I'm Worried for Randall Amps' Future - Are They in Trouble?
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- After the departure of prominent artists and a lack of new products for several years, let's hope Randall has something big up their sleeves.
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They didn't make a V shaped guitar did they?!
Funny enough, some of Randall's circuits are closer to rival amps than any of Dean's guitars are to Gibson's, yet you don't see the top amp companies spamming C&Ds and spurious lawsuits.
Randall V2 and T2 were the most underrated amps ever
Randall Satan amp for the win. They need to bring back that amp and make it in the USA.
@@GuitarsAndSynths Def a good design. Finally a amp with control over tightness instead of having to boost the amp
I agree. I still own a v2.
Cole Lewis I agree, I don’t see many vids or reviews about the T2 and V2
I own 2 Of the T2’s and 1 V2, I love this Amps and use them for everything live, recordings and band practices.
I don’t see anyone playing this amps either, I’ve seen probably just a few people playing the V2 but that’s it.
I’m hoping to see more of this model’s reviews.
Cheers! 🤘🏽
The KH103 and 667 are also amazing.
Maybe Solar will buy Randall and will release the Solar Randall 100W head 🙂
They should stick to what they were best known for: well-built American made solid state amps that have tube like warmth and gain.
@David Brandenburg Sr
I said well-built and American made. The ones currently on the market are Chinese and a bit on the fussy side.
@Deconstruction 33 unfortunately the latest RG models are hit or miss.
I love my Diavlo RD45. I also got it new for $300 so that's a huge plus.
daaaamn
Same. That was a smokin deal. That amp kicks all kinds of ass.
I got one used for 350$, I put KT66’s and 12ay7 in v3. Clean channel sparkles beyond belief, I love it.
I paid full price for that and the matching 2x12 years ago, and regret nothing. Love that thing. However, my distortion channel has completely cut out, and I can’t find any obvious issue tubewise so that’s irritating. Poor soldering maybe? Any thoughts?
I bought a pre-owned one for 350 euros and I am delighted. It's just a brutal Amp.
I had some trouble today. Bought one Satan and it did a huge, 'pop' noise (with a lot of reverb) and you can hear the amp playing really really quiet (whisper level) in standby and turned on. One valve has a purple-ish cloud... I'm desperate to be honest. Do you know what could be happening?
Kiss Shot Acerola Orion Heart Under Blade Shinobu get a new tube?
Maybe someone has some input but I own 2 Randall v2s and they both have an occasional power issue. When I turn it on the speakers don’t get much power to them. It only works when I crank the master and strum the guitar hard and then it breaks through super loud and works fine until it gets transported. Sometimes you don’t have to transport it for it to do that. Any input? Could be anything. I’m wondering if it’s the transformer, capacitor or tube...Ive reseated the tubes and still does it. Those seem to be fine and work fine when the amp starts working right again. The whole thing with me having to crank the master and strum until the power comes through has to tell someone that knows something about amps something.
I hope Randall will endure. No update to their page for years. Randall is my favorite amp brand, I’d hate to see them fall.
how do most of these brands make it with all the competition and with VSTs?
ya I just bought the Randall RH150D used and its awesome just have a problem getting the 6 pin din cable for the foot switch cant find anywear.
If you ever wanna talk Randall history & what happened with the brand from the late 90’s to 2008, will be happy to discuss. I ran Randall during that time & designed & voiced the amps along side Bruce E.
I was a sales rep at KMC/US Music the owners of Randall and I can help shed some light on this situation. I left Randall in 2021, feel free to give me a shout if you want to talk more about this topic. Love your content!
Are they pretty much on the verge of going out of business?
@@levkamenev3904 I can't speak to that, but I would be interested in seeing them introduce some new products. New products and new R&D are essential for a brand to keep moving forward.
@@TubaSteve369 I totally agree. I like some of their solid state stuff quite a bit and would love to see them place more focus there. I have a newer RG 1503 that I like pretty well, and an older Cyclone that I love.
This is pretty disappointing. I've recently purchased a diavlo 20w head, and it's a fine amp.
I just bought one used. That thing fuckin rips!
Just got a 45 for $375. What’s with the insane resale value on these things?
Love your videos man, great content and so much information!
