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The ISP Decimator pedal has the same noise reduction technology as the rackmount version. I got mine to use with my Triaxis, before I got my RKII. The Triaxis has some preamp noise in the high gain settings. My idea was to feed the preamp with a clean signal to minimize the high gain noise, by...

3 to 8 months? Are you outside of the US? Do you need the 1x12 soon or can you wait 3 to 8 months? Personally, I would not even consider any of the cabs you mentioned. If you can, try to track down a Bogner 1x12 or a Custom Audio Amps (CAA/CAE) 1x12. If you are in Europe, it may be...

Most likely. Do not get me wrong, the ISP Decimator works really well; however, its the parallel loop in your amp that would frustrate you. Because it is parallel, there will still be an un-affected (dry) signal being mixed in with your affected signal. Depending on the effects mix capability of...

Oh.. pardon me, I though you were "t0aj15 " from HRI. Anyway, "Whats up, man?"

I let my RKII warm up for about 30sec to 1min before flicking the standby switch.

Yes, the settings I posted above are for my RKII.

For my main lead sound, I use Channel 3 Vintage, 2x6L6s, Tube rectifiers. Gain = 2:30/3:00, Treble = 11:00/11:30, Mid = 10:30/11:00, Bass = 9:30/10:00, Presence = 12:00/12:30. This works best with my Ibanez S540LTD with DiMarzio Steve's Special in the bridge. Initially, I had the Mids dialed in...

Are you using a wall wart (ac - dc power supply)? Have you tried using a battery instead? I had something similar happen to me with my first BH1 (not 2). In my case, I used a wall wart that had the barrel plug's polarity reversed (center pin positive). Stupid me, I did not think to check the...

The Furman AR1215 is a power conditioner and voltage regulator. The power conditioning in the regular PL8 (and variants) is basically a line noise filter. The AR1215 has that same filter in addition to the voltage regulating circuitry (which involves a huge toroidal transformer). The AR1215...

Without seeing the schematic of either device, amp or GT8, I'm guessing it is a groundloop problem.

Yah.. that makes sense: Guitar > tuner > amp > speakers. I personally would not put any tuner in my signal chain. Tuners are not very well known for enhancing your tone. In some cases, they've been the root of groundloop problems in racked systems. But, if the tuner is not sucking your tone, or...

hah. good catch. presumababble. how's that?

Try running your guitar directly into the amp, no tuner in between: if it does not sound better, then keep running your tuner in line.

Looks good, meng.

Just a slight correction: The reverb in the RKII is still a spring reverb; however, it is now tube driven. The RKI's spring reverb wasn't tube driven. http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Rectifier_Series/roadking/roadking.htm

RKII has six 12AX7s. V6 is the phase inverter of the power amp section. RKII also has two series effects loops, as opposed to the RKI which has one parallel and one series. This may have necessitated the additional effects loop send/return 12AX7 tube. Just guessing here.

I had the V3 tube fail in my RKII, less than two weeks out of the box (bought it brand new from the Mesa store in Hollywood). I never had a tube fail that prematurely before, so that reinforces my belief in always having spare tubes. Anyway, I've replaced V3, and V2, with Tung Sol 12AX7s, it has...

Hhmm.. I got that list from Mesa tech support. V1 is typically the input tube, so, V1A is pressumabye the input stage and sets the amount of gain for the rest of the chain. The other "gain" stages would be the drive stages.

Yes. "Front of the amp" generally means what goes into the input of the amp. So, that would mean whatever the signal chain is between the guitar and the amp. From the effects that you listed, I would take the tuner out of the signal path. The first pedal I'd plug into would be the wah, followed...

This applies to either my RKII or my Triaxis set-ups: I use a switching system that puts an ISP Decimator pedal (noise gate) in-line for high-gain settings, or a Boss AC-2 on some clean sounds. I do not use the noise gate on clean settings. Other than that, it is usually just the guitar into a...