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Mesa/Boogie Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five 25-watt Tube Amplifier Head - Silver Diamond Faceplate

25W, 2-channel Tube Guitar Amp Head with 4 Modes, 2 Power Levels, and FX Loop - Silver Diamond Plate

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Mini-sized Head, Big-time Mesa Tones!

The only thing mini about Mesa/Boogie's Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five guitar amplifier head is its size — you won't believe how much great stuff Mesa packed into it! This all-tube, EL-84-powered head gives you 2-channel/4-mode operation and total control over your tones. Each channel lets you switch between 10 watts and 25 watts, making the Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five a perfect guitar amp for the studio, the practice room, and the stage. You'll also appreciate the Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five's built-in effects loop, the included footswitch, and the road-tough aluminum enclosure.

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A Mesa/Boogie through and through

This little guitar amp head may only weigh 12 lbs., but Mesa/Boogie built the Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five to perform like a heavyweight champ. You get great-sounding clean-to-crunchy tones from Channel 1, while Channel 2 dishes out both vintage- and modern-style high-gain tones. Each channel includes its own gain, treble, middle, bass, presence, and master controls. This means you can voice each channel exactly the way you want. This is an extremely flexible little tube amplifier! You can even plug your favorite outboard gear into the Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five via the fully buffered effects loop.

Perfect for the studio and the stage

Mesa's Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five amp head includes a Multi-Watt power switch on each channel, so you can instantly choose between easy-saturating 10-watt operation (perfect for the studio or the practice room) or the gutsy 25-watt setting. You can definitely take the stage with this guitar amp! Best of all, you can crank it up take full advantage of the Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five's EL-84-powered engine room. You'll love the response. If you've ever heard the expression "playing the amp," then you'll really know what it means when you plug into the Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five.

Mighty mite made for the road

Though it's surprisingly lightweight and compact, the Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five amp head is built road-tough. Its all-aluminim chassis gives you that perfect combination of light weight and strength. The Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five from Sweetwater even comes complete with its own footswitch. You get it all with this killer guitar amp head: power, portability, and a prodigious range of jaw-dropping amp tones!

Mesa/Boogie Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five Features:

Incredibly versatile 2-channel amp head in a super-compact and lightweight package
2 totally independent channels plus 4 Multi-Watt modes for an outstanding range of tones
Dyna-Watt power amp lets you choose between 10W or 25W on each channel
Fully buffered, all-tube effects loop for even more tonal flexibility
Footswitch included

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Tech Specs

Type: Tube
Number of Channels: 2
Output Power: 25W/10W
Preamp Tubes: 5 x 12AX7
Power Tubes: 2 x EL84
EQ: 3-band with Presence
Inputs: 1 x 1/4"
Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (4, 8 ohms)
Effects Loop: Yes
Footswitch I/O: 1 x 1/4" (channel)
Footswitch Included: Yes, 1-button footswitch
Construction Material: Silver Diamond Faceplate
Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable
Height: 5.87"
Width: 12.62"
Depth: 6.75"
Weight: 12 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number: 2.MR25

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This review was long overdue, but I wanted to put it out there for people considering amps or the new popular digital stuff. I had a lonestar (my first tube amp) get stolen when I lived in Italy, and that was an incredible amp. I fell in love with Mesa ever since. When I got back to the states in 2010, I bought a cheap bugera to get me by cause I was broke. Then the mini rec came out, I watched numerous vids and was sold. I can tell you, I've practiced in bands, and gigged with this 8 years now. I've replaced the tubes three times, and the third I really didn't need to. It's built like a brick, tones for days, I've fell in love with it all over again to lately watching Jamie Humphries (six string alliance) rock it. Hell, I've been using the modern setting for most of 2012-2019 and been really rocking the vintage setting lately (which sounds incredible with my Les Paul). This is really all the amp I will ever need. I'm not a pro, I play in cover bands mostly, and mainly gig in small venues.....when I did gig, I rarely mic'd it, (didn't need to). The amp takes pedals very well. I can really get any tone I need, rock, hard rock, metal, blues. My only complaint, is I wish I could switch between each channel mode (but that's probably asking a lot for an amp this size) I've tried digital stuff, HX stomp and all that, but once you go tube, my ears are just too picky for anything else

