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MESA/Boogie® (MESA/Engineering®) Dual Rectifier® (Road King® II) 4-Channel Head - Multi-Watt™ 50/100/120watt Guitar Amplifier Head with Selectable Power Tube Complement, Switchable Rectifier, Voltage Control, Dual Effects Loops, & 9-Button Footswitch.
DEMONSTRATOR sold as is "TRADED IN USED". 1-Year Manufacturers Factory Warranty. 240volts Australian Power.
FREE FREIGHT | 1 YEAR WARRANTY | Balance of 5-Year Manufacturers FACTORY WARRANTY | LIMITLESS LAYBY | MULTIPLE PAYMENT OPTIONS | NO INTEREST EVER Finance available.
● The world's most amazing three completely separate guitar amplifiers in one.
● Shhhh! . . . We are Australia's Cheapest NEW PRICE - ONLY AU$5,995.
● Regular New Price is: AU$7,495.00 RRP ! ! ! ! ! !
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INCREDIBLE!
4 Independent Channels that each house an incredible 3 Modes of hyper-tuned pre-amp expression
12 Modes across 4 channels; 1 - Clean, Fat or Tweed™, 2 - Clean, Fat; 3&4 - Brit, Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern
5 Distinctive power tube combinations: some classic, some new, each inspiring in sound and feel, ranging from 30 watts to 120.
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The Home of Tone®
Over 20 years have passed, two generations of guitarists and several musical trend-cycles since the Dual Rectifier® first unleashed its crushing wall of gain on radio. In that time many have mimicked, modelled, dissected and plagiarised it, but it remains firmly planted at the centre of hard-core… a rock icon. Still leaving the widest, deepest footprint in heavy music and now a long list of chart topping devotees outside the world of heavy, the Rectifier series has grown to include several now famous heavies like the Triple Rectifer®, Road King®, Roadster®, Mini Rectifier®, and Recto®-Verb 25. Welcome to the Rectifier® Series, a line of MESA/Boogie® amplifiers that have shaped modern guitar tone, forever glorified in recording history, influencing guitar amplification technology from the day they were launched on the scene to this very day.
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THE MESA/Boogie® Dual Rectifier® (Road King® II)
THE ULTIMATE DELIVERY OF TONAL VARIETY
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. Nothing's more satisfying than a great old tube amp, right . . . except a fleet of great old tube amps. And that's exactly what the Road King™ is.
Our patented Progressive Linkage™ provides five different all-tube power amplifiers which you can harness in any combination to the King's four pre-amp channels to create - not a cyber mock-up, but the real, authentic circuits found in those classic amplifiers. The ultimate delivery of tonal variety.
FOUR DISCREET CHANNELS THAT EACH HOUSE AN INCREDIBLE THREE MODES OF HYPER-TUNED PRE-AMP EXPRESSION
This seriously over-the-top Recto® offers four discreet channels that each house an incredible three modes of hyper-tuned pre-amp expression. Yet, as if all this shaping power wasn't enough, the Road King goes on to revolutionise amplifier design by offering a unique dimension in channel switching: Progressive Linkage™. This simple yet powerful concept allows you to assign different power amplifiers to each pre-amp channel . . . and footswitch between them.
You can match any power amp to each channel and create your own fleet of dedicated, all-tube amplifiers from input jack to speaker, from 30 watts to 120. The Road King even lets you assign a choice of speaker cabs per channel!
You can have huge, breathy 4:6L6 headroom for one channel and set up a snarling pair of EL-34's for an authentic English accent on another channel . . . and so on. There are five distinctive power tube combinations: some classic, some new-born, each inspiring in sound and feel, ranging from 30 watts to 120.
A COLLECTION OF HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AMPS . . . IN ONE CHASSIS
Imagine a bubbly clean sound, using the incredible dynamics of a 50 watt pair of tube-rectified 6L6s. Now footswitch to the threshold CLEAN BRIT voice on Channel 2, driving a pair of EL-34's for a chiming power clip. Or, if you need alternate clean sounds, set Channel 1 to TWEED and Channel 2 to FAT, choosing power amps for each that best suit your style.
These few examples offer a mere glimpse into the incredible domain ruled by the Road King™ with Progressive Linkage™. Take the world tour of classic all-tube circuits from VINTAGE to MODERN and on into the future. Understand, the Road King IS what modelling technology wants to be. Not algorithm simulations, rather combinations of the original circuits, using the real technology, to create the actual amplifiers.
Coloured LEDs on the front panel keep you informed of your channel selection and power combinations. But there's more to power than wattage and tube types alone. It's all about the feel. And part of providing a perfect power response is selecting the proper rectifier. This is the device that converts high voltage AC into Direct Current for the power tubes. And two of the Road King's eight patents cover the rectifier choices available and the way they track.
RECTO®-TRACKING™. MATCH THE "POWER FEEL" TO YOUR DESIRED PRE-AMP SOUND AND WATTAGE SELECTION
Recto®-Tracking™ - Achieve the perfect amount of juicy rectifier sag for the number of output tubes in use. Here's how it works: When you select one of output tubes, either 6L6s or EL-34s, Recto Tracking brings up one 5U4 rectifier tube for enhanced low power bounce. When selecting two pairs of output tubes, both 5U4 rectifier tubes are engaged to support the increased power and retain the dynamic feel.
Just like the famed Dual and Triple Rectifiers®, you can over-ride Recto-Tracking anytime by merely selecting the Silicon Diodes. And finally, selecting all six power tubes triggers the tighter sounding, more efficient silicon diode rectifiers to produce an authoritative 120 watts of headroom.
REVERB IS PARAMOUNT IN AN AMPLIFIER THIS VERSATILE AND THE ROAD KING HAS THE BEST!
