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Well, I had one of these before, and it sounded like crap with my GT8. So I sold it and moved on, even though I thought the switchable tube preamps was a very cool feature.
Here's what I used at the gig last night:
Sennheiser EW100 wireless into a crybaby fasel classic (more on this wah in another thread) into a modded Boss SD-1 to the front end of the RM100. In the loop was a TC G-major. Changed patches with a Rocktron midi controller. Channel 1 was the Randall Ultra module, Channel 2 was Recto, 3 was a clean module. I had the rocktron set up for 5 different sounds - two channel 1, two channel 2, one clean. the last pair of channel 1 and two had louder delays, and the top 5 turned off/on delay, chorus, tap tempo and a solo boost.
It sounded great. Was a little fatter than my VHT, not quite as much clarity, but it also was a LOT easier to play... was tighter than the JSX, but not quite as tight as the VHT but close depending on the module. I had the cab (marshall GT75 loaded slant) thumping pretty good and it didn't woof out at all. I REALLY enjoyed using the ultra module, the recto was ok, and the clean was well, clean. I set the gain at about 1/3rd up on the recto and used the SD to push it, so it gave me 4 effective channels.
So what is the bad thing about this setup? The freakin' Randall is HEAVY. I mean HEAVY. I think they are around 75 pounds or so... feels twice as heavy as my VHT. It sucks... a band I shared a bill with had a marshall head cover/case with casters on it like luggage. I may be investing in one if the RM100 fits in it. One other thing that was interesting is that I had the amp CRANKED... the G-major cut my effective levels since when I set it for the same volume with or without the G, it clipped in the G-major. May just be operator error on my part, but we'll see. Plus I had the amp volume down -6db for the volume 'boost'. It still kicked ass, had the guys in the band say I had my best tone yet, and they've always been happy with the sounds I got.
I'm thinking about getting the rackmount head and running it with the mesa 295 I recently acquired. Anyways, I'm a convert back to the Randall modular concept... : )
Pete
Here's what I used at the gig last night:
Sennheiser EW100 wireless into a crybaby fasel classic (more on this wah in another thread) into a modded Boss SD-1 to the front end of the RM100. In the loop was a TC G-major. Changed patches with a Rocktron midi controller. Channel 1 was the Randall Ultra module, Channel 2 was Recto, 3 was a clean module. I had the rocktron set up for 5 different sounds - two channel 1, two channel 2, one clean. the last pair of channel 1 and two had louder delays, and the top 5 turned off/on delay, chorus, tap tempo and a solo boost.
It sounded great. Was a little fatter than my VHT, not quite as much clarity, but it also was a LOT easier to play... was tighter than the JSX, but not quite as tight as the VHT but close depending on the module. I had the cab (marshall GT75 loaded slant) thumping pretty good and it didn't woof out at all. I REALLY enjoyed using the ultra module, the recto was ok, and the clean was well, clean. I set the gain at about 1/3rd up on the recto and used the SD to push it, so it gave me 4 effective channels.
So what is the bad thing about this setup? The freakin' Randall is HEAVY. I mean HEAVY. I think they are around 75 pounds or so... feels twice as heavy as my VHT. It sucks... a band I shared a bill with had a marshall head cover/case with casters on it like luggage. I may be investing in one if the RM100 fits in it. One other thing that was interesting is that I had the amp CRANKED... the G-major cut my effective levels since when I set it for the same volume with or without the G, it clipped in the G-major. May just be operator error on my part, but we'll see. Plus I had the amp volume down -6db for the volume 'boost'. It still kicked ass, had the guys in the band say I had my best tone yet, and they've always been happy with the sounds I got.
I'm thinking about getting the rackmount head and running it with the mesa 295 I recently acquired. Anyways, I'm a convert back to the Randall modular concept... : )
Pete
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