“The secret weapon that defined the sound of 1980s arena rock”: MXR officially revives the Rockman – the revolutionary headphone amp used by Joe Satriani, Phil Collen and Boston

MXR Rockman.

NAMM 2025: Earlier this month, MXR caused a stir when it all-but-confirmed it would be reviving the Rockman – the legendary headphone amp designed by Tom Scholz, which helped define the sounds of 1980s rock.

Now, with NAMM officially underway, MXR has lifted the curtain on its Rockman X100 Analog Tone Processor – a compact stompbox that hopes to channel the OG unit’s unmistakable tone into a pedalboard-friendly form factor for the first time.