Remember The 90's: Fender Roc Pro 1000

[@endezeichengrimm]

The drive on the amp sounds better than the stomp box tone.

[@endezeichengrimm]

@Dominic Theodore What the fuck does that have to do with the amp tone?

[@resistorstudios]

Dude yea probably would be good with a sd1 in front. I would rather have that over a mt2

[@airlinefan13]

Theres something wrong with that amp, I've used a roc pro for probably about 20 something years and it sounds nothing like that! The clean sounds crisp and clear and i was always able to dial in a great distortion.

[@joelpheni123]

Agee’s! I have one for 20 years now and it’s rad. Clean and heavy sound .By the way - I can’t seem to find a foot switch for it. Any recommendations?

[@snnxcpln]

same here

[@XciteMike]

I don't know. I had one from about 97 until 2010 or so. I also wanted cheap and loud for my high school punk band. I never got good tone out of the thing, and in hindsight, I think it really held us back. I mean that, and being talentless children, but that part I wouldn't trade for anything. Come to think of it, I loved that amp... don't regret selling it one bit though.

[@kris5645]

@@joelpheni123 I have this footswitch with it, and it works well - shop.fender.com/en-LV/parts/amp-parts/footswitches/3-button-footswitch-channel-gain-reverb/0994064000.html

[@Thewestgoats]

Seriously. I’ve used mine for 13 years. It’s a work horse of an amp and the SS clean channel is crystal clear. I played a show yesterday with it. Outside in the wind. Turned up to 2. And I used a 4x12 Mesa Cab as well. I will split it in a wet/dry combo from time to time with my 66 40w Hilgen too.

[@dfp327]

It really sounds like all the garage bands from my teenage years in the mid 2000s. So, yeah, pretty legit. When you're 17, you just want the loudest dirtiest tone possible, this sounds great!

[@blackf9068]

I got a Roc Pro 700 like 4 years ago form a pawnshop. It came with a mic (Idk why) and the Drive channel didn't worked but the clean channel soulds great. I sent it to repair and now is fully operative. Drive channel sound is pretty good but the clean channel is mindblowing. I love it.

[@lisandroiguinis5989]

Dude last night i was reading in a forum a post from from a guy 4 years ago that was asking about this particular amp and later said that he bought it and it came with a Mic. Is that you????

[@blackf9068]

@@lisandroiguinis5989 of course, was me 😂. I bought it.

[@blackf9068]

@@lisandroiguinis5989 well, of course I know him, he's me. 😅. I finally decided bought it, the funny part is that of those 4-5 years I've have it, it was 3 in repair service. For my bad luck the guy that repair it was having personal issues times and that delayed his work. That why he last so much reparing it, but finally it is here and full operative.

[@johnpindzia7922]

I’m 19, and this is my main amp. This, a Marshall Valvestate 4X12 cab, and a Russian Pickle fuzz.

[@jessedelaney77]

If you're 19 and have this amp, you're doing it right.

[@lordsludge5678]

sounds like you have a pretty rad rig, and something tells me u listen to sludge maybe 😂

[@johnpindzia7922]

Haha thanks! Yeah, some stoner and some doom, but mostly punk stuff. Guitar straight into the drive channel, maybe with an overdrive as a boost, it totally does the punk thing.

[@jasonjones137]

This is a nice piece of equipment, my Dad had one of these - my older brother has it now, but we both use it to Jam, Rip & Shred together.. Thanks for the help of remembering our Father with the good memories Mr. Ryan Bruce, much respects towards you Sir..

[@johnclements7828]

I've been playing for 19 years and I've never owned a Metal Zone. I feel like I need to buy one just as a rite of passage.

[@jgmopar]

I bought a Keeley modded Metalzone years ago I actually like it. I would never use it live but for home its pretty darn good.

[@kman080498]

if youve ever used a distortion with an acoustic through an amp that also counts

[@mikedixon8830]

One won't be enough.

