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Maybe it was a christian metalcore church?

Never heard of him using a Mark until the new album, but it's all hearsay, he could've been always using a Mark as far as I truly know. I'd try the vintage setting with the gain around 11-1 o' clock. When I use an EMG 85 on a Roadster, it doesn't sound far removed from BTBAM. And I mean the...

It sounds like a lot of their solos use the bridge pickup. He uses EMGs in the older stuff before they switched over to PRS guitars, and from what I've read the bridge pickup was an 85. I think that's where the smoothness you're hearing comes from.

Turns out that it does have to do with positioning. I got to practice early (on time) and was able to try out a lot of things. Turning the lights on or off made no difference, it's at a practice studio with lots of other bands playing as well, so the light in only my room might not do much...

There's less hum without the TS engaged, but it's still there. Rolling the volume down will kill the hum, about half way does it; going from about 7 to 10 on volume is where it really shows it's face. I'm going to try some stuff out at practice tomorrow night regarding the settings on the amp...

It actually doesn't sound like all that much gain in the final output. Gain is at about 1-1:30 dialed in on the amp. I'll see if I dial down the gain and re-balance the output what it'll sound like, but I'm guessing the hum will still be there. I'll check out the preamp tubes just for sanity...

I've been taking a Roadster combo for band rehearsals lately, it's one of the few places where I can crank the volume up. I've been using Ch 4 Modern set to just about the Modern Recto manual preset along with a TS808 out front to boost the amp. The guitar I'm using has EMGs. With the output...

So I've been playing on a Roadster 2x12 combo for a while and am loving the tones I can get, it gets plenty loud at practice and can keep up with the other guitarists' 4x12 who is playing on a dual channel Dual Rec, which sounds phenomenal and gets more of that stereotypical 'metal' sound. I've...

I have a Roadster Combo in my thin-walled apartment. A little knowing your neighbors can go a long way. After a month or so of having it, I've asked my neighbors if they could hear me play and all of them said no, much to my surprise. The trombone player that used to live above me, on the...

Do you usually rest your Roadster on your lap when watching tv or talking to people? But yeah, check your tubes, swap your instrument, try different cables, call Mesa, etc.

What would Yngwie do?

I'm using a Tim boost from Paul Cochrane right now and I think it might be the end of my search. By itself, it's a very transparent light to medium overdrive suitable more for classic rock, blues, country. I like how it combines with the cleans on the Roadster when used like this, it's a nice...

Not a fan of EMGs? Not sure why you would say that. I have no problem getting a great tone out of an Ibanez w/ EMGs into a Roadster using almost identical settings to the Liquid Solo in the manual. Using the neck pickup, like you said, helps get a really cool, soft, mid-rich sounding lead...

What do you have your gain set at? If you've rolled it near or completely off, this could be why. At bedroom levels on my Roadster, I'll lightly tap the masters up from completely off, on Ch 3 and Ch 4, to get them where I want. For Ch 1 or Ch 2 on clean/fat, I'll run them around noon with...

The best I can see when I play is that at low volumes it's really loud. I was playing quiet late at night, using it on below bedroom levels, and it sounded like a Black Cat exploding. At high volumes, it's almost inaudible or completely nonexistent. I really don't understand how this issue...

Maybe stolen?

I picked up my first Mesa, a Roadster 212 combo, a few months ago. I really like the thing, it's performed as expected and then some. However, I've been tweaking and tweaking, trying new settings out to find different sounds. I always seem to come back to something near the manual...