Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verb

Mine was made in '95. I play rock, classic rock, blues and some metal. This amp can do it all. Two channels with two voices per channel. And by using the cloning feature, you can switch between the two voices on either the orange or red channels. The only thing I wish it had was a more comprehensive footswitch. You can add footswitches, but each has a separate input, but at this point I don't really need all of that. Mine is pushing (2) 212 Mesa rectifier cabs (closed backs w/ V30's) and it is LOUD. At home, I pull two of the power tubes (6L6's)and one of the rectifier tubes so that I can turn it up to 9 o'clock. If you like, you can switch the power tubes to EL34's for more of a Marshall style distortion. No biasing needed, just flip a switch and off you go.

I play an Epi Les Paul Custom w/ SD Jazz and JB pups. I also use a Gibson SG Classic w/ P90's. The tremoverb is a smoother sounding rectifier than the dual or triple rectifier. It has all the distortion that I could ever need for heavy metal, but it is also a fantastic blues amp, and it produces beautiful cleans. The variables on this amp make it the most versatile amp I have played. I also have a Fender Twin Amp pro series that is known for its clean sounds, but I like the Tremoverb just as well. It is different; a little more bite to the cleans which I feel comes through better in a band setting.

Haven't had it long, but it is built like a tank.

I haven't needed to call them.

I've been playing for 30 years, and can't figure out why I waited so long for a Mesa and this amp in particular. I would definitely find another one if this was stolen...I can't imagine you could just lose it. Again, a more all inclusive footswitch is the only thing I can figure out that I would like to have with it. When I die and they pry my hands from around this amp, I am passing it on to my son.

This amp is suprisingly very versatile. I owned on of these a year ago, and sold it because I couldn't afford to keep it. I've been paying a Mark IV for the past year. I picked this up on a hunch and I'm in love all over again! It's just as versatile as my Mark IV. I play anything from Jazz to Prog Rock to thrash metal and this amp can effectively cover all the bases. The only thing that I wish it had is a way to switch between the hi gain and clean settings on the orange channel.

I play a Gibson Les Paul Studio and an Ernie Ball Musican Man JP signature model through this and it can get everything from an agressive chunk to a suprisingly good to clean to super smooth leads (usually hard to achieve on a Recto). The reverb on this amp is one of the best I have yet to encounter. It is a power house as well! I play shows with the volume on 4! Its pretty quiet too for how much gain is on hand. This is quickly becoming my favorite Mesa amp... I just wish the bottom end was just a little bit tighter.

So far I have never had any problems with Mesa.

Always had good luck with Mesa.

I've been playing for about 4 years now, and I've been through alot of gear, from Marshalls, to Framus, to VHT, and this is one of the best amps I have every played. If it was stolen I would replace it in a heart beat. I've owned almost every Mesa model and so far this is my favorite. It is even beating out my Mark IV. For people who hate Rectos, this is the amp that will swing your support. I've owned a Triple Recto before, and this blows it away in terms of tightness and smoothness.

Made in 1996
This is simply the smoothest high gain amp i've ever had, had marshall, had randall, have laney (which I would say is probably the closest in an extreme gain situation). I play sort of a cross between queensryche and yngwie.
Perfect perfect, couldn't ask for anything more.

It came used with EL34's, incredible sound, but i switched to 6L6's different, but also incredible... i go back and forth every few weeks, I wish I had 2 of these amps.

Most guitars are Ibanez RG series and a few kramers from the 80's.I use a variety of pickups, but mostly X2n, Bill Lawrence L500XL and some pickups a guy custom makes for me, which sound like a slightly clearer x2n.
the amp is very quiet and the quantity of sounds one can get out of it are astronomical.
The clean channel when cranked does get distorted and I prefer to use the laneys for that. The modern gain channel, is just over the top, and I suppose that explains why that particular sound has made it onto so many albums... what I would have given back in the 80's to have this sound on out album!!!

