Rockman X100 PEDAL by Retro Music Studio!

[@toddclarke1580]

I took you serious , until I heard the guitar casually being played way out of tune .

[@dawnpoint]

Appreciate you spending the calories to tell me that. My strings are brand new and I don’t care.

[@noelhoekstra6852]

@toddclarke1580 That is the chorus effect you hear.

[@joshledford8921]

Maybe I have desensitized my self after only working with thus chorus and no others over the past few years, but I don't hear anything out of tune.

[@apogeedata]

It’s obvious the strings are new the tuning is getting worse but I think he’s more concentrated on the pedal. I’m still glad he made the video.

[@briancoyne6700]

At least his name isn't "Todd"! 😅

[@TheCleaner6969]

People... The most stupid comment I read here: "I took you serious , until I heard the guitar casually being played way out of tune". I didn't hear nothin' out of tune & even if it where so what?! He's taking his time to show an awesome pedal that took years to reverse engineer. Stop being so ungrateful & thank him for his time. We're not here for his playing. I never understand why people think you need great playing in order to review gear. Go buy it yourself & put a video up.

[@chriskitchen4772]

Really liking the pedal, would like to get one in near future. Thank-you Retro Music Studio for your hard work in creating this pedal.😃

[@joshledford8921]

This is one of the earlier pedals we did that had an epoxy coated top. Now the graphics are printed on the pedal like any other pedal. Just an FYI if anyone is wondering why the top looks like it does.

[@NegdoshaManido]

Hey! I want this pedal, but I'm not on Facebook. How can I get in touch with you to place an order? Thanks for this!! :D

[@thejamroom2648]

Hey Josh ! Is your RMS X100 Pedal for sale anywhere?

[@mike42441]

Awesome video !!! It's amazing how this same tone can be used for Boston and Def Leppard Hysteria, two totally different sounds but stemming from the same Tom Scholz circuit wizardry !!! And of course, there's the iconic human tone: 11:26. Again, great vid, thank you !!!

[@robbybrooks7826]

Thanks for an awesome demo Taylor… your articulation of the various settings were perfect

[@DerpRulesAll]

After hearing the demo, it sounds nice; and really familiar. Those are the Rockman sounds, with that bright shimmer they're known for. It's spot on, sound-wise, but it's a little _too_ bright for me.

[@rareform6747]

X-100 All The Way Stereo into Two DSL 100's BOOM 💥

[@dfgvjnkjdsnbkjsbdvjkhdsb]

beautiful low kastrated sound)

[@trebleboost7]

My X100 (which I used live but found pretty noisy) broke and I donated it before the prices went crazy. Guess I should have kept it! But i will check out these alternatives. It's not so easy to cop' that sound. The true album signal path is pretty nuts.

[@TheJLF65]

I do have to make one point - the Rockman X100 has a gain pot on the bottom. You could say the "tone" knob is their version of the gain pot on the X100. It's kinda weird, but nearly every video I've watched about the X100 ignores the gain pot. It goes from -8dB to 8dB. I normally run it between -4 and -8, but sometimes I need to crank it up to get that sweet sweet distortion just right. 🤩

[@dunki-dunki-dawg]

Good point. I wonder why they did it like that instead of having a front facing pot where everyone can see it and use it everyday. Did this affect volume or gain only or both?? I guess it could be a setting you used to match up with what PUs you are using or Humbucker, high output vrs Strat, vintage low output single coils ect...?

[@TheJLF65]

@@dunki-dunki-dawg It controls the gain for the preamp feeding the compressor. And I'd guess you're probably right about it mainly being to help balance the output from the pickups. You see a LOT of variance - from super-cheap single coils on cheap import guitars, to the latest active pickups.

[@LouMarcotte]

Great to see you back on KZbin! I have watched your videos so many times trying to figure out how you got each tone.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Taylor, not only did you do a great job demonstrating the sounds of this pedal, but your playing isn’t shabby at all. Give yourself more credit. I enjoy stronger outfit from the pedal versus the original X100. I had a 100 myself in the early 2000s, and I was not satisfied by how the clean tones seem to put out more than the distorted ones.

[@SD-kz6qx]

I would love to hear this with other pedals going direct in a Marshall or Twin amp

[@sidripster506]

Sounds great. Better than the original one imho. The flexibility is very good. Thanks for sharing. Your playing was just fine, I listened to the the audio all the way to the end.

[@REIRBL]

very good demo!👍👍👍👍

[@gorchde7934]

Very nice reincarnation. I still own an XPR for fun's sake. Thanks for the presentation.