[@vuriby]

It has bad reviews but... I'll say it, it actually isn't that bad. You need a lot of time to figure out how to make it sound pretty good tho.

[@KickYouInTheThroat]

They actually take on a bit better sound when you use them in your amps effects loop.

[@JV-rx3ov]

I owned the original version of this amp called the Fender Performer 1000 1x12(around $400-500 new). It sounded great with the 12AX7 preamp & the solid state power section. It had channel switching & a cool effects loop with a wet/dry mix on the front panel. I never used a Metal Zone with it but did use a TS & DS-1 with it. It took pedals really well. It was insanely loud so I used to use it in mid-sized venues that didn't have a decent PA system. It was great for outdoor gigs as well as the volume seemed to carry forever. I traded it for one of the (new at the time) Fender SFX acoustic amps with the perpendicular 2x12s that had an almost 3D sound. When they changed to the Roc Pro name after a few model years, they just didn't soun the same. But by then people were buying modeling gear by this brand new company called Line 6.

[@j.w.allison4637]

this is one of your best show ideas fluff. i love remember the 90s and rate or roast. ps my 90's punk rock rig was a peavey standard mkIII solid state head into the biggest 2-12' cab i've seen to date with a squire with hot rails in the bridge and a RAT :)

[@doomsdaydanceparty7646]

That tone don't sound too shabby dude!

[@jeepnut1]

The reason you said inexpensive twice, is because that was the number 1 selling feature of those amps.

[@ryancrawford9894]

As Tommy Callahan said, "BEES! BEES EVERYWHERE!"

[@ericschwartz7021]

Video idea: Remember the 2000's crate blue voodoo

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

I miss my BV 2x12...

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Mayhem's "Chimera" album

[@TheCollisionofworlds]

I also played one of these, but with a boss obd-3 in front because melvins. I was also in a hardcore punk band at the time and thought it was the best sound in the world.

[@Heka41]

something is definitely wrong with that amp

[@witeshade]

Yeah I actually bought one of these a while back and the cleans were as spanky and bright as you could hope for. The distortions were not amazing but not useless either. This thing sounds busted

[@liamcole9319]

Blown capacitor probley

[@danielmelvin4525]

Hard to say. the combo version was my first amp. Remember i got great sound of it, and ive always been a fan of tube amps two channels and usually don't use distortion pedals. Though at one point I had a grunge pedal. I rembering always wanting to go with Marshall because Fender amps always had a bit to much twang on distortion side, but always remembered the cleans were so good i didnt wanna give them up.

[@DominiqueHeine]

Yup, definitely something broken. I played one a year or so ago and the clean was clear and crispy, even through high output pickups. Distortion of the amp was also actually very usable and rather modern sounding. Almost bought it if it hadn't been for some issues it showed (pots crackling and sound dropping out when turning them)

[@Danieldrylie]

I'm plugged into mine right now (granted, it's the Roc-Pro 1000 12" amp, not the amp head) and the cleans sound nothing like that.

[@najtrows]

I had a Fender FM212 in my old punk band band was surprised at how good the distortion was in it. When the speakers broke I turned it into a head and in a 4x12" it smashes other late 90's transistor amps.

[@albumtheband]

I got my first Roc Pro in 1998 with the matching cabinet.

[@jorismak]

Only seeing this now (and only 30 seconds in) but have to say this : my 'fender performer 100 Combo' (the predecessor to the rock pro) is still going strong. Reverb tank died with the last time I moved house, and the pots crackle.. Otherwise still strong :) Couple minutes later : yours is busted, the clean has headroom for days and is clean now matter how you push it.

[@guyfromnj]

I love the 90's themed videos cause I'm old

[@beau-2222]

Same.

[@guyfromnj]

@@lucid_delirium976 couldn’t agree more. Shitty times for sure

[@victorbicudo1374]

being in front of a mesa 4x12 is probably a much better experience than going through an IR and studio monitors. But its good nostalgia anyway.

