Road King Manual - Mesa Boogie

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Greetings from the Home of ToneCongratulations on your choice of the ROADKING as your Guitar amplifier andwelcome to the MESA/<strong>Boogie</strong> family! As a discriminating player you probably knowthat you have purchased the most comprehensive instrument for amplifying Guitarthat is available. What you might not realize is that this entitles you to all theexperience, resources and commitment our twenty-five years of service to musiciansworld wide has to offer. Our responsibility is to help you sound great! So, if at anytime you feel you need help or direction, we are here for you...a phone call away.
Table of ContentsPrecautions 0Overview 1/2Getting Started 3Helpful Hints 3/4FRONT PANEL:MODES: Ch 1 & 2 Clean 5Ch 1 & 2 Fat 5Ch 1 Tweed 6Ch 2 Brit 6Ch 3 & 4 Raw 6Ch 3 & 4 Vintage 7Ch 3 & 4 Modern 7CONTROLS:GAIN 8TREBLE 9MID 9/10BASS 10PRESENCE 10MASTER 11OUTPUT CONTROL 11/12SOLO CONTROL 12HI VOLTS & AC MAINS SWITCHES 12REAR PANEL:6SLAVE 14SPEAKER OUTPUT BANK A + B - Cabinet Switching 14REVERB 15CHANNEL STRIPS 15PROGRESSIVE LINKAGE 15SELECTING POWER TUBE ARRAY and TRIODE / PENTODE SWITCH (pg.17) 16/22RECTIFIER SELECT with TUBE-TRACKING 22/23SPEAKER A / B & A + B SELECT SWITCH 23FX LOOP SWITCHES & CONTROLS 23/27EXTERNAL SWITCHING 27POWER: SPONGY & BOLD 27FUSE 28FACTORY SAMPLE SETTINGS 29/32DIAGNOSING TUBES & TUBE MAINTENANCE 33/34Feature Article: Bias Adjustment by Randall Smith 35/36/37SPEAKER HOOK-UP & IMPEDANCE MATCHING GUIDE 38/43Feature Article: Irishmen, Pentodes & Triodes by Randall Smith 44/45/46PARTS SHEET 47
Page 1: MESABOOGIEOwner's Manual
Page 5 and 6: Operating InstructionsOVERVIEW:Cong
Page 7 and 8: Getting Started:2.) Install the 5U4
Page 9 and 10: CHANNEL MODES:CHANNELS 1 & 2: CLEAN
Page 11 and 12: CHANNEL MODES: (Continued)CHANNEL 3
Page 13 and 14: CONTROLS: (Continued)MID: (Continue
Page 15 and 16: CONTROLS: (Continued)OUPUT CONTROL:
Page 17 and 18: REAR PANEL CONTROLS & FEATURESREAR
Page 19 and 20: A +BREAR PANEL CONTROLS & FEATURES
Page 27 and 28: LOOP 2 MIX:This rotary control dete
Page 29 and 30: REAR PANEL CONTROLS & FEATURES (Con
Page 31 and 32: REAR PANEL CONTROLS & FEATURES (Con
Page 33 and 34: CHANNEL 2 SETTING #1 Skinny SkankFA
Page 35 and 36: CHANNEL 4 SETTING #1 Atlantic Blues
Page 37 and 38: DIAGNOSING PREAMP TUBE PROBLEMS:Bec
Page 39 and 40: BIAS ADJUSTMENT: (Continued) grids.
Page 41 and 42: SPEAKER IMPEDANCE MATCHING & HOOK-U
Page 43 and 44: 1 WIRING SCHEMES...Amplifier to Spe
Page 45 and 46: WIRING SCHEMES...Amplifier to Speak
Page 47 and 48: ON TRIODES, PENTODES & IRISHMEN:Wit
Page 49 and 50: PENTODES: (Continued) stopping them
Page 51 and 52: MESA BOOGIEThe Spirit of Art in Tec

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