[@MrIbanez1972]

Very good demo dude. THANX!! JIOSH AND MARK DID A VERY GOOD JOB ❤️🤘🎸

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Very cool. I had one of the rockmans. Mine had chorus and distortion and I was thinking it had compression too, but it's been a long time. Someone stole it sadly. Very cool man . ❤

[@geoffreymerrifield5666]

Sounds really great, and love the extra features and hopefully resolves the notorious scratchy issues the X-100 has. Love that the effects can be separate or together. Really appreciate RMS making these. Does it have stereo output? Around 11:43 the original seems to have a nicer presence... But maybe that's good, I don't want to sound like Boston, Leppard... To me, the RMS doesn't sound as locked in to the Boston sound, which is good.

[@HotGates]

Nice I had a Rockman X100 in the 80's but where can we buy one now?

[@jameslanclos568]

BRING THE ROCKMAN X100 BACK! PLEASE?

[@neilkendall5499]

Does this have sepaker sim on the outputs, so it can be plugged direct into a PA, mixing desk or FRFR speaker? How are you playing and recordingit - direct or through a guitar amp?

[@michaelmiller237]

I imagine the circuit is very similar to the little portable amp for headphones like the origfnal. He’s plugged the guitar into the right. And he’s using hdph (I assume headphones) Jack , so imagine he’s recording on a focus rite or other general audio interface. It looks like a V2

[@richardchandler9734]

Use the electronic cleaner and lubricant on those switches delox

[@59plexi]

that sounds badass!!! do they still make these????

[@eichaan]

Thanks SO MUCH for this. I totally am going to get one of these next year, especially now that I have seen what it is all about---the Facebook group is really opaque.

[@joshledford8921]

Next year I am going to have a dedicated website for the RMX X100. This will be a lot easier to communicate there. Originally I was only going to make 5 of these pedals and created the group to keep my moral up as the learning curb was going to be nearly impossibly difficult. Skip ahead about 3 years and now I am making these as fast as I can for everyone. I had no idea how much people would love these.

[@Mr.Blatz-]

@@joshledford8921 You're doing what Rockman enthusiasts have been begging Dunlop to do for many years. I can't wait to purchase one of these pedals! Would it be feasible to add the same effects loop as the Sustainor had into this new X100 circuit?

[@treystunkel2044]

for your gummy switches put some wd40 on a Q-tip and take the cover off of the rockman and rub it on the switch sliding part. It makes the switch crispy

[@brettmarlar4154]

Sounds awesome on my earbuds! Though you could've transitioned between the tow much more smoothly with a pair of A/B boxes (if you only had one open input on your interface, or a mixer). Just felt like a slight loss of momentum with all the cable swapping.

[@jmsdeco]

where do we buy this ?

[@phasevariance258]

I still have my X100, not being able to switch has always been a pita. I'd order this in a flat second.

[@KeithGrommes]

I ordered one too! Should be mailed out tomorrow! I just ordered the RMS Ultimatum Distortion Generator too!

[@robbybrooks7826]

You will not regret it brother!!! I love mine Keith ❤ Robby

[@thiscorrosion900]

I bought the new Rockman box about two years ago, the problem with that is, as many Boston guitar fans have said, it's not nearly as good as apparently, the original Rockman box was. As a headphone amp it's probably ok. I had trouble with noise and feedback running it into my Vox amp here. I haven't tried to use it since. This pedal sounds good, though. I'm assuming it costs about $200-350? I wish BOSS would make a "Tom Scholz" basic pedal that at least gives you his crunch/chorus/overdrive sound for playing Peace of Mind or Don't Look Back.

[@jessehoward6160]

Check out the group, other projects are underway

[@thiscorrosion900]

@@jessehoward6160 That's cool! Thanks for the heads up.

[@dawnpoint]

@@joshledford8921 I’m pretty sure he got a Dunlop. Those are as meh as can be.

[@thiscorrosion900]

@@joshledford8921 Nah sorry I meant the current basic cheap Rockman gizmo! Nevermind. Disregard. I'm not in the market for a $500 pedal, as much as I'd love one!

[@joshledford8921]

@@thiscorrosion900 It is currently $450.00 I understand though. Wish I could make them cheaper but by the time I pay for the 410 components that go into one of these it cost me right at $300.00

[@bigsepe]

Lots of versatility, sounds great and great demo/review!

[@thomboy54]

where can i buy one of these

[@idamaenman3136]

HES BACK!!!! WHATS UO RHODEY

[@dnadna9317]

Where do I buy? I keep getting rejected by the group cause I honestly don't care about Def Leppard or Boston or Tom Schulz I just want the pedal.

[@funnyharleyman]

Wouldn’t it be grand if Mr. Scholz reissued the original?

[@Cpt_Adama]

He doesn't own the rights any longer, he sold it to MXR and they have just sat on it, other than the noise gate is the only scholz patent they did.

