What can a Roadking give me that a Roadster can't.

[screamingdaisy]

I'm trying to make a decision here and I want to know if there's any reason I should look at a Roadking over a Roadster.

 

[edgarallanpoe]

Cabinet switching, EL34s on the fly. If the EL34 thing isn't that important to you, the the Roadster is the way to go. I play in a cover band that does a wide variety of music and I need the EL34 sound at my fingertips, the Roadking was the right amp for me.

 

[mesanomad100]

on the roadking you can choose
which kindda tubes you want to use for each channel,6l6 or el34 or a combination of both
two loops,one series one parrallel to be used for each channel
choose your cabinet per channel
reverb per channel
choose your rectification per channel,tube/diode
channel one has tweed/fat/clean modes
channel two has brit/fat/clean modes
channel three and four have raw/vintage and modern modes

the newer RKII v2's have an improved clean chanel taken from the lonestars and sounds out of this world

thats the spec basically for a RK my internet it being a pain in the *** and not working properly so I cant get on the mesa website to see the roadster spec,I just done this from memory

The roadster is a baby version of the Roadking,it doesnt have a choice of valves or cab selection or recto tracking etc

go for the RKII v2

 

[lockbody]

...The roadster is a baby version of the Roadking,it doesnt have a choice of valves or cab selection or recto tracking etc

go for the RKII v2

The Roadster does have Recto tracking

 

[mesanomad100]

sorry as i mentioned i cant get on to the mesa website to clarify the roadster situation,Im doin it from memory

 

[Storm]

Yep, The Roadster is a Roadking II minus the extra FX loop and doesn't have the progressive linkage. Apart from that they are the same from what I have read.

Ciao ...

 

[JAZZGEAR]

Yep, The Roadster is a Roadking II minus the extra FX loop and doesn't have the progressive linkage. Apart from that they are the same from what I have read.

Ciao ...

Don't forget:

Cab Switching --> RK II
and if comparing the combos, the RK II has the better cleans, while the roadster combo is probably better suited for Driven/lead tones due to the ported sealed cab.