The Rockman and the Rickenbacker 660/12

[vjf1968]

So I was going through my shelves and noticed my old Rockman X100 sitting in the back. I decided to try it out again. I had it since it first came out and always thought it had a great clean sound. So I put in fresh batteries (I lost the proprietary pose supply a long time ago) cleaned the switches and plugged in my 660/12. I have to say the compression and eq on the Rockman was voiced just right, the 12 string sounded great. Ran it through a few amp sims in Logic X to get some different sounds and with a minimal amount of futzing, it still sounded great.

This kind of makes me want to hunt down those old Rockman modules from the 80's. I heard from previous owners that the compression units were great.

So if you bought a Rockman back in the day and still have it, try it out with your Rick 12. It might make your Jangle box jealous

[Folkie]

Rockman pedals are nothing to sneeze at! Our own Mitch Easter mentioned that Peter Buck used a Rockman Chorus and Sustainer on some of the early R.E.M. records. On the 1985 live German Rockpalast footage, a chorus pedal can be heard throughout, probably the Rockman. He even uses the chorus pedal on the one 12-string song in the concert: "So. Central Rain." Likewise with the 1985 Raleigh, NC live stuff. You can hear that chorus in conjunction with Peter's 360/12 on "Talk About the Passion," "Good Advices," and "So. Central Rain." If the Rockman chorus pedal is anything to judge by, the compressor you're talking about should be superb, although I doubt it would give the JangleBox a run for the money.

[vjf1968]

Rockman pedals are nothing to sneeze at! Our own Mitch Easter mentioned that Peter Buck used a Rockman Chorus and Sustainer on some of the early R.E.M. records. On the 1985 live German Rockpalast footage, a chorus pedal can be heard throughout, probably the Rockman. He even uses the chorus pedal on the one 12-string song in the concert: "So. Central Rain." Likewise with the 1985 Raleigh, NC live stuff. You can hear that chorus in conjunction with Peter's 360/12 on "Talk About the Passion," "Good Advices," and "So. Central Rain." If the Rockman chorus pedal is anything to judge by, the compressor you're talking about should be superb, although I doubt it would give the JangleBox a run for the money.

Going to have to disagree. The Janglebox (which I own and use) is a fine pedal. I just don't think they are the be all and end all. When I ran my Rick throughout the Rockman X100 I had compression with a more manageable EQ curve that didn't take my head off. Let me put it another way, if a Rockman Sustainor or Compressor module became available I would probably use my Janglebox as trade fodder.