[@ptdakos]

Its tone without the MT-2 is definitely passable, it's just too fuzzy for a punk or more standard rock sound. The breakup on the clean channel was surprising, maybe the previous owner modded something?

[@acinemastare]

Panos Thomas Ntakos Yeah. I have this amp and the clean doesn’t not like that at all. Actually has a really good clean sound compared to that.

[@amateurism1]

I'm embarrass to say I have three of these amps, they all sound great, nothing like you describe or I hear in this video.

[@vkubica]

Great amps. Mine took some modding to achieve a proper volume sweep on the gain channel, and a smoother gain. Piggybacking resistors does wonders.

[@amateurism1]

Oooooo, May I ask what resistor(s) you did that to? I need to try that.

[@vkubica]

@@amateurism1 I reduced R48 to make the volume on the gain channel much more friendly and usable. There's actually some life and tones between 1 and 2. I also lowered R35 to smooth out the clipping, and the gain is way more pleasant, Fender-y, and pedal-friendly. You can play with the values, for R48 around 100k is the desired ballpark. With R35 you can go by taste - I halved it, as always when in doubt, and it's nice. R36 is also a clipper, but I haven't done anything to it. I wonder what the result would be if I had tackled it instead of R35. Also, I lowered R94 a long time ago, which helped with the gain channel volume. For the life of me, I don't remember what I used. There was this post on some forum about it, and offcourse I haven't bookmarked it. I should check under the hood 😄

[@amateurism1]

@@vkubica thank you so much for replying! I know what I'm doing this weekend!!!!

[@vkubica]

@@amateurism1 Good luck, let me know how it turns out!

[@MrFranci5]

I had a Fender Performer 100 I believe, and it’s exactly the same. But I had a combo.

[@User1775.9]

I had a roc pro 1000 with matching cab back in high school. Eventually upgraded to a mesa sigle rec. A couple years after my band stopped playing i had to sell the mesa. I recently started playing again on my old peavey bandit. Man, i miss that Mesa Boogie tone.

[@MrKhearastic]

i have this fender roc pro 700 and its still rockin

[@stephenscott1442]

I had this amp. It absolutely rocked. Pro. For real.

[@haupper]

Ran this on the red channel into a Marshall 4x12 for gnarly feedback and metallic distortion. People would say it was the loudest amp they'd ever heard. As an at home practice amp it's a leasebreaker.

[@witeshade]

My favorite local instrumental band gigged with these amps and they sounded fucking good. The cleans were killer, and with big muffs in front they sounded so good

[@deandixon4712]

i have a roc pro 1000! and mine is super clean and loud! mine plays amazing

[@malcolmbliss777]

And let’s not forget who was the “face” of the Fender ROC ad campaign.... the late great Eddie Kurdziel! Of Redd Kross infamy. RK at the time (early 90’s) we’re set to blow up. HUGE! They finally had a Major label deal (after a decade and change doing bedroom label releases). They had an excellent 2 LP’s with this lineup (Phaseshifter & Show World), and I highly suggest you check them out; they are Eddie’s (and RK’s) masterpieces. Sadly, he died far too young, at 38, in ‘99, and left behind a legion of fans who remember him fondly to this day. Never too busy to sign an autograph, or talk about gear, he played whole tours with a Roc Pro full stack, and sounded great doing it. All my fave bands use solid state amps: Gang of Four, XTC, Slayer (on the reign in blood tour everything went from head to p.a., the only live mic’s on stage were the vocal mic’s and the drum overheads). I’ll drive 600 miles to see RK, still, to this day, when they tour. And it ain’t nearly often enough. Rest in Power, Eddie. We remember you, and I still play your albums at least once a month. Now... it’s showtime!

