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My Rockman rig with a Sustainor (an amp simulator) and Chorus/Delay.

It's solid state, but you might consider it. Try a SR&D Rockman Distortion Generator: http://www.rockman.fr/Reviews/DG.htm It provides a full guitar amp/cabinet simulation. You run it straight into the mixing board, possibly via effects. The phase notcher button toggles between a 1x12 and...

Interesting site, never noticed it before. Thanks for that.

That sure sounds like Brad Delp singing. How were the guitars remixed? Just curious.

I made a signal diagram as well.

I thought I'd offer an update. My Rockman rig has been coming along. I'm just starting to mess with EQ's.

I only have one guitar, but I definitely fall into the garage guitar hero, jamming out in the headphones with my drum machine. I have a Peavey Raptor EXP guitar, Rockman Sustainor and Chorus/Delay, along with a Boss DR-3 drum machine. I also have a Peavey Delta Blues 115 amplifier, a bit more...

You might also consider a used SR&D Power Soak. It was designed and produced by Boston founder Tom Scholz starting in 1980. An updated version of the Power Soak, the model II, was issued at the end of 1981. It has an extra switch made to adapt the Power Soak to solid-state amplifiers. The Power...

I was curious if anyone has used Rockman auto-clean with a volume pedal? For those who haven't come across it before, auto-clean is a feature on the Rockman Sustainor and Distortion Generator amp simulators. It compensates volume and treble, allowing you to go from clean to distortion using the...

I have a MXR Smart Gate (M135). Nice pedal, though I don't use it for a high gain amp. My Rockman rig is rack mounted and stereo, so I'm considering a Smart Gate Pro (M235) for that.

The Bandit is a nice guitar amp. I've tried it before. I went the tube route with Peavey. I have a Delta Blues 115. It's not as flexible as the Bandit, but I love its sound. If you get the chance, let us know how the XPR/Intellifex combination goes. Thanks in advance, --Bruce

Hey, a suggestion. You might want to try running the XPR directly to the board and have it come back to you in the monitor mix. I'm guessing that the Peavey preamp in you mentioned is to a guitar amp, though I'm not sure of that. The XPR has a cabinet simulation in it. I'm also curious how you...

The Intellifex blackface and behringer fcb 1010 look like pretty good companions for the XPR. The XPR effects loops is after the post distortion EQ, so having the Intellifex blackface in the XPR effects loop makes sense to me. Just know that the XPR chorus and echo/reverb come after the loop. I...

Unfortunately, only the Sustainor and Distortion Generator have the auto clean circuit. The XPR doesn't have auto clean, though you can program different distortion levels. I mentioned the the Sustainor and Distortion Generator, in case ginuz has one of those. I don't know that he does.

I'll add that the Rockman Sustainor and Distortion Generator both have what's called the "Auto Clean" circuit. You could use a volume pedal with the auto clean circuit engaged to get expression pedal control over distortion. The auto clean circuit compensates for both level and treble. They are...

The XPR is a MIDI unit. You can get it to change MIDI programs by using a MIDI pedal. Check out the owners guide: http://www.tom-scholz.com/Manuals/XPR.pdf You could try to find a Rockman Midipedal. Here's the manual for that: http://www.tom-scholz.com/Manuals/MP.pdf It's probably easier...

It might be a XPR, but it's hard to tell. The XPR is really cool. You can program it with up to 100 lineups and use MIDI to control it. There is a three band EQ that allows pre-distortion changes to the EQ. You can also mix the clean signal with the distorted signal. The distortion is followed...

This guy Darren did a demo of the Delta Blues 115 doing some heavy rock: 5tONjJuM_kE

If you're interested in a modern use of the Rockman Sustainor, listen to MYRONE using in in the solos for "Sea Salt Breeze" and "Exclusive Coupe": https://soundcloud.com/myroneofficial

A Peavey Classic 30 112 is my vote, though I'm not sure I'd call it high gain. The Peavey Delta Blues 115 is pretty much the same amplifier, but adds a tremolo and the different speaker. I've seen people remark about the 115 having a darker sound though you'll have to listen for yourself.