PGS spoof - Rocktek Distortion

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:48 pm

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laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:51 pm

Hevie Mettels ((hellyeah))

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:46 pm

Quite liked the pedal. A good couplatones in there.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:00 pm

I have a Rocktek Chorus, it was about Â£8 new. Its quite decent but a bit noisy in bypass mode

Edit: Having watched the video, the guy is clearly a tosser. It does not sound dissimilar to the distorted sounds of many a great band to be fair.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:07 pm

i thought it sounded alright, and lol if that's a $2600 amp because the clean sounded terrible

Fran wrote:I have a Rocktek Chorus, it was about Â£8 new. Its quite decent but a bit noisy in bypass mode

i borrowed one of those for a prog parody band. i thought it was pretty cool at full whack for swooshy weird noise

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:08 pm

The commentary was hilarious, but it really didn't sound that bad. Should have demo-ed a DS-1 or Distortion +.

In fact sounds better than the actual Pro Guitar Shop demo of the Distortion Plus.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:14 pm

I thought this pedal sounded as good as my DOD Grunge, which is AMAZING at mangling vocals.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:30 pm

This was one of my first pedals, will get one again if I ever come across one. Don't remember it being too bad, but wasn't too fussy back then. Noise was noise.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:30 pm

Both the vintage and the Dunlop reissue Distortion+ sound great. The reissue is fizzier, and actually closer to the sound of this Rocktek thing, but for a heavy-on-the-treble fuzz or a crunchy 80s alt/metal sound the D+ excels. The original can also do a decent impression of an overdrive.

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:44 am

fascinating

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:20 am

"Hi. I'm Randy."

Sorry, I started laughing right from that point.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:53 pm

Perfect for the Wyld Stallyns tribute band

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:17 pm

Fran wrote:I have a Rocktek Chorus, it was about Â£8 new.

That was my first pedal ever! Haha gave it away to my mate about 12 years ago.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:57 pm

Thom wrote:
Fran wrote:I have a Rocktek Chorus, it was about Â£8 new.
That was my first pedal ever! Haha gave it away to my mate about 12 years ago.

Ha! Its quite a deep lush Chorus imo, it just bleeds through a little in bypass mode, which is a big shame. Having said that, my Boss CE-3 is a noisy bastard, much to the annoyance of my band mates.

I dunno, these pedals just seem fun to me and remind me of a time when folk got on with playing instead of competing with gear. I know its a joke demo but you get what you pay for so in context its quite difficult to pick fault with them.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:14 pm

I remember fondly the days of my marlin sidewinder, gorilla amp & rocktec effects

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:05 am

lorez wrote:I remember fondly the days of my marlin sidewinder, gorilla amp & rocktec effects

Nearly posted this several times.
Tell you what as well, in the unlikely event that I get in a well known band, that will be my rig. Its my dream to be interviewed by Total Guitar magazine and tell them tone is in the Chocolate Fingers and all you need is Marlin, Rocktec and Gorilla. The Tone Nazis would be on me straight away and the industry would cast me adrift for not helping them sell their overpriced shit to teenagers.
Truth is, good equipment makes mediocre musicians sound half decent.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:56 pm

I like the idea of fish inlays on a guitar, the gorilla portrait on the amps is cool too. Fender are too chicken to put horses and jaguars on their guitars.

But you can't win. Remember when Eddie Van Halen appeared on the cover of a guitar magazine with a Teisco? The price of those simply shot skyward after that. If you become famous people will just want the Fran model Marlin guitar and Gorilla amp, and the Rocktek will be the the new Sovtek Big Muff. Prices will simply go up.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:44 pm

Fakir Mustache wrote:I like the idea of fish inlays on a guitar, the gorilla portrait on the amps is cool too. Fender are too chicken to put horses and jaguars on their guitars.

But you can't win. Remember when Eddie Van Halen appeared on the cover of a guitar magazine with a Teisco? The price of those simply shot skyward after that. If you become famous people will just want the Fran model Marlin guitar and Gorilla amp, and the Rocktek will be the the new Sovtek Big Muff. Prices will simply go up.

So we should all buy now before the boom...

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:35 pm

dezb1 wrote:
Fakir Mustache wrote:I like the idea of fish inlays on a guitar, the gorilla portrait on the amps is cool too. Fender are too chicken to put horses and jaguars on their guitars.

But you can't win. Remember when Eddie Van Halen appeared on the cover of a guitar magazine with a Teisco? The price of those simply shot skyward after that. If you become famous people will just want the Fran model Marlin guitar and Gorilla amp, and the Rocktek will be the the new Sovtek Big Muff. Prices will simply go up.
So we should all buy now before the boom...

Joking aside anything is possible, I remember a time when you couldn't give an old Tubescreamer away, never mind sell one for Â£100. Most Fuzz pedals were the same.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:38 pm

And those awful black 90s muffs, now apparently sought-after.