Very Dependable... never broken.. i replace tubes frequently though

ALL OTHER AMP COMPANIES NEED TO LEARN FROM MESA/BOOGIE!!! I called them more than a dozen times to ask questions prior to buying this used amp, and everytime, either i got someone on the phone or they called me back within 30 seconds and each time they really took their time with me, even though I was asking questions about buying a used amp. Even Mesa/Boogie in Italy replied to my email within just a few hours at night with great email. Other than Mesa, the only other amp company I have dealt with that was so willing to do everything they could for their customers is Laney.

am 40 now and have been playing since I was 13... Have tons of gear, mostly left over from touring in the 80's. While I will never get rid of my laneys, if they were stolen, I know I could replicate the sound with a dual recto mesa, so now I feel safe... One thing to note though: My laneys all have 6L6's, and I can get the Laney sound easily with the tremoverb, but only with EL34's.... wierd huh?

This amp is extremely versatile. In the sound category i will go into more detail. this amp uses 6 12ax7's, 4 6l6's (the amp comes biased for either el34's or 6l6's, pretty cool huh?) and 2 5u4's. i took 2 of the 6l6's out, with drastically cut the power of this amp, making the remaining tubes break up at a much lower volume. this is great if you're just practicing or playing at home. i put them back in for shows and stuff. also, this amp has 4 modes - clean, vintage high gain, modern high gain, and blues, as well as tremolo and reverb.

I use this amp with a 2006 gibson sg standard. At first i was using this amp with a behringer ultrastack cab because i couldnt afford anything else at the time. I wasnt fully satisfied with the sound until i bought a marshall jcm900 1960A cab. The sound change was very drastic. it was like night and day difference. Now this amp sounds INCREDIBLE. its very very versatile. it has a channel cloning switch on the back, meaning you can have 2 orange channels or 2 red channels. i use 2 orange channels, setting one of them to the vintage-high gain, and set the other to the blues setting. in my opinion, the vintage high gain sounds like a very compressed marshall sound, and i set the blues to clean, but with a little grit in it.

so far this amp has been very reliable. no compliants

havent seeked any support yet so i am indifferent.

if you are being skeptical, thinking mesa's are only for metal, think again. these amps are very versitile, marshalls can give you one tone. imo...

This is the most versatile amp i have ever owned. It is packed with features and you can spend hours tweaking it to get the sound you want. It is a little tricky to get the clean clean Fender sound, but you can do it. It has decent tremolo and reverb and a killer effects loop with lots of possibilities.
It's a 2 channel 4 mode amp. Channel one is clean and vintage high gain. Channel 2 is Blues and modern gain. The gain in this thing will crush you.
You have a choice of using 6L6 tubes or EL34 tubes for the classic brit sound some of us remember. And with a tube rectifier using 2 recto tubes, you can't find another amp that is as warm as this one. Another nice thing is Mesa endorses tube pulling. I am using EL34 tubes and pulled 2 of them and 1 recto tube. I changed the phase inverter tube to a 12AT7. The amp is putting out about 30 to 35 watts. This is perfect for cranking it for clubs and small venues. For the larger venues, just plug the tubes back in.

This is the absolute best sounding amp I have ever owned and I've owned them all. There isn't one sound I cannot reproduce by just tweaking the EQ knobs. I play a strat and a PRS CU22. Both guitars sound awesome through this amp. My cab is a left over Marshall 4/12 300 watt cab. I sold the Marshall JCM amp 10 minutes after I fire this Trem-o-Verb up. With the trem-O-Verb, I was able to get every sound the Marshall had to offer. But I couldn't get the Marshall to sound like the Trem. It is very simple to get the cleanest cleans to the most bone crushing Distortion. also, with regard to too much Bass, I just set my bass EQ around 3 and it is perfect. But if I want more, it's there. also, if you replace the stock 6L6 power tubes with EL34s you have another whole totally different amp. This is how i use mine. I don't like the harshness the 6L6 tubes put out. Also, pulling tubes allows you to craqnk the amp and get the warm compressed tube sound that you really never hear on a 100 watt amp. These amps and any tube amp sounds their best when cranked up at least 50%.

I bought the amp used and broken. It was made in 1995 or 1996. All that was wrong with it was it needed tubes. It sounds perfect and has no noise at all. So I would call it a very reliable amp.

