Erock
Active member
I've wanted to try one of Doug's amps since the old HCAF days, but never had the opportunity. His amp gut shots are like works of art. One of my friends told me about a Roccoforte in the classifieds, so I had to check it out. Low and behold, it belonged to my friend Gary. He gave me a great deal, and long story short, I finally got to try one!
It's a really fun amp! Way more aggressive and gainy than I imagined, Marshall flavor but definitely Doug's take. Big lowend, and lots of crunchy gainy chainsaw midrange. Plenty of cut and presence. It's easy to go overboard with the gain, a little goes a long way. It can get that overgained and over saturated sound easy with too much boost and gain. It's a bit round and dark for my tastes straight in, but I love it boosted. Not for more gain, but for tone shaping. Really crazy string separation and clarity, all the notes seem to ring without fighting eachother, even in big chords or staccato riffs. Great feel to this amp too. The biggest con to me, is it doesn't clean up that great with the guitar volume. kind of a bag of dicks clean, lol, luckily the od makes up for it for me.
Overall, a wicked fun amp for the used price IMO. Won't be everyone's taste, but I'm sure there are a few gear heads that would really dig it.
Edit: dialed a bit different boosted with grid slammer
Lp r7, bk abraxas
Neck rolled back clean, lol
It's a really fun amp! Way more aggressive and gainy than I imagined, Marshall flavor but definitely Doug's take. Big lowend, and lots of crunchy gainy chainsaw midrange. Plenty of cut and presence. It's easy to go overboard with the gain, a little goes a long way. It can get that overgained and over saturated sound easy with too much boost and gain. It's a bit round and dark for my tastes straight in, but I love it boosted. Not for more gain, but for tone shaping. Really crazy string separation and clarity, all the notes seem to ring without fighting eachother, even in big chords or staccato riffs. Great feel to this amp too. The biggest con to me, is it doesn't clean up that great with the guitar volume. kind of a bag of dicks clean, lol, luckily the od makes up for it for me.
Overall, a wicked fun amp for the used price IMO. Won't be everyone's taste, but I'm sure there are a few gear heads that would really dig it.
Edit: dialed a bit different boosted with grid slammer
Lp r7, bk abraxas
Neck rolled back clean, lol