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Thanks! That’s my Roadsters. My MKV is long gone, I had a shrill and boxey sounding one that I held onto for years hoping I’d finally find that Liquid Solo tone, never happened for me, sold it and invested in the Triple Crown. Cleans are CH 1 Tweed. High gain is CH 4 Modern boosted with a...

Have you looked into The Gig Rig switchers? https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

Looking at the schematic in this thread it looks like the Hi-Low switch simply by-passes a resistor when closed. It’s hard to read the part ID’s but I would start with checking that resistor and the switch itself. There’s not much to the circuit, it might just be a bad switch. The resistor...

The older I get the less I like moving gear LOL. We have only gigged 3 times since the pandemic… we had a once a month thing for years at a local ‘watering hole’, played for the cover charge. Covid came along and put them out of business. We still get together every 2 weeks or so and have been...

I think that could be said for just about all of Mesa’s offerings for amps, at least the ones I’ve played. Gigging Rectifiers for a couple of decades does wonders for your picking/strumming technique. Dom

I’m pretty sure you have a problem other than tubes, the fuse is blowing without them even in the amp, and you already tried with a different set of power tubes. Maybe someone else reading this can offer more specific help. In the meantime I’m going to see if I can find the schematic to see...

Forgot to add that you don’t have to redo the preamp tube test, the standby switch is for the power tubes.

Turn your input control all the way down, and don’t have anything plugged into the input, you are not passing a signal so a load box is really not necessary, but it’s good insurance and I would use one (or a speaker cab). If the amp powers up in standby then yes, you can take it out of standby...

Ok, that’s a good start. Put just the 12AX7’s back in and try again, if the fuse blows there is most likely a failed component in the amp and it needs to be serviced. If the fuse does not blow, working with just one channel at a time, put both power tubes back in and power up. If the fuse...

Welcome to the forum. Be advised, tube amps are different from their solid state counterparts. The power supply capacitors in a tube amp will store around 400-450V, even when unplugged and unpowered for days. That’s enough voltage to stop your heart. If you are unfamiliar with the process...

Welcome to the forum. The current Mesa Thiele cabinet comes standard with their MC90 Black Shadow speaker. Older versions came with the Electro-Voice EVM12L. That speaker is neither. While I’m not sure what brand speaker that is, I’m confident it is not original to that cabinet. The magnet...

I gigged my 2007 Roadster for 13 years, playing 1-2 times every week between shows and practice. I’ll never sell that amp regardless of what might be in my A-Rig as the years go on. If you enjoy it, keep it. I’ve got a friend who owns a silver face Fender Twin from the 70’s and it’s still...

Stick a good quality graphic EQ in the loop. The MXR 10-band is a great option.

Sounds great.

Happy New Year! Is there a link missing in your post?

Big difference between your 2-ch Rev G and the 4-ch Roadster. The 2-ch only needs ‘on’ & ‘off’ with one relay to switch channels. The Roadster is more complicated and needs 4 independent ‘on/off’ states where only one of those can/would be active at a time. I understand about the one-button...

Well that’s not much of a manual…. And it is very confusing on how those triggers actually work. It’s not clear if the relays are setup for channel switching logic where only one trigger will be active at one time. Last thing you want is two or more external channel triggers activated at the...

Do you have the Roadster’s Ch Select switch set to ‘Footswitch’? What exactly is the amp doing that makes you say they don’t play nice? How are you connecting them? I tried to download the PXL manual but I’m getting a Java script error. Are the connections on the PXL 4 isolated relays using...

I’ve been learning and practicing my Lutherie skills. I’ve been doing my own (and others) setups forever, bridge replacements, tuner swaps etc, and wanted to dive in deeper. I’ve done 4 fret levels on electrics, two of those on set necks with new nuts, and one acoustic fret level with a new nut...

I’m really enjoying my TC-100’s. I agree that the comparison of ch’s 1&2 to a Silver Jubilee is a good description. Ch-3 just oozes rock solo and lead inspirations. I had been playing Recto’s for two decades, starting with a 2001 3-Ch Triple, and from 2007-2023 a Roadster. The Triple Crown can...