We’ve taken our All-Tube circuit from the widely acclaimed Lone Star™ and the result is lush, ambient Reverb that blooms with sweetness as it bathes each note in old school glory. And because the Road Kings’ modes offer such a wide range of gain levels and sound styles, each Channel is fitted with a dedicated REVERB mix control located on the Rear Panel so Reverb can be optimised for each sound.
What would you rather play . . . a cyber mock-up? Or a fleet of real, hand-made, all-tube amps. The Road King™ is the new frontier, in authentic tube tone.
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AMP HEAD OVERVIEW
Quick Overview:
● Wattage: Multi-Watt™ 50, 100 or 120 (Channel Assignable)
● Power Tube Type: 4x Mesa 6L6 & 2x Mesa EL-34 with Progressive Linkage™
● Channels & Modes: 4 Channels / 12 Modes
● Mode Voicings / Styles:
Ch. 1 = Clean, Fat or Tweed
Ch. 2 = Clean, Fat or Brit
Ch. 3 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
Ch. 4 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
● Graphic EQ / Reverb / FX / Solo: Reverb, 2 FX Loops, Solo
● Footswitchable Functions: Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, Reverb, Tuner Mute, FX Loop 1, 2 & Solo
● Speaker(s) & Impedance: n/a
● Weight: 57 Lbs (26kg)
● Dimensions: 10½" (26½cm) H x 27¾" (70½cm) W x 11⅛ Inches (28¼cm) D
● Available Formats: Head & 2x12 Combo
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Detailed Specifications:
Amp Type: Tube
Chassis Material: Aluminum
Rectifier Type: Channel Assignable, Dual Rectification (Tube or Silicon Diodes) allows you to select Silicon Diodes or Recto Tracking™ (Patent 7,193,458) per Channel. Recto Tracking™ auto-matches the perfect Rectifier for the number of Power Tubes in use - It applies one Rectifier Tube when using two Power Tubes, 2 Rectifier Tubes when using 4 Power Tubes and applies Silicon Diodes when using all 6 Power Tubes
Rectifier Tubes: 2x Mesa 5U4
Variac Power Switch: Bold/Spongy Power Switch
Preamp Tubes: 6 x Mesa 12AX7
Power Amp Tubes: 4x Mesa 6L6 & 2x Mesa EL-34
Bias Switch for Alternate Power Tubes Types: See Power Amp Details
Maintenance Free Fixed Bias: Yes
Wattage(s) Quick Reference: 50, 100 or 120 Watts - Channel Assignable - See Power Amp Details for more information
Built-In Power Amp Attenuation: n/a
Power Amp Details (Class & Wattage): Class A/B Power with Mesa's patented Multi-Watt™ Channel Assignable Power Amp (Patent 7,602,927) with Progressive Linkage™ (Patent 5,559,469) which allows you to select either 2x6L6, 2xEL34, 2x6L6+2xEL34, 4x6L6 or 4x6L6+2xEL34 for Power Ratings of 50, 100 & 120 Watts
Convection or Fan Cooling: Fan Cooled
Number of Footswitchable Channels (or Modes): Four Channels
Number of Style Modes: Twelve
Number of Style Modes Per Channel: Three
Types of Style Modes Per Channel:
Ch. 1 = Clean, Fat or Tweed
Ch. 2 = Clean, Fat or Brit
Ch. 3 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
Ch. 4 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
Channel Controls: Each Channel features Independent 3-Position Style Mode Switch, 5-Position Progressive Linkage™/Multi-Watt Power Switch, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Master, Footswitchable Reverb, Assignable Dual Rectification with Recto Tracking™ (Diode or Tube Tracking - Patent 7,193,458), Speaker Output Selector Switch (Speaker Out A, B or A+B), FX Loop 1 and 2 Assignment Switch (allows you to auto-assign each FX Loop to either come on or off when the channel is activated or be controlled via the footswitch)
Graphic EQ and/or Contour: n/a
Reverb / Effects & Bypass Options: Footswitchable, All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb with Independent Channel Controls (back panel)
Effects Loop & Bypass Options: Two Fully Buffered Series FX Loops with one Send Level Control - Footswitchable, Channel Assignable per Channel or True Bypassable - See True-Bypass Options below for more information
Global Output Level Control: Yes (Over all channels when activated) - See True-Bypass Options below for more information
Global Solo Level Control & Bypassable Options: Yes (Over each channel when activated) - See True-Bypass Options below for more information
True-Bypass Options: True-Bypass Switch removes FX Loops, Output & Solo Level Controls
Tuner Output: Yes (back panel) with Footswitchable Mute
External Switching Jack Options and/or Midi: External Switching Jacks for Channels 1, 2, 3, 4, Solo, Reverb, Loop 1, Loop 2 & Tuner Mute
Speaker Outputs: On-board Speaker Switcher with Dual Speaker Outputs (A & B) each provide One 8 Ohm and Two 4 Ohm
Cabinet Simulation - Direct Live/Recording Output: n/a
Headphone Output: n/a
Slave Output: Yes with Level Control
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Technical Specifications:
Type: Tube
Number of Channels: 4
Total Power: 120W
Inputs: 1 x Instrument
Outputs: 6 x Speaker, 1 x Tuner
Reverb: Yes
EQ: 3-band
Preamp Tubes: 6 x 12AX7
Power Tubes: 4 x 6L6, 2 x EL34, 2 x 5U4 (Rectifier)
Effects Loop: Yes
Footswitch I/O: Yes
Height: 11.00"
Width: 27.75"
Depth: 12.00"
Manufacturer Part Number: 2.RKNG.BB
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Accessories:
Footswitch: Included - King Kontroller™ - 9 Button Footswitch (Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 4, Tuner Mute, Reverb, Loop 1, Loop 2 & Solo)
Slip Cover: Included - Fitted Slip Cover
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Weight & Dimensions:
Weight: 57 Lbs (26kg)
Height: 10½ Inches (26½cm)
Width: 27¾ Inches (70½cm)
Depth: 11⅛ Inches (28¼cm)
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MESA/Engineering® HISTORY
MESA/Boogie® (also known as MESA/Engineering®) is an American company in Petaluma, California USA, that manufactures music instrument amplifiers for guitars and basses. It has been in operation since 1969.
