Bought the sonicake rockstage on the back of this video, its a great piece of equipment, something I can see me keeping for a very long time. Brilliant review
I got it, and I love it; I got also Sonicake Twiggy blues bar, perfect for my acoustic live set (hi Richard :) ); I hope in next Rockstage 2.0 with blues drive and rock gain amp together on a single bar unit ;)
i got the black hammer, nice heavy gain and very usable chorus and delay, with noise gate control as well as a boost. solid build steel, quiet switches, sometimes the coloured light up knobs are blinding "specially on dark stage, but if you set your sound up the way you want it, you shouldn't have to fiddle with them at all. looks good lit up though.
SONICAKE hi Richard nice to meet you too. The intro has almost exactly the Tom Sholtz tone but it’s probably because he’s playing a Boston song ha! Cheers mate
I just git this pedal and love the tonality. My issue is i have to have the volume super low on the rock amp setting in order to match it with my clean volume. I’m running it through a vox ac 30 or a fender tweed. Any suggestions?
Swiss Army type bit of gear. I'm getting one tomorrow from Amazon. No noise gate?If it's rubbish, you're getting the blame, and you'll hear from 'my mum and dad'.
I bought the Twiggy Blues and man it does the John Mayer sound with a strat close enough for rock and roll really loving it . I am going get a Rockstage and maybe run them together. I guess a question I have ....shouldnt the chorus come after the drive channel and before delay reverb? Seems that would make more sense IMHO. Still sounds damn good as is though.
Hi Jeff! Richard here from Sonicake. What happened to the reverb on your Twiggy. Please let me know. We'll make some adjustment. Definitely sure about that. The reverb part is digital. We can totally tweak some parameters in the algorithm and make it sound better.
weii I mean it doesn't to bad , im just used to analog plate reverb, but it does give a really nice blues tone, and is very well made for something made in china, and the price is right plus it`s easy to carry around cheers from Canada.@@SONICAKE
@@jeffdubuque5622 Oh, I see. Thanks for liking the pedal. Have you tried turning on the comp and od at the same time? That the "Dumble" sound. LOL... We didn't even know that this combo could sound like Dumble until we got the first prototype. After that, we just started to market as a Dumble pedal...
I'm pretty new to pedals so forgive my ignorance if this is a dumb question, but why am I getting so much noise from this pedal? It sounds fine untill I click the rock amp. I get a bunch of this "white noise" type of sound. I thought maybe if I turned the level down it would help but I still hear it for some reason. I should also mention that I get lots of feedback as well. My wax potted pickups also become pretty microphonic as some non-wax potted ones might sound. I have it hooked up to my effects loop on my peavey transtube head. Should I bypass the effects loop maybe? Any thoughts?
Guitar amps have two sections....the preamp- where your EQ section sits. And power amp- control by the volume knob. If you are going straight into the front of the amp....you are double amping the noise. So yes....try it in the back "effects loop in".....there you are just using the power amp section. You won't have much of a clean sound....when you bypass the pedal you have no preamp for coloring the clean tone. Almost any type of high gain has at least some noise. It should help some to turn your guitar volume down. You can also get a volume pedal or a noise gate.
Do you wanna get one? You can go to our website: sonicake.com... We have some 40%-off promo campaign up there. Or you can go to Amazon or eBay to get them. We are running those stores. BTW, this is Richard from Sonicake. Nice to meet ya : )
Yep, RockStage is more about 80's or 70's. Twiggy is more about 60's and 50's. Then Black Hammer is the modern one. I guess the evolution of guitar tone is mainly depended on how much gain the amp can produce. LOL... BTW, this is Richard from Sonicake. Nice to meet you!
Really impressed with how good these sound for the money - that analog delay is worth the price alone IMO
LOL... I think we can try to sell it as a delay pedal... and all the reverb, distortion, chorus are bonus! Hi, Leon, Richard here.