[@sephiroth762]

You're judging this by 2019 standards though. In 1999, this was a great budget amp. It sounded like a Marshall and Mesa mixed together but a little different, and it had enough headroom to get over the drummer. Great amp for a couple hundred bucks. I don't think you did it justice here.

[@christianconrad1792]

I had the chance to buy a rocpro 700 in mint condition (purple tolex edition). The clean sound blew me away, but the overdrive was sounding way to harsh. I replaced the stock speaker with a jensen neo speaker, now the amp is perfect. Keep the gain low btw 😉

[@aaronkerr2481]

I had the predecessor of that, called the Performer 1000. Same amp. The clean was absolutely pristine as I recall. There might be something wrong with the clean channel on the one you picked up. If i remember correctly, even my 496R - 500T Les Paul was clear through the clean channel. I think I'm a year or two older than you, and i wanna say i got mine in 94? It was probably 2001 or 2002 before it died. I still have the 2x12 cab though!

[@JonDeth]

Fender is still one of the best sounding metal amps to my ears, even though they're rarely regarded as such. I'm a shred and sweep player these days, but I'd still like to give one a shot. Dunno about spending any significant money on one, but if I ever spot one locally for 100-$150, I'll probably buy it. I just scored a Crate GX-212 which is one of the most iconic, low budget metal amps of the 90's. They're not perfect, but one of the ultimate sleepers. I can shred on it with fairly good note separation, they're insanely loud, and I only paid $70 for it. Just for a good modeler plugged in, it's impossible to beat. I have a Boss Katana 1x12 and the Crate actually blows it away for lead aside from bruit volume.

[@ne14truth]

I recorded some monster songs with this head and a 4x12 fender cab. I love the dirty tone and had people at universal audio blown away. He just don’t use it well, it’s a heavy compression sound that records awesome. It is very loud, can drown most drummers out

[@davedoucette1256]

1997 I was crate blue voodoo stack, Jackson Kelly, Ibanez road star. And a bad horsey wah.

[@stephendre2902]

Dave Doucette I currently own the American made blue voodoo stack. Love it.

[@bmstylee]

Blue Voodoo. I forget about those. Didn't Marty Friedman don't he promo shots for that?

[@davedoucette1256]

Wild Bill I don’t think he did the blue voodoo.

[@davedoucette1256]

But the Kelly for sure

[@judgegroovyman]

Dave Doucette turns out yes Marty did those promos for Blue Voodoo. You can find the ad on eBay.

[@jrp7837]

My teenage rig was a Peavey Bandit 112 Solo Series, DOD Two Second Digital Delay, Boss BF-2, Morley Fuzz Wah (The huge, metal one with its own cord), and a Washburn Mercury.

[@davidbeaudin9913]

Hi from Québec, Canada ! I bought a Fender RocPro 1000 head with cab in 1998, still have it... Tube preamp, spring reverb and 4x12 eminence speakers + 2x12 Garnet Cab...real loud. Never used pedals except compressor and wah hehehe There is no history/cult about this amp, and I Wonder... Am I the only guy to have bought that rig !??!? It really served me well, no reverb pedal, no overdrive and no distortion, only used the OG effects. I've played punk, hardcore, metal and, as well rock and stoner with this immortal amp for more than 25 years now, on stage, studio and in my jam space. Hope to have some comments 😅

[@Cautionary_Tale_Harris]

I see one listed locally for sale for $150. It's the one with the 12" speaker. I'm close to getting it but haven't decided 100% yet.

[@davidbeaudin9913]

@@Cautionary_Tale_Harris I've never played a combo but still recommed it for the tone of the amp !

[@AdamFaulkner375]

The look on your face when you first turned up the boss. Gold!

[@DrKevGuitar]

The Roc Pro amps were a cosmetically repackaged version of the Performer series amps (700 and 1000). I had the 1 x 12" Performer 1000, crazy loud, but sounded pretty good! (The clean channel should do proper clean though). The loud POP when you switch them off was pretty much the only drawback.