MESA was started by Randall Smith as a small repair shop which modified Fender® amplifiers, particularly the diminutive Fender® Princeton. Smith's modifications gave the small amps much more input gain, making them much louder as well as creating a high-gain, distorted guitar tone. Prominent early customers included Carlos Santana, and Ron Wood and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. Exposure from these top players helped to establish Mesa/Boogie's position on the market, and it is frequently referred to as the first manufacturer of the boutique amplifiers.
Founder, Randall Smith Early Life
Randall Smith was born into a musical family in Berkeley, California in 1946. His mother and sister played piano and his father was the first-chair clarinet with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, played tenor sax, had a radio show and led a hotel dance band. Smith believes all of his early musical experiences taught him how to hear tone.
As a young Boy Scout, Smith was interested in earning a merit badge in woodcarving. Stan Stillson, the Boy Scout leader became a mentor. Smith and Stan’s son, Dave, were close in age. They became great friends and built ham radios together. Smith’s father had a good friend, Ernie, who built hi-fi turntables and gave him a couple to experiment on until he was 11 or 12.
He attended Miramonte High in Orinda, CA and graduated in 1964. His freshman year he attended UC Santa Barbara, as his parents wanted him removed from the influences of Berkeley (20 minutes from Orinda). However, he would hop freight trains nearly every weekend from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area to see friends and return to the Beat coffee houses and bookstores of Berkeley. The next four years he attended UC Berkeley studying humanities, English Literature and "invitation only" creative writing courses where he mostly wrote accounts of riding the rails with various hobos, but never quite graduated. Most interesting is that he never once took an electronics course in high school or university. His first major electronics was scratch-building Ham Radio transmitter using 6146 power tube. At only around 60 watts, the signal reached Alaska and most of the US.
Prune Music Store
Smith wanted to participate in the burgeoning San Francisco music scene, having been taught clarinet and a little sax by his father, but he took up drums, as it was the easiest to learn quickly. He played with a local blues and jam band and co-founded the band Martha's Laundry, which later morphed into Prune Music store, with keyboardist Dave Kessner. They opened the store in 1967 inside a building that had been a Chinese grocery store. He worked as a repair tech in the back while Dave ran the front of the store. Offshoots of Prune Music continue in Berkeley to this day with Subway Guitars, Sam Cohen (aka Fat Dog) and Guitar Resurrection in Austin, TX with former Martha's Laundry guitarist, Jim Lehman (aka Lizard Slim). They were partners until 1975. Their store never generated a huge profit, but it became best alternative music store in the hippie scene.
"This Thing Boogies"
Mesa/Boogie began with a practical joke: he borrowed a Fender® Princeton (a small 12-watt amplifier) from his friend, Barry Melton of Country Joe & The Fish, and hot-rodded it by replacing the amplifier section with that of a Fender® Bassman and installing a 12-inch speaker instead of the original 10-inch. The resulting amplifier proved to be loud and successful, and Smith made more than 200 of these Princeton "Boogies"—a name allegedly provided by Carlos Santana, who is to have exclaimed "This thing boogies!"
MESA/Engineering®
The MESA name came about through Smith's other job, rebuilding Mercedes engines. Smith decided to set up MESA/Engineering® so he could purchase wholesale parts for amps and engines. He needed an official sounding name through which to buy Mercedes parts and building supplies, and chose MESA/Engineering®. As the demand for his amps grew, Randall decided it would be best to move his workshop out of the storefront to get away from the distractions. He relocated to what was formerly a plywood dog kennel, then, eventually, to his home.
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THE MESA/Engineering® MESA/Boogie® STORY
Excellence - Living The Code
The story of MESA/Boogie® is an American story. It’s a musical story and a human-interest story, roots to world-renown. It’s based on simple, basic principles that never change or go out of style. It’s a story of doing the right thing, of not taking shortcuts and of never giving up until you achieve, in earnest, what you set out to do. It involves vision, passion, drive, honesty, wisdom, perseverance, trust and the ever-empirical approach of less talk and more action. Undersell and exceed expectations.
It’s a story of treating people with respect, even when it’s not profitable. It’s the story of one man’s vision inspiring two generations of contributors who have both followed and guided their mentor to a place that eclipsed where any could have taken it alone. It’s the tale of a small business owner that never sold out, despite many enticing offers, in favour of keeping it real and continuing to innovate. It’s the story of a worldwide family of fiercely proud devotees with unwavering loyalty.
The story of MESA/Boogie® represents different things to different people; many sounds for many styles, many solutions for many needs, many roads to what we all seek . . . inspiration. Yet perhaps one phrase–one concept more than any other–best captures the essence of MESA/Boogie®; The Relentless Pursuit Of Excellence.
As sunset fell on the ‘60s, the San Francisco music scene was literally exploding. Great musicians from all styles were mixing it up in this counter-culture epicentre where fans of all ages were ripe for the picking and young musical explorers were becoming pop icons overnight.
