Randall RG80 Guitar Amplifier Head

This thing is an absolute $&#%+ monster! I can not believe how full range this new generation Randell RG80 is! It sounds as full, and gets louder and even lower than my half stack line 6 on 100watt head. Not sure how a 80watt single 12 Randell can out do a 100wall 4/12 half stack line 6. But it does. The built in distortion is as nasty as any RAT pedal. And the clean is sooo clean. And some people told me the clean wasn’t very good on these Randall amps. But with my guitar the clean is very clean and full. I am using a H1000 esp guitar.

Love the gain channel as once the eq is set the tone is absoultely and perfectly killer, the clean channel is a little muddy at the same time but it's not like I'm using it super often. The only thing I wish this amp had as a fully seperate eq for the 2 channels, because the right settings for the clean and the gain don't match up. Its still the perfect amp for Hard/Classic Rock in its range.

Couldn't get the volume low enough for bedroom practice. Good tone and plenty of gain at normal volume though.

The overdrive channel is thin and poorly EQ'd and the bass boost raises the wrong frequencies.The mid-scoop drains the tone of all chances for pinch harmonics and creates a weird tubular effect.If you're looking for a useable practice amp for metal, check out some other options. This will not sound like Dime if that's what you were thinking either, btw. Not even with an MXR 6-band and a boost.Didn't even try the cleans before I found a nice scrape on the corner cover and either a burn mark or bruise in the tolex. Back in the box it goes! Minus 4 stars for exceptionally poor tone and scrapes/dings straight from the factory; plus one for looking an awesome-looking design and features.

Nice portable amp that gives me relatively the same tones as my rg200 without having to carry heavy equipment

I made an order of a Dean Dime Dixie Rebel & this was part of the Package-Deal that I received FIRST. Man oh man! I've played pretty much exclusively tubes (Fender and Vox), this is my 1st-Solid-State Amp. This thing's clean and distortion are so good, I've found myself not using my usual Pedal-train of Efx. I used to use the mxr dime distortion in front of my other tube amps, but I REALLY only find myself using my Dime Crybaby, MXR carbon-copy & mxr analogue chorus. I've read many reviews of folks saying it took them a long time to find their correct "sound & volume" for their respective Blue & Red Channels. Not for myself. I figured it out within two hours if that.It is so amazing hearing cleans and kick you in the mouth distortion from an AMP! The other added bonus, along with the 'brightness' button & scoop, is the TOTALLY tubular 'bass boost'! Man, you can rattle & quake the floorboards in you're house. Especially playing groove riffs like "Revolution Is My Name" & some Down tunes. It just so effortlessly cuts through all the mids & the muddiness & MOST IMPORTANTLY, through the wasted time in attempting to find your own tone. Trust me, I have plahed them all...For Metal, even something lighter like Van Halen, this amp will do it all with ease. Just extremely impressed & strongly recommend this amp

THIS AMP I HEARD ON YOU TUBE A GOOD AMP. THIS PREVIOUS GUY WHO WROTE HIS REVIEW MIGHT OF GOTTEN A NOT SO GOOD AMP, I OWN A BUGERA V-22 AND IT GIVES GOOD WARMTH AND IS HEAVIER AND GOING ON A 1 YR AND 1/2 AND STILL KICKS JUST THAT E-L 84 RATTLE AND KNOWN TO DU SO IN A COMBO. I HEARD IT IS LOUD AND GOOD SOUNDING. THIS IS NOT BAD 4 THE PRICE. I NEVER TRY 2 JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVE AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS IN 3RD GRADE AND GOING ON 47 IN MARCH OF NXT YR SO I LOVE MY BUGERA AND FENDER RAMPARTE AMPS AND FENDER ACUSTASONIC 150 AND R GREAT AMPS 4 ME.

The tone controls are rightly called equalizers, because you have to equalize them to each other to get the tones you want. Bugeras, Dime amps, and old Marshalls have similar controls. It means that you have complete, or near complete, control of your sound. However, it also means that the slightest tweak of one control will affect the others, forcing you to change them to compensate. In the end, it just means that despite the simple-appearing layout, you'll be doing a lot of tweaking, and you'd better have a pen and paper handy to jot down your favorite settings.....This amp sounds its best at performance volume. Don't expect to be able to adjust everything at bedroom volume and then just turn it up. You really need to have it cranking before you do any fine tuning. Also, I noticed that some notes had better gain characteristics than others--the notes weren't consistently strong.The amp is very well-constructed, and I was surprised to find no loose screws that needed tightening out of the box. It's very heavy, weight-wise, and the tones are dark. I was surprised the clean channel was so good, and that the gain channel sounded really, really good with a chorus pedal. It also seems that for a manufacturer that prides itself on high-gain amps, the gain isn't that high on this one, unless cranked all the way up. I do like the fact that there's an extension speaker jack, and that it does sound better with different speakers, which open up the bass response a bit.This is a very basic solid state amp, and the price reflects it. There are no bells and whistles, here, no fancy processing. I own several solid state amps from different manufacturers, and so far, this is pretty much my least favorite. Personally, I'd recommend saving up a little more and investing in say, a Peavey Bandit, or maybe a Fender Champion 100. The variety of tones are superior and you get a little more amp for your money....I'm still playing around with this amp, but so far, I'm not that impressed.