New Randy Rhoads Sig Head

[jgcable]

I wonder if it sounds thin and lifeless like Randy's original tone. I am the first to admit that he was a monster of a player and one of my favorites of all time... a true inspiration... but with that said, his tone sucked live.

[StukaJU87]

I like the color of the tolex.

[Boxcar Willie 84]

I wonder if they are gonna put the appropriate speakers in the cab, or at least some kind of approximation...i remember reading that randy didnt like the celestion speakers that most guys were using and had altec speakers in at least one of his cabs....

[Firebird V]

his speackers were Altec's I believe. The ones with the white frames I think.

And White Marshalls look so friggin' cool!

Is this the GRAVYTRAIN Series??? lol.

[zeegler]

looks pretty cool but I hope it doesn't do Randy's sound wich sucked ass IMO

Randy's tone was like listening to a metal zone through a plastic tube. Horrendous!! :ROTF:

[horns666]

Randy's tone was like listening to a metal zone through a plastic tube. Horrendous!! :ROTF:

or bees in a coffee can..

Let's see a Marshall that will give me that tone..that shouldn't be hard. I've spent decades trying to avoid that tone.

The tone anyone loves was in Randy's hands..and that's it!!!

[shreddermon]

IMHO, Randy's tone on Diary was pretty cool, actually. His tone on Blizzard was passable, but not the totally horrendous thing that you guys are making it out to be.

That said, I can't imagine these selling super well. Hopefully his family gets a portion of the profits, though.

[beachjammer]

I think that's a killer head! With the cascading mod it should take it into JCM800 territory and I love white tolex! I also think that black logo is cool. I hope they do a cool matching cab although I don't know if I'd like the Altec speakers. I wish I still have my Sandoval and LTD to put in front of one of these things!

[khabibissell]

On the Marshall page, you can see small pics of Randy's original head. I'd like to see some closeups of it.

I think this is a cool thing but I doubt if I'll get one... actually, I doubt if I could AFFORD one. I'm sure they're gonna be in the $3K territory at least.

[StukaJU87]

I'm sure they're gonna be in the $3K territory at least.

If I wanted one bad enough, I could just have Kathy's brother build me one for half that.:ROTF:

[Robert Burns]

Man you guys are a tough crowd...i agree that Jake's tone was better...
but Randy's tone was "horrid"? Thin? I thought it was good, although
a bit on the clean/crunch side... this is a tough house!

[roodyrocker]

I loved Randy's tone! Anyway, from what I was told at NAMM, Randy's amp was not a stock JMP. It was modded for more gain. While there are plenty of ultra high gain amps on the market today if you think back to the late 70's/early 80's a Marshall was pretty much the obvious choice. I used to own a mid 70's Super Lead 100 Marshall and it had tons of head room (I had the non-master volume version). It needed a distortion pedal in front of it however. I heard the Rhoads head at NAMM in the demo room and this thing sounded better to me than my old Marshall. The cabs will not have the Altec's in them however because I was told at NAMM the cost was too prohibitive. They told me that most likely they will be Celestion Greenbacks.

[Ben Johnson]

White tolex, eh? It'd be brown after a few gigs.