At the centre of all this new music was electric guitar. As a vehicle for expression, no other instrument offered the versatility, sonic power, and of course sex appeal, of the electric guitar. And while it was recognized as both a rhythm and lead instrument, a twist of fate found drummer and saxophonist Randall Smith preoccupied with the solo potential of the Bay Area’s six-string darling.
While a musical revolution was raging across the Golden Gate, simultaneously in Marin’s Rock Star-studded hamlet of Mill Valley and redwood-thick haven of Lagunitas, young Randall Smith was doing some serious sonic pioneering. With a rich musical background and a love for tube-based electronics, Smith was working diligently toward a high gain revolution of his own in guitar amplifiers.
Even as he was working for the Bay Area’s biggest stars doing amp repairs, behind the scenes Smith was developing a totally new “cascading” tube pre-amp circuit squeezed into in a compact high power combo amplifier that would change the way guitarists would sound–and play–forever more.
Often using his noteworthy clients as test pilots, one day he had a breakthrough while helping Country Joe & The Fish guitarist Barry Melton. He quickly went home, perfected the idea, and called upon local hero Carlos Santana to plug in and give it a spin. After riding a wave of inspiration for long enough to gather a substantial crowd that afternoon in Mill Valley outside Prune Music’s front window where they met for the maiden voyage, Carlos stopped playing and proclaimed, “Man, this thing really Boogies”! It was a defining moment for the future of electric guitar sounds.
The game-changing little high gain Boogie® would go on to have a huge impact on the music of the ‘70s as guitarists finally had the ability to hold notes indefinitely with their newfound sustain. At the dawn of a new decade, another landmark feature in guitar amplification came out of the Lagunitas shop with the introduction of the world’s first channel switching amplifier in 1980, the MARK II®.
Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s a score of additional innovative and patented improvements saw MESA/Engineering® emerge as the leader in tube amplifier technology. But none of these vital, now-commonplace improvements sparked the kind of attention MESA received in 1991, when high gain was re-defined once more with the birth of the MESA/Boogie® Dual Rectifier® Solo Head, which commanded the Rock airwaves for the next 15 years.
NOW...
Forty-five years and thousands of satisfied customers later, MESA/Boogie® Ltd hand-builds the fifth generational offspring of that pivotal amplifier (and many more) now known around the globe as the MARK I Boogie®; the world’s first high gain, high power, compact 1x12 amplifier. That revolutionary little combo is the “missing link” in amp design... the pivotal nexus between Vintage and Modern guitar amplifiers. When it comes to amplified guitar, there’s really just two epochs… before Boogie®, and after Boogie®.
Today, 30 miles from the mountain shack where those first “Snakeskin” Boogies were born, we still hold true to the simple but increasingly rare principles Randy used to catapult MESA/Boogie® onto the world stage. Hand-building the very best instruments we can and treating each and every customer as we ourselves would wish to be treated has kept us there.
We are still privately owned–one of the last American music companies to be so–and have no profit-hungry investors cutting corners between you and your Tone. Every product we make is hand-built in our one and only shop in Petaluma, California and our artisans are tenured with an average of 15 years at their post, many for MUCH longer. We answer to no one except you and our own uncompromising ethical standards.
We are proud of our place in history as the original “Boutique” amplifier company, but recognize that we must still earn daily, our reputation as one of the most respected and prestigious brands in the musical instrument industry. So as you discover our historically important contributions to the art of amplifier design and journey through our vast product line, rest assured we continue to pioneer and improve–as we have from the start – the possibilities for your expression and our unparalleled Customer Service.
We‘d be honoured to be your amplifier company and welcome you to the worldwide family of MESA® players who have found inspiration and the confidence to reach new musical frontiers through our instruments. We have one goal and it’s deeply rewarding to us; to help you sound your very best and be a catalyst for you to achieve your musical dreams.
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We are the NSW Mid-North Coast Franchise Dealer for these and more quality musical instruments and equipment plus loads more guitar, drums, keyboard, recording, and live equipment brands
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CONTACT US
N E W T O N E M U S I C & GUITAR TRAINING CENTRE
58 COMMERCE STREET | TAREE NSW 2430
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[email protected]
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★For more than 25yrs N E W T O N E M U S I C we provide★
✓ FREE SHIPPING depot-to-depot to all states (except WA & NT).
✓ Full 5-YEAR Full Manufacturers WARRANTY on NEW Boogie.
✓ 1 YEAR WARRANTY back to base NEAR NEW or USED items.
✓ LAYBY without time limits & receipts showing remaining balance.
✓ PAYPAL Safe & Secure Payment.
✓ CREDIT CARD phone MOTO & BPOINT payments accepted.
✓ BANK DEPOSIT to:
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( BSB: 0 6 2 6 0 3 / ACC: 1 0 1 7 1 0 9 2 )
✓ PHONE SUPPORT (Long Hours) 02 6552 1444 / 0407 114 112
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STOCK SUPPLY NOTES
A note on our rare, classic, vintage, collectable, and used musical instrument amplifier & musical instrument equipment items. While we offer a warranty on your purchase, because we run on very tight profit margins (meaning cheaper gear - which is good for you, the buyer), it also means that you need to make sure you actually want the items for their incredible tone, durability, and lasting quality rather than perfect looks. Any returns or refunds will incur a re-stock fee of around a third the value of your (already) low purchase price so please remember that while most of our gear is excellent for the age, these items (especially our valve amplifier) are indeed rare and represent the sound of an unrepeatable era. Even though we meticulously service, test, clean, polish and warrant all our gear, there may occasionally be some residual scuffs underneath or on the sides, or perhaps a tiny tolex rip on the rear. So, while our gear will be in EXCELLENT CONDITION (for the age), we will always advise you if the gear is in MINT CONDITION or if we feel that the item is perhaps of only AVERAGE CONDITION.