Always great to hear some Rush in a demo
The only useful review ive ever seen on youtube
Bought the sonicake rockstage on the back of this video, its a great piece of equipment, something I can see me keeping for a very long time. Brilliant review
Steve,
Thanks for your review. I'd really like to know if you disengaged the rock amp setting and ran your own OD or Distortion pedal thru the cleans.
I’ve been a player a very long time, and this is a great pedal for being so inexpensive. Amazing! Just might be getting this.
I really dig how this guitar EFX board sounds with the EJ Strat. Very nice, thanks for posting.
Dammmnnn~ that tone is smooth! Thanks, Brett. Million thanks!! Definitely dig the demo!
My pleasure. Thanks for letting me have a crack at it. All the best! ...And more soon. :)
Impressive sounds, all are very useful too!
Better idea than loads of crackly patch leads for separate pedals.
I got it, and I love it; I got also Sonicake Twiggy blues bar, perfect for my acoustic live set (hi Richard :) ); I hope in next Rockstage 2.0 with blues drive and rock gain amp together on a single bar unit ;)
To kill noise we must to turn off the knob "rock amp" once we finish playing.
or use the noise killer Donner, its awesome.
Love this little unit, it's great direct into the desk with cab emulator isn't it. Simply cries 80's! Nice playing as always brother.
Oh and try it through your Marshall Lead 12 mate, it might surprise you! :-)
@@Chinaguitarsceptic Yep! Definitely, need to try it out with the Lead 12!! That THE TONE! LOL... Hi, brother Mike, Richard here.
Awesome playing Brett awesome sounding pedal
Great Value❤ 😊👍👍
i got the black hammer, nice heavy gain and very usable chorus and delay, with noise gate control as well as a boost. solid build steel, quiet switches, sometimes the coloured light up knobs are blinding "specially on dark stage, but if you set your sound up the way you want it, you shouldn't have to fiddle with them at all. looks good lit up though.
Very cool. saludos desde España
Immediately thought Brian May tones from the intro.
That PRS is pretty darn tasty 😋
David TexMex Brian May? I thought Tom Sholtz from Boston.
@@p_1210 Or Neal Schon from Journey? LOL... Hi, Richard here from Sonicake. Nice to meet ya..
SONICAKE hi Richard nice to meet you too. The intro has almost exactly the Tom Sholtz tone but it’s probably because he’s playing a Boston song ha! Cheers mate
Sounds like a Rockmann X-100
I like it. Pawn shops should be littered with them after Christmas.
Great video!!
great demo/review
Love it!🎸
I add this pedal to mine pedal board. Sounds good.
Tuber >Ts9 > tc electronics fangs > sonicbar.
Boston !!! 🤘
I just git this pedal and love the tonality. My issue is i have to have the volume super low on the rock amp setting in order to match it with my clean volume. I’m running it through a vox ac 30 or a fender tweed. Any suggestions?
Great video
I wonder how it would sound if you set the gain on the pedal low and put a tube screamer in front of it...
Does it have a little loop record feature, and can you save (preset sounds you like)?
Swiss Army type bit of gear. I'm getting one tomorrow from Amazon. No noise gate?If it's rubbish, you're getting the blame, and you'll hear from 'my mum and dad'.
Nice!
Its probably Bretts demo skills, but I actually dont mind that... sounds noice ;-)
I bought the Twiggy Blues and man it does the John Mayer sound with a strat close enough for rock and roll really loving it . I am going get a Rockstage and maybe run them together. I guess a question I have ....shouldnt the chorus come after the drive channel and before delay reverb? Seems that would make more sense IMHO. Still sounds damn good as is though.
For about 50 quid in 2021 can't knock that for gigging pub rock through a P. A.. Viva le lazy gits!
Have you ever tried to connect all off them at one?
I have the chorus speed at full and depth at 0 because it sounds better to me.
Is the Chorus before the distortion in its internal signal chain?
whats that trick called at 3:37
Auto flanging.
