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jinch0
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I read somewhere that there is a mod for channel 2 to make it sound like a stilletto 
roadifier
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Would be cool If someone here new about it and spilled the beans. I'd love to do that mod to my roadster.
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jinch0
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If i remember correctly it involves changing al the pots
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I found this on grail tone: Post subject: Roadster channel 2 Brit mod explainedPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:51 pm
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Location: Louisville, KY I've gotten a request to explain the Roadster channel 2 mod I posted about a couple of days ago, so here it is. I'll try to be thorough and concise. Thanks to Charles Reeder's Lonestar mod, I wondered what would happen if I changed the pots in channel 2 of my Roadster to match the same pots listed for the 2nd channel of the Stiletto. I eneded up getting a sound very similar to the 2nd channel of the stiletto as I remember it, but I have yet to play a Stiletto to compare and I sold my Ace months ago. This mod is not only easy, but completely reversible. All of the necessary pots can be found in the Roadster, but you'll have to order extra from Mesa Boogie to replace them (mine will be in next week!) Ok. Here are the values you need to make each control on channel 2. The values are labeled on the back of the pots. Just unsolder and resolder as necessary. Note: I was using JJ KT77 tubes with EL 34 bias selected when I played.
Treble- 590738
Mid- 590737
Bass- 590739
Presence- 590740
Master- 590792
Gain- 590792
A little more about the sound. This will add much, much more useable gain, but still retain the British flavor. I was worried it would sound like a Recto, which is a good thing, but I didn't need another Recto channel. I don't think it sounds like a Recto. There is also more bass available. I was able to dial in a very good metal sound, like White Zombie or some classic 80's goodness like Ozzy or Judas Priest with no trouble and no pedals. The lead tone is exceptional, creamy and fluid with tube rectification (again, no pedals, except delay). Not thin and fizzy like the Recto can be. (Recto=best for rhythm, IMO) I also got a good punk Green Day type tone. AND it will still get great classic rock sounds, just turn the gain down to about 9 o'clock (not a typo, there really is that much gain). I hope this explains it and gets Roadster owners pumped up like I was when I started playing it modified. It felt like Christmas! However, this will completely alter the character of the Clean and Fat modes for channel 2. I haven't experimented much with them, but at first listen, it sounds like what channel one would sound like with the gain maxed, except with too much bass. When I turned the bass down, Clean and Fat became very useable for overdrive type sounds or a different type of distortion.
Remember to exercise caution when doing this. Drain capacitors or be really careful not to touch them.
Last edited by paytojt on Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:49 pm
Posts: 184
Location: Louisville, KY I've gotten a request to explain the Roadster channel 2 mod I posted about a couple of days ago, so here it is. I'll try to be thorough and concise. Thanks to Charles Reeder's Lonestar mod, I wondered what would happen if I changed the pots in channel 2 of my Roadster to match the same pots listed for the 2nd channel of the Stiletto. I eneded up getting a sound very similar to the 2nd channel of the stiletto as I remember it, but I have yet to play a Stiletto to compare and I sold my Ace months ago. This mod is not only easy, but completely reversible. All of the necessary pots can be found in the Roadster, but you'll have to order extra from Mesa Boogie to replace them (mine will be in next week!) Ok. Here are the values you need to make each control on channel 2. The values are labeled on the back of the pots. Just unsolder and resolder as necessary. Note: I was using JJ KT77 tubes with EL 34 bias selected when I played.
Treble- 590738
Mid- 590737
Bass- 590739
Presence- 590740
Master- 590792
Gain- 590792
A little more about the sound. This will add much, much more useable gain, but still retain the British flavor. I was worried it would sound like a Recto, which is a good thing, but I didn't need another Recto channel. I don't think it sounds like a Recto. There is also more bass available. I was able to dial in a very good metal sound, like White Zombie or some classic 80's goodness like Ozzy or Judas Priest with no trouble and no pedals. The lead tone is exceptional, creamy and fluid with tube rectification (again, no pedals, except delay). Not thin and fizzy like the Recto can be. (Recto=best for rhythm, IMO) I also got a good punk Green Day type tone. AND it will still get great classic rock sounds, just turn the gain down to about 9 o'clock (not a typo, there really is that much gain). I hope this explains it and gets Roadster owners pumped up like I was when I started playing it modified. It felt like Christmas! However, this will completely alter the character of the Clean and Fat modes for channel 2. I haven't experimented much with them, but at first listen, it sounds like what channel one would sound like with the gain maxed, except with too much bass. When I turned the bass down, Clean and Fat became very useable for overdrive type sounds or a different type of distortion.
Remember to exercise caution when doing this. Drain capacitors or be really careful not to touch them.
Last edited by paytojt on Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
droptrd
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thats cool
roadifier
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thats cool, but I don't think I'd want to change out every pot in channel 2 though for it.
JerryP
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I wouldn't expect anything really magical from that mod. The Stiletto circuit is laid out more like a Marshall with the EQ circuit coming at the end of the preamp and before the loop and PI circuit. The Roadster channels 1 & 2 and more like the Fender style circuit and the typical Mesa MK series with the EQ after the first gain stage. Those changes are just using Marshall EQ value pots but the rest of the EQ circuit is still set up as the Fender type setup. It won't give you the Stiletto circuit. There are much easier things that can be done to improve it.
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jinch0
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Is there any other mod that you know for the roadster 
droptrd
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Sell it and get a Budda MN-100.
Has a kinda fender ch, a Marshall ch, and a recto ch
Has a kinda fender ch, a Marshall ch, and a recto ch
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