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* Footswitches, Cables, etc available if originally supplied to us by the donor
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DEMONSTRATOR sold as is "TRADED IN USED". 1-Year Manufacturers Factory Warranty. 240volts Australian Power.
FREE FREIGHT | 1 YEAR WARRANTY | Balance of 5-Year Manufacturers FACTORY WARRANTY | LIMITLESS LAYBY | MULTIPLE PAYMENT OPTIONS | NO INTEREST EVER Finance available.
● The world's most amazing three completely separate guitar amplifiers in one.
● Shhhh! . . . We are Australia's Cheapest NEW PRICE - ONLY AU$5,995.
● Regular New Price is: AU$7,495.00 RRP ! ! ! ! ! !
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INCREDIBLE!
4 Independent Channels that each house an incredible 3 Modes of hyper-tuned pre-amp expression
12 Modes across 4 channels; 1 - Clean, Fat or Tweed™, 2 - Clean, Fat; 3&4 - Brit, Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern
5 Distinctive power tube combinations: some classic, some new, each inspiring in sound and feel, ranging from 30 watts to 120.
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The Home of Tone®
Over 20 years have passed, two generations of guitarists and several musical trend-cycles since the Dual Rectifier® first unleashed its crushing wall of gain on radio. In that time many have mimicked, modelled, dissected and plagiarised it, but it remains firmly planted at the centre of hard-core… a rock icon. Still leaving the widest, deepest footprint in heavy music and now a long list of chart topping devotees outside the world of heavy, the Rectifier series has grown to include several now famous heavies like the Triple Rectifer®, Road King®, Roadster®, Mini Rectifier®, and Recto®-Verb 25. Welcome to the Rectifier® Series, a line of MESA/Boogie® amplifiers that have shaped modern guitar tone, forever glorified in recording history, influencing guitar amplification technology from the day they were launched on the scene to this very day.
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THE MESA/Boogie® Dual Rectifier® (Road King® II)
THE ULTIMATE DELIVERY OF TONAL VARIETY
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. Nothing's more satisfying than a great old tube amp, right . . . except a fleet of great old tube amps. And that's exactly what the Road King™ is.
Our patented Progressive Linkage™ provides five different all-tube power amplifiers which you can harness in any combination to the King's four pre-amp channels to create - not a cyber mock-up, but the real, authentic circuits found in those classic amplifiers. The ultimate delivery of tonal variety.
FOUR DISCREET CHANNELS THAT EACH HOUSE AN INCREDIBLE THREE MODES OF HYPER-TUNED PRE-AMP EXPRESSION
This seriously over-the-top Recto® offers four discreet channels that each house an incredible three modes of hyper-tuned pre-amp expression. Yet, as if all this shaping power wasn't enough, the Road King goes on to revolutionise amplifier design by offering a unique dimension in channel switching: Progressive Linkage™. This simple yet powerful concept allows you to assign different power amplifiers to each pre-amp channel . . . and footswitch between them.
You can match any power amp to each channel and create your own fleet of dedicated, all-tube amplifiers from input jack to speaker, from 30 watts to 120. The Road King even lets you assign a choice of speaker cabs per channel!
You can have huge, breathy 4:6L6 headroom for one channel and set up a snarling pair of EL-34's for an authentic English accent on another channel . . . and so on. There are five distinctive power tube combinations: some classic, some new-born, each inspiring in sound and feel, ranging from 30 watts to 120.
A COLLECTION OF HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AMPS . . . IN ONE CHASSIS
Imagine a bubbly clean sound, using the incredible dynamics of a 50 watt pair of tube-rectified 6L6s. Now footswitch to the threshold CLEAN BRIT voice on Channel 2, driving a pair of EL-34's for a chiming power clip. Or, if you need alternate clean sounds, set Channel 1 to TWEED and Channel 2 to FAT, choosing power amps for each that best suit your style.
These few examples offer a mere glimpse into the incredible domain ruled by the Road King™ with Progressive Linkage™. Take the world tour of classic all-tube circuits from VINTAGE to MODERN and on into the future. Understand, the Road King IS what modelling technology wants to be. Not algorithm simulations, rather combinations of the original circuits, using the real technology, to create the actual amplifiers.
Coloured LEDs on the front panel keep you informed of your channel selection and power combinations. But there's more to power than wattage and tube types alone. It's all about the feel. And part of providing a perfect power response is selecting the proper rectifier. This is the device that converts high voltage AC into Direct Current for the power tubes. And two of the Road King's eight patents cover the rectifier choices available and the way they track.
RECTO®-TRACKING™. MATCH THE "POWER FEEL" TO YOUR DESIRED PRE-AMP SOUND AND WATTAGE SELECTION
Recto®-Tracking™ - Achieve the perfect amount of juicy rectifier sag for the number of output tubes in use. Here's how it works: When you select one of output tubes, either 6L6s or EL-34s, Recto Tracking brings up one 5U4 rectifier tube for enhanced low power bounce. When selecting two pairs of output tubes, both 5U4 rectifier tubes are engaged to support the increased power and retain the dynamic feel.
Just like the famed Dual and Triple Rectifiers®, you can over-ride Recto-Tracking anytime by merely selecting the Silicon Diodes. And finally, selecting all six power tubes triggers the tighter sounding, more efficient silicon diode rectifiers to produce an authoritative 120 watts of headroom.
REVERB IS PARAMOUNT IN AN AMPLIFIER THIS VERSATILE AND THE ROAD KING HAS THE BEST!
