Congratulations! I've entertained the idea of selling some gear and buying one, but it's a huge sacrifice and I'm content. Sounds great and looks gorgeous. Maybe I'll hit the lottery and buy one, but I'd still hold on to my amps. I know you must be excited and feel surreal having that baby in your home. Happy for ya!
Congratulations! I always thought you are the only guy who will never give up on studio sig line lol, Knowing that you have tons of experience with Studio sig, I am eager to know your perspective on the differences between both.
So true! I plan on doing a comparison of the clean channels, probably next week. I still think the Sig is a phenomenal amp and can be just as good an investment for players. Hands down still the best amp purchase I ever made!
Sounds perfect, Mark. Congratulations! The Bloomfield Drive is my dream amp but it is waaaay out of my budget. Probably it is going to stay forever in the dream world for me :-) But it will be awesome to watch you play it!
Wow! Congrats Mark! 🎉 That is my dream amp too. Sounds amazing, a lot of mid/low mid which is good. I thought you're content with your Studio Signature, never expect this coming. The Bloomfield looks gorgeous with that 2x12 cab. 👌Looking forward to hear more of this Beast. I'm following your channel. I love your demos/reviews, not overly produced which is really cool. I can even hear the difference between your CS Strat vs Silver Sky (may you tell us about your setting of the String-Singer in this particular demo/review). And we also like you sharing your honest opinions in the gears that you review. More power Mark cheers 🍻🤘🇵🇭
@@markhopkinsmusic You're welcome. Keep doing your thing, i think you are doing something unique in your channel with regards to gear demos/reviews. Great playing and great tone too. 🎉🎸
Awesome. Sounds great. Also, I agree, it’s worth getting the gear you want in this life, otherwise, why wait until the next life (it in the next one we all end up playing guitar that is....)
Congrats on getting your dream amp Mark! Really happy for you ...I'd say that out of all the current 'Big Boy' amps that Two Rock offers, The BD would be my choice as well. Tell me ...is the EQ2 voicing the Matt Schofield Voicing? Great playing too, as always!
Hey, thanks Daniel! I think it may be based on the MS voicing because the it's the voicing that the Studio Sig is always in when operating. Either way, it's glorious for sure!
sweeeeet. you bought exactly the two rock rig that I wish I had 40/20, same color everything. wait what was that hang tag backstage past thing that you looked at and said thanks Eli and didn’t show us come on man!
I've currently got 3 Dr Z Amps and want something different in the arsenal. I'm seriously considering this, in combo form. I want an amp that can give me clean, Dirty, lead and reverb all in one. I've gone off pedals so much. I once had 40 pedals and now I'm down to 8 and only use a board of 4 99% of the time. I'm aiming to get down to a drive and a slap delay with this potential set up. My question is what made you choose the Bloomfield over the CRS & TS1?
Nice, man. Thats a killer rig you already have. Honestly the Bloomfield appealed to me because one of my friends played on my last record and he used just the dirty channel for his slide solo and I was blown away. I actually just did a video last week explaining how I finally figured out how I like to run it… after two years haha Better late than never
Hey man, congrats on the amp. I remember we had a chat in the youtube comments about the Studio sig a while back. I just bought a classic reverb sig! never thought it would happen. What pickups have you got in your strat? and I'm interested in what made you choose the Bloomfield over the classic reverb? They're both fantastic! I didn't have the option of buying a bloomfield here in Australia as the waiting list is about a year long.
@@markhopkinsmusic I have a Tone King Imperial Mk II also. Which does its own thing. But I'm wondering how do they compare to the Two Rock in terms of sound and feel.
Hi Mark, I bought a bartel starwood and love it after seeing one of your reviews . I know two rocks are a little different to the bartels, which do you like more and why? Kind regards
I def love them both. Bartel is in my backyard so I especially like to support Mark - but I am a TR artist now so I live in camp TR. that said if I wasn’t, I’d be playing Bartel’s exclusively.
Thank you mark. I think im keeping the bartel but i'm going to checkout the bloomfield drive its seems amazing. Just not sure on the 40 watt 6v6 vs the 50w 6L6. Will try both. Thanks again appreciate it
I was between both but opted for the Bloomfield because the TR reverb tanks are sooooo good. Even though I have a Flint, I just really wanted verb on board. But the TS1 is a killer amp!
