Derek Ferwerda & his Rocket

[Turbojunkie]

Derek posted a couple of clips on YouTube playing his Rocket with a Strat & Les Paul, thought I'd throw up a link for those who missed 'em or are interested...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbLjh ... mjA/videos

Great player, I especially like the playing in the Rocket-story video, and his funky improv one...

Sounds like he might have some DC @ the input? Vol pots scratching on both guitars.... Just had to fix that on my amp...

[Structo]

Yep, sounds really good until he touches the volume pot on the guitar.

Simple fix right?

[Blackburn]

Thanks for the post. Been wanting more from him since I saw that first clip of the Star Spangled Banner.

And Tom, that leakage IS what you want!

[Turbojunkie]

Yes Structo, easy fix...ended up being the first stage cathode bypass cap... swapped it out and all is good.

[RJ Guitars]

Derek is a great guy and has a lot of interesting Ken Fischer stories... in case you haven't seen it before, take a look at this thread - https://tubeamparchive.com/viewtopic.php?t=6840

[Mark]

I've watched a few of his clips and I'm happy that my Rocket sounds quite close to his Rocket. I don't think his Rocket sounnds so good with humbuckers and neither does mine.

The DC on the grid is common, I found another tube and in the case of an Amperex tube it just went away.

I find the tubes do make 5% difference (to my ear) to the tone of the amp. It would be hard to make the amp sound bad even with new production tubes.