I really can't figure out why this didn't catch on like the Peavey VK100 head, which I also own. This amp flat out wails. Really smooth distortion, great for 80's rock/metal. Maybe not over the top distortion, but great amp. Different speakers obviously affect the sound. I have a cab with Eminence GB's in it and it's a great match.

Great pedal, the switchable gain channels are OK. The red channel to me is just ok, and to be honest I haven't played too much with the clean, but don't tell me anyone is buying a Randall to play clean, Randall owners are true metalheads. Footswitchable reverb is nice.

Unlike a Peavey XXX, which I also have that has active eq's, this is easy to get a consistent good sound. Turn the dials and there it is. Manual sucks.

Made in China so who knows. Bought mine used, and was DOA, but a few weeks in the shop, and it's the amp I play most now.

At $530, it may be steep for a chinese built 50W amp, bought it sounds killer. If you see one used, you should check it out, but for some reason they are really hard to find, Randall must not have mass produced tons of these.

If you can get a tech on the phone, they are fairly helpful, but don't expect replies from an email.

It's fairly light weight which is a bonus.

active

rock

I haven't even changed out the tubes for the Svetlana's I bought for it! It sounds better than my Marshall DSL! With the gain cranked all the way it sounds like the DSL, turn it back and it smooths out to a nice even overdiven sound. Handles chords like a tube amp should, doesn't spike your ears when you go from a major to a minor. C'mon at this price, it's gonna change the landscape!

Comes with a huge metal footswitch. It can do any kind of music you want. 50 watt, EL34, channel switching , reverb, etc., what more do you need?

Vinyl is perfect, everything else fits OK. It's not too big and heavy.

Made in China, so it will kill any job there is left in the USA, fer sure! It prolly cost less than 50 bucks to make in China.

Yeah, that will be the question, right?

It's so good it will put the last remaining American/British company out of business!

Extensive

Rock, 70's, 80's.

sounds amazing. you can get any sounds you want with it. vintage blues to heavy metal. i've been searching for a way to achieve the "Iron Maiden guitar tone" for about 5 years and i've finally found my holy grail. i'll love it forever!

footswitch covers everything you'll need to control it and use it to it's full extent

built very well and can stand some abuse (good for tube amp standards)

amazing value for a head that sounds better then ones 3 times as expensive. i never thought i'd say this, but it's better than a marshall

haven't had any problems at all with it