Mesa Boogies patented Progressive Linkage provides five different all-tube power amplifiers which you can harness in any combination to the King’s four preamp channels to create – not a cyber mock-up, but the real, authentic circuits found in those classic amplifiers.
Once in a while a product comes along that redefines its genre, changing the way we think, and ushering in a new era. The Road King does just that.
This seriously over-the-top Recto offers four discreet channels that each house an incredible three modes of hyper-tuned pre-amp expression.
Features: 2x12 Combo C90 Speakers Casters (Width 28-1/2 inches) Channel Assignable Progressive Linkage power section featuring 4x6L6 & 2xEL34 - allows selection of either 2x6L6, 2xEL34, 2x6L6+2xEL34,4x6L6 or 4x6L6+2xEL34 for Power Ratings of 50, 100 & 120 Watts 5x12AX7, 2x5U4 Fixed Bias for Consistent Maintenance Free Performance 4 Fully Independent Channels with 12 Modes (Channel 1=Clean, Fat or Tweed- Channel 2= Clean,Fat or Brit- Channels 3 & 4=Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain) Each Channel features Independent Gain, Bass, Mid,Treble, Presence, Reverb, 5 Position Progressive Linkage Power Tube Select (choices listed above) Rectifier Select (Tube or Silicon Diodes) Speaker Output Select (Speaker Out A, B or A+B) FX Loop 1 Select (Series Loop On/Off Switch per Channel or Footswitch Assignable) and FX Loop 2 Select (Parallel Loop On/Off Switch & Mix Control per Channel, plus Separate Footswitchable Mix Control) Output Level Control (over all channels when activated) Solo Level Control (over all channels when activated) Bold/Spongy “Variac” Switch Pentode/Triode Switch for EL34s FX Loop Bypass Switch Slave Out w/Level Control Fan Cooled External Switching Jacks for Channels 1,2 3, 4, Solo, Reverb, Loop 1 & Loop 2 compatible with Latched or Pulsed Triggers 9 Button Footswitch (Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Channel 4, External Trigger, Reverb, Loop 1, Loop 2 & Solo) Slip Cover