Description
Before it was a pedal, the Rockman X100 was Tom Scholz’s headphone amp weapon of choice—wired straight into recording consoles, quietly shaping the glossy, chorus-drenched guitar tones that defined arena rock in the early ’80s. MXR, working alongside original SR&D engineer Bob Cedro, has translated that studio-secret circuit into a pedalboard-ready format without diluting what made it special.
Plant this on your board for that unmistakable Rockman signature: glassy, compressed cleans that stay articulate under a pick, edge-of-breakup harmonics that bite without turning harsh, and a lush, swirling modulation that sits behind the note rather than smothering it. The compression circuit does a lot of the heavy lifting here, evening out dynamics the same way it did on countless ’80s studio tracks, while the bucket-brigade chorus supplies that shimmering, three-dimensional width.
- Four selectable tonal presets carried over from the original X100 headphone amp
- All-analog circuitry, faithfully recreated with input from original SR&D personnel
- Built-in compression and bucket-brigade chorus modulation
- Mono and stereo operating modes
- Optional external mode switching for hands-free preset control on stage
Whether you’re chasing that specific late-night studio sheen or just want a compressor/chorus combo with real pedigree, the X100 slots neatly into a signal chain wherever that polished, harmonically rich character is called for—ahead of an amp, into a clean platform, or straight to a mixing desk in the Rockman tradition.
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