We’ve taken our All-Tube circuit from the widely acclaimed Lone Star™ and the result is lush, ambient Reverb that blooms with sweetness as it bathes each note in old school glory. And because the Road Kings’ modes offer such a wide range of gain levels and sound styles, each Channel is fitted with a dedicated REVERB mix control located on the Rear Panel so Reverb can be optimised for each sound.
What would you rather play . . . a cyber mock-up? Or a fleet of real, hand-made, all-tube amps. The Road King™ is the new frontier, in authentic tube tone.
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AMP HEAD OVERVIEW
Quick Overview:
● Wattage: Multi-Watt™ 50, 100 or 120 (Channel Assignable)
● Power Tube Type: 4x Mesa 6L6 & 2x Mesa EL-34 with Progressive Linkage™
● Channels & Modes: 4 Channels / 12 Modes
● Mode Voicings / Styles:
Ch. 1 = Clean, Fat or Tweed
Ch. 2 = Clean, Fat or Brit
Ch. 3 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
Ch. 4 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
● Graphic EQ / Reverb / FX / Solo: Reverb, 2 FX Loops, Solo
● Footswitchable Functions: Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, Reverb, Tuner Mute, FX Loop 1, 2 & Solo
● Speaker(s) & Impedance: n/a
● Weight: 57 Lbs (26kg)
● Dimensions: 10½" (26½cm) H x 27¾" (70½cm) W x 11⅛ Inches (28¼cm) D
● Available Formats: Head & 2x12 Combo
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Detailed Specifications:
Amp Type: Tube
Chassis Material: Aluminum
Rectifier Type: Channel Assignable, Dual Rectification (Tube or Silicon Diodes) allows you to select Silicon Diodes or Recto Tracking™ (Patent 7,193,458) per Channel. Recto Tracking™ auto-matches the perfect Rectifier for the number of Power Tubes in use - It applies one Rectifier Tube when using two Power Tubes, 2 Rectifier Tubes when using 4 Power Tubes and applies Silicon Diodes when using all 6 Power Tubes
Rectifier Tubes: 2x Mesa 5U4
Variac Power Switch: Bold/Spongy Power Switch
Preamp Tubes: 6 x Mesa 12AX7
Power Amp Tubes: 4x Mesa 6L6 & 2x Mesa EL-34
Bias Switch for Alternate Power Tubes Types: See Power Amp Details
Maintenance Free Fixed Bias: Yes
Wattage(s) Quick Reference: 50, 100 or 120 Watts - Channel Assignable - See Power Amp Details for more information
Built-In Power Amp Attenuation: n/a
Power Amp Details (Class & Wattage): Class A/B Power with Mesa's patented Multi-Watt™ Channel Assignable Power Amp (Patent 7,602,927) with Progressive Linkage™ (Patent 5,559,469) which allows you to select either 2x6L6, 2xEL34, 2x6L6+2xEL34, 4x6L6 or 4x6L6+2xEL34 for Power Ratings of 50, 100 & 120 Watts
Convection or Fan Cooling: Fan Cooled
Number of Footswitchable Channels (or Modes): Four Channels
Number of Style Modes: Twelve
Number of Style Modes Per Channel: Three
Types of Style Modes Per Channel:
Ch. 1 = Clean, Fat or Tweed
Ch. 2 = Clean, Fat or Brit
Ch. 3 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
Ch. 4 = Raw, Vintage High Gain or Modern High Gain
Channel Controls: Each Channel features Independent 3-Position Style Mode Switch, 5-Position Progressive Linkage™/Multi-Watt Power Switch, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Master, Footswitchable Reverb, Assignable Dual Rectification with Recto Tracking™ (Diode or Tube Tracking - Patent 7,193,458), Speaker Output Selector Switch (Speaker Out A, B or A+B), FX Loop 1 and 2 Assignment Switch (allows you to auto-assign each FX Loop to either come on or off when the channel is activated or be controlled via the footswitch)
Graphic EQ and/or Contour: n/a
Reverb / Effects & Bypass Options: Footswitchable, All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb with Independent Channel Controls (back panel)
Effects Loop & Bypass Options: Two Fully Buffered Series FX Loops with one Send Level Control - Footswitchable, Channel Assignable per Channel or True Bypassable - See True-Bypass Options below for more information
Global Output Level Control: Yes (Over all channels when activated) - See True-Bypass Options below for more information
Global Solo Level Control & Bypassable Options: Yes (Over each channel when activated) - See True-Bypass Options below for more information
True-Bypass Options: True-Bypass Switch removes FX Loops, Output & Solo Level Controls
Tuner Output: Yes (back panel) with Footswitchable Mute
External Switching Jack Options and/or Midi: External Switching Jacks for Channels 1, 2, 3, 4, Solo, Reverb, Loop 1, Loop 2 & Tuner Mute
Speaker Outputs: On-board Speaker Switcher with Dual Speaker Outputs (A & B) each provide One 8 Ohm and Two 4 Ohm
Cabinet Simulation - Direct Live/Recording Output: n/a
Headphone Output: n/a
Slave Output: Yes with Level Control
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Technical Specifications:
Type: Tube
Number of Channels: 4
Total Power: 120W
Inputs: 1 x Instrument
Outputs: 6 x Speaker, 1 x Tuner
Reverb: Yes
EQ: 3-band
Preamp Tubes: 6 x 12AX7
Power Tubes: 4 x 6L6, 2 x EL34, 2 x 5U4 (Rectifier)
Effects Loop: Yes
Footswitch I/O: Yes
Height: 11.00"
Width: 27.75"
Depth: 12.00"
Manufacturer Part Number: 2.RKNG.BB
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Accessories:
Footswitch: Included - King Kontroller™ - 9 Button Footswitch (Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 4, Tuner Mute, Reverb, Loop 1, Loop 2 & Solo)
Slip Cover: Included - Fitted Slip Cover
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Weight & Dimensions:
Weight: 57 Lbs (26kg)
Height: 10½ Inches (26½cm)
Width: 27¾ Inches (70½cm)
Depth: 11⅛ Inches (28¼cm)
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MESA/Engineering® HISTORY
MESA/Boogie® (also known as MESA/Engineering®) is an American company in Petaluma, California USA, that manufactures music instrument amplifiers for guitars and basses. It has been in operation since 1969.