Since I never owned a Mesa before this amp and wanted to learn more about it, I have called Mesa support several times in the last few months. They always call back and are very helpful and take the time to answer any question you may have, from settings to tube pulling.
I think Mesa amps have a 5 year warranty but I am not sure.

I have been playing for 40 years and have owned just about every amp, searching for that sound. Well I found it.]
If it was stolen, I would look for another one.
I love ecverything about this amp. There is nothing I hate. But they could come up with a better footswitch system.
Like I said, I've owned every amp there is, so i pretty much compared it to everything.
I wish it has the metal faceplate like the triples.
You cannot go wrong with this amp. If you have ever been searching for that speacial sound, I'm sure you can dial it in on a Mesa Boogie Trem-O-Verb

Built in 1995.

Most versatile head I've ever used.

2 channels - 4 modes - Reverb - Tremolo - Effects Loop - Bold/Spongy switch - Tube rectifier/Silcon Diode switch - 6l6/EL34 fixed bias switch.

I wish it had a rotary effect but that is easily solved via the effects loop or Leslie rotary cab.

I use this amp everywhere. It has more than enough power for small to large venues.

This amp is 100 watts of 6l6GC or EL34 tube power.

I play hard rock & metal to clean & jazzy stuff with lots of effects.

It suits me perfectly for what ever music I want to play.

It's super clean yet on the dirty channel you can get massive amount of gain to kill your audience with.

The amp can make all sorts of sounds with lots of variety.

the clean channel can get really good tube distortion with the gain turned up or super clear clean with the volume high and the gain turned down.

The distortion ranges from super smooth to very brutal easpecially when the rectifier switch is using the silicon diode 5U4G rectifiers.

Never had a problem with the head.

Footswitch wore out after 10 years of use but I called Mesa and they sent me a new switch and it works perfectly. I use the channel switch a lot!

Mesa has always had excellent customer service when ordering replacement parts or when I just needed info they are very informative.

I've been playing for about 10 years and I own a BV300H wich is pretty badass when you shield the chasis properly to get rid of the interference. I use a Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst with a Seymour Duncan JB bridge and an Ibanez RG-570 in grey nickel with Seymour Duncan JB trembucker bridge & Tom Anderson H1- neck pickups.

If it were stolen I would cry, because this amp was very hard to find.

I wish I had a Leslie rotating speaker cabinet.

You can't compare this amp because it seriously owns on anything else I've played. I'd like to match it up to a diesel and see which sounds better.

Older 2 channel MESA rec amps have the cleans of a fender with the crushing distortion of something alien... They are just awesome amps. I wouldn't buy a newer MESA though. Stay away from the newer 3 channel heads because the clean blows...

Bought at Guitar Center in NH for about $1000

Basically the same face plate of your average 2 channel dual rectifier, plus tremelo and reverb options on each channel, effects loop, 2 channels, 4 modes, etc... . No footswitch for the tremelo or reverb, just for the channel switching, although it has jacks in the back for each. You have the option of Silicon Diodes or Vaccuums Tubes in the back alone with the Bold/Spongy switch.

I play a '94 gibson les paul studio. To be honest, I bought this amp and hated it. I immediately did the whole "Mesa Loop trick" where you can set it for looping on both channels and use the Master Volume of the amp while keeping individual ratios the same. This sounded terrible. There wasnt much gain, and it was very muddy and couldnt seem to get too many different sounds. Therefore,thinking the amp was just older and sucked I threw it on the lap of my bands other guitarist and bought a dual rec triple channel. With all intentions to sell it, I was playing around with it at my house one day and turned the loop off, set the switches to Silicon and Bold...played one chord and had to step back for a second. This was not the amp I hated. It sounded amazing and was so much louder than my triple channel. I recently played it in a live environment and have never been more happy with my guitar sound. The 3 channel was ok...but the Trem-O-Verb is so much more brutal and cutting and feels so much warmer to play. I have learned the hard way that all Mesa amps take time to tweak perfectly. I am now selling the Triple Channel and sticking with my Trem-O-Verb.

Had it for about 2 years....never had any kind of problem with it

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The only thing keeping this amp from being flawless right now is the lack of switching available. Besides that, Im loving the sounds out of it.