Being a huge Rectifier fan I was excited to compare this lil guy to its big brother. What can I say Mesa knows what they are doing. Its looks and sounds like a rectifier for sure!!! Now the big difference I noticed was it had a lot of low end bass but it just doesn't get the same low end balls to it the Triple has. But don't get me wrong it sounds stupid massive specially for its size. It also has a lil more mids than it's brothers. It's also feels a lil tighter than the big bottom end of the Dual and Triple. Now let's talk how loud this lil guy is. My only con but also not a con is how loud this thing is. I got this to be quieter than my triple and honestly my triple is quieter. The triple has a master and output knob and when used together you can get alot lower in volume. The mini goes from nothing to just loud. The lacking output knob would greatly change that. But don't get me wrong it's awesome how loud it is. Also I did notice this has a lil more gain or shall I say the gain stage kick in faster it seems like. One feature that makes this amp a completely different beast that the big brother is the 25/10 watt switch. Wow!!! Change between these two setting changes the feel and sound so much. I'm very addicted to this lil guy. Is it worth the money 100% so just buy it and add it to your collection!

A couple of years ago, I decided to go the Synergy SYN-1 and the company's modules. I think that it is a brilliant system but you really need a power amp to get the best out of the system. I have a EHX Bullet 44 power amp pedal, and while this works, it's a little clunky. BUT always a Boogie fan and decided to get this after thinking about the best way to set up my rig for versatility, sound and convenience.

So far, I have tried this bulldog of an amp with my SSH Strat, Danelectro 12-string and my 1976 Les Paul. Truly stunning tones. They're all there -- warm and full cleans to face melting death grind. But my test for an awesome amp has always been getting that in between clean grit sound and the Mini-Rectifier delivers in spades. I recorded a few riffs on a bluesy track that I'm working on and I couldn't believe how jaw dropping the tones were and just listened over and over again to the sweet grind on the track I laid down with the Mini-R.

Super minor complaints -- the knobs are not the best at letting you know where you are in terms of EQ settings, gain or volume because of the shine of the chrome and the little indent on them. So you have to get in close and at the right angle to dial in your tones. I also would have preferred the foot switch jack on the back but I get why it's on the front. Another minor complaint is that the standby switch could have been better labeled because at first I though that the standby was engaged when it wasn't and visa-versa.

On the "bonus" side, I love the gig bag and the Footswitch itself.

Other than getting 3 more Synergy modules, I will have the ultimate guitar tone rig, though I feel that I'm 90% already there. Highly recommended.

Got this with the matching 1x12 cab. Wow! My first Boogie as well. I was always turned off the price(and loudness)of all their amps. In the early 2000s its clear that the Rectifiers were the go to amp back then. Practically every band back then used them and defined an era. But then heads started getting smaller thanks to Hughes and Kettner. "Lunchbox" heads were suddenly the norm in no time thanks to Peavey, EVH, Vox and Marshall. Enter the Mini Rec...