This is pretty much what always happens with "vulture" firms -- they scoop up intellectual property and absorb an existing workforce, but then put downward pressure on management to maximize profits for the shareholders without taking any risks whatsoever. The R&D budget is chalked up as an expense rather than an investment, so it gets slashed into oblivion. No amount of talent can overcome a combined lack of vision and money from investors, and the company flounders. They're a cash cow in a risk-averse market now, and it's only a matter of time before they're sent to the slaughterhouse.
That's really sad about DigiTech, too -- I've owned several of their multi-effects units over the years, and always thought they were great for experimenting, and really dug the built-in 4 track recording on the GNX3. The Rubberneck is an amazing unit, too; I wound up picking that over a Carbon Copy because the thing is so damned wild. The Boneshaker was a cool pedal, too, and probably shouldn't have been discontinued. Apparently the whole team was laid off in 2018. Again, this is another symptom of a company being bled dry by a vulture capital management firm.
I used an RG 80 all through the 1980s and 90s. The same amp. It seems like blackstar has stolen thier thunder.
With peavey, evh, mesa etc out there, maybe the market is saturated. Maybe if they made super cheap solid state pedal platform amps.
All amp companies are in trouble except maybe Line6. 90% of players have figured out they only need a 5 watt lunchbox amp or modeling unit at most. More are deciding to just use an iphone app or PC amp emulator. Good quality tubes were already hard to obtain and have gotten even harder to get. Combine that with a rapidly aging out player base and fewer younger players seriously taking up guitar and you have lots of amp companies folding.
Well said.
Watched this and couldn't stop noticing the Ceriatone :D
Joe Delaney left, that's it. Heard they virtually had no footprint at NAMM and that's sad. I love all my Randall amps! RG3003H, RG1503C with two V30s, Diavlo RD100H, RH200 G2 and Randall Satan 120... recently traded my RD1H. They are all amazing amps, sad they're losing steam. Lots of ex employees have shared some dark secrets eluding that they're closing shop. :'(
You are correct, I worked with Joe when he was heading up Randall and it was a pleasure. Very smart, had a vision and understood the history of the brand as well.
Since the 90s Randall is just a side business of some sort with no philosophy at all behind it. As long as losses ain't too high noone cares, if they make money or lose.
Also since the 90s Randall has been extremely lucky with artists. Dime and Kurt for example promoted their amps more or less by accident. I am not sure how Kirk Hammet got into there, he was probably just too nice to say no... xD
Mike Fortin and Ola Englund were the last lucky thing that happened due to Randalls ties to Dime, I am sure. So, they'll be waiting for the next unicorn to fall into their laps. I think they can afford.
Adding to this video, 4 years later. I spoke briefly with Mike Fortin back in 2017 with some technical questions regarding the new line at the time. He said he only had his hand in designing the tube amps. Randall was going to have him redesign the solid state RG series and other killer projects that will never see the light of day. There is no design work happening, everyone is gone except for Joe. Randall as a company is dead and they are simply selling remaining stock and will likely shelf the brand after. He had also mentioned that all the new Randall amp lines were made in China and assembled with Chinese components so you have to expect the type of quality that goes with that. He didn't go into more detail, but you could just sense in the overall tone that things were not good for Randall. Again, this was 2017, but 7 years later, his words still ring true as we see nothing new from Randall, nothing at NAMM 2024, and the remaining amp stock has skyrocketed in price. Such a bummer.
The first amp I bought was a Randall RG1003h, and it was dead out of the box. Returned it for, amusingly enough, an Egnater Tweaker 15. That tiny little amp crushes literally every other head I've ever heard for almost every kind of tone, and it only cost me $300. If it were footswitchable like the 40 watt version, I don't think I'd ever see myself wanting to buy another head. Aside from that unfortunate first impression, the issue I think Randall has had is the fact that they don't have any advertising, PR, anything to make people think "Hey these amps are good and competitive with brands like Peavey, Marshall, and Mesa, try them". They have their branding and target market, but they don't do much of anything to reach that market. They don't even have proper social media presence, as far as I know.
Washburn has the same problem, like you said. I wouldn't have known they even existed at this point if I didn't watch Ola's videos to see that he used them. And hell, I own a Washburn Solar, and it's the best guitar I've ever played, but I don't think I could ever buy another Washburn if they keep neglecting the brand like they have been.
