I buy and sell vintage Randall equipment. A lot of sellers on EBAY think that since the amp they have was made in the 70's, it must be worth $400. What a joke. Someone has an RG300 "Orange Stripe" head for sell for over $300. It's woth about $120 and it's a bare bones head with no reverb or tremelo. I just picked up an RG90-D 212 Combo on EBAY for 81 dollars. Did I mention it was in mint condition? Yes, it cost me $50 to ship, but I think $130 is a good buy. This RG90 is a 1974 model. I sold the two, old mismatched speakers that were in it and I replaced them with a pair of Eminence "Red, White and Blues." If these prove to be to mellow on the high end, I will use a pair of Eminence Legend V128's. They are more British sounding with a little more high end sparkle. I use an ABY switch box to select channels on the fly. I have a different set of pedals on each channel. One has the sweet effects for strumming and chords and the other has the nasty effects like a modded Tubescreamer and several old Boss distortion pedals. That's my lead channel. Right now, I'm pretty happy with the Red, White and Blues, as these speakers tend to warm up solid state amps.
I have so many amps and heads I can't tell you what all I have off the top of my head. Now I do want you to know about a Randall head that I have. I got it on EBAY for $305, plus 50 to ship. I couldn't find out anything on this amp. I took it apart and it was made in 1972. Randall was barely out of the gates back then. This head is a monster!!! It has a solid state pre. There is a 12AT7 that is shielded. I don't know if it is used as a driver for the reverb, or if it is used as a phase inverter for the all tube section. The tubes in this amp are what makes this amp a monster. It uses four, 8417's (a pair can make 100 watts). The 8417 was the biggest, baddest audio power tube ever made. Problem was they came out when the transistor was taking the country by storm. Therefore, the big boy was short lived and replacement tubes are expensive. I ended up getting a matched quad of 8417's for this amp. You can go to Harmony Central>User Reviews>Guitar Amps>Randall>RG150 Vintage Hybrid and read my detailed review on this beast. The amp I have is number 85. I think it is safe to say that it is rare. Randall called it the Alpha Hybrid RG150. Whatever you call it, it is one awesome head. Channel One has a Master Volume!!! On a 1972 amp no less. Also has a long tank reverb and tremelo. I located a vintage footswitch for it. Killer. I have all of these modern hi-gain heads and this head can hold its own with any of them. Again, I use an ABY switch box to switch channels.
If anyone would like to talk vintage Randall amps, or if you have one for sale, contact me at: meospeak@aol.com
My web page is: http://www.webspawer.com/users/meoco...005/index.html
Regards, Marty-Musician's Audio Equipment
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