This is a very versatile amp, capable of lots of different sounds. You can use it in so many differnt music settings and always adapt nicely. From heavier than heavy to nice and clean, this head does it all.

Ok, I used to own this amp years ago, and had to sell it, then regreted it later on. I bought a marshall (ugh). The only marshalls worth having are the old ones, because the new ones r built like shit. Just open them up and take a look. If you can get one from the 60's or 70's, you've been blessed. The amps marshall turns out now... they cut too many corners. Anyway, I recently had a chance to buy another tremoverb. I really missed this amp. I LOVE everything about it. The distortion is great, the clean is great, and if you have patience, u can find that "in between" sound. If u put an eq in the effects loop, u can get ANY sound u can imagine. I run a 4 space rack (with a parametric EQ, and effects processor, a rocktron hush and a wireless unit) in the effects loop and I can get any sound I want. This is my favorite amp of all time, and I consider it a true classic. I'd like to see them re-issue it.

It's a tube amp, so u need to maintain it. I never really cranked it all that much, I always just miked my cab (this amp sounds amazing with a marshall 1960 4x12) so I never really pushed it too much.

never had to deal with them

Like I said, this is a classic, and my favorite amp of all time. It's VERY versatile and never let me down. This amp with my rack in the effects loop, and I'm set for life as far as amps go.

check out the manual on mesa's website to get all the features.
-2 channels (vintage and modern) with 2 modes each-each channel can be "cloned," allowing you to use 2 of the same channel, i.e. 2 vintage channels each either in "clean" or "vintage hi gain mode." This confused me at first, but i know beleive it is one of the best features of a mesa amp.
-switchable assignable loop. also awesome. the effects send can also be sent to another amp if you want to use more than one amp at a time
-tremolo. assignable to one or both channels (or neither, i guess). very cool to experiment with. not quite as extreme as a fender tremolo, but i don't see that as bad.
-slave out for sending to other power amps
-rectifier select. i prefer tubes, but having options NEVER hurts
-can use 6L6's or el34's. ive only ever heard it with 6L6's.
this amp can do pretty much everything i want it too. i realize now that a Road King might be a little over kill. i could experiment with all the diffent souns for weeks.

I play indie-type rock for lack of a better description, and a little punk rock and hardcore too. sounds great for everything. i use a gibson sg and humbucker strat through it mostly, and occasionaly a tele. the amp leaves the character of the guitar intact, and has much better definition and power (not to mention more gain) than my beloved JCM 800.
the channels are very useful. my personal fave is the vintage gain mode. sure the modern gain mode is the typical nu-metal sound, but that is not all it is. every channel and mode it VERY useful, versatile and great sounding. i have a 2x12 recto cabinet (with v30's) that i use with it, and it sounds wonderful, with full powerful bass. it's taken a little work to get the clean tone i like, but i am satisifed.
i havent noticed any noise-especiall compared to my 20 year old marshall.

i haven't had it for too long, but it seems quite sturdy. i got it from a friend of mine, and it has had no issues. i would definatle play shows without a backup

the online manual is VERY helpful. but that's the extent of my dealing with them

ive been playing for 10+ years with afforementioned gibsons, fenders and marshalls. the JCM 800 has one or 2 great sounds, and i love it to death, but the mesa is just incredible.
if this amp and i were parted, after exacting my revenge from those responsible, i'd get another, and another for a backup.
i'm fully sold on mesa stuff now. this amp is a rectifier with a ton more extra stuff. i really couldn't ask for much more (save the clean tone of a fender twin).

This amp has more features than just about any other tube amp on the market, especially in this price range. This can make finding your sound difficult due to the variations in settings that can be achieved. It took me months of careful listening To achieve the tone I've always been searching for. I'm using a custom ordered 100W Cream vinyl Head with a tan grill cloth and matching 412 Recto Cab. Besides having four modes(two footswitchable at any time) Mesa went out of their way on this former flagship model by adding Reverb and Tremolo to the original Dual Rectifier circuit. I have nothing more to ask for from a head. The effects loop is also real versatile because it allows you to assign whatever effects your running in the loop to either channel. I don't use this much but it is great to be using the modern channel and assign effects for the clean channel before hand so when you switch channels everything is already on. The Bias switch also makes the amp real versatile by allowing players to customize their sound by using either 6L6 or EL-34 tubes.

