Revisiting my least favorite amp from my least favorite series

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[RiffsAndBeards]

We DO NOT disrespect Rectifiers in this house, Kyle.

[mesaseany]

I have a love/hate relationship with my Roadster. I keep comparing it to my Diezel VHX and in reality...I shouldn't be. They are totally different sounds. I should run them in stereo and see how huge it sounds.

[EricMorettin]

Roadsters and Roadkings are a wonderful gem in the recto family. I love how they're now getting the love they deserved so many years ago.

[brianlaukaitis]

I love my roadster. The ability to have the fx loop off/on/switchable per channel was life changing for me back in the late 2000s. Running it through 2 2x12s was a really beefy rig.

[CFChristian]

Dude I LOVE sciatica. Not knowing whether or not I'll be crippled for an entire week out of nowhere is pure excitement.

[KidNato]

I worked for a dealer when this generation was new. Roadster was meant to be a slightly more affordable and simple take of the RoadKing. Maybe I never got the Roadking dialed in correctly, but I always felt the Roadster sounded better as well.

[paulkeesler]

I have an older triple rect. Always loved the recorded tones I’d been hearing. But could not replicate it myself, until I put an EQ in the effects loop, and then the whole thing tighten up and sounded incredible

[realtruenorth]

When i got my tremoverb dual rec, i was dissappointed, couldnt get the tone i wanted, but i kept trying and eventually got it. Now i will never sell it, but those amps make you work for it, but worth it 100%. Also, retubing it made it shine.

[Ibbygaby]

I remember trying the OG 3 channel and wasn't happy with it. IT wasn't until I picked up a Rev G that I really fell in love with them.

[clod]

I got a Roadster 2x12 combo 3 years ago as my first «real» amp. All I can say is it's been a love&hate relation since I got it. Sometimes It sounds monsterous, sometimes I want to sell it for almost for nothing just to move on because I hate how it sounds and I'm sick of tweaking knobs to go where I want... but I still keep it. For those who feels the same way, a parametric EQ in the loop makes a big difference and can get you in other territories that you hunt for.

[JohnJimmyJoe]

I got my Roadster about 10 years ago. It's a great amp. I love the cleans and the high gain channels. I was never 100% satisfied with channel 2. It's okay.

It's also a typical rectifier that needs a boost to sound its best. It sounds good without a boost, but sounds so mean with a boost. I also recently retubed it and it livened up a bit.

I also find it easier to dial in than the Mark series, but still not as simple as something like a Marshall, due to the way the EQ sections impact the sound.

I own a lot of amps, and overall it's not my favorite that I own, but it still fills a tone gap that I wouldn't have if I sold it, so I don't plan on ever selling it.

[charlesrocks]

The Road King II and the Roadster were fantastic rectifiers

[hoobastanker]

i've been a roadster user live for over 10 years, amazing amp and so underated, better cleans than a standard recto, I even sold my Roadking II and kept my Roadster after having them side by side

[BathBombTheRussians]

I loved my roadster but it spent around 9 months at Mesa during the first year of ownership. They ended up giving me a MKV and still sending me the roadster back. Then I immediately traded it for a Shiva and 5150-II 😂

[dilloncox]

I gotta say, your riffs and licks are getting somewhere man. I can’t hate. Love that you’re playing different riffs and things more these days. Hope you don’t quit and continue on. I’m looking for a guitar right now myself. Been playing a little over 20 years, had a few guitars in my time. But just yesterday I missed an epi les Paul with emg 81&85 pups amd Grover machine heads. Guy sold it shortly after I talked to him yesterday and told me this morning. I have never wanted to cry so much over an instrument, but I almost did. I wanted it so much. So the hunt continues. Man that amp sounds great tho. Its pretty articulate in that you can hear each string separately even when strumming chords. Love the channel, love the riffs man

[savoirfaire]

*My Triple Rectifier disappointed me for YEARS until I bought equalizer pedals. At first, I thought my Gibson SG was the culprit, so I changed stock pickups and all electronics. Still anemic. I will no longer write off amps and guitars until I try with an EQ pedal.*

[StrongBornBullies]

Sounds awesome! Looks incredible!
You should give us some rear shots of these amps! Maybe some B roll footage of those beauties behinds.

[bfunkadelicmusic]

We used a Dual Rectifier and a Marshall DSL 50 to record an album in 2003. The DSL was leaps and bounds better than the Rectifier but hindsight being 20/20, I think it was the cab, not the amp.

[ibanezprestigeboy]

I bought a used roadster head a few years back and didn’t love it. I then changed out all of the tubes. Made all the difference in the world.

[damiencrow]

Dude. Had a tree channel and never loved it. Played a buddies road king. And I immediately said. “This isn’t the crap I remember”. Completely different voicing. Great amps.