Rockman Tone in 2017

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YouTube user Kostas Xatzopoulos demonstrates his Rockman Stereo Chorus along with a Washburn EC 29 and Mesa Boogie V-twin preamp pedal:

Close but...Too chorus-ey

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This concept works great with a lot of different rigs as well.

Typically, the pre EQ is set to a "frown face" midrange hump so the guitar can sing (the guitar is a midrange instrument)... then post EQ, it is shaped further with a "smilie face" scooped mids type of setting.

Has any amp/ampsim ever made this a feature? A combined control that boosts the fundamental before the pre-amp distortion and cuts it after the pre-amp? I don't know what you would call that. I guess that might have been what the Distortion Harmonics switch did on the Rockman Distortion Generator.

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Taylor Rhodes demos the Rockman Distortion Generator covering the Boston song "Cool The Engines":

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Has any amp/ampsim ever made this a feature? A combined control that boosts the fundamental before the pre-amp distortion and cuts it after the pre-amp?

Not that I know of. But I do seem to recall my Alesis Quadraverb (still have it) had params. for pre and post EQ... but that
was all after the ADA MP-1 (signal chain-wise).

Plus that kind of rig setup is usually only found with professional big-name players; typical schmoe just drags his amp and pedals and plugs in.

It's like a half guitar, half studio rig.

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YouTube user Mikenekomaru GT does some comparisons in the sound between the XPR, Distortion Generator, Sustainor and X100. This is using Rockman distortion:

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And clean tones. The Distortion Generator is omitted:

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Has any amp/ampsim ever made this a feature? A combined control that boosts the fundamental before the pre-amp distortion and cuts it after the pre-amp? I don't know what you would call that. I guess that might have been what the Distortion Harmonics switch did on the Rockman Distortion Generator.

Mesa Mark series. B/M/T EQ is pre-distortion, GEQ is post-distortion.

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Mesa Mark series. B/M/T EQ is pre-distortion, GEQ is post-distortion.

Interesting. I never payed much attention to the Mesa line before. I'll have to take a closer look at that.

[JB_From_Hell]

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Earlier in the thread, I probably posted about disliking the Rockman tone. Oddly, I kind of want one now.

[Gtrjunior]

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Earlier in the thread, I probably posted about disliking the Rockman tone. Oddly, I kind of want one now.

Haha! I wouldn’t mind having one either!
I always associated it with Boston guitar tone, but clearly it’s capable of so much more. Until this thread, I had no idea how many guitar greats had used one.

[Aceman]

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Earlier in the thread, I probably posted about disliking the Rockman tone. Oddly, I kind of want one now.

ahhahahahahahah


Put a few on "Watch" on the bay myself!

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Earlier in the thread, I probably posted about disliking the Rockman tone. Oddly, I kind of want one now.

Better check with the "tone experts" here first. It's said that those who have Rockman gear only want Tom Scholz tone 24/7/365...

[Sirion]

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And clean tones. The Distortion Generator is omitted:

Really cool concept, but surely it must be possible to tune the guitar before recording for a YouTube video? That was borderline painful to listen to.

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Here's some pretty good playing through a Rockman Sustainor 200:

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Here's a little Rockman tone for your holidays. Taylor Rhodes has put together a terrific video with his Rockman Sustainor. Make sure to share this one around. Here is "Rock the Halls":