@KC Never claimed otherwise. But on the other hand, my Egnater amp actually functions. Nothing against Randall, I think their amps are awesome and I know I just got unlucky, but it sucks that they're letting the brand die out like this
@KC Good for you. My Randall didn't work and my Tweaker has been 100% rock solid since I got it. That's all I give a fuck about, not whose you've fixed or who uses them.
Someone PLEASE buy and save Randall and B.C. Rich!!!!! \m/
THIS
Yea, just don't save BC Rich 🙂
@@monstercadaver bruh moment
YES
4 months later B.C rich has a new buyer and The new guitars look sick.
Dude, when will your collaboration Gargoyle amp be available?
It's out, just go to the Ceriatone website under the Hot Rodded Plexi section!
Can you make an update video on randall?
watching this 2 years later its really interesting to see how this has played out so far. No artist page, limited offerings, and just an overall obvious decline. Considering they are offered through Musicians Friend and not sweetwater I wouldnt be surprised if they arent stuck in a contract with them as well.
Yeah and Randall RG80 amps are $500 now they should be $299 again Randall soild state amps are getting more expensive it's like f**k for $799 I could get a Marshall DSL40CR.
I've owned a few Randalls over the years. I currently have the RD45h. Great amp, but sure, they could have simply released an updated version with an added channel, if even just to show some progress. When they started coming out with the full-on metal amps I was pumped. I was glad to see them owning the path. Too many manufacturers try to keep a toe in every pond, spread too thin. Randall's focus went super-narrow, and then they failed to continue development. And still, despite their higher end metal amps, the stigma still follows. People usually see them as the company who built sub-par solid state amps in the 90's-2000's. I hope they find a way to regain focus and the attention of the consumer. They have contributed a lot but that's no reason to simply sit back and ignore the future.
I played a Diavlo 50 once, that was really good.
Digitech died when they were sold to another company a year ago or so, Harman electronics or something.
It's funny because I was talking to somebody on Ola's discord right before he posted that video about Randall and Washburn dying, they just didn't do anything new, neither improved their old stuff.
By the way, you get lots of love in the member discord Ola's been plugging for the last few weeks, it would be amazing to see you there one day :D Also, do you have any plans of opening your own channel's discord server / yt membership thing?
When I reach bigger subscriber numbers, I definitely want to expand viewer interaction to another platform. Discord will probably be it. As for RUclips memberships, absolutely never. Those assholes take a 30% cut, and I refuse to give them any more free money. Especially when it's coming straight out of a generous viewer's pocket.
I will endorse Synergy! So many options to use. I strongly feel they are the future, the dual channel modular preamp system is awesome. Plus, you can add additional channels to any amp with a series fx loop!
The process seems to be fair for Synergy and the other companies involved, plus the system is expandable. The modules are built by the other parties not interpretations. Morgan made by Morgan, Bogner built by Bogner, Synergy built by Synergy, Soldano built by Soldano. The coolest thing is you add to your existing amp, build a rack, or use Synergy various tube heads. Much better product than the previous. They have a few minor things, I'm sure they will improve. Plus, where can you combine Friedman and Morgan in stereo, for example. They have made tons of modules already. The demo of the Fender amp getting a hot rod overdrive and a Marshall adding a super clean is what convinced me. Plus, the old Engaged, Randall, and other 3rd part modules are backwards compatible!
Also, it's analog and all tubes, no digital modeling!
Scott Ian for sure went to EVH.
Randall has been shining as an amp brand with Fortin on board. The Facepunch, Diavlo series still shines in my ears tho. I own a 45 watt Diavlo head and Ive been gigging with it for 3 years boosting it with a tubescreamer and always gets the job done
I had the RD50 for a while and sold it. I definitely want to get a new one.
@@dannybardon2934 Ive owned the Diavlo 45 for 4 years and now I'm selling it so ot wont collect any more cobwebs
Their forums really reflect this. You see tons of activity and helpful things when Fortin was with them and then crickets after he left.
Kirk hammet has signature randall mts preamps also. I have the kh-1, kh-2, kh-3 modules for my randall rm50, I prefer the randall ultra preamp to them tho
i have a randall rg75 g3 plus i love the sound i hope they will make a comeback and make more combo amps and heads i would be sad if their sound got lost in time
Funnily enough, running a Mooer delay pedal through a Randall Diavlo gives me some of the nicest clean tone I've ever heard...Makes me think I'm playing a Randall Diva!
