My First Time Playing a TWO-ROCK Amplifier
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The average car cost what - $30-40k? Nobody shames or second guesses that.
$5000 on something that brings you a lifetime of joy and inspiration is an absolute bargain in my mind. You’d have it as long as you live. If it makes you a better listener, player and writer it’s an investment in yourself. Send them a cheque and keep it.
honestly many car guys I know would easily spend $100k just to enjoy himself, the price doesn't matter as long as you get enjoyment
Yep, that’s correct. I’ve always tries to attain the highest quality in all my gear. It’s been worth it. Last amp bought was a fuchs ODSII and it’s amazing...still 3 years later. No change in opinion. 4K worth it easy. To me...
Everything is relative. This amp is the automotive equivalent of a Ferrari, Lamborghini or a McLaren. High-end, hand built, high performance items meant to perform at world class levels. Last time I checked, those brands were selling a ton of cars. And just like the cars, a Two Rock will expose the flaws in your playing just like a McLaren will expose the flaws in your driving, just with deadly consequences.
Exactly.
Nobody shames on that because a car is much more complex and inherently expensive to manfacture... Oh and an amp can't transport you comfortably (with navigation, music, climate control) from A to B.
Don't get me wrong, I don't find $5000 for an amp outrageous at all. Your comparison is just a bit misplaced...
Great video Mary! Congrats on getting to play such a beautiful amp, you deserve it
The price doesn't seem that high when you look at what gear prices have done over the last 30 years.
Thank you.
You sound great through it! I’ve run sound for Joey a couple times, and The Brothers Landreth played at my venue a few months ago. Classy gentlemen, and I think it’s so cool they brought you out with them!
Love your guitar plays, Mary, great work!
Hey Mary, you're really stepping up the quality of editing on your videos! Great content as always, but there's something about the quality of the video that grabbed my attention through all of it. Loved the outro ending. Keep up the awesome work!
So glad you had this opportunity! It is an amazing amp. I love everything you say here. you’ve obviously thought so deeply about this and you say it so eloquently.
Just I thought on your closing line: you hope to deserve one of these amps one day. I totally get what you mean. But also, I think it’s really useful to have better gear than one “deserves,” than one’s “level” because it allows you expose where you can improve AND leave to coax the nuances out of your playing. It’s hard to coax out those nuances if your gear is hiding them or covering them up. I’ve had the privilege of having a Two Rock custom for many years and I am undoubtedly a better player for it, even though I have still so much to learn. So yes, I am trying to convince you to buy one. Lol!
First time watching this channel, absolutely fantastic review! I have a whole new respect for these amps and the guitarists that play them thanks to you. Really well done, stoked to subscribe to your channel and see what else you’ve got going on.
Love your new video format! The content is always good. Like amp, sounds great and if you can afford it go for it because you make many people happy, yourself, the people who made it and all the fans who hear it!!
I work in a French music store, and I can relate everything you say in this video, everytime I get my hands on an expensive (the word isn't the best to describe this) I feel very inspired because the instrument/gear transcribe directly what I have in my mind and have this insane depth. But this is completely subjective.
Again I love your channel, you content and story is so inspiring ! Thank you
Mary, you really would have to live up to your name to buy this amp!
Solid
@John Martin Cantorne haha
Her middle name is Saver.
great sounds, as always
This is a great vid! I worked hard and saved for my Two-Rock, I have zero buyers remorse for it. They really are the best amps and I think you’ve explained it wonderfully.
Congrats! I hope you are loving it.
I'm sure that Two Rock would be very happy for you to join their artist stable. I know those guys and have owned almost every model of Two Rock. I live 10 minutes from where they are made. The guys at Two Rock would love this video. Let them know that you're using their amps.
She's going to have one within two years watch. It will be worth every penny because it is so unforgiving it will force her playing to go to the next level. Her style needs a glorious clean.
billville111 i would prefer her to stick with orange, kind of makes her unique since few others uses orange for those kind of tones or relate orange with that.
I really appreciate your reviews because they feel genuine. Just wanted to say this and hope you have a wonderful day!
Speaking of tone, I LOVE yours! it is so Smooth!!!!
The Silver Sky and Two Rock together plus your fingers sounds amazing. Go on... sell a kidney.
