Roccaforte Rockie: killer clean or mean

[Fretmaster]

I had a several hour tone fest today using many great amps and cabs. One of the big standouts today was the Roccaforte Rockie. I played it with both a Stratocaster and a Gibson Les Paul. This amp is the essence of pure and simple but the tone couldn’t be more complex and satisfying. With a humbucker I can get all the overdrive / gain I need and then some with the need for no pedals what so ever. With singles, the cleans are some of the best I’ve heard. This amp really is what the best single channel amps should be all about. An amp you can literally go from as mean as you want to sweet, chimey, amazing cleans all from your guitar controls and change in pick attack. I’ve owned a few Roccaforte’s and loved them all and consider them some of the best amps on the market today. But the Rockie has struck me in a sweeter spot than any of its predecessors. Yes... this amp is pure and simple and is stripped of features but damn does she sound fabulous with every guitar I plug in. And baby does she love alnico speakers. Of course my number one speaker choice is Celestion Alnico Blues with Weber Silver Bell Alnico 30’s running a very close second and at 30 watts I can play her through any of my cabs for “no compromise tone” which really ices the cake for me. Congrats Doug on another world class tone machine.


Steve