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I also find that running the channel volume higher is better for sustaining notes on lead tones. If you experiment with both volume controls you'll find that running the channel volume low, single notes will die out fairly quickly. Now, decrease the master volume and increase your channel volume...

The title for this thread could possibly come off as sounding a little weird. Please hear me out: I decided to play around with the RAW mode on channel 3 of my Road King II today. It's a mode I had not yet bothered to familiarise myself with as it never really appealed to me, being seemingly...

From what you describe, a clean boost / OD / Compressor will all give you what you are after all with slightly added different flavours from each. Cranking the amp will also get you there but we know that's not always an option. I use the CL / Liquifire combo and although they are fairly hot, I...

Then you have a much better ear than I do for these things. In my defence I'm riddled with tinnitus and play with ear plugs (even at lower volumes). I'm going to have another play and listen harder next time I fire it up. Sorry for the misinformation.

The issue about the gain channel volumes needing to be higher to reduce fizz is something I have read about in the past. I remember reading that one player decided to utilize the solo volume output for his clean channels and the regular output for his gain channels. However, this was so he was...

I'd agree with trying both before you buy or as already suggested find a store with a returns policy. It's a lot of money to always be wondering ""What if?". There's more to an amps characteristics than what you hear, it's to do with how it feels also. You also need to try it with your own...

:D He already bought a 4x12 but I was going to say that personally I like to sit down in front of my amp when I play at home and sitting in front of a 4x12 is just too harsh. The frequencies going into my ear are just nasty, sitting above the speaker as opposed to your ear parallel to the...

Pedal-wise, I sometimes use a BB Preamp and RC Booster in front of My Road King. I have a TS808HW on order so i'll be able to comment on that once it arrives but for now: The BB is a very nice pedal, very transparent so it won't colour the tone of your Roadster rather than, lets say a tube...

Hi, Congratulations on the great purchase price! I also own a Mark V and RKII head. I switch between them depending on how I am feeling. It took me a short while to get used to the feel of the RKII after using the Mark V for a few years and after having both for a while now I'm still not sure...

Well I feel stupid.. After fumbling about with preamp tubes for a few hours I figured out that the problem was not the amp. The problem was the battery in the guitar. Now the pickups in my guitar are passive, however the piezo system uses a battery. The thing that threw me was the fact that I...

Hello everyone. I'm sorry if this has been covered before but I couldn't find a post using search in the short time I have before I start work. Channel 1 in my Road King 2 head has recently become.. not clean at all. Both clean and fat modes have a certain amount of gain that I am not able to...

I own both heads and think a huge part of his tone comes from the characteristics of his guitars and Dimarzio's as much as the Mesas. I also seem to be able to get very nice lead tones from the RKII without any problems or even a boost infront (which is also very nice though). There are a lot...

They're both series loops in the RKII so they are the same. I use the first one just because its the er.. first one :D

These videos might also help, you may have already seen them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_MGCpAyNnY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da7TreMOpaU I tried to find videos of what the rectifiers sound like along with the Dimarzio's. It was Petrucci's tone that originally turned me onto...

Haha, Thank you for the reassurance of my mental state guys! :) I've also noticed this can be the case when moving from one amp to the next or switching guitars, obviously. **** it ears! I wonder if Pianists have this problem. I was almost going to be one of those instead.

To quote a paragraph from the Mark V owners manual: This is perhaps the best statement I have ever read in regard to amps, EQ and the weirdness of the human ear. I know it's referring to the Mark V EQ sliders and preset but I think it's relevant to everything we hear throughout the day once we...

I'm glad you got it sorted and found something you are happy with! I have accustomed to the same tube config in channel 1 for pristine clean, after initially thinking I'd prefer the 6 tube config. The 4x6L6's are just sweeter imo. I'm still experimenting with channel 2. Channels 3 & 4 I've had...

As far as I am aware, channels 3 & 4 are the same in each model of the Road Kings. I have a Road King II that I sometimes use with a Petrucci BFR and can achieve smooth lead tones with or without a boost. Most of the smoothness comes from the Dimarzio pickups (Crunchlab / Liquifire) although...

This is the classic dilemma most guitarists stumble upon at one time or another. I too have owned a Mark V head for the past few years and have loved every second of playing through it. I always vowed to myself never to sell it, because it's been the dream tone I was searching for years to...

I also use an Xotic AC Booster infront of my Mark V most of the time. Not to change the tone and not for extra gain (it has almost non) but to change the feel and increase the output signal of the guitar going into the amp. That's the great thing about the AC booster, it is completely...