Two Rock RUBY

[phretbored]

Any love for the Two Rock RUBY?

What a killer amp!
It's got such wonderful, warm, singing tone...I am really digging the no reverb thing!

[Sean French]

I've got plenty of luv for my Ruby.It sits on an early 80's 212 Marshall cab w/Celestion G12-65's.Clean to mean all with the guitar's volume knob indeed.
If I remember correctly there were only about 40 built.Mine is an 12/18 watt model.

[phretbored]

Wow that is a beautiful picture!
Enough tone there to last a lifetime. :AOK

Did you score the RUBY 12/18 that was recently for sale here on TGP?
If you ever decide to sell it let me know.

I think the RUBY mught be Two Rock's best kept secret!

[Sean French]

Originally Posted by phretbored

Wow that is a beautiful picture!
Enough tone there to last a lifetime. :AOK

Did you score the RUBY 12/18 that was recently for sale here on TGP?
If you ever decide to sell it let me know.

I think the RUBY mught be Two Rock's best kept secret!

Actually I bought the last brand new Ruby from Mid Town Music.I have not played the EL-34 version but,I can say the EL-84 18 watter is a great sounding amp with great detail.It is a much higher gain amp than I normally use.The gain never goes past 9 oclock.It is also the loudest 18 watter I've ever heard.Sounds more like 30 watts or so.I think there were only 12 built that were 18 watts.I've played a few other T'Wreck clones and this is the best one I've played.Of coarse others may prefer and different clone.This amp is staying put.

[whoismarykelly]

I played a prototype and wasn't impressed with it. The wood express/liverpool clones that pop up from that "I cant tell you who made it" builder are actually much nicer (played one recently at action music in Arlington VA.) I really prefer the CR/OVerdrive Sig over this design and compared to other trainwreck clones.

[Rod]

I had an EL34 Ruby head and highly disliked it...On the other hand, I owned a Two Rock LTD that I loved, as well as a Two Rock Emerald 50 that I play now and love that as well

[zoooombiex]

ahhh, the little 12/18 Ruby was quite fun. I bought and sold it twice and was contemplating a third. It was just a bit loud for most of my needs, and I've been using less and less gain. But still a great amp...

[Leonc]

Had a Ruby for about a year. Lots of fun. I found playing with it was kind of like playing with a firehose. Lotsa power/gain there...

[riffmeister]

Originally Posted by Leonc

Had a Ruby for about a year. Lots of fun. I found playing with it was kind of like playing with a firehose. Lotsa power/gain there...

Me too. We had ours at about the same time, right Leon? Yours had a cooler cab, that's for sure!

And I agree about the firehose analogy......clean to SCREAM from the guitar's volume control, to the max!!

[phretbored]

The Ruby has a fast response.
It's not as "spongy" sounding/feeling as the other Two Rocks I have owned...but it still sings like crazy when you dial it in right!
I am still loving this circuit without any reverb...it's just tone!

[Hipster Dofus]

I had one as well. I loved it!!! It was too much Volume for most gigs I did back then, but I wish I had it now. I have been able to play much louder as of late. I put a 5751 in V1 and played Jato's Suhr and it was a low gain delight!!!!

I used a PRS AT spruce, and I could get controlled feedback all day.

[phretbored]

I am running my Ruby into the cab speaker of my Bogner Shiva 1x12 combo.
It
sounds
killer!
Playing a PRS Swamp Ash Special through it and it's all about the tone zone.:AOK

[Hipster Dofus]

The ported Shiva cab would be a cool small rig with the Ruby! Great idea.

[Mastervolume]

I bought and sold the last one that came up here. I thought I remembered some clean headroom.

I was wrong.

For 18 watts that thing was scary loud. Fun but I think flamethrower is the right name.

[riffmeister]

Originally Posted by Mastervolume

For 18 watts that thing was scary loud. Fun but I think flamethrower is the right name.

I had the 2xEL34 model......it was loud! When I had mine a few years ago I remember being surprised at how much volume and gain could come out of an amp with such a small footprint: