Name: SOLD - Two Rock Classic Type 2 50 Watt Head 2008
Brand: Mahar's Vintage Guitars
SKU: zAMP-0367
Availability: OutOfStock

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This one is a ringer that offers an incredible array of crazy good tones, clean/dirty or other. It is a sought-after piece that is in excellent condition.

Here is text from a Premier Guitar review from 2008 that really digs in to what you can expect to find if you grab this amp. After reading it and playing through the amp, I can tell you that there's even more to it! Comes with th original footswitch, manual and power cable.

The 50-watt version of the Two-Rock Classic Type 2 is an attractive head with nine “chicken head” controls and seven mini-toggles that enable the user to sculpt their sound in almost any way imaginable. Most of the controls are dedicated to allowing the user to adjust varying degrees of gain, sensitivity, equalization, and making allowances for humbuckers, single-coils, room acoustics and speaker cabinet variations. There is a detailed, nine page instruction manual which directs the user on how to adjust the internal tone stack board, fuse recommendations for domestic and international applications, the externally adjustable negative feedback circuit and other recondite tone shaping arcana.

Flipping the amp around exposes even more options for the user. These options include a power selector that will lower the 50-watt models to 30 and 100-watt models down to 70, a feedback selector for altering the amount of negative feedback in the power amp section, and both lead contour and lead gain trim options. In short, you may want to take a while to familiarize yourself with these functions and you may want to keep a diary of your favorite settings. The amp itself is powered by three 12AX7s and two 6L6GC output tubes.
Joe and Bill also sent along a version of their soon to be released ELI1 external buffered effects loop. According to Joe, the ELI1 will be available soon, but, “Not everyone who buys our amps wants or needs an effects loop. Having an external buffer optimizes signal integrity simply because it isn’t in the signal path unless you need it.” Joe says the ELI1 will be a stand-alone unit and its projected price is $2100 ($1895 street).

For test purposes I used a Mesa Boogie 1x12 WideBody with a stock Eminence speaker. I also called into service my standard test guitar, a late-nineties dual Duncan SH-1 ’59-equipped Guild Bluesbird, plus a Michael Dolan Strat and two other guitars that have historically had noise problems with high-gain amps – the first being a dual Stephens Design P-90-fitted ash body Tele variation and the second being a late-fifties Danelectro U1. Lastly, I set all of the EQ knobs at noon and kept all of the additional tone switches in the “off” positions.

The Guild delivered a gutsy humbucker crunch with a delicious, warm glow surrounding each note. I’ve played several other heads through this cabinet and no other head I’ve played has made this cab sound this good. There wasn’t any of the harshness usually associated with this particular speaker – just clean, articulate highs, fully pronounced mids and a fat, well supported bass.

Historically, tremolo-equipped, Stratstyled guitars are not known for their sustain, but patched through the Classic Type 2, the Dolan-caster really sang out. The Two- Rock had a nice compression that added a lot of sustain but avoided overly squashing the signal. Playing the guitar past the octave notes didn’t become shrill or glassy and first position chords still had plenty of note-to-note separation. Switching to the amp’s “clean” mode was reminiscent of an extremely good, non-reverb-equipped blackface Fender; warm, fat, wonderful and with a lot a depth.

The final tests were with the historically noisy P-90-outfitted, ash bodied Tele thing and the Danelectro U1. While neither guitar was as quiet as the Guild, any additional hiss added by their non-potted pickups was absolutely minimal – a true testament to Bill and Joe’s build quality. Overall, the amp’s distortion was sophisticated, detailed and favored players who use a lot of dynamics and finger playing.

Ok, I’ve hemmed and hawed long enough. Plugging straight into the Classic Type 2, it was amazing how rich and detailed the tone was, but comparisons to any of Dumble’s creations are inaccurate. The Classic Type 2 has a sound that’s uniquely its own, and like a world-class chocolate it teases you and makes you think you’ve experienced it before. There are hints of memories. Flavors you think that are there but are not. It’s elusive, seductive, haunting and something you just can’t grasp.
But in order to achieve a more “Dumblelike” flavor I ran an Xotic AC Booster through the external buffered effects loop; with a little adjustment of the EQ and the Gain knobs I was right in the pocket. I’ll admit I felt a little guilty running the AC Booster because the Type 2 sounded so good on its own. Joe points out that the ELI1 unit was set up to rectify the differences between the amp and effects’ impedance. While that may be so, it also gives the user further adjustments and lowers any effect’s noise.

Some people who absolutely must have a reverb unit may be slightly put off by its absence, but given the richness of the Classic Type 2’s voice, I don’t think it’s really needed. Just to be thorough, however, I did run a BOSS DD-6 both direct and through the effects loop and got good results both ways. Also available is the Two-Rock Classic Reverb, available in both 50 and 100-watt versions.

Although I did experience a blown fuse with the Classic Type 2, Joe speculated that was due to a shorted output tube. Their commitment to customer satisfaction was evident when they offered to send me a full complement of tubes and fuses without charge and were even willing to cross-ship a new head to make sure I was happy. It’s apparent that one of the things that separates them from some guy who downloaded a Dumble schematic from the net is that they are an actual company with five employees, versus a guy with a soldering gun and a kitchen table.

Let us not mince words – $5500 is a lot of money for a head. If you want to purchase Two-Rock’s ELI1 external buffered effects loop that will add almost two more grand to your bill. But is there a “bargain” alternative? Not hardly. Given the platform that the Classic Type 2 is based on, the Type 2 is the bargain alternative.

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