and what about the mesa road king

[ravendouglas]

when i picked up my line 6 a couple weeks ago ,i took along my jb and lil screamin demon equiped strat, and one of the amps i tried was the mesa road king half stack and if it takes me 2yrs of penny pinching ,i will have this amp.the thing rang forever.just looking for some view points on my next amp,although this one might get me divorced.lol.and in cASE you beginners wanna know why you should take your guitar when amp shopping? cause its gonna sound totaly differnent once you get it home after trying some guitar off the shelf and then you plug your ax in .and your scratching your head wondering what the hell happened?

 

[paytojt]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

Yeah I tried one also and love it! I could easily dial in a tone for every type of music I could want to play. I love the fact that you can assign different power tubes to different channels. I might get it one of these days...

 

[DankStar]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

a little excessive for typical usage. very impressive, but in an overkill of options kind of way. for the money, one could get an array of useful gear rather than just an amp.

 

[ravendouglas]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

the versatilty of this amp is amazing and the gain is just nuts,and the assighning diferent tubes give you several amps in one ,just an awsome piece of gear

 

[OlinMusic]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

Great amp, but I am not always wow-ed by the tone. I wish had more of the Mark Mojo and less recto Mojo. It seems voiced mostly off the recto design.

It has every sound you can imagine and a lot of options.

Downside? God forbid one of the 20-something tubes goes out on you. God forbid you have to re-tube! I have enver heard of reliability probs, but dang! It also weighs a ton, esp the combo.

Mesas require tweaking as it is, and that one would need tweaking for years just to set it right for a gig.

 

[muttonchopsrule]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

i've never played one, but damn that thing has a lot of cool features. assigning channels to certain cabinets, output tubes, power ratings, FX loops....crazy stuff. i'd never buy one unless i was making my living playing music, but if you end up getting it, we wanna hear some clips!!!

 

[B2D]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

when i picked up my line 6 a couple weeks ago ,i took along my jb and lil screamin demon equiped strat, and one of the amps i tried was the mesa road king half stack and if it takes me 2yrs of penny pinching ,i will have this amp.the thing rang forever.just looking for some view points on my next amp,although this one might get me divorced.lol.and in cASE you beginners wanna know why you should take your guitar when amp shopping? cause its gonna sound totaly differnent once you get it home after trying some guitar off the shelf and then you plug your ax in .and your scratching your head wondering what the hell happened?

IMO that amp is an interesting peice of engineering, but there's far too many bells, whistles, buttons, and switches for me to want to deal with on a gig. Plus I think all that circuitry compromised the purity of the tone somewhat.

If you're a gigging musician with a need for a REALLY versatile tube amp, and you've got the cash, and the patience to set it up, and the $250 to retube that sucker, be my guest.

Personally what I'd do is explore other options and other tube amps (just for the experience and the hell of it) while saving up for that Recto. In the 2 years it takes you to save up you might change your mind. Plus if you do you'll already be on your way to havign enough $$.

I'd rather spend that amount of money on a used Bogner Ecstasy 101B and get better tone with about equal versatility. The Bogner can't switch power tube types or do progressive linkage but does it really need to?

 

[34029324079]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

the mesa boogie roadster is the scaled down version of roadking; it comes as a head as well as a 2x12 combo closed back cabinet combo

roadster:

 

[Hot _Grits]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

Played one when they first came out. Lots of cool ideas, like power tube switching, and the layout is actually pretty simple once you know how to work it. Kind of like being confronted with a 36 channel mixing desk and realising that each channel strip has the same knobs.

But I couldn't pull particularly interesting tones out of the thing. Far from a bad amp, but too much compromise for my liking.

 

[OlinMusic]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

I like the Bogner XTC idea

The Roadster might be an option, hmmmmm

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

I really like the Road King, but it really is too much amp for my needs. I recently just tried the Series II version, and I think there are some really good tones in it. And I was nailing them pretty fast--as one poster stated, once you understand the layout, it's pretty simple to navigate.

I like the idea of the Progressive Linkage--I will be really interested if they ever do a lower power 2 x 6L6 + 4 x EL84 version.

Bill

 

[B2D]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

I like the idea of the Progressive Linkage--I will be really interested if they ever do a lower power 2 x 6L6 + 4 x EL84 version.

Bill

Oh you mean like a Blue Angel?

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

Oh you mean like a Blue Angel?

Yes, SIMILAR to the Blue Angel. The Angel is 2 x 6V6, and 4 x EL84. I think Mesa lists it as 18 watts with the 6V6s, 33 watts with the EL-84s, and 38 watts with all the power tubes running.

I like to see an amp with 6L6s instead of the 6V6s, for a little more headroom; and it would be great if it had the preamp section of the Mesa DC-3, DC-5, DC-10 series.

Bill

 

[OlinMusic]

Re: and what about the mesa road king

I still want a Blue Angel
but I think a Vox or Matchless might be a smarter bet