@@AntonioLopez-bc6qg i think they are similar - I know there is a trim pot in the Bloomfield that can get that channel more creamy like the TS1 drive channel. So I think it can be tweaked to get the same result
I've been playing the bloomfield for 2 years now. It's for sure my favorite amp I've played but it definitely took me some time to get used to it. Particularly getting the channels to coexist. 1st think I had to do was leave the mid boost on 2nd, and maybe more importantly, I messed with the internal trim pots. Cranked up the lead gain (I understand that it's different than the lead gain knob on the faceplate, thicker) and took a little high end off of the "bypass" tone. IMPORTANT!! It's super dangerous to do this if you don't know what you're doing, even with the amp unplugged. Seriously, call them and ask for tips or have a tech do it. You could die. Without doing these two things I wouldn't be getting along with the amp. PS, I keep the input gain pretty high and the lead gain on the faceplate low. 3:00 and 9:00, respectively.
Oh man! This was sooooooo helpful. Glad to hear you found the sweet spot! I’m planning on chatting with them so I can adjust the lead trim pot to really utilize that second channel. Thank you so much Sam!
@@markhopkinsmusic for sure! The way I understand (could be off) is that the trimpot adjust the amount of signal that is allowed to cascade from the clean channel, and the lead gain knob on the outside has to do with the additional gain stage. I find that the external knob can get fuzzy and thin really fast, which made the lead channel difficult to get along with before Eli encouraged me to crank up the trimpot
Very good question. I believe that answer to be yes… like for real, the second channel has a cascading gain channel and you can get some gnarly tones out of that thing
Best looking and sounding production amps on earth. Every one is awesome!
So dang true, man! Hard to beat them.
Congratulations! I've entertained the idea of selling some gear and buying one, but it's a huge sacrifice and I'm content. Sounds great and looks gorgeous. Maybe I'll hit the lottery and buy one, but I'd still hold on to my amps. I know you must be excited and feel surreal having that baby in your home. Happy for ya!
Excellent! I have been gigging with two of these. Tested them in harsh conditions,unstoppable! Congrats!
Nice man!!!
Congratulations! I always thought you are the only guy who will never give up on studio sig line lol, Knowing that you have tons of experience with Studio sig, I am eager to know your perspective on the differences between both.
So true! I plan on doing a comparison of the clean channels, probably next week. I still think the Sig is a phenomenal amp and can be just as good an investment for players. Hands down still the best amp purchase I ever made!
Sounds perfect, Mark. Congratulations! The Bloomfield Drive is my dream amp but it is waaaay out of my budget. Probably it is going to stay forever in the dream world for me :-) But it will be awesome to watch you play it!
Thanks Man! Trust me, I even feel weird that it's in my office lol
Wow! Congrats Mark! 🎉 That is my dream amp too. Sounds amazing, a lot of mid/low mid which is good. I thought you're content with your Studio Signature, never expect this coming. The Bloomfield looks gorgeous with that 2x12 cab. 👌Looking forward to hear more of this Beast.
I'm following your channel. I love your demos/reviews, not overly produced which is really cool. I can even hear the difference between your CS Strat vs Silver Sky (may you tell us about your setting of the String-Singer in this particular demo/review). And we also like you sharing your honest opinions in the gears that you review. More power Mark cheers 🍻🤘🇵🇭
Thank you so much!! Lots more to come with this amp- I’m still getting to know it. I super appreciate your support!
@@markhopkinsmusic You're welcome. Keep doing your thing, i think you are doing something unique in your channel with regards to gear demos/reviews. Great playing and great tone too. 🎉🎸
great playing and tones, two rock makes killer amps for sure.
100% !
What a treat it is to hear this! Congratulations!
Thanks David!
Congrats! Sounds fantastic! The gray suede is a looker!
Yeah man, it’s a handsome little set up!
Sounds great Mark, congrats!
Thanks Billy!!
Awesome. Sounds great. Also, I agree, it’s worth getting the gear you want in this life, otherwise, why wait until the next life (it in the next one we all end up playing guitar that is....)
Indeed!
just bought a tobacco suede Bloomfield and cab. Can't wait for it to be delivered in 4 days!!
Heck Yes!!!
Sounds amazing. Well deserved dude 😎😎
Thanks so much James!!
Congrats on getting your dream amp Mark! Really happy for you ...I'd say that out of all the current 'Big Boy' amps that Two Rock offers, The BD would be my choice as well. Tell me ...is the EQ2 voicing the Matt Schofield Voicing? Great playing too, as always!
Hey, thanks Daniel! I think it may be based on the MS voicing because the it's the voicing that the Studio Sig is always in when operating. Either way, it's glorious for sure!
Would never part with my Two Rock. Killer amps. Awesome playing and tones man!
Thanks 🙏🏻
sweeeeet. you bought exactly the two rock rig that I wish I had 40/20, same color everything.
wait what was that hang tag backstage past thing that you looked at and said thanks Eli and didn’t show us come on man!
Nice! Oh yeah that was a little badge to view 2GTHR performances. Thanks for watching!
Awesome, man! You deserve it!! Enjoy!
Than you so much!!