[@funnyharleyman]

@@Cpt_Adama I didn’t know that. However, makes one wonder why they’re sitting on it when so many musicians would gobble those things up?

[@ShawnShipstad]

Sounds fantastic. I wish Tom Schultz was involved.

[@joshledford8921]

He is a little bit in directly. The Echo in the X100 uses a special chip that was discontinued in the late 80s when digital reverbs took over. A group member that works directly with Tom was able to acquire enough of those special chips directly from Tom's SR&D Storage to make this all possible. Next year we will have a digital circuit replacement for the on board Echo of our pedal. But for now it uses the same ol analog reverb chip as the original.

[@swamperjmb]

@@joshledford8921 do you have any of these pedals with the "special chips" still available for sale?

[@NegdoshaManido]

I REALLY want one of these, but I'm not on facebook. Is there any way to get one outside of the facebook group?

[@briancoyne6700]

Very cool! Do you have a Goat pedal? Maybe you could do an A/B comparison? Thanks!

[@Terrysoddy]

Do haft to custom order these from RMS

[@Terrysoddy]

Help would be appreciated

[@LightWingStudios]

Needs a Stereo Out to give that Chorus a FAT ASSED tone. :)

[@dawnpoint]

It is stereo out already

[@joshledford8921]

Use headphones and you'll hear when he engages the chorus it instantly goes stereo

[@LightWingStudios]

@@joshledford8921 Can the Output Jack be Stereo as well to record in Stereo in a DAW?

[@joshledford8921]

Yes, both outputs are independent and in full stereo via a stereo jack. So as labeled on the pedal you use a TRS (stereo) plug/cable on the line out. A standard mono cable on the outs does not work well. This pedal is true stereo.

[@ordinalkirk]

Maybe I don't remember my original 1980s Rockman correctly, but this does not sound the same. I have one of the Japanese GOAT Rockman distortion pedals. It lacks the chorus and delay. The distortion is better than this one. Nothing is like the original, however.

[@joshledford8921]

It should sound the same, main PCB is a carbon copy of the originals from the 80s.

[@joshledford8921]

Did you watch the whole video? He compared the it to a 1980s unit.

[@ordinalkirk]

Yes. I consider you an expert on this subject! I bought a GOAT generator based on an older video of yours. I used to play in the 80s in a bar band with a Rockman going into the front of Peavey amp. I had a Boss Flanger and Digital Delay. That was pretty much it for a long time. In this video I still do not think the two sound the same. The GOAT sounds closer but lacks the chorus and delay. The Keeley Halo delay has a setting that imitates the 300/500 msec delay of a Rockman. Anyway, not sounding quite the same is my opinion. What do I know?

[@joshledford8921]

@@ordinalkirk Got it, and as Taylor said the RMS sounds more hi-fi and a bit more open. Its likely the extra headroom from the extra voltage we use. Also tolerances of components have improved over the years which can affect the over all quality and tone of the sound you hear.

[@lincolnmclachlan5859]

🔥 "Promo SM"

[@dinofond]

OMG tune that freaking guitar m8

[@joshuafreedman7703]

Your demo started to irritate me, with how you didn't really run through the settings, you just made a mish-mash of tones, and you repeated flubbed the licks you played.

[@cvidal2702]

TUNE YOUR GUITAR! Pretty basic.

[@joshledford8921]

always a critic. God Bless You!

[@dawnpoint]

What if I don't want to.

[@roberteffler3382]

So out of tune, I had to stop

[@vuzztraveler4722910]

Clueless

[@leonardgould6657]

HEY! THANKS TO JOSH & MARK, & TH A NKS TO YOU, DUDE!, for pointing THE WAY! - I'M IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA, and! HAVE JUST PURCHASED A LIKE NEW!, 👍 ROCKMAN X-100 with all NEW N.O S. CAPICITORS!, - I'M VERY INTERESTED to see if this'll DO THE TANGO better'n JOSH & MARK'S!,- if not!, I'll BE in the market for a "MARK & JOSH" - REGARDLESS - WE P L AYED BOSTON for the STANLEY CUP! - THE "FOG BOWL" 🥣- BOSTON GARDEN ICE-MAKER FAILED in the MAY HEAT !🥵FLAME! 🔥 THE ARENA FOGGED-IN, & WITH DELAYS, made for the LONGEST STANLEY CUP GAME IN NHL HISTORY! - LOVE TO ❤️ HATE ❤️ BOSTON! 😍 AND! BOSTON'S FIRST ALBUM! TOM'S OPUS! WAS OUR LAW SCHOOL "MAGNUM OPUS!"- IMMORTAL! UNSURPASSABLE! EVER!. PERIOD!.