[@bizzski]

Late to this, but yes. My god. Loud as hell when you shut it off.

[@venusfooltrap7371]

If you unplug the guitar before you switch it off, there's no pop (on the combo version).

[@darrenbraemer6213]

My 90s rig was a peavey bandit with a red DOD distortion pedal.

[@bloozman666]

Dude I have one with the Fender half-stack and the CLEAN CHANNEL is super clean and pristean and LOUD AS HELL! I was really surprised that yours was so distorted. I can't even get 2 on the volume and it fills out a 3mx7m room. The overdrive is OK, like a tubes reamer but I suspect I need a new tube.

[@thehollow4712]

I had one of those back in the 90's too. It came with a manual that had a bunch of settings recommendations for different tones: I always used crazy 8's

[@dazwelding97]

I rocked one of these back in the late 90’s - early 2000’s. They were excellent for the 90’s punk rocker with a very low budget!! The days when ‘tone’ wasn’t even a thing- only thing that mattered then was to play it loud, fast, and distorted!!!

[@shawnmatthews5118]

Your Roc Pro sounded rank compared to mine on the clean channel. I couldn’t see your dials, but you may have had that switch depressed on the left side next to the volume. I run a programmable Zoom pedal through the effects loop and remove all overdrive from my presets. I have a ton of tonal range that way without any crud or distortion on delays, wahs, and reverbs when I play on a dirty setting up front.

[@stoplookingatmeplease1230]

That Roc-Pro definitely has some leaky caps/ dead resistors , it distorts on clean like crazy , not supposed to sound like that

[@heggy_69]

The way the overdrive channel sounded when he first plugged into it may have sold me on one of these. Stunk when he changed the settings but man that was kinda fuzzy

[@jamesparks1895]

My teenage rig was a custom shop sg into a Marshall jcm 900 . . . Never realized I had it so good. I originally got the Marshall because the dean markley combo I was using couldn't keep up. Great work Fluff.

[@Trbochv69]

Dont forget Fender's M80 series. Those things were loud as hell. I owned a half stack and it was brutal

[@peepkindoesstuff4066]

Still have my m80 head, thought of selling it but after I noticed that these heads are starting to get recognition, I’m just keeping it !! Also it does sound kickass !!

[@wickedsensationphotography]

I still own this and still love it. Pair it up with my 30th anniversary.

[@DavidSJ_DAP]

I got that beat...in the early 80s I ran an ElectroHarmonix Little Big Muff Pi into a solid state Marlboro 1x15 bass amp...

[@steveparkes]

I used that pedal into Fender Amps at our practice space to get my fuzz tone in the 90's. About the only sound worth using on that pedal was the fizzy fuzz you could get and it meant I didn't have to move my very fragile butchered 60's VOX that would break if you looked at it funny. I still missed it when I got burgled. They took a broken amp in a homebrew head unit with a 4x8" cab, a bunch of CD's, a hoover I'd painted in Psychedelic paint and an old German army parka and left my Fender Tele worth more than the rest combined. Junkies are not the best at valuation.

[@musicman7773]

I had the combo and the clean sound was nice.

[@2bthirsty]

That's a badass amp head!

[@Claytoonzcom]

Hearing this amp takes me back. I bought one of these heads used and it was horrible. I eventually sold it to help finance my first tube amp. But there's something honest about a 17-year-old playing this in his first punk band.

[@AlbusBand]

Zoom 505 on the A4 (Metal) setting through a solid state Crate half stack...I suppose the only plus is I didn’t realize SS wattage wasn’t the same as tube, so I wasn’t nearly as loud as I could have been...

[@gentlewolf1279]

I legit had the same setup!!

[@AlbusBand]

G E N T L E W O L F then it’s true when they say “you’re not alone”...though, for everyone else during our musical beginnings, that may not be something to take comfort in, lol.

