justfine99
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Hi All
Hopefully some of you skilled guru's can help me (or clear something up for me).
I bought a Roadster 2X12 a couple of years ago and the main purpose of the amp was
for metal (As most players stick to Mesa Rectos for that legendary heavy tone)
I have however started to move away from "insane gain" riffing (Gibson Explorer EMG pups) to more cleaner tones / open chord playing with
some added dirt (Fender AM std strat with FAT50 pups), but I have yet to find some decent settings in the roadster.
I have been experimenting with the Tweed (CH1) and Brit (CH2), but all I get is "flat" lifeless sounds, although
I have to mention that I am not cranking the amp, so I am playing at bedroom level and I do realize that valve amps
needs to be cranked to attain the right tone, but never the less I still wanted to find out if someone out there has some advice for me.
To clarify a bit further, I also own an Orange Dark Terror (7w/15w) which has loads of gain and everyone says not to count on this amp for
cleans, but I actually get such nice, clean/dirt tones from this amp when I roll the gain down to 9 o'clock and the level to 12 o'clock and
I would say I prefer this little amp to the Mesa. Once again could this be due to not being able to crank the Mesa?
Thanks guys, any feedback is apprecitated
Hopefully some of you skilled guru's can help me (or clear something up for me).
I bought a Roadster 2X12 a couple of years ago and the main purpose of the amp was
for metal (As most players stick to Mesa Rectos for that legendary heavy tone)
I have however started to move away from "insane gain" riffing (Gibson Explorer EMG pups) to more cleaner tones / open chord playing with
some added dirt (Fender AM std strat with FAT50 pups), but I have yet to find some decent settings in the roadster.
I have been experimenting with the Tweed (CH1) and Brit (CH2), but all I get is "flat" lifeless sounds, although
I have to mention that I am not cranking the amp, so I am playing at bedroom level and I do realize that valve amps
needs to be cranked to attain the right tone, but never the less I still wanted to find out if someone out there has some advice for me.
To clarify a bit further, I also own an Orange Dark Terror (7w/15w) which has loads of gain and everyone says not to count on this amp for
cleans, but I actually get such nice, clean/dirt tones from this amp when I roll the gain down to 9 o'clock and the level to 12 o'clock and
I would say I prefer this little amp to the Mesa. Once again could this be due to not being able to crank the Mesa?
Thanks guys, any feedback is apprecitated