MESA was started by Randall Smith as a small repair shop which modified Fender® amplifiers, particularly the diminutive Fender® Princeton. Smith's modifications gave the small amps much more input gain, making them much louder as well as creating a high-gain, distorted guitar tone. Prominent early customers included Carlos Santana, and Ron Wood and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. Exposure from these top players helped to establish Mesa/Boogie's position on the market, and it is frequently referred to as the first manufacturer of the boutique amplifiers.
Founder, Randall Smith Early Life
Randall Smith was born into a musical family in Berkeley, California in 1946. His mother and sister played piano and his father was the first-chair clarinet with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, played tenor sax, had a radio show and led a hotel dance band. Smith believes all of his early musical experiences taught him how to hear tone.
As a young Boy Scout, Smith was interested in earning a merit badge in woodcarving. Stan Stillson, the Boy Scout leader became a mentor. Smith and Stan’s son, Dave, were close in age. They became great friends and built ham radios together. Smith’s father had a good friend, Ernie, who built hi-fi turntables and gave him a couple to experiment on until he was 11 or 12.
He attended Miramonte High in Orinda, CA and graduated in 1964. His freshman year he attended UC Santa Barbara, as his parents wanted him removed from the influences of Berkeley (20 minutes from Orinda). However, he would hop freight trains nearly every weekend from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area to see friends and return to the Beat coffee houses and bookstores of Berkeley. The next four years he attended UC Berkeley studying humanities, English Literature and "invitation only" creative writing courses where he mostly wrote accounts of riding the rails with various hobos, but never quite graduated. Most interesting is that he never once took an electronics course in high school or university. His first major electronics was scratch-building Ham Radio transmitter using 6146 power tube. At only around 60 watts, the signal reached Alaska and most of the US.
Prune Music Store
Smith wanted to participate in the burgeoning San Francisco music scene, having been taught clarinet and a little sax by his father, but he took up drums, as it was the easiest to learn quickly. He played with a local blues and jam band and co-founded the band Martha's Laundry, which later morphed into Prune Music store, with keyboardist Dave Kessner. They opened the store in 1967 inside a building that had been a Chinese grocery store. He worked as a repair tech in the back while Dave ran the front of the store. Offshoots of Prune Music continue in Berkeley to this day with Subway Guitars, Sam Cohen (aka Fat Dog) and Guitar Resurrection in Austin, TX with former Martha's Laundry guitarist, Jim Lehman (aka Lizard Slim). They were partners until 1975. Their store never generated a huge profit, but it became best alternative music store in the hippie scene.
"This Thing Boogies"
Mesa/Boogie began with a practical joke: he borrowed a Fender® Princeton (a small 12-watt amplifier) from his friend, Barry Melton of Country Joe & The Fish, and hot-rodded it by replacing the amplifier section with that of a Fender® Bassman and installing a 12-inch speaker instead of the original 10-inch. The resulting amplifier proved to be loud and successful, and Smith made more than 200 of these Princeton "Boogies"—a name allegedly provided by Carlos Santana, who is to have exclaimed "This thing boogies!"
MESA/Engineering®
The MESA name came about through Smith's other job, rebuilding Mercedes engines. Smith decided to set up MESA/Engineering® so he could purchase wholesale parts for amps and engines. He needed an official sounding name through which to buy Mercedes parts and building supplies, and chose MESA/Engineering®. As the demand for his amps grew, Randall decided it would be best to move his workshop out of the storefront to get away from the distractions. He relocated to what was formerly a plywood dog kennel, then, eventually, to his home.
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THE MESA/Engineering® MESA/Boogie® STORY
Excellence - Living The Code
The story of MESA/Boogie® is an American story. It’s a musical story and a human-interest story, roots to world-renown. It’s based on simple, basic principles that never change or go out of style. It’s a story of doing the right thing, of not taking shortcuts and of never giving up until you achieve, in earnest, what you set out to do. It involves vision, passion, drive, honesty, wisdom, perseverance, trust and the ever-empirical approach of less talk and more action. Undersell and exceed expectations.
It’s a story of treating people with respect, even when it’s not profitable. It’s the story of one man’s vision inspiring two generations of contributors who have both followed and guided their mentor to a place that eclipsed where any could have taken it alone. It’s the tale of a small business owner that never sold out, despite many enticing offers, in favour of keeping it real and continuing to innovate. It’s the story of a worldwide family of fiercely proud devotees with unwavering loyalty.
The story of MESA/Boogie® represents different things to different people; many sounds for many styles, many solutions for many needs, many roads to what we all seek . . . inspiration. Yet perhaps one phrase–one concept more than any other–best captures the essence of MESA/Boogie®; The Relentless Pursuit Of Excellence.
As sunset fell on the ‘60s, the San Francisco music scene was literally exploding. Great musicians from all styles were mixing it up in this counter-culture epicentre where fans of all ages were ripe for the picking and young musical explorers were becoming pop icons overnight.
At the centre of all this new music was electric guitar. As a vehicle for expression, no other instrument offered the versatility, sonic power, and of course sex appeal, of the electric guitar. And while it was recognized as both a rhythm and lead instrument, a twist of fate found drummer and saxophonist Randall Smith preoccupied with the solo potential of the Bay Area’s six-string darling.
