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the prince of shred

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rm100?
« on: June 08, 2009, 02:28:51 PM »
anyone tried one of these? i need a new tube amp for high gain rhythm with a lot of low end and tightness, and searing leads mostly, with a sparkling rich clean tone.... thers one on ebay for £650 without modules but i heard that the high gain modules arnt that good anyone agree or disagree with this??
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Re: rm100?
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2009, 04:02:35 PM »
I'm not really familiar with the Randalls but, seriously, have you looked at the current range of Bugeras ?   THey have great high gain, and a stellar clean channel too !   Build quality does not seem to be as bad as the low prices would suggest either.

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Re: rm100?
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2009, 04:33:08 PM »
Used to have one, but I dropped Randall when the 3rd amp in 2 month's time malfunctioned (first two T2s just went up in smoke and then that one RM100 began to feedback like crazy even though I had an ISP Decimator hooked up).
Now moved on to ENGL and couldn't be more satisfied with it.

Not sure about the build quality on Randalls :D,
but on the rare occasions they worked they really delivered tone.
Mine had a Blackface, an UltraXL and a modded Ultra module.
Great clean, really beefy high-gain rhythms and top-notch leads.

Maybe I was just out of luck (three times in a row... yeah right),
but RM100s are really capable of some good tones IF they work properly,
as well as some great features like the Bias section in the back.

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Re: rm100?
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2009, 04:55:24 PM »
I'm not really familiar with the Randalls but, seriously, have you looked at the current range of Bugeras ?   THey have great high gain, and a stellar clean channel too !   Build quality does not seem to be as bad as the low prices would suggest either.

just the price that puts me off sall, i will however check them out due to large no. of people recomending them./..

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Re: rm100?
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2009, 05:54:25 PM »
If it's too much money, look into the T2 and V2 Randalls. Just bought the T2 myself and it's fricking awesome.

the prince of shred

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Re: rm100?
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2009, 08:55:02 PM »
they look awsome too but i dont even know if i can afford them, just found myself out of a job and need to cut costs on amp....:(
i am pondering between the bugera 6262 and 333xl (or 6260 and 333 i really dont know what the difference is...)
i need an amp that can do tight aggressive rhythm work with alot of bass and lower midrange growl... (machine head, lamb of god *although their tone is awfull* trivium, killswitch engage, arch enemy etc....) and then searing clear  fluid solos , (especially like arch enemys...)
which amp would be best for this ? it would be great if a bugera would fit the bill, (save me a few pennies...)
suggestions?

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Re: rm100?
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2009, 10:31:32 PM »
i've only tried one in a shop, the only high gain module i got to try was the recto one, and i didn't really like it (from what i can remember- it was ages ago when i got to try it). The plexi and deluxe models were very nice, though. Obviously I can't comment on the reliability because of only trying it in a shop... :)

i haven't been able to try the bugeras, can you try them? that'd be the best thing.

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Re: rm100?
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2009, 10:56:41 PM »
I am a Randall MTS user and also mainly an Egnater  modular amp user
I cant say enough good things about them
The Egnaters are somewhat scarcer and much more expensive but OMG - great gear
I am liking the Randall stuff a lot too and there are some great modifications that are done to some of the modules

Get over to the MTS forum to check it all out :http://mtsforum.grailtone.com/index.php

Cant speak of the reliability of the Randall heads as I use the preamps with a separate power amp, but the sounds and ability to change things around is great
www.felineguitars.com - repairs & custom built
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Re: rm100?
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2009, 12:49:38 AM »
i have heard feline's setup (above) it sounds amazing!