Selecting Power Tube Array - Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Road King II Amp Owner's Manual

REAR PANEL CONTROLS & FEATURES
SELECTING POWER TUBES:
2x6L6
produces roughly 50 watts of bubbly resilient magic and is one of our favorite setups in the entire amplifier. It is wonderful
for both low and high gain styles and has probably the best balance frequency-wise for both types of sounds. The low end is bouncy
and rich, while the top end smiles with sweetness and seems to exorcise all the harsh frequencies and showcase the pleasing ones.
The inherently vintage voice of this power duo lends itself to blackface era clean sounds especially well and some of the best clean
sounds in the entire amp can be found here.
Be sure to experiment with the TWEED mode of CHANNEL 1 in combination with the 2 x 6L6 for there are hours of good clean fun
awaiting you here. Another attribute of this setting is the way it responds to both RAW and VINTAGE in CHANNEL 3. Because of its
balance and harmonically friendly nature, the gain sounds seem to turn into the creamiest tone soup we've ever experienced. The
overall character is elastic, making the strings feel easier to play and more expressive and yet they respond to every nuance of your
playing style.
CHANNEL
POWER FUSE WER FUSE
120 V~ 4 A
EXT.
60 Hz SLO CH4 CH3 CH2
SWITCH
4 A BLO
FOOT
CONTROLLER
REVERB SOLO LOOP 1
FUSE
COMBO VERSION 2 x 6L6
(partial rear chassis view)
HEAD VERSION 2 x 6L6
(partial rear chassis view)
CAUTION: USE SHORTING PLUG IF NO SPKR IN B M B
ESA OOGIE
A
LEVEL
SLAVE
I
N
10% 90% G
CH1 BYPASS
SEND LEVEL FTSW FTSW MIX MI
LOOPS, SOLO
& MASTER
P
CONTROLS U
L
S
E
TUBE-TRACKING
LOOP 2 RETURN 1 SEND 2 RETURN 2 EXT. TRIGGERS
430 STR
GC 6L6
EL 34
OFF
OFF
A
DIODE
LOOP 2 LOOP 1
A
+
B
ON
ON
RECTO
TUBE-TRACKING
CH 1
2x6L6
2xEL34 4x
2x
EL34 6L6
2x
6L6
REVERB
PROGRESSIVE
LINKAGE
CH 4 CH 3
A
DIODE ON ON DIODE A ON ON
DIODE
A
A
+
+
B
B
B OFF OFF B OFF OFF
TUBE-TRACKING TUBE-TRACKING
RECTO SPKR LOOP 1 LOOP 2 SPKR
RECTO LOOP 1 LOOP 2 RECTO SPKR
430 STR
430 STR
GC 6L6 GC 6L6
EL 34
6L6 GC
STR 430
OFF
OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
A DIODE
A DIODE LOOP 2 LOOP 1 LOOP 2 LOOP 1
LOOP 2 LOOP 1
A
A
+
+
B
B
ON
ON B ON ON B ON
ON RECTO
RECTO
CH 3 TUBE-TRACKING CH 4
CH 2 TUBE-TRACKING
2x6L6
2x6L6
2xEL34 4x
2xEL34 4x 2x
2x
EL34 6L6
EL34 6L6
2xEL+
4x6L6
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2x6L6
2xEL34 4x
2x
EL34 6L6
2xEL+
2x
4x6L6
6L6
REVERB
A
A
+
PROGRESSIVE
B
B
LINKAGE
CH 1
430 STR
GC 6L6
6L6 GC
STR 430
EXT TRIGGERS RETURN 2 SEND 2 RETURN1
P BYPASS
A DIODE
U
LOOPS, SOLO
A
L
+
& MASTER
B S
CONTROLS
E
B
RECTO
L
TUBE-TRACKING
A
NORMAL
2x6L6
T
2xEL34 4x
2x
C
EL34 6L6
H
A
LEVEL
SLAVE
OUT
B
CAUTION:
USE SHORTING PLUG IF NO SPKRS IN B
34 EL 34 EL
6L6 GC 6L6 GC
STR 430 STR 430
REV ERB SOLO
LOOP 2 LOOP 1
FOOT
CONTROLLER
EXT
CH1 CH2 FUSE
CH3 CH4
SWITCH
POWER FUSE WER FUSE
120 V~ 4 A