[@gentlewolf1279]

@@AlbusBand Ahaha!

[@QuincyHatch]

I still have the 1000 combo! When you mod these things they really come alive!!

[@doocies]

Wnat kind of mods?

[@QuincyHatch]

Cj Stinks everything from changes to the resistor/Capacitor values in certain areas as well as upgrading multiple pcb components. You can also fix the volume pot 0-CRAZY LOUD issues that plagued the series.Ive Modded close to 10-15 of these over the years for people and can get some amazing tones from em!

[@1upfx281]

My teenage tone was a DOD Grunge ( I think I used to dime all the knobs) in to a Peavey Bandit. Every time I kicked the DOD on my band mates would cringe. I seem to remember thinking their reaction was because I sounded so awesome. I'm starting to think I may have been wrong....

[@JP-is9sc]

the bandit was the 90's tone.

[@misterknightowlandco]

@@JP-is9sc it was the 80s tone too 😆

[@steveparkes]

We had some Bandits at my college recording studio all I could ever get out of it was 80's hair metal sounds but lots of other people loved them. :) I don't remember the DOD Grunge (it might have been released after I settled on a Tokia Overdrive, Blues Driver and a clone of the Fuzzface to get my grimey garage sounds) but band in my part of the UK seemed to have at least one DOD pedal at the time. I remember their Flange and Delay being really popular among mates playing all sorts of rock and reggae styles.

[@baconfirre]

At 19 my main setup was two Line 6 Spiders (one Spider II and one Spider III) running in stereo from a BOSS ME-50. I was using the Spider II for low end and top and the Spider III for mid's. Then when I finally got my first tube head I was like, oh, a tube amp has all the highs and lows and mid's in one amp that I was trying to achieve with two solid state amps; and it's better. Still, 19 year old me though stereo Line 6 combo's was pretty cool... For some more cringe I used to run them both on the 'Insane' channel...

[@coffinfeeder7732]

That’s actually not that bad of an idea for being a kid. Some guitarists still blend tube amps for really unique tones, even if either one would sound phenomenal on its own.

[@guitarman_3693]

i still have a boss me-50 . its some good sounds on effects. but the dirt kinda isnt there for me.

[@baconfirre]

@@guitarman_3693 Like yeh, from my memory, I remember the ME-50 being great value and just as useful, if not more creative as a full pedalboard of individual BOSS stomp-boxes

[@erikrandan7294]

OMG. Blast from the past!!! I had this exact amp back in High School...bought it for the same reason...It was loud. I tried it in the store and it sounded great. Brought it home and could never get a good tone out of it. Hated the cleans, and the gain had really nasty volume spikes going from 1 to 2 and 5 to 6....like no change....no change....RIP YOUR EARS OFF....no change....no change....NAILS ON CHALKBOARD... i think I ended up doing something similar....found a passable tone on the gain channel and boosted it with a TS9. ended up selling it for cash and bought a used JCM800 at a garage sale for far less than I should have paid. Loved that amp and would still have it today if it wasnt stolen after a gig. (I learned then to keep track of my gear's serial numbers!!!).

[@mrclarksix]

Oh yeah you did! Thank you for taking me back 20 years. I had the Roc Pro halfstack, crappy fender design speakers instead of your wonderful Mesa cab, but otherwise, the same exact sound.

[@joshguthriemusic8090]

Love your videos!! 👍🏻🤘🏻 (Hopefully I'm not repeating too many comments here). My Roc Pro 1000's clean channel was actually clean. No light = clean channel, green light = od 1 channel, and red light = od 2 channel. There should be a 12ax7 in the preamp section. Might check that or internal connections. 🤗

[@lespaul9078]

im 13 and my rig is a 2000s marshall mode four and evh 5150 III 50 watt head, gtod, dime wah, mxr stereo chorus and boss tuner and noise gate, i have a 2016 epiphone flying v modded to look like a gibson, 1987 gibson les paul, 2014 gibson sg, im lucky as hell but if course its all inherited from my father, i ain't that rich and all of it was accumulated over time.

