Second Set of Ears

Here is the first gear demo for the site, featuring the Dual Rectifier 3-channel solo amplifier head from MESA Boogie.  This is my (Ian) first gear demo that I’ve ever done.  It serves two purposes: 1) to get a demo out there for this amp, and 2) to serve as somewhat of an example for how gear demos should be done on the site.  Without further ado, here’s the demo. (there are 3 videos)

First off, I start with a tour and overview of the amp’s features:

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I’ve got a reasonably sized pedal board as you can see from my guitar rig page.  Something alot of people take into account when they are purchasing a pedal is whether it is considered “true bypass” or not.   What’s interesting about this consideration is that it’s not so much about what the pedal does when it’s, but when its off.  When a stompbox in your signal chain is turned off.  Stompboxes in bypass are capable of coloring your sound even when they aren’t activated.  Many people prefer to employ pedals that use true bypass so that their signal stays as clean and true as possible, which is admirable.  Some people, however, appreciate the nuances that pedal circuitry can do to your sound when in bypass.  I wanted to write about this for two reasons.

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