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Restore the power, punch, clarity, and unmistakable response of your MESA/Boogie Dual Rectifier with a complete factory-style replacement tube set. Featuring four MESA 6L6 power tubes, five MESA 12AX7 preamp tubes, and two MESA 5U4 rectifier tubes, this complete retube package provides the standard tube complement required by one of the most influential high-gain amplifiers ever created.
The MESA/Boogie Dual Rectifier helped redefine the sound of modern guitar amplification.
Huge low end, aggressive attack, tremendous gain, and a surprisingly wide range of clean and lower-gain sounds have made the Dual Rectifier a staple of professional stages and studios for decades.
But the sound and feel of any great tube amplifier depend heavily on the condition of the tubes inside it.
Available from Northeast Music Center, this complete replacement tube set gives Dual Rectifier owners the correct standard tube complement for a full power, preamp, and rectifier tube refresh.
• 4 × MESA 6L6 Power Tubes
• 5 × MESA 12AX7 Preamp Tubes
• 2 × MESA 5U4 Rectifier Tubes
• 11 tubes total
• Standard factory-style 6L6 configuration
• Designed for compatible MESA/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head amplifiers
The standard Dual Rectifier power section uses:
4 × MESA 6L6 power tubes
These tubes are a fundamental part of the classic Rectifier response.
6L6s provide the combination of:
Strong low end
Excellent clean headroom
Powerful attack
Broad frequency response
Dynamic range
and:
High-volume authority
that works exceptionally well with the Dual Rectifier circuit.
As power tubes age, the amplifier can gradually lose some of that authority.
The low end may become softer.
Attack can lose immediacy.
Clean headroom can decrease.
The amplifier may simply feel less powerful and responsive.
Fresh, properly selected power tubes can help restore the punch and control a healthy Dual Rectifier should deliver.
The Dual Rectifier also uses:
5 × MESA 12AX7 preamp tubes
These tubes perform critical functions throughout the amplifier's preamp and signal path.
The Dual Rectifier's preamp is capable of everything from clean tones and pushed crunch to the saturated Vintage and aggressive Modern high-gain sounds that made the amplifier famous.
Healthy 12AX7s help preserve:
Gain structure
Clarity
Articulation
Harmonic complexity
Low-noise performance
and:
Consistent response across the amplifier's channels.
This is where the Dual Rectifier gets its name.
The amplifier uses:
2 × MESA 5U4 rectifier tubes
These tubes are part of the amplifier's selectable rectification architecture and contribute directly to the feel and response associated with the Rectifier family.
Tube rectification can create a softer, more elastic response with additional compression and give.
Silicon-diode rectification provides a tighter, faster, more immediate response.
Having healthy 5U4 rectifier tubes ensures that the amplifier can continue delivering the tube-rectified response it was designed to provide.
Many Dual Rectifier models provide a:
6L6 / EL34 Bias Select Switch
allowing the amplifier to operate with either compatible:
6L6
or:
EL34
power tubes when properly configured.
The standard configuration for this Northeast Music Center replacement package is:
4 × MESA 6L6
6L6s deliver the broad low end, clean headroom, and powerful response most players associate with the classic Rectifier sound.
EL34s can shift the power section toward a different midrange emphasis and more British-influenced response.
For a straightforward factory-style Dual Rectifier retube, however, we recommend clearly identifying this package as the:
STANDARD 6L6 CONFIGURATION.
Tube wear doesn't always result in immediate failure.
More often, performance changes gradually.
You may begin noticing:
Less low-end authority
Reduced clean headroom
Softer attack
Increased background noise
Microphonic preamp tubes
Reduced gain definition
Inconsistent performance
or:
A general loss of punch and responsiveness
Because those changes can happen slowly, many players don't realize how much performance has been lost until fresh tubes are installed.
A complete replacement set allows the entire tube complement to be refreshed at once.
Northeast Music Center is a full line Music retailer located in Northeast Pennsylvania- We are an Authorized Mesa Boogie Dealer and purchase these products direct from MESA HEADQUARTERS IN PETALUMA CALIFORNIA. We do not obtain our MESA AMPLIFIERS or other MESA products from "jobbers" or other dealers. Our MESA AMPLIFIERS AND CABINETS come to you in the factory boxes with factory packing material. We will, upon request, and also randomly, open the box prior to shipping to check that all contents are included and that no damage has been found in shipping from MESA to our Store location. Northeast Music Center does reserve the right to sell these products in our store to daily walk in customers. It is our goal to always have this product in stock and if for any reason we sell out, we will reorder immediately as long as this MESA AMPLIFIER is currently produced for resale by the company. We will order the amplifier in a ample quantity to fill your order. It is our goal to make your experience a good one; We invite you to ask any and all questions about this product. Please do not purchase this item if you can not pay. This is a new Mesa with full 5 Year factory warranty to the Original Owner. 3 Year Warranty on Speakers.
