6S9L - I still have my Soloist (a less expensive version of the Rockman)! This unit only had chorus and not delay/reverb. Once in a while I'll plug in and go down memory lane. It's a sweet sounding unit actually and yeah it does have that distinct Boston sound. I also remember the Reverend Billy saying how that little box was a tone machine. Coming from HIM that is saying something.
I also used to have the Rockman preamp unit (Rock Module).
http://www.geocities.com/rockman_gear/ (edited to add)
It was a rackmountable Rockman a little bigger than the sammich unit that was housed inside it's custom rack enclosure. Along with that module was the Chorus/Delay module. Back then you could mix and match modules...one of them being an EQ I believe (it's been a long time yikes!). I think my units had a built in Noise Gate which was the coolest part about it. It was an automatic Noise Gate and it worked extremely well! The amount of distortion and gain from the Rock Module made me "famous". It was all out saturation. I ran the unit straight into the board for most of our gigs we had at that time....using the stage/rehearsal monitors for my own listening. I had even built me a custom switching unit from parts I bought at Radio Shack so that I switch channels and activate the delay/chorus live. Wow what great memories. I ought to shop around town looking for them again. Or Ebay. Cool thread 6S9L thank you!
Last edited by tone2thebone; November 28th, 2006 at 10:14 AM.
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