Paul studio and an Ibanez UV777BK through my setup. I'm just going to say it: this amp is way overpriced, and way too overridden with features that don't really compliment the tone at all. I know Randall Smith and his team have had decades of experience under their belts with amplifier production, but this thing sucks! Sounded great in the store.....but not nearly as tight as my 5150 II head. The Boogie's effects loop is wired in parallel, so the questionable effects do not affect the tone. True dat, yo......my Boss GE-7 equalizer couldn't even affect the tone enough to give this thing low end, WHICH IT DOESN'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH OF! My favorite thing about this amp is, surprisingly, the clean channel. No shit. It breaks up beautifully, and is very responsive to playing. The only guitar that I've played through this thing that sounds good is a Tom Anderson custom shop model, with the greatest pickups for hot playing, the Tom Anderson 3+ pickups. It sounded like heaven.

The distortion is very Boogie, but flat. Sorry, Limp Bizkit and Creed lovers; this company is just taking your money.

When I bought it, the lens cap from the power light was gone. No big deal, and Boogie was really good to me on the phone by shipping one out right away.

Beware of Boogies in the reliability department, though. They have the worst reputation of being a bitch to get repaired in the industry, and they make you pay an arm and a leg for it, as well.

Very friendly on the phone, so far. No problem.

I've been playing for five years, and have owned almost every flagship amp from the major manufatures by Fender, Mesa/Boogie, Peavey, Marshall, Soldano, etc. I'm selling this piece of shit. I got a great deal on it for being a Boogie, but I paid less than that for my 5150 II head, which is a better buy and it SOUNDS BETTER! Much more responsive and sensitive, even with the stock tubes in it. Fuzz effects into this thing aren't very good, even with my 200.00 Creamy Dreamer and my NYC Big Muff. In fact, most effects don't sound that good through it (and I have A LOT of effects). When I play a new amp though, I play it straight; no effects to clog the original sound.

I am basically writing this review to follow up on the one I wrote about 2 days after i bought this amp. At that point I hadnt had it long enough to thoroughly play around with the amp and tweak it so i could make an accurate review. For those who still dont know what the features of the amp are i will list them here for a second time: Channel Cloning, Bias Switch,2-channels and 4 modes, Assignable FX loop, Reverb and Tremolo, 100 watts of power from 4-6L6 power tubes, 2-5U4G rectifier tubes, 6-12ax7 preamp tubes..It comes loaded with 2 70-watt Celestion Vintage 30 speakers which makes the power handling upto 140 watts..You can choose Silicon Diodes or the Tube rectifier with the flick of a switch on the back panel. It has a Bold/Spongy Power Variac switch which can cut the 100 watts down to 75 watts..This amp is very cool and is definitely versatile enough for me. It does take a hell of alot of tweaking to get the "perfect" sound though...but trust me on this, when you get that sound you wont even give a damn how long you had to screw around with it...This amp is crunch heaven and thats what i bought it for.

Same as before I use an EMG-equipped Les Paul and this is a good setup. This amp may not be printed with the "Solo Head" logo on it but I found out that the Tremoverb is actually the exact same amp inside and out as the Solo Head but it is in combo form with reverb and tremolo. I shit you not...This amp can either be very mellow and bluesy or it can be all-out brutal with the High-Gain modes. I will break down the channels to make a review of each one for you:
Clean-Nice mellow clean sound which can sound nice for blues or jazz or even a nice metal clean..sounds full and unique and can be shaped many ways.
Vintage High Gain- This channel is in my opinion the one that has the most thickness and chunk in the sound. The distortion growls as you play nice heavy rhythm and it sounds tight and full.
Blues-This sound I dont use much. It is rather raunchy like you are cranking a Marshalls clean channel. Not a mode I use much.
Modern High Gain- This channel is known as the infamous Dual Rectos "Red" channel. It has a very heavy sound but sounds a bit more trebly then the vintage high gain. This sound will take you anywhere from Metallica,Korn, and Limp Bizkit to your own unique crunch sound. This amp, However, is a bit noisy when the high gain modes are ON, but i was told this is normal cuz of the amount of gain. I will say that even though the combo has an open-back, it still retains a good solid sound. I suggest adding a Mesa recto 2x12 cab to get extra lowend chunk.