Never have I found an amp to be so easily adjustable. With a choice of four channels and the ability to use two at a time with the included footswitch and the switching is flawless with little popping. The only thing is the knobs are a little hard to see the setting with just a tiny mark to indicate the setting on chrome grippy knobs. Would be nice to have little pointers. I painted to tiny marks black so now I can readily see the settings.
The channels themselves are a trove of tone in each one. I underestimated what EL84 tubes sound like as 6L6s or EL34 sound great in the bigger Rec heads and they can't put such high powered tubes in a head meant for lower wattage.
The CLEAN channel is very clean and warm, with no hint of break up very much like a Roland. The PUSHED channel has a slight bit of gain that is gritty perhaps like a Vox. The Vintage channel is all Marshall JCM 800. The MODERN channel is all Boogie with tons of gain. Suck the mids out and you have the classic Rec high gain. Throw on a Tubescreamer for a little boost and to tighten the bass and its hard to put the guitar down. And it mates so well with the Boogie 1x12. The sound projection and punch is so focused.
I set it up with 10W settings and toggle between the Clean/Vintage or Pushed/Modern settings. Just need to set volumes with the chosen dirty channel volume set slightly higher. This thing is loud but I set the clean gain at 9 oclock and the dirty channel gain at 12 o'clock. Most of my pedals, modulation, overdrive and Whammy go through the front with reverbs and delay in the loop. Such a simple set up. I was originally going to get the EVH Stealth lunchbox but after trying one I found it flimsy and cheap compared to the Mini Rec.
Lastly, I have several small amps for home practice, jamming with friends and small gigs. They are mostly combos so easy to lug around. Orange Rocker 15, Marshall DSL20, Fender Blues Jr, Vox AC10, Roland JC40.The Mini Rec may replace all of them. When you look at all the amps ever produced, large or small, there are really generally four tones. The Mini Rec covers all so well except maybe the Fender Blues Jr. Thats its only downfall.

This is now my 6th Mesa amp, having been thru a Triple Rectifier, Roadster, Mark V, Mark V25, and Badlander previously. All previous amps were great in their own ways, but this little beast is amazing. The tones it is capable of are just about as good as (or close to) the larger Dual or Triple Recs.

As small as the PRS MT15 is and as massive as it sounds, this one is pretty close in those same ways, but is even smaller and definitely lighter. When I first took it out of the box, my first thought was: If it put two drops of water on it, will it grow into a full size Dual Rec? All jokes aside, controls are the same, save for the Bold/Spongy, etc switches on the back, as the larger versions. And you can't beat how simple the controls are - I could never get just the right sound out of the 5 band EQ on the Mark Vs - so if you like things on the easier side, this is the amp for you.

The Clean channel is surprisingly lovely, with a very warm (but not sterile) character to it, and much warmer than the Mark V mini amps. Even when using hot humbucker pickups, it stays very clean overall.

The Lead channels are excellent also. Having been a long time since I had a classic Rectifier amp, I forgot how much I missed that Dual Rec roar. There is definitely a volume jump when switching from Vintage to Modern, but it takes a fraction of a second to compensate with the knobs. If you play through a Two Notes Captor X, you will most likely have to switch between the High and Low levels when switching between Vintage and Modern, but that is hardly a complaint. It also takes boost pedals like a champ, and I would say when using a typical TS9 Tube Screamer it took me all of 15 mins to dial in a sound that sustained well but didn't oversaturate the signal.

Two super duper minor complaints would be that the knobs are so shiny that it's sometimes difficult to see where the markings are. I ordered a set of black knobs direct from Mesa Boogie and will change those out so I can see better. The other is that the carrying handle can get crooked when trying to push it into the amp. If you like things all nice and straight, it can sometimes takes some maneuvering to get it level.

Regardless, I would highly recommend this amp and even I get to own a full size Dual or Triple Rec in the future, I would keep this amp anyway - it's got its own character that can't be beat.

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I just played this head for the first time, and I was honestly FLOORED! I've owned a Dual Rectifier, a Roadster, and a Road King, so I'm familiar with what the Recto tones are about, and this little Recto is the real deal! Plenty of bottom end, the familiar Rectifier chunk, and the clean channel is warm and full of character - I do believe I've found my next amp!

It's hard to imagine a more quintessentially modern guitar amplifier than a Mesa/Boogie, and when Sweetwater guitarists want high-gain tone, Mesa is where they start. One thing we love about these amps is their sheer versatility, such as the massive range of tone you get from each channel, the freedom to use the tubes you love, onboard CabClone cabinet emulation, and MIDI control. And it's not just guitar amps - Mesa/Boogie's bass amps and pedals are equally cool. What's more, thanks to our incredibly close relationship with Mesa, you can even customize your own amp right here on Sweetwater's website! Get the sound and style you want from your next amp, with a Mesa/Boogie from Sweetwater.

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