Wylde chorus pedal on the clean channel is fucking money as well. My clean tone is locked In on that period. I keep the chorus on my pedalboard just for my 2 minutes of total clean music in my 20+ songs lmfao
I've played Randalls since '87!
I love the Randall RG100, they really need to bring back the century 200
I have a Randall Santan 50w and i've played with it live. I play death metal and have a pantera tribute band.
It really have a nice powerful tone, but in my opinion not as good as fractal ax8 + Seymour duncan 170 that i use now. Portability tone and versatility.
But still have the satan..
But yes. I agree with you.
Randall had very hype with Pantera. But now.... no Fortin, no Ola... hum....
That’s the best setup now. With fractals, mooers and all these pedal board pre amps you don’t even need an Amp head anymore. I use an Axe too with a orange pedal baby 100. Super light tons of unlimited tons and cab sims
anyone who would buy a amp with SATANS FILTHY name on it must bereally eager to get to HELLFIRE ETERNAL DAMNATION!! ENJOY YOUR STAY ITS WELL NAMED!!!
calm down mate.
steve burchfield 😂😂😂 bring it on 🔥
Dana McWhite yeah! Im super happy with fractal! No more problems in sound checks and i have a huge tone live. Using the savage for death metal ! Its really brutal. And its plug and play!
i noticed randall amps aren't sold by thomann anymore.
Yeah I was about to get one a couple of years ago then they started having supply problems. Said they would get more and nothing happened.
Probably doesn't help that their price points are completely outrageous for amps made in China.
R3stlessNWild I’m paying for the design and Mike Fortin will always back his designs.
@@charlesrocks Necro replying here, but design does not equal quality though in Randall's case. I spoke with Mike Fortin himself briefly in 2017 and these are his verbatim words regarding that:
"The build quality is Chinese and this is low end stuff so you have expect what comes with that."
I always wanted a randall ninja v2, thrasher, and kh103...i did own a kh120 half stack which was pretty decent but always left something to be desired
I had that kh120 I sold it I actually still have the cabinet it came with with the jaguar speakers. Hammett has been with randall for al omg fucking time now. He used randall in exodus that's why they went after him
Great video, following market trends and such would certainly benefit the brands. Smaller, compact rigs with usable tones for example. (Not that there’s no usecase for tube amps/heads), more just what the current climate is at the moment.
But amps like say the Boss Katana seem to have a healthy presence and combination setups/pedal platform setups like a floor modeller with an Orange pedal baby per say would appear to also have a good standing currently.
Or say even the Revv D20 with a torpedo built in.
I guess maybe instead of just releasing bare bones amplifiers, these new hybrid style amps or amps with multiple features built in for actual real use would be a viable direction.
Personally I’m still sold on the Boss tube amp expander, perfect studio and live use. Throw a preamp or modeller in front and call it a day and live it won’t destroy your spine. Then go record a bunch of awesome tunes at home with it using your heavy brick of a tube amp head and if you’re not satisfied with the tone, reamp it with another head and another and so on using the tube expander.
Or take your tiny little fender 15 watt fender amp and inject it with the Boss 100 watt power amp and annhilate your drummer with the expander. Just because you can.
I could be wrong but the tube amp expander embodies what the current market trend is, a feature loaded piece of gear that has vast real world usage for modern and classic players. I’ve considered a torpedo live and then the captor as a cheaper route, was never interested in the ox box but I’m definitely saving for the tube expander.
It’d be nice to use my amp heads again without having to setup cabs and mics and record silently.
Dude, I could so talk your ear off about gear, I’ve always known what my dream amp would be if I could choose the features that would go into it from scratch.
I want to agree with you cause all your facts are on point. I know I'm a nobody just playing and recording my own music but I started playing in 1995 so it's going on 25 years here and I always try a new amp here and there and at the end of the day I end up right back on Randall's door step. In my opinion and this is just mine obviously they make very good metal amplifiers. I currently have the diavlo 100 and the nulifier and they're the best amps I've used to date. Then again like you said they're fortin designed but even the rg line they have has some serious metal balls. I personally think they'll be just fine. I'm probably wrong but ots just me hoping i guess. There is a large group of people loyal to this brand believe it or not. I know dudes in their 40s been playing randall forever and say they'll never switch and I'm honestly on that same road currently. I tried Marshall went back tries blackstar went back I even bought a rectifier and went back. Maybe just a comfort zone? I dont know lol anyways good points and big facts
Fast forward to 2024, and Ola and the Satan series are not even listed on the Randall site, only Kirk Hammett.
