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Opinion on Rockefortte amplifiers?

 

7/12/2002 5:42 AM
christian sverchek	Opinion on Rockefortte amplifiers? I had the chance to hear a sound clip of a rockefortte amp and so far its been the closest to the exact sound of Van halens brown sound but for 3 grand , talk about ruining a wet dream. Is there anybody that can perform a mod to get this sound for far less ?

 

7/18/2002 3:30 PM

jeff

Yes - Doug Roccaforte.     He modded my '73 Super Lead to use his 'higain' 100 watt amp preamp. Not only can it do VH1-2, but does medium and lower gain Marshall crunch/scream better than any other Marshall or Marshall clone I've come across.     Cost? The mod itself was $325 (this was as of October 2001). Got the amp itself off eBay for $800.     There is a Roccaforte-modded Super Lead (same higain mod) on eBay right now with a Buy It Price of $1099... check out http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=894289152

 
 

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7/21/2002 7:34 AM
Mark P.	It looks like not everyone is so hot on roccoforte amps, or should i say just roccaforte himself.     http://www.geocities.com/noroccaforte     warning::language     =mp=

 

7/21/2002 9:54 PM
Jeff	Damn, if that stuff is true I might not want to give my money to a hate mongor.

 

8/28/2002 9:53 PM
Doug Roccaforte	First of all, Im not a hate monger.   AGA threads get blown way out of text, and you need to read the whole intire threads before passing judgement on me.   I have many Asian, Black, hispanic and other friends.   Looks like someone who is hiding behind a PC has a bone to pick with me, and lacks any kind of guts to reveal who he is.   Typical net sniper.   Doug

 

8/29/2002 2:54 PM

Ambrose Chapel

Doug,     I think your a stand up guy for the most part. However I remember a thread on Harmony Central where both you and Crusty(Crusty Cabs) made racist remarks towards a Johnny Ou(I think thats his name - Asian, over weight, etc). Left me with a bad taste, but more so I felt it was unprofessional.     There's no archives of Harmony Central's messages boards so I can't qoute you at this point and I have no 'bone to pick' with you, but I can see where people would get the impression of racism.     My 2 cents for what it's worth.     AC

 

8/31/2002 3:07 AM
mike	funny, where did the rest of the posts go?????

 

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