Mesa/Boogie Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five

7PAGE
INPUT
FT SW
GAIN TREBLE MID PRESENCE MASTER
POWER
STANDBY
CLEAN
PUSHED
VINTAGE
FT
SW
CH 1
CH 2
MODERN
25 WATTS
10 W
ON
ON
BASS
25 W
10 WATTS
M
I
N
I
TWENTY~FIVE
FRONT PANEL : Controls & Features
HELPFUL HINTS

1)Whenpoweringup(especiallyfromacoldstart),alwaysallowthepowertubestimetowarmupbeforehittingthemwith
highvoltage(STANDBYONandplaying).TurnPOWERtoON,waitatleast30seconds,thenturnSTANDBYtoON.
2)Thecenter(3position)minitogglejusttotheleftoftheSTANDBYandPOWERlabeledFTSWprovidesmanualaccessto
theChannelswhentheFootswitchisnotconnected.ThetoppositioncallsupChannel1,thebottompositioncallsupChannel
2.TousetheFootswitchtoaccesstheChannels,selecttheFTSW(centerposition)andconnecttheFootswitchtothejackon
theleftbottomoftheFaceplatelabeledFTSW.
3)Agoodgeneralruletofollow;AstheGAINgoesup,theBASSshouldcomedown.Thiswillhelppreventlow-endfluband
tubbinessandkeeptheattacktrackingtighter.ThisisespeciallytrueintheCLEANandPUSHEDModesofChannel1andalso
theVINTAGEModeofChannel2whensearchingforclippedsoundsthatliesomewherebetweencleananddirtyandmaxed
GAINsettings.
4)Youwillexperiencemorefootswitchingnoise(pop)whenswitchingbetweenChannelswhenonlyoneissettothe10WPower
setting.Thisisduetothemoreradicalvoltagechangesthatoccurwhenknockingthepowersectiondowntothe10Wlevel
fromthehigher25wattpowermode.(UsingbothChannelsin10Wwillnotcreateexcessnoiseasthevoltagedoesn’tchange
soradically).MaywesuggestwhenconfiguringyourChannelsforliveperformancefootswitchingapplications,tryusingthe
25Wpowermodewheneverpossibleastherewillbenovoltageswing.Thiswillprovidethequietestfootswitchingperformance.
CHANNEL MODES
EachoftheRecto’stwochannelscontainachoiceofmodes-twoinChannel1andtwoinChannel2,sothateachchannel
maybeconfiguredforanarrayofsounds.TheseModeSelectminitogglesradicallyalterthevoicingoftheChannelandmany
internalchangesoccurasyouswitchthroughtheModes.Howyouchoosetousethesedifferentmodesisuptoyou,butwe
thinkyouwillagreethatthisschemeprovidessomeofthemostversatilefootswitchingavailableanywhere.
CHANNEL 1: CLEAN / PUSHED
CLEAN:ThisisthelowestgaincircuitoftheMiniRecto’sfourmodesandisoptimized
forproducingbalancedpristinecleansounds.Forthebestunderstandingofhowtoachieveagreatsoundinthismode,please
refertotheGAINControlsectionofthismanual.However,agreatplacetostartis12:00orsoon
theGAINControlwithmoresparkleavailablebelowthisandmorewarmthapparentabove...from
there,adjustaccordingtoyourguitar’sindividualresponse.
Becauseofitsmoretraditionalarchitecturethismodealsoworksextremelywellforvintagestyle
drivesounds.AsmentionedearlierintheOverview,thesesoundsareenhancedbycouplingthem
withthe10WattPowerselectionwhereyoucancombinevintagepreampresponsewithauthentic
poweroverdrive.Byturningthegainallthewayup,abeautifulvintagesolosoundispossible,es-
peciallywithnecksinglecoilpick-ups.TheTREBLEandMIDDLEControlscanalsoaddgainandsustaintothissound(reduce
Presencetoblendhighs),butyouwillprobablywanttoruntheBASSControlbelow10:30toavoidflubbinessandpreservea
focusedattack.
INPUT
FT SW
GAIN
CLEAN
PUSHED
VINTAGE
MODERN