There are so many different sounds on this amp you really have to sit with it a while to find yours. Here's How it worksbest for me. I used the Tube rectifier for a long time before I realized that the silicon diode setting was what I was hearing in my head. This setting is actually better for channel two's modern mode because of it's efficiency and reduced power sag resulting in a tighter brighter sound. The tube rectifier sounds a little warmer and is great for a solo sound but is too loose for accurate riffing. I've tried to make it work but it won't, so I just turn down the presence control to compress and darken the added brightness the Solid state rectifier gives me.This channel has a lot of gain if you need it but I leave it around 3 o'clock to keep the sound tight. The greatest thing about this amp is the sound you can achieve at bedroom levels. I've never had an amp before that will musically feedback in harmonic overtones with the volume set this low. One thing I've learned about retaining a great tone when the amp is loud is turning the mids down as the volume goes up. This keeps the feel liquid and seems to round out the sharp edges from the sheer volume. For a great solo sound switch over to the Vintage high-gain mode on the first channel and run the reverb a little past half way. For some reason their is more Reverb in this channel and it is a very expressive sound. The best reverb I've ever used.Another trick Is to run the loop on for both channels even if you aren't running any effects through it. This way you can set the indivdual master volumes to produce the sound you like best for both channels then use the newly activated loop master volume to raise both channels to the overall loudness without changing the channels sound too much. The tremolo is great for both channels but if you are using the loops master volume and it sounds weak you have to turn up the channel volume to make the tremolo more pronounced.As far as the power switch I usually run it at bold because the spongy setting will also introduce sag and looseness to the modern channel. I really wish there was a way to use the tube rectifier and spongy setting on the clean channel and silcon diode/bold setting for the modern channel but it is only a reality for recording. For speakers I'm using the celestion Vintage 30's which are really warm sounding. For people who need this amp tighter sounding in the high gain modes I've heard switching over to P90's helps alot due to the inceased wattage. You definetly want to try this amp with different Cabinets if you have the head because it makes a big diffence.Try different makes of 12AX7 tubes in the amp to find which ones sound best. I was using the Mesa stocks but found the ElectroHarmonix preamp tubes to sound better.As far as Power amp tubes I've done alot of experimenting and I really believe that El-34's work best in this thing. Some people swear by the 6L6 but They only have a sound advantage in the clean mode to me and tend to make the distortion sound real fizzy and unpleasant. The 34's are real smooth and give a great overdrve sound at lower gain settings. I use other combo amps for great clean sounds. This thing specializes in high-gain and the El-34's provide the best distortion without any doubt.

Great craftmanship. It looks incredible. I created a 3-button slanted footswitch that resembles the Marshall JCM900 2-button pedals to access channels,reverb and tremolo on the fly and I would recommend anyone to do the same to get the most out of this thing. The pedals Mesa give you are a joke. If your interested E-mail me and I'll tell you what you need to build one.don't try to play through a tube amp without a speaker load connected if you want your amp to be reliable however. I've never done that but heard it will melt your output transformer.

Mesa are probably the best there is for customer support. They always call back and can be helpfull when trying to find a sound. I called them to find out how to run the amp at half power once because I thought I would get a more overdriven sound. It doesn't work. You have to half the impedance of your cab(if you are running a 412 like me) and then only two speakers will work, either the right top and bottom or the left pair. Bad trade off and it isn't the same as a having a half power switch. A half power switch will not actually half the total volume anyway so there kind of useless. Give them a call and write down what they tell you and experiment.

OF all the amp's I've tried in the head/cabinet formation,this is the one that does it all. It has been frustrating at times to find the sound I was searching for but once you find it it is worth it. The amp has a lot of options to keep you experimenting. I believe any style of music could be played with this amp but it excels in the alternative rock/heavy metal genres. The combo amp might be a little different though because it has only two speakers and an open back. Probably has a sightly better clean sound.YOU need the 412 cab for the real solid bass however. Overall I couldn't be happier because the amp gives me alot of versatility. I'm not sure why MESA would discontinue this amp but if you can find one I'd recommend giving it a serious look.