What's up everyone,
I'm going to be in the market for a mesa boogie in a few months. As the subject of this thread indicates, I've narrowed my choices down between which two boogies i'm interested in. I've done all the reading of the literature available from mesa boogie, on the two amps in question. But i'm curious about what you guys think about the two amps.
I'm looking for versatility tone wise, which would in theory seem to indicate i should purchase the road king. But in practice, I've heard that the road king didn't do cleans as well as the lone star, nor was the reverb on the road king as good as the one on the lone star is. which would be unacceptable to me... apparently it's unacceptable to mesa as well,,,seeing as how they say they have incorporated the cleans, and reverb from the lone star, into the new version of the road king. Which again in theory ..should also make my choice easier, in favor of the road king. But i'm not interested in theory, i'm intersted in practice.
If the only thing, the lone star is lacking is the ability to do modern high gain tones which the road king can handle. But the lone star does everything below that type tone as well or better then the road king. would the extra cost of the road king be worth it? or could i just push the lone star into comparable gain stages with the use of an over drive pedal like the tube screamer reissue of the ts808 ?
I'm interested in any thoughts you guys might have.
I'm going to be in the market for a mesa boogie in a few months. As the subject of this thread indicates, I've narrowed my choices down between which two boogies i'm interested in. I've done all the reading of the literature available from mesa boogie, on the two amps in question. But i'm curious about what you guys think about the two amps.
I'm looking for versatility tone wise, which would in theory seem to indicate i should purchase the road king. But in practice, I've heard that the road king didn't do cleans as well as the lone star, nor was the reverb on the road king as good as the one on the lone star is. which would be unacceptable to me... apparently it's unacceptable to mesa as well,,,seeing as how they say they have incorporated the cleans, and reverb from the lone star, into the new version of the road king. Which again in theory ..should also make my choice easier, in favor of the road king. But i'm not interested in theory, i'm intersted in practice.
If the only thing, the lone star is lacking is the ability to do modern high gain tones which the road king can handle. But the lone star does everything below that type tone as well or better then the road king. would the extra cost of the road king be worth it? or could i just push the lone star into comparable gain stages with the use of an over drive pedal like the tube screamer reissue of the ts808 ?
I'm interested in any thoughts you guys might have.