Roadster owners...please chime in!

[Elixir]

Been jamming on my new Roadster and I gotta say I'm definitely enjoying it more than the Mark IV. Now, tone vs tone the Mark IV is more lovely but my playing just isn't for that type of amp. As much as I want to believe I can Lead play, I can't, I'm a natural rhythm player and that is what I enjoy and do most. One day that may change but for now the music I play lends itself to a more Recto feel.

For straight up chugging rhythm the Recto definitely does better than the Mark. Some may say "yeah well, look at how sick Lamb of God is!" definitely, can't argue with that. Their attack and licks are some of the best out there right now but take the fantastic bass player and even the front loaded drum mix out of the loop and see what you get.

Recto wins!

 

[Fixxer6671]

As far as the amp goes, bang for the buck you can't beat it.

Channel 1 is the best clean I have played. I do like the F50 cleans a little better but the tweed is great, and the loan star clean is the benchmark for most amps out there.

Channel 2, is tough for me. Its a love or hate channel. I am currently in love with it, as I have this at the point of break up for bluesy type stuff.

Channel 3 is where I live on the modern. Freaking destrying and ripping faces off.

Channel 4 forgetaboutit..... I mean low high volumes, its sounds great.

I don't use OD's anymore. I just turn the amp up :twisted: ; in all seriousness, I don't use the OD's anymore. I find when I do, I tear through pre-amp tubes and its ok, but not for me. I'd rather have the amp just sing.

Good amp and in the right hands, is the ultimate tone machine. you get 12 tonal options (3 on each channel).

 

[Elixir]

I hear ya on the tube thing. I have a TS9 and it does tighten up the bass but I also got the MXR 10band and that does it as well.

I'm thinking of just returning the TS9. Can anyone tell me a reason why not to if the MXR can pretty much do the same thing?

 

[roadster_1]

i bought an MXR 10-band eq to help cut some of the boominess. as someone said before, you only need to tweak the EQ slightly, as there are dramatic effects with such a little adjustment.

 

[jdurso]

I hear ya on the tube thing. I have a TS9 and it does tighten up the bass but I also got the MXR 10band and that does it as well.

I'm thinking of just returning the TS9. Can anyone tell me a reason why not to if the MXR can pretty much do the same thing?

Using the TS9 your tightening the amp by driving ahotter signal into the amp, which in turn allows you to run your preamp gain on the amp lower, therefore cleaner. The effect is getting your high gain tones while running the amp cleaner, which in turn produces a tighter, more articulate tone.

With an EQ your actually running your preamp dirtier and then filtering out or enhancing certain frequencies in the loop via the EQ.

So while both methods achieve the same tightening effect, the way in which you arrive at that tightness produces very different tones. While I love using some eqs in the loop for particular tones (like high pass/low pass filter or to produce that telephone booth type recording effect), i find using an OD as my "tightener" to be much more natural sounding and more pleasing to my ears. At the end of the day both methods work.

 

[Laskyman]

A nice transparent OD gooses the front end and adds a "layer" of gain that both tightens the tone, but also adds an "sense of urgency" to your picking attack that an EQ alone can not provide. I use both with my Roadster, and I really like the combination.

Laskyman

 

[Elixir]

You guys are totally right. I'm finding the boosted amp a lot different than the one with EQ. Currently i'm using the EQ with Vintage mode on the third channel to give it this crazy death tone while on the 4th channel i'm boosting it in modern to give me a more killswitch engage type of deal.

I'm really enjoying my Roadster =)