[@jamesmcbride7621]

The cheaper Fender heads will get the job done. I was using a Fender Frontman 100 head with the matching cabinet back in 2006-2007. I remember using an old 10 band Boss EQ and a Boss Turbo Distortion DS-2 into that setup to match the other guitar player who was using a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier. The sound was pretty good together from what I recall.

[@REX-ks1os]

in the end its the fingers and the ability to adjust your settings to fit in the mix. its funny how what might sound terrible on its own sounds great with the right mix of other equipment and musicians ..god how many of us destroyed our tone using that stupid metal tone. i don't know what any of us were thinking (oh yeah we could mix steve jones with eddie v, you gotta look back and laugh)

[@studiosrevolver]

I had a Roc Pro 700 combo, and I used mainly the clean channel with pedals, it sounded really good, to my recollection, at some point I blew the Fender speaker, and they put an Eminence...can’t remember the model, but it costed 130 bucks around 2005, and it sounded better than ever, good memories, I bought it in 2002, it was since 1997 in my local guitar store and never got bought, so I got a pretty cool deal after being there for so many years! Hahaha

[@hotrod54chevy]

I just did a search and found this and hadn't realized you reviewed it. I have one of these and for years it was my bedroom amp, so I'm pretty sure I ruined the volume knob trying to dial it down 🤣

[@heckincooldads]

This story could be my old guitarist's exact story. Fender pro roc 1000 and an Ibanez tone lok tube screamer right into the clean channel. He later bought a dual rec and I borrowed it wanting to switch to guitar from bass. He said, "sorry, I don't have a good distortion pedal for you to borrow but it has distortion on the amp." When I first heard the tone I was like WTF, this is way better than any pedal. He had no idea it had a 12ax7 preamp tube. I'm still hanging on to one of these in the basement along with a mesa 4x12. I should plug them in and see if they sound how I remember. My clean channel was much cleaner.

[@mikaelforss5725]

I did find myself sitting and nodding my head with a big smile when the metal zone was turned on. Memories...........But we didn't have the metal zone we had a yamaha DI-01. and it wasn't the 90' it was the 80's :-)

[@jimlong3223]

I have had 2 of those, one my dad bought me was too loud for parents house, traded it in toward a Marshall triple super lead combo, I bought one when I was in my first real band because loud as fuck. When I got into my best band got a dual rectifier and never went back. I do have a lot of nostalgia towards those amps.

[@XciteMike]

Man this takes me back. The only thing this vid is missing is Fluff playing the original hardcore punk from his youth through the amp. Let's hear it!

[@thegreatjonzini]

Love this video series! Keep it going the 90s rawk!

[@RAThielemanJr]

I’m so glad you have become the curator of all things pawnshop tone of my childhood. This service you provide gives me all the feels...bless you bearded one.

[@Only2genders43]

Is it just me or did the overdrive channel sound awesome?

[@AmericanMe]

Had one of these!!! It wasn't too bad

[@mikemoore3635]

The roc metal pro zone 10000000 and 10, sounds beastly

[@soulagent79]

I still have my Roc Pro 700 from the 90's. Everybody thinks it is a tube amp, when they first hear it.

[@mikemooney169]

I had one of these in the 90s, playing in a hardcore band also. I once opened for nineironspitfire and their guitar player played through my head and I remember thinking that it sounded good, but I wasn't happy with it when I played it, so I ended up getting a JCM900 and that was a much better head.

[@nw379]

I have a Fender Roc Pro 700! It still makes noises....just not good ones. Dirty channel is completely gone and the clean channel is ok, but takes about 3 mins to warm up and make any sound after switching the amp on :)

[@freepressright]

These amps had more electronic failures than any solid state amp from that era. The Valvestate line was twice the reliable workhorse. The overdrive circuit of these amps often malfunctioned, they ate 12AX7 tubes and the components were prone to corrosion. I have had two, and both developed issues with the overdrive side. A friend had the combo version and it started behaving strangely.

