Roadster Combo or Halfstack

[SimpleMind]

Decided myself to get the Roadster. Have about 3000 Euro to spend, which means i can afford the Combo or the Head + a relative cheap cabinet which i could replace later with a better one. Which way would you go and which cabinet would you choose.

Best regards

 

[barneyc4]

Head and cab.

Get the 2x12 cab and the head

or

Get a 4x12 cab and the head

 

[dennq45]

The combo is very heavy. I had a Roadster combo that went up in smoke so I returned it and ordered the RKII head and 2X12 cab. Much easier to move.

 

[mdortona]

Played both this past week-end and bought the Roadster head. I liked the head's sound better thru my 3/4 back cab, than the combo's 2x12 which seemed a bit bass heavy/flubby to me. YMMV. Also, the combo is HEAVY. Felt as heavy as my Heartbreaker combo.

 

[abecon5]

Roadster combo weighs 100 lbs!! wow!! :shock:

 

[SimpleMind]

Is the MESA BOOGIE RECTO HORIZONTAL an ok match for the Roadster?

 

[strumminsix]

The combo is very heavy....the RKII head and 2X12 cab. Much easier to move.

+1

 

[mesanomad100]

head and cab,dont need words to explain you'll no when you hear it!!!!!

 

[MesaENGR412]

head and cab,dont need words to explain you'll no when you hear it!!!!!

Agreed! To me 4x12's just sound better and fuller than combos

-AJH

 

[oyster]

+10 on that bro!

 

[stash49]

Stay away from that combo! It's so heavy you will wind up banging it around which aint good. 4x12 and head is best. 2x12 and head is ok, a little better then the conbo and alot easier to move.

 

[123thefirst]

Yeah, a head and 4x12 is the ultimate. But the 4x12 is darn heavy too. Will it be worth it? Yes, if you're strong and a sonic perfectionist. You can be like Gandalf: "You have chosen the way of ... PAIN"

 

[Russ]

I just carried my Traditional 4x12 upstairs at my home. Let me tell you, I don't want to have to do that too often. It weighs 2x as much as my Marshall cabs. I would rather carry 2- 4x12 Marshall cabs and have to make 2 trips than carry that Traditional cab. Talk about heavy. There again, my little EVM loaded Mark IV short combo weighs more than a lot of 2x12 combos. I just put her back in the head enclosure last week because of the weight. I would rather carry a head and then a cabinet.

 

[jbird]

The thing is: I hate to see compromise in tone! If I could'nt afford a head and cab, I'd wait till I could! Or else, get the combo, and later add an extension cab! I would'nt though get a "great" head and match it up to some junk cab! And actually, being the combo is more $$ than the head, that would all the more justify waiting until you had the dough - nut!

 

[stash49]

Believe me-you'll hate the combo after a while if you have to move it-it's a like a big *@&#% iron block-and if you slip with it-you may need surgury. The mesa 4x12 will hurt you too, but at leaste you can bang it around a little-they only cost a grand.