Rocco Rockin' tc electronic

**ExaltBass** · #1 12-06-2010, 04:57 PM

Just saw this... had to share. Talk about a Tower of Power!

I'll be seeing him on the 16th of Dec! Super guy, great player... got to spend some time with him at one of their shows in '91. WOW! That long ago... 6th Rocco time for me.

How about some ROCCO Love?

thombo · #2 12-06-2010, 06:05 PM

this dude flies through endorsements! in the past 10 years he had an eden custom rig and an swr custom rig. i could be wrong, but that doesn't look like a backline either!

JAUQO III-X · #3 12-06-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by thombo

this dude flies through endorsements! in the past 10 years he had an eden custom rig and an swr custom rig. i could be wrong, but that doesn't look like a backline either!

Sometimes companies make promises they don't keep. And any smart artist just moves on.

mccartneyman · #4 12-07-2010, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by thombo

this dude flies through endorsements! in the past 10 years he had an eden custom rig and an swr custom rig. i could be wrong, but that doesn't look like a backline either!

What's behind Rocco in that pic appears to be a TC 410 cab on top of twoTC 212 cabs and two TC heads -- the Staccato '51 on the bottom & lit up, and what might be the TC Classic 450 above it, naybe as a backup. I think Rocco was using the Classic while they tweaked it and developed the Staccato.

As for going through endorsements, it someone makes something you like that sounds better than what you have, why not?

brndn123 · #5 12-07-2010, 10:50 AM

I'm just dumbfounded that he isn't rocking a fender

mccartneyman · #6 12-07-2010, 11:16 AM

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I'm just dumbfounded that he isn't rocking a fender

It's a custome Conklin, P/J setup. Picture but no info on his website: http://www.roccoprestia.com/equipment/

**ExaltBass** · #7 12-07-2010, 01:15 PM

I'll be taking pictures at the concert next Thursday... stay tuned.

RobJ · #8 12-07-2010, 01:56 PM

Yeah I saw Rocco with TOP last winter in Seattle. Rocco flat blew my mind, he and Garibaldi just cooked...

Enjoy the show!

**ExaltBass** · #9 12-18-2010, 07:11 AM

Here are some of the pics I took on Thursday...

I got to spend some time with Rocco before the show.

These guys are SO FREAKING TIGHT!

TCE users... here are his settings that night.

He had his eyes closed for most of the set! Rocco has changed his playing somewhat over the years. He's playing more melodic lines and moving around the neck more too. I wonder if the Conklin has influenced this? What a great player!

lowstrung5 · #10 12-18-2010, 07:29 AM

Been following these guys all my life. No matter what gear Rocco uses he sounds great. Lived a few blocks away from Rocco growing up. They were the home town heroes who made it big. I swear they sound better than ever.

MikeBass · #11 12-18-2010, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ExaltBass

Just saw this... had to share. Talk about a Tower of Power!

I'll be seeing him on the 16th of Dec! Super guy, great player... got to spend some time with him at one of their shows in '91. WOW! That long ago... 6th Rocco time for me.

How about some ROCCO Love?

What is flat out cool about the pic is, it's a smaller club, and he's using this MASSIVE rig!

**ExaltBass** · #12 12-18-2010, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeBass

What is flat out cool about the pic is, it's a smaller club, and he's using this MASSIVE rig!

And did it sound great! I hadn't heard TC Electronics gear before, and his tone was MASSIVE too.

A lot cleaner and punchier that with the Eden or Ampegs that he had played through.

mccartneyman · #13 12-18-2010, 08:36 AM

For anyone in the area, TOP Is playing First Night in Pittsburgh Dec. 31 10:45 at the Highmark Stage. $8 button gets you into all venues.

**john turner** · #14 12-26-2010, 07:28 PM

that bass is actually the prototype of the groove tools rocco sig model (or one of them - bill might have built him more over the past few years). if it is the same one, i didn't know he got it repainted - that black sparkle is hot, similar to the color of the conklin 15th anniversary models.

recreate.me · #15 12-26-2010, 07:41 PM

Is there any reason why theres black tape covering the logo and model name of the Classic 450 head?

The Staccato is fine, but the Classic is covered, seems odd to me.

mccartneyman · #16 12-27-2010, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by recreate.me

Is there any reason why theres black tape covering the logo and model name of the Classic 450 head?

The Staccato is fine, but the Classic is covered, seems odd to me.

I'm guessing, but I figure it could be two reasons: First, Rocco is endorsing the Staccato '51 and he and TC may not want to confuse the issue by having more than one model onstage. The other idea I have is that while Rocco was working with TC to develop the Staccato '51, TC may not have wanted anyone to know what was up. The Staccato is based on suggestions about EQing and other input from Rocco. Of course anyone in the industry would know the Classic on sight, so that theory may be off the mark.

**ExaltBass** · #17 12-27-2010, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mccartneyman

I'm guessing, but I figure it could be two reasons: First, Rocco is endorsing the Staccato '51 and he and TC may not want to confuse the issue by having more than one model onstage. The other idea I have is that while Rocco was working with TC to develop the Staccato '51, TC may not have wanted anyone to know what was up. The Staccato is based on suggestions about EQing and other input from Rocco. Of course anyone in the industry would know the Classic on sight, so that theory may be off the mark.

I leaned towards that first theory, when I saw it in the pics. I'm more surprised he doesn't have 2 Staccato '51s.

MrLenny1 · #18 12-27-2010, 12:58 PM

Sure would love to hear Rocco incorporate a LowB axe in their music.

hogbob · #19 01-23-2011, 02:22 AM

I'm guessing that the top amp that by the way is a rh450 and not a Classic - actually is the Staccato prototype. I do not believe that Rocco would accept a rh450 even as a backup, knowing how much They changed in the 450 voicing to get to the s51... But if its the prototype it All makes sence. Retired as a backup and the tape covering that it is no longer a RH450

Ezbass · #20 01-23-2011, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by thombo

this dude flies through endorsements! in the past 10 years he had an eden custom rig and an swr custom rig. i could be wrong, but that doesn't look like a backline either!

This is very true for his rig but he has been faithful to that Conklin for ages now. I guess he's just looking for that one rig that says "this is the one" just like his bass.