I’m no expert, but if your talking about his playing, I would call that a combination of hammer on’s and pull offs with pick slides
@@ajr2454 He's using the pick as a mute/harmonics creator. You can use your palm as well. Try it with just your palm stationary very cool.
For me, it is a Van Halen's typical gimmick! :-)
@@brunolevasseur I learned it from Michael Schenker on rock bottom. Before VH.
I got this but the gain is really noisy which is a pain I like the chorus and delay but the distortion is just too noisy
Just as a Reference , what Guage of Strings do you use ?
TY
10-46 on everything but Floyd equipped guitars. They usually get 9-42. Ernie Ball.
Does it have a headphone jack?
is it good for pick up guitars?
they all sound good through a computer.
I got the twiggy blues it sounds good the reverb on it not so good.
Hi Jeff! Richard here from Sonicake. What happened to the reverb on your Twiggy. Please let me know. We'll make some adjustment. Definitely sure about that. The reverb part is digital. We can totally tweak some parameters in the algorithm and make it sound better.
weii I mean it doesn't to bad , im just used to analog plate reverb, but it does give a really nice blues tone, and is very well made for something made in china, and the price is right plus it`s easy to carry around cheers from Canada.@@SONICAKE
@@jeffdubuque5622 Oh, I see. Thanks for liking the pedal. Have you tried turning on the comp and od at the same time? That the "Dumble" sound. LOL... We didn't even know that this combo could sound like Dumble until we got the first prototype. After that, we just started to market as a Dumble pedal...
i use the van weelden royal overdrive for the dumble type tone.@@SONICAKE
@@jeffdubuque5622 That is a KILLER pedal!
I'm pretty new to pedals so forgive my ignorance if this is a dumb question, but why am I getting so much noise from this pedal? It sounds fine untill I click the rock amp. I get a bunch of this "white noise" type of sound. I thought maybe if I turned the level down it would help but I still hear it for some reason. I should also mention that I get lots of feedback as well. My wax potted pickups also become pretty microphonic as some non-wax potted ones might sound. I have it hooked up to my effects loop on my peavey transtube head. Should I bypass the effects loop maybe? Any thoughts?
Guitar amps have two sections....the preamp- where your EQ section sits. And power amp- control by the volume knob. If you are going straight into the front of the amp....you are double amping the noise. So yes....try it in the back "effects loop in".....there you are just using the power amp section. You won't have much of a clean sound....when you bypass the pedal you have no preamp for coloring the clean tone. Almost any type of high gain has at least some noise. It should help some to turn your guitar volume down. You can also get a volume pedal or a noise gate.
set it up at 9 am the volume knob, no more noise.
Are all these effects digital?
Stupid question : since it has a cab sim, that means that you can run it also through headphones? If anyone knows I'd appreciate the info...
@Eddie V Oops, really? Well, that puts it on my list again! Have you ever used it that way?
could not find other sonic bars where are they? not at link
Do you wanna get one? You can go to our website: sonicake.com... We have some 40%-off promo campaign up there. Or you can go to Amazon or eBay to get them. We are running those stores. BTW, this is Richard from Sonicake. Nice to meet ya : )
Sounds great but prefer with the Strat for sure
So Sonicbar is from 80s rock haha
Yep, RockStage is more about 80's or 70's. Twiggy is more about 60's and 50's. Then Black Hammer is the modern one. I guess the evolution of guitar tone is mainly depended on how much gain the amp can produce. LOL... BTW, this is Richard from Sonicake. Nice to meet you!
@@SONICAKE try and add flanger to your pedalboard, I would like some Andy Summers/Gilmour Tones
@@rockychieng88 Got it! Noted! But you can also use a chorus to nail that Andy's tone, right?
@@SONICAKE Personally prefer a Flanger tone on the Wall Album and Walking on the Moon tones.
@@rockychieng88 The intro of Walking on the Moon is so heavenly! That's my favorite Police riff!