Agreed, the PRS with this amp is a beautiful sonic assault on my senses.
Yes.... with that ugly headstock and tuners :)
@@ilgrilluss oh please
@@SteveHubbardGuitar Its a matter of opinion, I really do not like the headstock and tuning keys. But I believe it is an amazing guitar.
@@ilgrilluss Of course! To each their own, but why bother leave a comment like that? Just don't buy one
THANK YOU!!! Great Honest Review!!
Hi Mary. Isn't it great when we get a new (or special) piece of gear that inspires us so much? You could tell how excited you were just by your smile!😊. Also enjoyed the slightly different video style. You wearing white also gave it a new life. A small change that made a big difference. Great start for 2020! 👏👏👏
Great playing and wonderful tone ...
I remember my first time playing through a tube amp instead of solid state and just feeling like the world opened up! Something tells me I would feel like that again, 15+ years later, if I ever got to play through an amp like this.
And kudos as always, Mary, for your mature, grounded, and beautiful-without-being-flowery perspective on the sheer cost and perceived value of gear like this. Actually made me shift my own perspective slightly, I think. Keep up the great work! ❤️
Awesome as always MS. I found a used Bloomfield and LOVE it so much!
Great playing; elaborating, and video/audio work, Mary.
Your pretty cool. 🙂
That amp sounds amazing and really suits your playing style. An aspirational amp for sure. I know how it felt when I finally got my Marshall JVM410H and how enthralled I was by the sound I was able to get from it, and it's only half the price of the Two Rock!
Cool sounding amplifier, Mary is a great guitar player and absolutely a wonderful person as well, I never met her but I can tell she’s amazing
I have been following you for a couple of years. You are a very talented young Lady. Your guitar playing has improved exponentially.
Great video Mary, Matt is a friend of mine and he is just a beast of a guitar player and that amp well you already said it. Have a great day. Cheers.
Great tones and awesome playing. I guess I need to keep dreaming for one of these.
My friends make these amps in Two Rock , CA. Best amps ever! I used to play with Matt and he introduced me to them. The coolest dudes ever.
Thank you Mary for pushing me along!
Self examination is key!!!
You should never say that you’re inadequate you are so amazing,you are a great musician and I look forward to your post
We should do a crowd fund and buy her one! It will be the gift that keeps giving!
Cool video. Love everything you do Mary, hope you get a hit.
I own a two rock signature 100w. Very proud - I gig in blues in the UK and alway get compliments on my tone! They are awesome and professional peices of kit
Nice playing
Nice tone
Thanks for sharing
One of my favorite amps. I’ve got a Studio Signature Combo. No one is building amplifiers like Two-Rock. The attention to detail is unbelievable. I highly recommend snagging one of you can!
I love that, "lyrics are nonsense right now". I do the same thing when finding a vocal Melody. Whatever words come to mind and it's just for finding the right vocal notes and vocal rhythm with syllables.
Great Video and I agree with your description of these types of amp. I have a Welagen SSS, absolutely fantastic amp but very unforgiving. Makes me play better and inspires me to play more often.
Great episode! I would have liked some info on the speaker Cab, as well.
Sounds really nice. Enjoyed the video.
Great video Mary. I've put down a deposit on a two rock studio signature (the classic reverb's baby brother). I honestly can't wait and know it will inspire me beyond my wildest dreams.
Your smooth playing sounded great thru that amplifier.
Nice video, and very cool channel!
Nice clean tones! I just this week finished a valve amp, possibly at the other end of the tone spectrum: a 20Watt version of an Orange OR120. It sounds awesome for stoner doom stuff and takes pedals well when I run it clean.
Beautiful Tones!!
Hey Mary, I just discovered the channel and I really like the videos. I am a songwriter myself and its nice to see someone in their home studio (I'm currently in mine) with a similar passion for music and gear. Anyway keep up the good work. Stay well.
Sounds incredible Mary! I can sympathize as 5 years ago I couldn’t imagine being able to own a Friedman which was my dream amp. Now after working my ass off I run a wet dry wet setup that features 2 Friedman’s & a Morgan!
Wow. Where have you been all the years i ve been looking gear vids? Just found you. Awesome review. I,m a bit in love . Yeah also wit the amp. Maybe never will touch it, but i can dream. Would have liked to heare it more pushed though. Maybe do a dirty sound review? And please demo the different eq structures. Thx, rock on!