Love my Randall pro tube2 it's old AF.
Love your channel man!
I really wish Randall would get back to basics , when they made the rg100es and original jaguar cabinets. I think the first vmax heads were their last best production model.
There are so many amp makers now, I don't see how any of them make it...
With stuff like bias amp and stl tonality I'm surprised people are still making physical amps. You can tell it's a plugin but just fucking barely. I bought bias just to see the hype and ended up using it for 3 months straight
Currently using a 667. It had the midi boards fry on it. STILL currently trying to get my parts order processed. Its been 2 weeks to even get to the ordering process. They have 1 single woman in the parts department for Jam industries. One of the USMC subsidiaries that ownes randall/washburn etc... Just shows how sad a place the company must be in. It makes me very sad to think that in a few years i will have to switch amp brands due to not being able to get my amp fixed or replaced...
Would be cool if they could work with Lee Jackson.
I've got the ultimate nullifier and I love it. It's a beast. I can't say enough good about it. For years I was all about Marshall, and I still love the marshall sound but once I got the ultimate nullifier my jcm 800 isn't seeing much play time.
Scott left to now he plays 5150iii
There were rumors a while back that Randall was developing a Fredrik Thordendal signature amp, also with design input from Mike Fortin. This was after the DAR FBM100 fell through, so at the time I was hoping this meant Randall was making a more affordable FBM100 following the success of the Satan. I'm guessing after Mike left Randall, that ended up being the Fortin Meshuggah amp.
I bought the last of the KH103 amps and 667 amps. The sales rep at Randall was mum on anything else.
The Randall rg80 in 1983 changed my guitar life. Put it on the overdrive Channel and pulled out the treble knob and said, okay I get it now.
This is interesting. All I can tell you is that you can currently get used Randall heads for a steal. I just picked up a Diablo RD45 for $375. Retail on that beast is around $1,300, but they seem to have the resale value of a Les Paul Studio. Don’t know if this is due to the market and where Randall is as a company, but that amp is a steal. Do you know anything about the used value of a Diavlo RD-45?
Kirk plays a handwired version of the green amp, which was done by Fortin himself. Im sure the stock amp is killer, but still... The Anthrax guy has that awesome signature head too...
I wish Randall made some sick solid state lunch box amps I’d love to snag one
I freaking love randall amps I hope they get back on track
The randall rd5 is one badass bedroom amp
That Kirk Hammet KH103 is an amazing amp.
i hope OLA decides to make SOLID STATE METAL AMP HEAD ID LOVE THAT !!
Yeah FORTIN SOLAR WHEN!!!!!
kristian mcfarren i hope ola stops using solid state and digital and goes full tube. Like dime did
@@Ottophil . Tube amps are dated, heavy and expensive.
MetalLion 07 does dated mean “sounds better”? Cause if so, then sure
I agree here. A lot of great brands have been watered down or ignored because of pure negligence on the part of management. My own advice for Randall follows:
1. As you said, figure out what kinda brand it should be. If they wanna do the metal and rock thing, cool. Just get a roadmap.
2. There are lots of people out there who love amps and circuits that probably need a job. Hire some good peeps who know electronics and good designs.
3. Reach out to artists, but have some standout products that don't just push a big name. As a consumer, the end result is the same regardless of what the logo says. If a sig head is good, great. But don't let that be the only thing good about Randall.
4. This sort of circles back to my first point. For the future, have easy feedback tools for customers. If you want to make a difference you need real numbers on what people want, what they like and dislike about a product, etc. Make it fun. Do contests and shit like that. Basically anything to inspire honest feedback from real users, not just paid users.
Great videeo as always. :)
I have a Randall BMF amp that is a pre-production proto type. They only made like 200 in production before shutting it down. It was made in the mid 1990's. The BMF was a collaboration amp for an endorsement for Slash and right before the deal was to be finalized Marshall swooped in and snatched up Slash as an endorsee !! The BMF is a 100 watt plexi SLP style head and it can with a stitch you can either use el-34 or 6l6 gc power tubes. 5 preamp tubes. It is a really neat amp and load !