Here is where there is a difference from my last review. About 3 weeks after i bought the amp one of the power tubes blew in my amp. I got pissed off cuz i couldnt use my amp for a week cuz i had to wait for the weekend to replace the tube. Well, I brought it back to guitar center and the salesguy without thinking apologized for it and replaced half of my power tubes for free. I expected this and I am glad it worked out. The amp works fine now and it is no doubt made like a tank and except for the power tube failure i dont have any problems with it.

C'mon...Its Mesa/Boogie. You dont get good service like they give all the time.

I have been playing 9 years and about half of that time I would sit in my room dreaming about having a Dual Rectifier that i could call my own. Well, now i have one and this is truly a great amp that i recommend to anyone who wants the sound the dream about.

This amp has it all. This is a no-joke all-in-one package for the serious musician or recording artist. I think this amp was made in 2000 due to the fact i bought it brand spankin' new from Guitar Center a couple of days ago. It has alot of features all of which you couldnt possibly fiddle with in one sitting. Total it has 12 tubes in it. The configuration is 4x6L6,2 rectifier tubes, and 6x12AX7..It has alot of Stuff like Tube/Solid State Rectifiers, Bias switch(you can use either 6L6's or EL34 power tubes..very nice), 2 channels and 4 modes which are:(Clean, Vintage High Gain, Blues, Modern High Gain), Bold/Spongy Variac switch, 2 Celestion Vintage 30 speakers, and a kickass effects loop for hookin' up all your junk.

I havent had this amp long. To be truthful I bought it yesterday but I have had Mesa amps before this one and they are by far the kings of tone. I use the T-verb with a Gibson Les Paul equipped with EMG-81 active pickups and an ESP Horizon 7-string. This amp really suits my Hard Rock/Metal playing style and can also handle other types of music as well. This amp is all about gain and ways to refine it and control it. The only thing I have a little problem with is the small amount of amp hiss when the gain is maxed on the dirty channel. Considering the amount of distortion I guess this is ok. As far as distortion this amp is about 98 percent as heavy as the Dual Rectifier Solo Head but due to its open back cabinet and the somewhat midrangey voicing it loses some of that bottom end chunk when playing rhythm. Screw with some knobs and add a Graphic EQ and you should get that back though. Again I have very little experience with this amp!. The Clean sound is remarkable and reminds me of a fender bassman or if u increase the gain it sounds like a driven fender amp. The built-in tremolo is awesome and is fully controlable for speed and depth settings. The vintage high gain sounds like Van Halen or Eric Clapton and is one of my fave modes. The Blues mode i havent used alot yet. The modern High Gain mode is punishing heavy crunch and sounds like Metallica (before black album), Creed, Korn, Limp Bizkit and others. Awesome. Mesa has always been the flagship of heavy sounding amps and this proves to be one of them.

I am not even worried about this amp. I could let it fall off a truck and it would probably still work if i plugged into it on the freeway.

I never had to deal with them. I hear from alot of people the customer service kicks ass. All I might need from them is some extra sets of tubes and fuses just in case. But i could probably get that at Guitar Center too.

I have been playing 9 1/2 years and I have had a bit of every type of gear more or less but this is my first amp worthy of gigging and recording with. If this were stolen I would track the fucker down and rip off his nutz and then shoot him between the eyes cuz I would never be able to talk my parents into this purchase ever again. I love pretty much everything about the amp. I was comparing this amp to the Marshall Triple Super Lead 100 watt 2x12 combo and that is a piece of shit compared to the quality and tone of this amp. I only wish this amp had a closed-back option and a little bit more chunk but other then that it is a real winner. Not a surprise considering it is the Flagship of the Mesa/Boogie ampline. Just another amp cranked out by a company who never lets its customers down. BRAVO!