I can't seem to find any Mesa I like more than a Single Rect

[Locky]

I've tried to upgrade my amp a few times, trying out a Dual and Triple Rectifier more than a few times. Each time I was disappointed with both the distortion channels and the cleans. I found the Single surpassed them completely. The only reason I'm looking to upgrade is I really want more than 2 channels. How does the road king distortions compare to the Single and Dual rectifiers? Thanks Guys.

 

[screamingdaisy]

Have you thought about running two heads? Four channels, and it's probably cheaper than buying a Road King.

 

[Locky]

thought about it, but I'd rather not have to drag out an extra head and cab.

 

[tele_jas]

Look at my sig..... I've had several rectifiers and my favorite out of all of those was either my Tremoverb or my Rectoverb (a single recto with reverb), a very close tie. Now that being said, my RK blows away anything I heard before!! I absolutely love my RK for everything, plus it's got 4 channels.

Before I got the Road King, I still needed extra sounds so what I did was used a Boogie V-Twin and I had 2 extra sounds to use with on the clean channel of my amp and the lower distortion channel. Several different stages and tones. Even now with my RK I use a Tubescreamer on channel 1 & 2 for extra tones.

Before the RK, I serously thought about getting a Lonestar Classic to run with my Tremoverb combo to have teh 4 tones I wanted, but I didn't want to lug around 2 heavy amps..... so now I have one EXTREMELY amp (125 lbs), but the tone I get is worth it. :wink:

 

[Locky]

So you like the distortion tone of the RK better then the Single Rect. What do you find better about them? Just curious as I am starting to look at getting a RK.

 

[OneMoreAugust]

Locky Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:00 pm Post subject:

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thought about it, but I'd rather not have to drag out an extra head and cab.

Get the second head and one of those dual head road cases, and a friend to help you lift in/out of vehicles! Then get a HeadBone to switch heads, you don't have get a second cab for that. Two heads, one cab, happiness.