I feel like if Randall decided to work on their solid state amplifiers and made a line for the modern guitar player, that they’d catch on. From what I understand, solid state was fairly popular in the 80’s and 90’s. If they could bring that into the modern era of guitar playing, they could possibly pull theirselves out of that hole.
The RG3003 is about the best SS bang for your buck going right now. It's a bit noisy (thank god for the built in gate) and only one EQ. If they put a separate EQ for all three channels (like the old Crate VTX350H), it would be almost perfect. The RG3003 comes alive through 4 Eminence EM12's. An RG100 re-release would be pretty badass, too.
From my Observation Dimebag brought Randall into the 90's in a big way !! But they need to diversify with solid state and full tube options also Pricing is an Issue . They need to put out some high Gain mini battery Amps like Blackstar & Boss are doing .
They’ve gone through phases. The module phase that was popular, etc. they make a good product but all companies go up and down. I think eventually they may come back but if I can get their gear cheap, I’m okay with that.
Very sad, I have a diavlo 45h and absolutely love it!
Will Tomao I just bought one and I’m in love with it
I have a diavlo 45h also. I’m running a thrasher 2x12 cab with the g12h 100s 16ohms. And I don’t think Celestion makes those speakers any more. But my setup is a beast
Alex Maysonet it really is a good one and quite versatile as well!
Thomas Preavett Nice!!! Metal on \m/
Will Tomao It really is! I was surprised when I got a solid classic rock tone out of it. I’m running it through an Orange PPC 4x12 with V30s.
Pretty sure Kirk uses Axefx for anything live. He has them drag out his signature half stack for baseball games and the like but I'm pretty sure it's Axe Fx going into the PA.
Randall kicks total ass! No boost pedal needed.
Randall's page is under construction again!!!, we use a Randall Diavlo RD100H, and it sounds really good
I (proudly) own a Randall RG1503, as soon as I bought it, they seemed to disappear slowly from every music shop, you can't find brand new Randalls in Europe nowadays, I was lucky enough to get a second hand Randall cabinet and it kick asses!! Getting a Boss GX-100 now to complete my rig. I guess owning a Randall+Dean nowadays is a privilege 😅
Re: Nuno’s endorsement, it’s worth noting while he still uses the Randall Nuno cabs on stage, and occasionally has the NBN King heads for display, he’s not been playing through them for years. He uses a Marshall DSL 50 mostly tucked out of view (and in plain view if you ever him at Lucky Strike Live). Make of that what you will. I tend to think the Randall endorsement was a bit of a marriage of convenience via the US Music/Washburn connection.
What about that new 6 channel amp randall coming out they arre with us music corp
I love my randall rg3003h head. But they're dying. Their 90s sound was the best. They should've stuck with that.
I guess I got lucky with my RG3003H, added a TS9 and a MXR10 Band EQ , that thing screams, its dry on the clean side ,due to no chorus or reverb but you get dialed in and its a nice distortion, just got to get everything set right,cheap to buy too, … but heres the thing about the FET circuit,which is basically similar to the davis booster tech Black Sabbath used , also used in the Sabbra Cadabra peadal by Catlain bread, its response is best in dropped tuning, half ,and whole step, then you really hear what that circuit is about, just not the same in 440 tuning which most ppl play
I agree with everything. They need an EQ on each channel. My only real gripe.
I think Mesa should acquire Randall amplifiers because the founders name is Randall so it make so much sense and it could be an entry-level amp to Mesa bogie amplifiers or still be a separate entity of its own
Thank you
Randall is the best for me !New or old love them👍
I've never owned a randall amp
A buddy of mine had a small combo solid state and it sounded great. I miss bc rich too
Irregardless if they survive, I Will still have plenty of Randall amps in my studio
RANDALL makes some good amps. Have a Switchmaster 150 combo from the early 80s played 100s of gigs with it haven't used it in years. It's solid state but it has a good sound think it needs a speaker, that was the only thing went through a handful of speakers.
When someone told me that “Fortin designed” the Diavlo series - after hearing it, playing it, I ask “Designed what, the Skully logo?” It’s not that great.
I saw a video that showed Metallica's current live setup: both James and Kirk are using Axe FX. So I think at this point, Kirk is pretty much just an endorsee for Randall out of contractual obligation.
That being said, I've been wanting an EOD88 for awhile. I just don't have the cash to pull the trigger on it. Just a super doomy sounding amp that sounds great to my ears.
