Boston "A Man I'll Never Be" (Solo) Cover

[smswaff]

loved it...thanks for posting..

[am2boni]

WWWWOOOOO!!!!! Tom would be proud!!!

[alanjackson2121]

Need a shults power soak brother everything else is in tune

[dannycorser]

Sounded Really Good , I bought a Rockman when they 1st come out beofre the X 100 Its still Kicking Butt ! Danny

[MegaTriumph1]

Ya!!! So Cool. Loved it the Lead Paul. Maybe turn vocals up solo down abit for balance. I do everything with ear phones so what do I know.

[MRsupermike67]

nice job.

[revwjh]

had a Rockman X100 and it was a wonderful addition at the time. Its now with a friend who still uses it as a part of his stage gear.

[egcroan]

@revwjh If you can find a Rockman II B try it out, and you will hear a different distortion that is slightly dirtier.

[pillsburysbest]

NICE!!!!

[kimikimi003]

bingoooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!



[FreudianEngineer]

Damn! That was good! This is one of my favorite solos of all time. Do you happen to have a vid of the "Hitch a Ride" solo?

FE

[fisherking1966]

i am an avid fan of ibanez my self. i used to own a vintage goldtop 72' ...bought a ibanez rg470L in 99,now its all i play....still sound like scholz!!!!

[fisherking1966]

nice!!! add a wee bit of sustain and cut back a smidge on the distortion....and you will be perfect!!! i am a player myself...ive tuned my ear thru 30 + years of playing boston tunes...youve got a nice sound,man.....

[BlackHawk5555]

@fisherking1966 Thanks!

[Samhain35]

Tasty,

[biarritz59]

Good to see Tom's rockman stuff.

[Charyvaz]

Wow...great job!!!

[southamericanrocker]

Thank You!... need balls to play that!... Very nice!

[rjduckbutter]

cool

[beroth1]

If I could make a request, would you play cover of the song "Don't Look Back" or at least part of it? I have been dying to hear it played cover with Rockman gear!!

[djdecember]

rockman? jeez you lucky bastard!

[time4akshun]

Bad ass. I've got the Sustainor 200, Stereo Echo, Stereo Chorus. Just won the EQ on Ebay. 3 EQ's huh?? Gonna try one post sustainor and an MXR pre and see what I get. Very happy with the sustainor too. Everything goes into a Marshall and through a 200O Les Paul too...

[coopmister00]

if i wanted the boston sound but didnt want to buy all of the rockman stuff what should i get????????

[BlackHawk5555]

I'd start with a Rockman X100 which is the original headphone amp. I used mine as a preamp for a while. It's about $50.00 on Ebay. I think Dunlop also still manufactures a version of it as well.

[coopmister00]

k thx very much ill look into it :)

[egcroan]

@coopmister00 Actually the Boston Sound on the "Boston" & "Don't Look Back" was before all this Rockman Derived electronics and was just a Marshall Head turned all the way up which is why he needed the first invention the "Power Soak" to attenuate the volume while allowing the Pre-Amp & Output Tubes to get really hot and sing. Most "Tube Amplifiers" are also designed as a Push-Pull configuration where you need a minimal of two (2) tubes in the output stage, but you can use multiples.

[egcroan]

@egcroan Additional single set of two (2) output tubes as you would have in a 50 watt amplifier is easier to match than four (4) output tubes so they tend to sing or have a sweeter sustain especially if cranked all the way up. 100 watts is certainly louder and most bands use them for touring, but for recording nothing sounds sweeter than a cranked 50 watt amplifier. Judas Priest as well as AC/DC have confessed to having special amps they record with, and use different amps for touring.

[funkysk8r4life]

did you use tabs if you did where did you get them from??

[bahashawa]

Nice job on a great song . I love the guitar tone !!!

[Erich12334]

you just nailed the greatest Boston solo of all time... i love you

[TheRealGally]

Great job. I've learned the better half of this solo and it's neither difficult nor easy. It's kind of hard to replicate the solo if you are lacking the rockman equipment. But I see you've got that covered.

[BlackHawk5555]

The more the better I guess. Thanks for the comment

[TheRealGally]

How much did that rig set you back? If I'm not mistaken it looks like you have 3 EQs in the bottom stack alone. Nice! I wish had that. Or, at least an EQ and a sustainor. Too bad the Rockman prices have skyrocketed on sites like eBay in the past 5 or 6 months.

[BlackHawk5555]

Thanks, It did take awhile to aquire it all. I did get it all from EBAY over the last 10 years or so. 3 eq's have really made the difference for me.

[717mienbao]

@BlackHawk5555 i gotta ask, so where do 3 eq's get put in the chain? After the guitar before the first effect, after the effects and then what?

[BlackHawk5555]

@717mienbao The first is a post sustainor which is meant to refine the signal before going to the next module. The next is the pre-distortion EQ and then a post distortion. It can really be done with two, but I've had the best results using three

[bogoffunob]

yeh nice one u av a good rockman set,ive got a sustainor 100 but cant get the boston sound could you help. thanx

[BlackHawk5555]

Thanks, I have spent more time trying to get the sound I want than actually practicing guitar. The sustainor is a great piece of equipment (I use two, one for clean, the other for distortion) but I have found that the EQ's make the difference. I have one pre-EQ, another EQ for Distortion or clean and a final post EQ. That seems like a load, but I have been happy with the sound so far.

Good Luck!

[LPSWBB]

Sweet job on a great song! Nice setup too.

[elpaps]

very cool... my favorite song of all time!

[BlackHawk5555]

Thanks, My Favorite Too!

[samero86]

baaaaaaaaaaaaallllls deep

[SpawnedHatred]

Fucking Sweet!!! Awesome SOLO again!!!! You are da MAN!!!

[rx66jp]

Beautiful sound!

Beautiful gold top!

wow ROCKMAN!

[BlackHawk5555]

Thanks for the comment, I noticed that I have one of your videos in my favorites. I learned the "Used to Bad News" solo by watching you.