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ROCKMAN Distortion Generator
Chucky:
Hi folks!
Somehow I've been doing a very intense come back to my Boston phase...
That never actually died!!
I find a lot of Tom Scholz gear reminds me of ADA somehow.
Probably mostly for using a similar shade of blue on their products...
But also for breaking the mold and making original and innovative gear.
So since the era has passed a loooong time ago, I figured snatching some of these
components on EvilBay would be a cheap affair.
Well it isn't!! Some of Tom's stuff still is selling at their gold's weight value! :o
Especially the Sustainor that never sells under $300 usd and some go at more than twice that price!!
Funny also to see the army of over-knowledgeable specialists chimming in with their "Double IC blab, versions 100 or 200, changed caps, refurbish jibberish..."
So I found a Distortion Generator last year for a fair price.
Got the thing and having loads of fun with it.
Now I am still looking for a Sustainor 200... One day it will be MINE!!
But I'm ok as I also have been owning a Rockman X100 since the late 80s.
I have a little project brewing in my BatCave that needs to be served with these special units.
I hope i will find time to get on with it.
Any of you guys still using these things?
Anybody has a Sustainor he wants to depart with? ;)
rnolan:
Hey Chucky, I still have a X100 which I've lent to MikeB. I used it for lead with 2 Marshalls ('72 50w and 100w Artist) back in the late 80's, I made a lead to plug it's headphone out into 2 jacks with a couple of resistors to drop it to inst level for the Marshall inputs (neither had master vol or fx loop). Loved it cost $800 AUD back then :facepalm: . Did quite a bit of recording with it also. Amazing unit, way ahead of its time.
Then I bought a MP1 :whoohoo!: . Though at first I ran the MP1 headphone out into the X100 stereo input (and had a bunch of pedal spaghetti at my feet). Until I could afford a Quadverb, B200s and 8 chan desk, then went rack.RG has a sustainer IIRC, my X100 is quite noisy these days and could use the cap refresh.
rabidgerry:
I have a Sustainor, but I aint parting with it :) MJMP has it. That reminds me, I must pay for that to get shipped back to me!!
I also have the Rockman Instrument EQ and the Stereo Chorus. I nearly bought a distortion generator but I think I read the Sustainor was better.
McLeanAB:
Hey Rolan!
I have a guy that just refurbished my newly acquired X100 and the Ultralight (which is on the way back to me as we speak). PM me your email and I'll forward it on to him if you need your X100 cleaned up... it made a world of difference in my X100...
GuitarBuilder:
I'm guess I'm a Rockman fanatic: I have a head with 10 Rockmodules, an XP-100 super head, an XPR, and a bunch of extra Rockmodules. I guess I'm part of the army of over-knowledgeable specialists! :banana-dance: :banana-dance:
I can help you locate your Sustainor 200 if you want. Just PM me and I'll send the contact info.
I really like my Distortion Generator as well - I had it modified with an FX loop between the compressor and distortion stages, so I can place an equalizer there. It transforms the unit! The mod was done by http://www.rockman-repair.com.
A lot of folks think that the Rockmodules can only produce the Boston sound, but that is not the case. While you could indeed dial in any Boston guitar sound, you can also get some other fantastic guitar settings, even some acoustic-like tones, mainly because of the outstanding EQ module. That should be your next buy!
A word of caution: this Rockman equipment is addictive! It's hard to just own one or a few modules! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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