What an awesome way to burst into 2020. The quality of this video is incredible! And a truly wonderful amp, especially paired with that Silver Sky
Strange how your comment, with an unrelated response, posts today from 2 days ago. The video transmission is about to air for the first time in 10 more minutes!
climber7565 first public time! Patrons get early access, my dude
@@eliyahfranson oh that explains :)
It really does sound great for your playing style -- and it seems to have inspired you. I just hope it doesn't make you feel dissatisfied with your current gear, which is already quite solid.
Stumbled on this vid whilst searching for the TR Burnside. Terrific vid- you're delightful!
Wow, your video framing makes your videos look so great, color balance and everything. I feel It's an important part to your whole approach to guitar content, so close and personal. That super close-up to your face almost made me blush 😳
sounds lush and fits Mary's style well
Hi Mary - one of the Bay Area's favorite guitar players, Barry Sless uses a Two Rock. First time I ever heard one on stage. It sounds beautiful. I hope you get one of your own. Actually I'd like to see you end up with this one. Thanks for the great video.
On 4th Avenue South, in Edmonds, Washington, USA Acoustic used to have their amplifier company and we saw all the rock-n-roll groups come there and rock out the neighborhood. What treat from the early 70's bands and Rick Derribgers brother was in my 2nd grade class too.
It's a new series, Thoisday Thoights!
I feel like you need to be Australian to get away with that.
Talented, personable, kind and beautiful. You are simply fantastic.
It makes you feel inadequate??? You are an amazing player. I listen to you in awe. Of course I am 52 and have just started this guitar journey last December 2020. My mantra is, "am I better than I was a month ago? A year ago etc.?" I can only do the most basic of stuff on a Guitar but I am immensely enjoying the ride. And musicians like yourself have been key in that. Love the channel. Thank you for your inspiration. Never feel inadequate. 😉👍
Great amps! I love the two rock sound (aka Dumble esk).
I half expected this to be an ongoing series where you decide you're going to keep the amp, begin skipping work and then bar your doors and windows so they can't come take it back. 😆
But glad you chose the (sad to say) healthy option. Great video.
Mary, I enjoy your vids for many reasons but a big part of that is that you speak directly to the viewer (facing the camera). Your stuff is great. Please tell us about the Silver Sky. If possible, get close to one of those brothers Landreth and become Canadian. Thanks.
that prs is such a f** nice guitar and it sounds so good!
You play beautifully. Dont assume you are not accomplished. You are more than on your way.
One day, you will own at least one of those amps.
Cant wait to hear the song in its entirety
I agree it will definitely expose your weaknesses and also your strengths. In my opinion it’s the best clean sound you can get I have one and it is worth it if you love guitar.
I liked this immediately just cause your intro playing...
Fave video from you so far
Much Love 💕
Sounds great, and a bit "grittier" than I'd expect, but in a good way. Thanks for the video.
Two Rock Thursdays! Eric Johnson had one on the stage when I saw him play at the Rio in Santa Cruz a couple years ago...Ah Via Musicom Anniversary Tour...should have bought that $200 signed silver Fuzzface but I just got the T-shirt! Drat! Must sound heavenly in the room! Sounded wonderful under your fingers...now I'm inspired to write a song about that...under your fingers...could be a guitar...or a lover! Ok...you can steal that if you want! Lol Thanks for sharing Mary! 😎🎸
I picked up my Two Rock Emerald Pro when they were a new company around 2000. I was in a studio in NYC with the amp guy randomly switching me from one boutique amp after another. Diezel, VHT, Tony Bruno, Boogie, Bogner, etc. Then I felt this one just had something different, much more nuance and touch sensitivity. I was like what amp is this? I never hear of Two Rock at the time. I hear there only about 80 made of the model I have so I'm holding on to that. Done over 1000 gigs with it. Great amp and company.
Love the amplifier, but love your guitar more. That is absolutely stunning. steveO in Florida
The color on that guitar ooof ❤
That's extremely interesring and cool Mary. Thankyou for sharing..
