I'm thinking of getting a Randall. Am I crazy!!?

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:47 pm

I'm thinking of getting an old RG80 to relive my 80s gear. They're dirt cheap, solid state, and sound kind of like a JCM800.

Go ahead, flame me.

Dax-The-Ax · Post by **Dax-The-Ax** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:39 pm

Is that the one with the like fuzzy, carpety covering, i use to have a fuzzy Crate full stack, HA HA!!

Country Boy Shane · Post by **Country Boy Shane** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:56 pm

Dax-The-Ax wrote:Is that the one with the like fuzzy, carpety covering, i use to have a fuzzy Crate full stack, HA HA!!

Awesome d00d. But thank god that is gone.

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:59 pm

Well, I just got one for $150 shipped!

... and it has tolex. I do have some taste ... and carpet is not an acceptable cover material.

I hope it doesn't sound like crap!

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:43 am

We might have to take away your Vintage Amp Afficianado status for buying a solid-state Randall.........

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:59 pm

It's almost 20 years old ... doesn't that count as vintage LOL!

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:22 pm

Well, it wasn't really the AGE that was in question.....I mean, Fender Zodiac solid-state amps are vintage too, but I'd check the skull of anyone who wanted one......

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:14 pm

Ah c'mon ... even the old Randall ads say that their amps sound just as good as tubes, but without the "hassle".

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:22 pm

Ah well, my old Music Man head doesn't get a real warm response from the masses either.

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:39 am

Those MM heads amps are workhorses. I know guys that have been playing them since they were new in the mid 70's.

Gnu, we will be expecting clips, of course.

George

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:34 am

VelvetGeorge wrote:Those MM heads amps are workhorses. I know guys that have been playing them since they were new in the mid 70's.
George

It's about to be a workhorse again, it's the only amp I've got that will stay clean enough for the bass gig I'm gonna do (even at only 75 watts, it's surprisingly loud and clean!!) Ordered a 1x15 from Avatar for it, it'll still rearrange your intestines with some bottom.
It's also (surprisingly again) the best Tele amp I've got, over the three all tube Fender heads and the Marshalls.

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:06 am

Maybe it'll be better if you look at Randall as the "Marshall" of the SS world.

We'll see. I bought it mainly for nastolgic reasons ... and because it was dirt cheap!! LOL! Maybe it'll sound like crap just like the one I had in the 80s.

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:57 pm

I listened to the comparison clip you sent me. It was surprizingly close to the DSL50.
I always thought they sounded like a distortion pedal througha SS power amp.

George

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:19 pm

Back when I had one in the 80s I didn't know any better, so I set everything (except the master) on 10 ... after all, isn't that what you're supposed to do?!

To make it worse, they have a pull function on the treble pot that acts like a compressor and drops the overall volume. Now you're in total metal zone land. Sustain and sizzle for days. Now try going from bedroom level to playing at a gig ... that's where I grew to hate that amp. Most of it was my own stupidity because I didn't know anything about tone. I don't solid state was meant to be heard with all the tone controls on 10 LOL!

I'm not holding my breathe, but it should be interesting to try out again. If it sux, it's going right back up on ebay.

myker · Post by **myker** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:52 pm

dont tell anybody, but my first half-stack was actually a marshall mosfet lead 100, and it sounded like horse-turds smackin' in the mud.
mike..