Recent content by jtroska

I have the original Mesa/Boogie 6L6 tubes in there and it was set to 100 watts. I think it was set to Diodes but that doesn't seem to make too much difference. Rectifier tracking seems to compress a little but the clipping is the same either way. Here's another sample I recorded, this time...

Thanks everybody. I still wish it wouldn't clip quite so easily. But it's workable with the neck pickup. When recording, I can just keep the channel master down. And live I'll just have to live with it. Preamp gain @ 12 noon does seem about right because the power amp will clean up at that...

You're right. I played with it now and it seems the channel was made for the neck pup. Feel kind of silly for not experimenting with that more before. But my neck pup sounded muddy through my old amp and so I got of out of the habit of using it. So long as I know everything is up to spec, I...

Here, a PRS Tremonti bridge pickup is being used. It is on the hot side. But my Gretsch 6120 with TV Jones pickups produces the same slight overdrive. I can reduce the clipping by lowering the channel master. But once my ear hears it, it annoys me until it's completely gone. Maybe it's just a...

I can't get my Roadster to produce a clean sound at a high volume. It's always a little overdriven. Here's a short audio sample so you can hear what I mean. http://www.popcultureaquarium.com/jamestroska/RoadsterClean.wav For testing purposes, the Mode was set to "Clean"; The Gain was set to...

I don't like the JB pickup for high gain amps. Lacks any kind of midrange crunch. I haven't heard the Steve Special, but based on the description at the Dimarzio site, I imagine it would be about at pushing (or maybe *not* pushing) an amp like the Roadster Recto.

The Roadster has plenty gain. If you're not getting enough gain, something is wrong somewhere. I would investigate the pickups first. I've had a Tone Zone ages ago and, as I remember it, I don't think it would be a good match for the Roadster. It was very fat-sounding. And, as...

I have a Tremonti (aka SC250) pickup. It's my favorite by far. It has such good clarity and yet no harshness side effects. I've never liked the Duncan JB, although it's very popular. Well, it worked well for another player I've worked with who was having trouble keeping his Mesa F-50 under...

Excellent to hear, guys. I will call him. :P

I wonder if he can make me a longer RRN cable with the buldge on one end. I'd like to keep the Mini Amp Gizmo in the pedalboard and run the RRN cable through a loom with all the other cables. The standard 10ft length and the buldge in the middle would prevent me from doing this.

I have custom-molded hifi ear plugs that I use all the time. My ears were feeling too numb and ringing when I didn't have them so I spent the money and got some. They're pretty "flat" (even frequency response) but they still take some getting used to. I put them in before the show--usually on...

I do it this way... Guitar > M13 Input M13 Send > Amp Input Amp Send > M13 Return M13 Output to Amp Return This way, you can place any effect in the M13 either before or after the amp's gain stage. For example, you could place a Tube Screamer or wah effect from the M13 before the amp's gain...

I tested the transparency in the following way and results were very good to my ears... I put the M13 with all its effects bypassed in the Roadster's Effects Loop and, without looking, stomped the Effects Loop in and out via the foot controller several times until I didn't know whether the...

To follow up... I just scored an M13 from eBay and tried it with my Roadster. It works perfectly. I'm using the 4-cable method so that I can assign various effects to be either pre or post the amp's gain stage. But like most Line6 products, it promises to do everything but can really only do...

I want to get an M13 to use with my Roadster, which is almost the same amp as the Road King. I can't think of any reason it wouldn't work. Ideally, I'd hook it up to my amp using the "4 cable method". That is: Guitar>M13 / M13 Effects Send>Amp / Amp Effects Send>M13 Return / M13 Output>Amp's...