John Clements The KH103 is a fine amplifier. It stands right up there tone wise with the JP2C.
Mr Plague I definitely agree with all your observations of what Randall is going through,but let's not count them out yet. Times right now might look grim for them but they may be in the same condition BC Rich was in not too long ago. Truly they do need to keep all their customers and even potential customers aware that some sort of change is coming or tell us all that new things are on the way. It would be a shame to see them go away , but someone may step up and take control of the situation and put this company back on track . It is needed. Who knows?
I have a Randall RG 1003 awesome little amp... Let's keep in mind guitar driven music all together is dying... unfortunate really... Hope Randall can continue.
I have a 667, a Satan-50, a Satan-120, a Warhead, and several other models from competitive labels; that 667 has some of the MOST brutal tonal-capabilities, possibly even better than the Satan's!
It's WICKED fantastic and I can't believe more people aren't recognizing this thing for what it is!
They should reissue their old solid state heads, like the RG100ES, the Century 200 etc. Those things would sell like hotcakes.
I looked HARD for one of the Fortin designed amps in my country, with the intention to buy. I literally didn't see a single amp of any kind in stock at any store (online or otherwise). Something was seriously wrong with the company already before Fortin was involved.
all gone of thomanns website as well , only a iso cab was left the rest out of stock not to replenish
IMO the satan is the best metal sound I have ever heard.
Mine doesn't work :((
Gotta agree I wanted to buy it my wife said no cause I already had the diavlo and the nulifier. Honestly tho watch videos of the nulifier lol you can dial the same tone on it as the satan. It has low gain high gain and normal... lol 6irth 6rind 6gain, same damn thing literally with a different face plate on it
i just bought a randall thrasher, absolute game changer
I have a Randall 15 watt Rd15.
I can speak from experience, especially that one, doesn't do anything well. It has a high gain channel, which doesn't do anywhere near past maybe country rock. The effects are there, sure, but you can only choose between reverb or delay at one particular time.
But it is, the best clean channel I have heard past the fender stuff. It can be a funk players dream. I can sit there for hours funking, and I'm not even a funk player. I like modern metal. But single coils through that clean channel are heavenly, I'm not giving that amp up yet.
Lets be honest here..Randall didnt have anything great to begin with...
There were some good amps but not great enough worth prolonging and keep selling to keep the company going..Look at other companies like Peavey and Mesa,they keep recycling 5150s,Rectifiers and Marks for decades.Besides the new downsized versions they havent done anything new but they have a great product to pay the bills for another 50 years.
Randall didnt have anything good like that hence why there is no continuation of old products.So they had to make a whole new line of products and while they did a nice job with the metal genre,they did just that,claiming only a portion of the market (not everyone plays modern metal).And now apparently they kinda stuck with that.
If you ask me they should keep the Diavlo range as they are cool amps for their tube line and should invest on their solid state amps.Randall was always known for the better solid state amps out there and currently there is no other company investing much on that.
When I tried to contact customer service last year about something they never responded. 🙄
Randall is over. A person I know was endorsed by Randall and left as well. The brand will remain inactive for the foreseable future. The suit guys decided that the company isn't profitable. Fortin is long gone as well.
An update to this video - for the past few weeks I've been getting a 504 Gateway Timeout Error whenever I try to visit the Randall site.
Thomann have stopped stocking the brand.
Does not look promising, here's hoping US Music/JAM get it together.
Yikes, website has finally loaded - under the about section, it implies Mike Fortin is still the chief engineer.
There website is also down for construction atm. Its not looking good for this company . Just about every artist is gone or is leaving which is really only one big dog left .
Ola left awhile back. I asked him on a chat like 6 months ago and he said he just wasnt wanting to be tied down. He uses his laptop on fly dates and fractal on tours. I dont think he is working on amps or pedals.
Isn't Ola involved with Progressive Grid nowadays? He's featured on their website and Ola presets come with Bias FX...
@@saschaschneider6355 I think he came up with presets but I dont think he uses it. He used the neural NTS for his solo album rhythm and the howard benson for leads.
@@clintn6677 Interesting, thank you!
It's the end of 2021 and still no news from Randall!
It's the beginning of 2024, and nothing. Not even NAMM 2024. You can safely assume at this point, Randall as a company is dead.
They just need to bring back older models, I mean anyone would want at least an attempt at a remake of a Century 2 or even a Warhead V2