I've currently got 3 Dr Z Amps and want something different in the arsenal. I'm seriously considering this, in combo form. I want an amp that can give me clean, Dirty, lead and reverb all in one. I've gone off pedals so much.
I once had 40 pedals and now I'm down to 8 and only use a board of 4 99% of the time. I'm aiming to get down to a drive and a slap delay with this potential set up.
My question is what made you choose the Bloomfield over the CRS & TS1?
Nice, man. Thats a killer rig you already have. Honestly the Bloomfield appealed to me because one of my friends played on my last record and he used just the dirty channel for his slide solo and I was blown away. I actually just did a video last week explaining how I finally figured out how I like to run it… after two years haha Better late than never
@@markhopkinsmusic Thanks for the reply, I will check out that video you just mentioned 👌
Hey man, congrats on the amp. I remember we had a chat in the youtube comments about the Studio sig a while back. I just bought a classic reverb sig! never thought it would happen. What pickups have you got in your strat? and I'm interested in what made you choose the Bloomfield over the classic reverb? They're both fantastic! I didn't have the option of buying a bloomfield here in Australia as the waiting list is about a year long.
This thing sounds (and looks) incredible! What sold you on this over a Bartel?
I would love to hear it too..
Honestly, I have a very good relationship with both, but TR has become like family.
@@markhopkinsmusic I have a Tone King Imperial Mk II also. Which does its own thing. But I'm wondering how do they compare to the Two Rock in terms of sound and feel.
@@littlewingaseel3029 I think the Imperial is more fwd and focused - it has a punch very unique in its own right. Love that amp too!
@@markhopkinsmusic cool...thanks for the reply 🤘
Hi Mark,
I bought a bartel starwood and love it after seeing one of your reviews . I know two rocks are a little different to the bartels, which do you like more and why? Kind regards
I def love them both. Bartel is in my backyard so I especially like to support Mark - but I am a TR artist now so I live in camp TR. that said if I wasn’t, I’d be playing Bartel’s exclusively.
Thank you mark. I think im keeping the bartel but i'm going to checkout the bloomfield drive its seems amazing. Just not sure on the 40 watt 6v6 vs the 50w 6L6. Will try both. Thanks again appreciate it
@@carlezzatvar4584 any time!
Is there a reason you went with the Bloomfield Drive over the TS1? I am leaning towards getting a TS1.
I was between both but opted for the Bloomfield because the TR reverb tanks are sooooo good. Even though I have a Flint, I just really wanted verb on board. But the TS1 is a killer amp!
@@markhopkinsmusic oh ok. Are the lead Chanel’s similar? I have never played a TS1.
@@AntonioLopez-bc6qg i think they are similar - I know there is a trim pot in the Bloomfield that can get that channel more creamy like the TS1 drive channel. So I think it can be tweaked to get the same result
I've been playing the bloomfield for 2 years now. It's for sure my favorite amp I've played but it definitely took me some time to get used to it. Particularly getting the channels to coexist.
1st think I had to do was leave the mid boost on
2nd, and maybe more importantly, I messed with the internal trim pots. Cranked up the lead gain (I understand that it's different than the lead gain knob on the faceplate, thicker) and took a little high end off of the "bypass" tone.
IMPORTANT!!
It's super dangerous to do this if you don't know what you're doing, even with the amp unplugged. Seriously, call them and ask for tips or have a tech do it. You could die.
Without doing these two things I wouldn't be getting along with the amp.
PS, I keep the input gain pretty high and the lead gain on the faceplate low. 3:00 and 9:00, respectively.
Oh man! This was sooooooo helpful. Glad to hear you found the sweet spot! I’m planning on chatting with them so I can adjust the lead trim pot to really utilize that second channel. Thank you so much Sam!
@@markhopkinsmusic for sure! The way I understand (could be off) is that the trimpot adjust the amount of signal that is allowed to cascade from the clean channel, and the lead gain knob on the outside has to do with the additional gain stage. I find that the external knob can get fuzzy and thin really fast, which made the lead channel difficult to get along with before Eli encouraged me to crank up the trimpot
@@samdeters6162 awesome! Totally going to do that!
You almost played the home improvement theme song,
100% on purpose lol
SO sick!!
Thanks buddy!
Did you order that bad boy from "Humbucker" ? Sounds incredible
But can it play punk
Very good question. I believe that answer to be yes… like for real, the second channel has a cascading gain channel and you can get some gnarly tones out of that thing
How can I contact you about the studio sig?
You mean about me selling it? Not sure if I’m gonna do that quite yet, but you can always follow me on IG and hit me up there. Same screen name.
“Grown up big boy toys”…while unboxing with plastic blue and white polka dot scissors 😂 but congrats!
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