While a musical revolution was raging across the Golden Gate, simultaneously in Marin’s Rock Star-studded hamlet of Mill Valley and redwood-thick haven of Lagunitas, young Randall Smith was doing some serious sonic pioneering. With a rich musical background and a love for tube-based electronics, Smith was working diligently toward a high gain revolution of his own in guitar amplifiers.
Even as he was working for the Bay Area’s biggest stars doing amp repairs, behind the scenes Smith was developing a totally new “cascading” tube pre-amp circuit squeezed into in a compact high power combo amplifier that would change the way guitarists would sound–and play–forever more.
Often using his noteworthy clients as test pilots, one day he had a breakthrough while helping Country Joe & The Fish guitarist Barry Melton. He quickly went home, perfected the idea, and called upon local hero Carlos Santana to plug in and give it a spin. After riding a wave of inspiration for long enough to gather a substantial crowd that afternoon in Mill Valley outside Prune Music’s front window where they met for the maiden voyage, Carlos stopped playing and proclaimed, “Man, this thing really Boogies”! It was a defining moment for the future of electric guitar sounds.
The game-changing little high gain Boogie® would go on to have a huge impact on the music of the ‘70s as guitarists finally had the ability to hold notes indefinitely with their newfound sustain. At the dawn of a new decade, another landmark feature in guitar amplification came out of the Lagunitas shop with the introduction of the world’s first channel switching amplifier in 1980, the MARK II®.
Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s a score of additional innovative and patented improvements saw MESA/Engineering® emerge as the leader in tube amplifier technology. But none of these vital, now-commonplace improvements sparked the kind of attention MESA received in 1991, when high gain was re-defined once more with the birth of the MESA/Boogie® Dual Rectifier® Solo Head, which commanded the Rock airwaves for the next 15 years.
NOW...
Forty-five years and thousands of satisfied customers later, MESA/Boogie® Ltd hand-builds the fifth generational offspring of that pivotal amplifier (and many more) now known around the globe as the MARK I Boogie®; the world’s first high gain, high power, compact 1x12 amplifier. That revolutionary little combo is the “missing link” in amp design... the pivotal nexus between Vintage and Modern guitar amplifiers. When it comes to amplified guitar, there’s really just two epochs… before Boogie®, and after Boogie®.
Today, 30 miles from the mountain shack where those first “Snakeskin” Boogies were born, we still hold true to the simple but increasingly rare principles Randy used to catapult MESA/Boogie® onto the world stage. Hand-building the very best instruments we can and treating each and every customer as we ourselves would wish to be treated has kept us there.
We are still privately owned–one of the last American music companies to be so–and have no profit-hungry investors cutting corners between you and your Tone. Every product we make is hand-built in our one and only shop in Petaluma, California and our artisans are tenured with an average of 15 years at their post, many for MUCH longer. We answer to no one except you and our own uncompromising ethical standards.
We are proud of our place in history as the original “Boutique” amplifier company, but recognize that we must still earn daily, our reputation as one of the most respected and prestigious brands in the musical instrument industry. So as you discover our historically important contributions to the art of amplifier design and journey through our vast product line, rest assured we continue to pioneer and improve–as we have from the start – the possibilities for your expression and our unparalleled Customer Service.
We‘d be honoured to be your amplifier company and welcome you to the worldwide family of MESA® players who have found inspiration and the confidence to reach new musical frontiers through our instruments. We have one goal and it’s deeply rewarding to us; to help you sound your very best and be a catalyst for you to achieve your musical dreams.
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We are the NSW Mid-North Coast Franchise Dealer for these and more quality musical instruments and equipment plus loads more guitar, drums, keyboard, recording, and live equipment brands
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CONTACT US
N E W T O N E M U S I C & GUITAR TRAINING CENTRE
58 COMMERCE STREET | TAREE NSW 2430
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[email protected]
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★For more than 25yrs N E W T O N E M U S I C we provide★
✓ FREE SHIPPING depot-to-depot to all states (except WA & NT).
✓ Full 5-YEAR Full Manufacturers WARRANTY on NEW Boogie.
✓ 1 YEAR WARRANTY back to base NEAR NEW or USED items.
✓ LAYBY without time limits & receipts showing remaining balance.
✓ PAYPAL Safe & Secure Payment.
✓ CREDIT CARD phone MOTO & BPOINT payments accepted.
✓ BANK DEPOSIT to:
Groundwater's Guitar School Inc
58 Commerce Street, Taree NSW 2430
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✓ PHONE SUPPORT (Long Hours) 02 6552 1444 / 0407 114 112
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STOCK SUPPLY NOTES
A note on our rare, classic, vintage, collectable, and used musical instrument amplifier & musical instrument equipment items. While we offer a warranty on your purchase, because we run on very tight profit margins (meaning cheaper gear - which is good for you, the buyer), it also means that you need to make sure you actually want the items for their incredible tone, durability, and lasting quality rather than perfect looks. Any returns or refunds will incur a re-stock fee of around a third the value of your (already) low purchase price so please remember that while most of our gear is excellent for the age, these items (especially our valve amplifier) are indeed rare and represent the sound of an unrepeatable era. Even though we meticulously service, test, clean, polish and warrant all our gear, there may occasionally be some residual scuffs underneath or on the sides, or perhaps a tiny tolex rip on the rear. So, while our gear will be in EXCELLENT CONDITION (for the age), we will always advise you if the gear is in MINT CONDITION or if we feel that the item is perhaps of only AVERAGE CONDITION.
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* Footswitches, Cables, etc available if originally supplied to us by the donor
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