I still wonder how ive come to steward some of the gear i play on now.. astonishing.. and such a treat when one is relaxed, inspired.. and perhaps wants to scare thier cat... because thats a 2 way street.
Shalom from Victoria BC
I looooooove that wink to Inglourious Basterds
The PRS had a great sound.
I sorta feel the same way when I look at the guitars behind the glass at Guitar Center.
What does it sound like with a Boss Metal Zone?
😭🤪😂😂😂😂🍔🍔
You’ll sound the same as you always do thru that pedal....I have no doubt.
True Gooner absolutely!
I laughed so hard hahahahaha
GET OUT.
Just picked up a 1959 Supro 1600 - nothing like the old gear.
"Blunders"! This is the second time today this word pops up! And it hasn't actually been in my vocabulary yet! (English is my Second Language) :-))
I think that amp fits your style very well and I hope you are able to get one some day.
I had the opportunity to try one of these out at a GC last year...oh my GAWD!! It was, hands down, the best sounding amp I’ve ever played. Sadly, I could not afford to buy it at the time. It was used and I think they were asking $3500 for the head and matching 2x12 cab (surf green suede). Some day I will own one. Great video, as always! Cheers!
I love my crystal 40. Savage amps!
Very beautiful amp. (beautifully Mary!) Price is ok.....sounds pretty. Very clean.
But i like my Dumble!
This amp is based on the clean channel of a Dumble Overdrive Special. Voicing is a "Low Plate Skyliner" I believe. Reverb is a 3 tube affair with quite a few controls. Uses the equivalent of Fender Twin Reverb iron. Build quality on the Two Rocks is decent. The amp nerds online reverse engineered the Sterling model (similar to this amp) and I've personally built a handful of clones based around this amp. It really does sound fantastic. Circuit is very forgiving of parts quality - you could build it with used pinball machine parts and it would still sound great. Would argue that it's probably the best modded Twin Reverb type amp around!
My aspirational amp is a Friedman. Not sure yet which one is right for me, but I will have one one day...
Thanks Mary ⚓️
The Classic Reverb, in suede, for the 50watt head & 2x12 cabinet together are running $6290. You rounded down quite a bit ;-)
I recently traded my Two Rock(a Traditional Clean w/ cab) for a PRS Modern Eagle II a couple of months ago but I'm DEFINITELY getting a Two Rock Bloomfield by the end of this year because, well, you only live once.
Your a lucky gal 📡❤️ sounds great x
So hyped for the Value Select collab
3:25 this is wonderful to hear any musician say.
Really loved the close camera angle... Made me pay more attention to what you where saying
Just get one ! If you love it and it will inspire you for years to come, It is worth the price ! For years I wanted an amp that was as good as my Matchless C 30, only not so Mid-Rage dominant. Bam ! Found the Todd Sharp JOAT 20 RT.. Perfect replacement for my Matchless . and cost $5000.00 Worth every penny ! The Two Rock Classic Reverb Sig is own my wish list.
Agree, Mary. If you get the best gear there’s no excuses for sounding bad (apart from yourself)
I ❤️ Top end musical equipment!
To each his/her own. Too many critics......
“If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad.”
It's an expensive sounding piece of crap amp like the Dumble and that Klon centaur pedal are. ... Emperor's new clothes with all of them.
@@BillDerBerg I don’t know about all that, all of those things are overpriced but there is definitely something special about all that gear not that I’ve played any of it, I’ve just listened to a lot of demos and such.
Mary, I'm new to your channel and love your style. Have you been to Nashville, Tennessee yet? Would love to hear you perform at the Ryman.
Hey Mary what do you think about Fender instruments? Would you consider trying one out in the future? Keep up the nice vids.
Mary, its great to be inspired and yes, we all have a lot of work to do to improve, its endless. But you have got quite a good start and seem to be doing well...keep going and learning and improving. I'm just starting out. I was inspired by you and Leo (Frog Leap) to start my own music channel, wherein I have posted my first video (its painfull, but short ) and with a whopping 6 views, but its well worth it if you love what you do...so keep on doing what you love...because you are good at it. and maybe drop 5K on a new amp. :) That's what I spent just to make my first video, same set-up as Leo, with the Kemper, Reaper DAW and Superior Drummer 3, etc. AND i don't regret one bit of it. Thanks for the inspiration!