Rhoads Signature Marshall?

[Wayniac]

Rumor is Doug Aldrich is to demo this amp?
Anyone see/hear anything?

[BenoA]

Go see www.marshallamps.com

it's online!

[sonicsamurai]

what does doug aldrich have to do with randy rhoads? i thought some one like zakk might be more appropriate as the guy who plays randys stuff all the time with ozzy and having been a big rhoads fan anyway

[drockilles]

I love Randy and all, but I don't know many people looking for the "Randyesque" tone.

[markD]

ain't that the truth!!! mosquito in a box? i will admit, it looks cool!!

[quiksilver]

Good point. Randy's playing was fabulous, but his tone was lame.

[rjohnstone]

Good point. Randy's playing was fabulous, but his tone was lame.

+1

[CharvelRocker]

Good point. Randy's playing was fabulous, but his tone was lame.

+2. Also, didn't most of hsi tone come from running a D+ right into a mixing board for recording?

[Roidster]

[scotty]

I Dolores is getting some bucks out of this.

[toejam]

Good point. Randy's playing was fabulous, but his tone was lame.

Exactly. Maybe we can all get crap tone with this amp now? :ROTF:

[KBRR]

i agree randys tone was pretty bad... im sure they must have "beefed" up this amp.

[Rhoadsfan67]

Not sure what you guys are talking about, but Randy's tone was very distinctive. You have to remember it was 1980. There were no high gain amps in that era; anything that sounded badass was obviously a mod, and even then, it varied widely. To say that his tone was lame is way off base as far as I am concerned. Listen to DOAM and tell me that the tone doesn't make some of those riffs just sound killer and mean. I am probably gonna buy one of these heads, not only because I am one of the biggest RR fans on the planet for the last 25 years, but because I really think his tone was effective and cut through the mix 100 times more than any of these high gain freaks today.

[pott]

Wasn't he using Laneys just before his Death..? I thougth the AORs were designed to cater for his needs, or he was using them. Something like that...
Don't like his tone, his playing was good but he's not doing much for me and I'll walk past this Marshall without noticing it.

[Vass]

Depends what tone we're talking about- If we're talking about the studio album tones I am in complete agreement---Mosquito in a box is a perfect descriptor. Listen to the start of "I Don't Know" and there you have it.

However, his live tone, as evidenced on Tribute, is gigantic. His lows are like thunder & the highs absolutely scream. His rhythm on that album is just gargantuan & just fills the room.

Or maybe I'm just a fanboy. Tribute changed my life. I am not unbiased here.

Compare/Contrast/Discuss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsvwBkVdKw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hwq3nNHyPI

Vass