Rockman Tone in 2017
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This guy's a home player. I don't think that's his bedroom though:
It's one of those 500 watt Rockman Guitar Monitors. He just posted it in August.
This guy's a home player. I don't think that's his bedroom though:
It's one of those 500 watt Rockman Guitar Monitors. He just posted it in August.
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Here's another demonstration. This is a "White face" Sustainor by itself with no chorus or delay:
Here's another demonstration. This is a "White face" Sustainor by itself with no chorus or delay:
johnthomas
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Afterburner was recorded using a Gallien-Krueger 250 ml...which could easily be dialed in to the Guitar Institute of Technology mandatory 89's sound.
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Sirion
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Y'know, it may not be a mainstream sound any more – it has a sort of squished quality to it that goes very much against the times, as I understand them – but I think it has its place in the right set of hands (or ears!) even today. Perhaps the rebirth of the Rockman will be the rebirth of rock?
Y'know, it may not be a mainstream sound any more – it has a sort of squished quality to it that goes very much against the times, as I understand them – but I think it has its place in the right set of hands (or ears!) even today. Perhaps the rebirth of the Rockman will be the rebirth of rock?
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One of the more interesting YouTube videos featuring the Rockman X100 and Soloist headphone amps came to mind this weekend. It's surprising how good these 1984 era "practice" amps sound:
The ballet dancer in the video, Polina Semionova, is pretty amazing too
One of the more interesting YouTube videos featuring the Rockman X100 and Soloist headphone amps came to mind this weekend. It's surprising how good these 1984 era "practice" amps sound:
The ballet dancer in the video, Polina Semionova, is pretty amazing too
Sirion
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Y'know, I defy anybody who is even mildly sympathetic to rock music on this album to say that that is not an enormously awesome guitar tone, even when playing a Luther chorale! (Also, there is probably a bit of production magic going on)
Y'know, I defy anybody who is even mildly sympathetic to rock music on this album to say that that is not an enormously awesome guitar tone, even when playing a Luther chorale! (Also, there is probably a bit of production magic going on)
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BriGuy1968
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Good? Yes.
"Enormously awesome?" Not to me anyway.
There's no doubt that Tom Scholz had a great sound for the times and I'd even go as far as to call him a huge influence on rock... particularly from the eighties (my favorite time for rock and roll). Boston was even one of my favorite bands.
But that was 30 years ago, and there are LOTS of great sounds out there. Why waste time worshiping one that's long ago run its course?
Good? Yes.
"Enormously awesome?" Not to me anyway.
There's no doubt that Tom Scholz had a great sound for the times and I'd even go as far as to call him a huge influence on rock... particularly from the eighties (my favorite time for rock and roll). Boston was even one of my favorite bands.
But that was 30 years ago, and there are LOTS of great sounds out there. Why waste time worshiping one that's long ago run its course?
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The Rockman Guitar Monitor is basically a rack system with a Carver PM175 2x250W and full range cabinets. The Carver amp has a Rockman front plate and it is modified with an input that is copied to a pair of jacks, used to send the signal to the main PA mixer. The Rockman Guitar Monitor was intended for use with a Rockman system made up of Rockmodules or the Rockman XPR.
The Rockman Guitar Monitor is basically a rack system with a Carver PM175 2x250W and full range cabinets. The Carver amp has a Rockman front plate and it is modified with an input that is copied to a pair of jacks, used to send the signal to the main PA mixer. The Rockman Guitar Monitor was intended for use with a Rockman system made up of Rockmodules or the Rockman XPR.
Sirion
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Do any of you have experience with the Rockman choruses? How do they work outside of Rockman rigs? I see there is a chorus/delay unit for sale close to home, and I wonder if that box (together with an early guitar synth) was the secret behind many of George Lynch's Under Lock and Key clean tones.
Do any of you have experience with the Rockman choruses? How do they work outside of Rockman rigs? I see there is a chorus/delay unit for sale close to home, and I wonder if that box (together with an early guitar synth) was the secret behind many of George Lynch's Under Lock and Key clean tones.
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