The Boogie Board

Somebody suggested that I should make a new thread so it can be made into a sticky.

I have had a few people confirm that this worked for them also, but I would like to hear from all you Roadster owners.

It is rather simple to eliminate the channel switching lag in the Roadster. All you have to do is leave the reverb button on the footswitch engaged at all times, regardless of if you have reverb on in the channel strip or not. There will still be the lag on the different levels of reverb mixing in, but the amp is actually designed to do that and with good reason. Nonetheless, there will be absolutely no dead spot in sound.

Couple this with cycling through the channels whilst in standby to eliminate the "pop" and you are ready to rule the road!

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2000 DR Rev G
1999 Rectifier 2x12
1999 Standard Recto 4x12
2010 Vox Night Train
1984 JCM 800 2x12(4104)
1977 Fender Twin Reverb 2x12
1995 PRS CE-24
2005 Fender American Std. Telecaster
2009 Fender Billy Corgan Strat
2009 Gibson SG Menace

Sticky!!!

Just send Ned a PM and he will make it happen.

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Thanks fluff! I'm on it.

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2008 DR Roadster
2000 DR Rev G
1999 Rectifier 2x12
1999 Standard Recto 4x12
2010 Vox Night Train
1984 JCM 800 2x12(4104)
1977 Fender Twin Reverb 2x12
1995 PRS CE-24
2005 Fender American Std. Telecaster
2009 Fender Billy Corgan Strat
2009 Gibson SG Menace

I'm glad this became a sticky. I was ready to sell my Roadster before echoes420 told me about the Reverb button trick.

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You know- I always had the reverb "on" even though I never dialed any in on channels 3 and 4....that could explain why I never had any lag...

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That's exactly what I was saying in the other thread...could explain why some experienced the lag and some don't. Just from what I've read, it's about 50/50 as to who's had the lag and who hasn't.

Good thing this is a sticky. Headaches relieved for Roadster owners now!

Good job echoes420!

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Yeah, I always run my amp with the reverb on, I'm sick like that...

I wonder if you did bypass the loop and reverb, maybe that might help? Haven't tried that out yet myself...

Thanks! I am going to try this asap. Does it really work?

Although this is a workaround, it is by no means an excuse for mesa.

P.S. Roadster is one of the greatest amps. It's tone heaven...

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I run my loop bypassed, but I don't think there is a way to truly bypass the reverb.

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2008 DR Roadster
2000 DR Rev G
1999 Rectifier 2x12
1999 Standard Recto 4x12
2010 Vox Night Train
1984 JCM 800 2x12(4104)
1977 Fender Twin Reverb 2x12
1995 PRS CE-24
2005 Fender American Std. Telecaster
2009 Fender Billy Corgan Strat
2009 Gibson SG Menace

Well that explains why I didn't see the problem. Mine has always been on but only dialed up on channels 1 & 2.

The small lag never really bothered me but I will try this to see if there is a difference, thanks for the heads up.

+1.

Yep, always had mine on for Channels 1 and 2, though I don't use it for 3 and 4. Makes sense why I never had the problem now.

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Like a few others here, I've always left reverb on but turned all the way down on 3 and 4, so I never heard the lag. But now I want to go home, turn the reverb off and see if I reproduce the problem.

Don't know why I'm looking for problems - usually they find me just fine. But the more I can understand about this most impressive tone monster, the better.

Cheers!

I can say that I've never had my reverb off... LOL.. that might explain why I don't notice the lag. I tend not to change channels much while playing songs... sometimes when I am practicing I do to see what it would sound like with differing amounts of gain.

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