how cool would this be ...

[roadster-T4D]

a roadster 1x12" combo with everything a roadster has but instead of 50-100 W settings, it would have 5-15-30 w settings

man, i'd dig that

thoughts?

t4d

 

[rvschulz]

so you want a 4 channel amp with a bunch of different voicings and additional multiple low watt settings.

that sounds like overkill to me, personally - although i am a kind of bells and whistles gadget person at heart so I hear where you are coming from. My personal experience with my tone challenges is that I don't need that many tones from the amp for a single set/gig.

if i am playing a jazzy/clean gig - i setup for that, if i am playing rock, i setup my amp(s) differently for that. consequently, i also have 3-4 guitars to select from to provide additional tones.

i don't need Wes Montgomery bassy cleans, country twangy cleans, or rock brassy distortion/leads at the same time in front of an audience that can't handle switching guitars and fiddling with amp settings for a minute or two. i only need one tone palette at a time.

i did want a LSC with the 5 watt setting - but ended up with the 50/100 version and it's fine. i am up in the air in comparison with my Mark III - it is unbelievable - and super versatile too -

if you are having a volume issue, i can't help you there.

 

[jdurso]

so you want a 4 channel amp with a bunch of different voicings and additional multiple low watt settings.

that sounds like overkill to me, personally - although i am a kind of bells and whistles gadget person at heart so I hear where you are coming from. My personal experience with my tone challenges is that I don't need that many tones from the amp for a single set/gig.

if i am playing a jazzy/clean gig - i setup for that, if i am playing rock, i setup my amp(s) differently for that. consequently, i also have 3-4 guitars to select from to provide additional tones.

i don't need Wes Montgomery bassy cleans, country twangy cleans, or rock brassy distortion/leads at the same time in front of an audience that can't handle switching guitars and fiddling with amp settings for a minute or two. i only need one tone palette at a time.

i did want a LSC with the 5 watt setting - but ended up with the 50/100 version and it's fine. i am up in the air in comparison with my Mark III - it is unbelievable - and super versatile too -

if you are having a volume issue, i can't help you there.

right but its nice to have those options.... one person might use the clean and tweed settings on channels 1 and 2 and the next person might use fat and brit on those same channels.... by mesa putting those options in the same amp they cater to a wider audience in the same amp instead of having to put out multiple products.... for that reason i think thats why mesa has had so much success with the Mark IV and the recto line....amps that can cover a lot of ground and make people in different musical realms happy is the sign of a great product

i think it would be awesome to make a 1x12 roadster with lower wattage settings..... that would appeal to the bedroom players (who probably out number the gigging musicians) as long as you could get the same recto tone from a lower wattage amp.... i suspect though part of the recto sound comes from using those higher wattages... i'm not an amp builder so i may be wrong

 

[ToneAddictJon]

I'd like to see that as well. It would be kind of a Roadster Special. If we're just throwing out ideas, I would also love to see a power section that was a pair of el34's (or 6l6's) and a quad of el84's as well and have seperate master controls for each side and seperate speaker outs.

 

[domct203]

Why not just take the FX loop (or slave) send from the Roadster and put that into a low wattage EL84 poweramp? (using a dummy load on the Roadster).

Dom

 

[domct203]

Love to see a lower wattage Rectifier. Someone mention here "if you play at Bedroom, Mesa Booogie is not the Amp for you!!?" Well, there missing-out a huge market of Bedroom players.

You may be referring to my sig.

Dom

 

[roadster-T4D]

so you want a 4 channel amp with a bunch of different voicings and additional multiple low watt settings.

not exactly - sorry if i was unclear

i meant 5-15-30 watts INSTEAD of 50/100, not in addition to 50/100

and the idea of slaving out a roadster gets away from the convenience angle i was trying to get at .. not having to carry around a load box and another power amp .. just all in a 1x12" combo

i do need that kind of versatility on any given night as i play in a cover band and use both a strat and H-H guitars ... having channels optimized for the guitar is really convenient .. strat cleans in one place, LP cleans in another, one channel optimized to go from gritty to crunchy to soaring just by turning up the volume knob on the strat, and the last channel set to do the same on the H-H ... no pedals needed, just the footswitch

i am not just a bedroom guy, but respect their needs too ... with a 6 piece band, we try our best to keep stage volume down as best we can ... so all this at 5 watts sounds very cool to me ...

t4d

 

[dmcguitar]

See now I think that would be a great idea for recording. The smaller package, and low watts so you can crank it, plus you still have 12 modes to record with... which is much cheaper than buying a few amps to get those different sound in studio..

hey i wonder if they ever took the power amp section of the mark series and put that on a recto... I think the idea of running class A and A/B simultaneously is cool.. and should be done on more amps... I also this that is cooler than there progressive linkage.. Hmmm if they could work in progressive simul-class linkage I think they'd have one insansely variable amp