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Dual Rectifier Status
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Legendary Tube Amp. Current Model
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Searched Dual Rectifier Status in Reviews
The state of the boogie 
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Now I was very eager to test this current modell dual rec as I have an old vintage 2-channel boogie that I like very much. Not that I ever got any decent clean sound out of it, but for anything from hard rock to metal it is a great beast.
So what is the current state of the new boogies?
Well obviously the dual rectifier now has 3-channels. It still has all the switches and knobs for the tube/diode settings etc. like the old one, plus the same for the 3rd channel. Now the 5-switches Footswitch is a nice new feature.
But we are here for sound so lets dial it in and see what we got there...
Well there are still not really any good clean sounds in this baby, but I found what I like to call "crunch superlight" to be very decent for anyting bluesy. This is in tube mode.
Now going through the channels in tube mode I felt that this current modell is much more brutal than my old one. If you look for that creamy santana sound I was not really able to reproduce it with the current modell. Of course for anything really hard rocky to metal it was cool.
Turning it to silicium mode it is even more beasty than the old one. Well any metalhead should be in heaven by now. This amp really delivers endless gain, without overcompressing your sound. You can still hear what you are playing even in insane gain settings. It is quite easy to dial in very nice high gain sounds. This is where this boogie still shines.
So all in all, for my style I like the old one better. They are indeed very different, not only by the number of channels they have. The new modell has a totally different character to it, very modern and for the high gain crowd.
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| Reliability |
Still built like a tank.
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| Customer Support |
Usually very nice and helpful. Get back to you very fast. Also nice forums.
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| Liked about it |
- High Gain Sounds
- Built Quality
- Number of sounds you can dial in
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| Didn't like |
- Price Tag
- Clean Sounds
- More brutal than the old one
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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4.0 |
 By Tank Dec 28, 2009
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