[@ThirdShift]

I had a Fender M-80 Head with the matching cab and ran straight in with a DS-1. 😂 Lord I thought it sounded great too.

[@buntline1873]

Yngwie used these. I saw him live in 94 and he was using these. Also he used them on his concerto.

[@jagr9228]

You really need to plug the amp output into a real speaker cabinet. Thats what most folks are interested in !

[@EasyHeat]

I really dig this series. Cheap and loud is my mantra BTW. lol!

[@bisaillion]

I was given a 1965 Fender Dual Showman head with matching 2x15 cab. I had 0 clue what it was. I plugged into my Peavey Rage 108, and went headphone out into my Fender for my tone. I transitioned from that to a Marshall Shredmaster instead of the Peavey, sounded better. I eventually sold my Fender for 300$ and bought a Marshall Valvestate and loved it... until I didn't and bought a (MIUK) JCM 2000

[@jridder81]

Haha nice! Think I picked mine up around the same time you did. Had my dad take me to guitar center in Seattle because he had a truck to haul it in. I remember the clean channel was very clean and warm and it had that "brown sound" in the lead drive channel. Some years later it started to make a loud clicking sound and mute out. My first gigging amp after having the peavey rage for so many years 😆

[@brittaniearnett3632]

Fluff you should demo the Fender m80. The cleans are great and they have a unique distortion tone!

[@beanzburriton4263]

lol i have this head, i laughed at 3:00 "is that really what the clean sounds like?" no you're just doing it wrong

[@MrDoinRocks]

the od sounded great imo

[@tbirdpunk]

My band back in the day used to gig with another punk three piece that ran a Roc Pro 1000. He always managed to get a good tone on stage. Might be a case of sitting well in the mix despite sounding rough on its own.

[@TheDarknessBane]

This amp kicked ass. I miss playing it :(

[@crifox16]

one of the guitarists in my band has it, i can confirm it's stupid loud and the clean channel sometimes breaks up like showed here (when it has a bad day), but 98% of the times is crystal clean up to 10. boy you don't wanna stand in front of that amp even just a vol 8-9

[@wakjob961]

Mine was similar... Marshall ShredMaster pedal into a Gallien Kreuger 250ml into a Laney 4x12.

[@tucsonan]

Sounds like the 90s live scene to me. I was there.

[@nickcarlin2643]

I dig the amp drive a lot actually. Great for hard rock stuff

[@cirith100]

I remember those days , I started in 85 , I saw guys even running a rat distortion pedal through a peavey pa 300 head along with bass and vocals , it was a mess , and the fender m 80 amp was big in the rock and metal bands that trying to do something

[@Synic42]

Man that's the sound of 99% of the local bands of that era, mine included.

[@darthvader509]

Should deffs review the Mesa/Boogie Dc-5 manufactured in the early 90s!! Love the series btw makes me glad I didn't grow up guitar playing in the 90s 😂

[@MisterRorschach90]

I used the metalzone and the fx69b grunge through an old 5000 watt electric drum amp that i borrowed from a recording studio. I just messed with the dials until I got it to sound like the guitar tone from all’s well that ends well.

[@shredandburn2023]

The metalzone is a pre-amp pedal its supposed to be plugged into the fx loop not the front

[@alexvijlbrief]

i had the combo version don't remember the sound of that it stopped working after lightning struk the house but after about 2 weeks it mysterieusly worked again ..traded it for a wah pedal

[@kmack2891]

So how much did you pay guitar center for that Mesa Boogie rectifier 4x12 cabinet? Wondering if I can find one used for cheap

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

Between this and the Stage 100. I played with a few bandmates that rocked the Stage 100.