Alright it looks smaller, but nowhere near twice as deep
Thread title and conclusion are a bit different
I can believe it!! Was my dream amp for a bit.
It's a refining of the original. Has a much better clean channel and both lead channels are better sounding than the original.
Different, not really better. The 2 has a lonestar clean as one mode . I had both for a bit .
It is one louder.
Multiple power amp settings, 6L6 and EL34 options as well as power.
The Road King kills you with options. The Roadster took the best parts of the RK and simplified it a bit. Mainly the power amp settings are streamlined, like @Eagle said above. For example, on my RK2, I run the clean channel at 120w for maximum headroom and the tube rectifier. Channel 2 is for Brit mode for me and I run it with just the EL34s and the diode rectifier. Channel 3 is my heavy rhythm channel, I run it with 2x6L6 and 2xEL34, and Channel 4 is my lead channel, and I run it with 4x6L6. THere’s also two FX loops and 2 sets of speaker outputs (2x8ohm and 4x4ohm). Most of those options are unavailable on the Roadster, it’s just 4x6L6.
Not IME because a lot of the modes have essentially the same character . I wanted some Mk tones to go with the recto ones. A lot of settings but ultimately still a recto through and through. I replaced it with a VH4 and have not missed it at all.
