NAD Randall RG-100 Classic

**Nimitz** · 12-29-2011, 02:30 PM

Loving this new/old amp

This thing is loud with great sustain on clean or distortion... never owned a Randall but it seems like it was built with some pride.

Where do I look to find out what year it is?

**Twitch** · 12-29-2011, 03:18 PM

Ive always loved me a nice Randall (there are a few). Congrats.

**Nimitz** · 12-29-2011, 09:14 PM

Yeah man the EQ on board is very responsive and it has some major guts... I hope it last me for 10 years...

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The back has two foot switch controls, one for channel and a 4db Boost... I only have one pedal that I can find for now but that boost is crazy... The only thing wrong is the master controls are scratchy when moved... how do I clean them?

**RacerX** · 12-29-2011, 09:28 PM

Nimitz gotz some chopz!

Pretty crunchy, but maybe it's that cheap ass pedal gives it a nasty nasally tone?

no GTWGITS?

How about GTWnimitzITS?

**Twitch** · 12-29-2011, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Nimitz

Yeah man the EQ on board is very responsive and it has some major guts... I hope it last me for 10 years...

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The back has two foot switch controls, one for channel and a 4db Boost... I only have one pedal that I can find for now but that boost is crazy... The only thing wrong is the master controls are scratchy when moved... how do I clean them?

Turning them about 20 times in quick succession should clear most of it up. Once pots get scratchy, theres really only temporary solutions. You could take the amp out of the cab and spray the pots with contact cleaner, but again, youll end up doing it again at some point.

**Nimitz** · 12-29-2011, 09:46 PM

Well for a $27 Metal Zone knock off I'm fairly happy... Still working on finding the sweet spot on the pedal... if it has one.

As for the GTWnimitzITS I was naked... and you really don't want that!

**Nimitz** · 12-30-2011, 01:31 PM

Here ya go Ronald... wouldn't that be great if his last name was MacDonald... Sunny fans get it.

**Nimitz** · 01-05-2012, 11:53 PM

I can't find a manual for this amp.

I was wondering if it was the same for this amp as my old 5150... I have two 8 ohm speakers with separate jacks... plug them both in the output jacks and put it on 4 ohm?

I don't see why this amp would work any different than any other amp right?

Ron?

**Twitch** · 01-06-2012, 12:03 AM

Yeah, most SS amps work that way. Id be surprised if you have to flip a switch though, as most SS amps dont have an impedance selector.

**Nimitz** · 01-06-2012, 12:37 AM

This one does... out it's 8/16 in it's 4/2... it even lights up when you push it in!!!

**Twitch** · 01-06-2012, 01:30 AM

Well, then for an 8 or 16ohm load, choose out.

**Nimitz** · 01-06-2012, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by Twitch

Well, then for an 8 or 16ohm load, choose out.

But I am hooking up two 8 ohm speakers or two 8 ohm cabs if you will.

So two 8 ohm cabs hooked up, amp needs to be switched to 4 ohms... right?

**Twitch** · 01-06-2012, 02:03 AM

Ah, yeah, should.

**Nimitz** · 01-06-2012, 02:04 AM

Thankx Broheem

**Nimitz** · 01-11-2012, 02:54 PM

Well I feel like a jackass... I hooked up my Ultra Metal pedal in the loop thinking it was going to be the best place for it... sure it sounds mean and I was loving it. There was a lot of noise though and would almost sound like it was clipping sometimes... well I put it in front of the amp and holy fuck everything came to life... the amp, the pedal, the guitar... AND THE NOISE IS GONE!!!

What a great amp... my 5150 is now forgotten.

**horns666** · 01-11-2012, 09:51 PM

I owned many, many Randalls BITS. They were cheap as dirt..I was snatchin' 'em up for 100-200 bucks a head. I had 'em in Black, Grey Ozite, Snakeskin, White, Silver..RG 100, RG 120, and RG 80's seemed to be my fave for some reason. Fun fuggin' amps to play..that's for sure.

My only complaint was they became pretty shrill when playing with a loud drummer. I always dialed up a killer sound assuming it was loud enough for band levels...until the fuggin' drummer started playing. Just a tad more headroom was all I needed really. Other than that..I loved 'em. I nailed George Lynch's -Tooth N Nail- era Dokken tone BIG TIME..Nail era..."Don't Close your Eyes". I tweaked those amps to THAT sound.

Oh never run ODs in the loop. Actually you really don't need one for that amp. I just ran a Boss DD3 and NS-2 in the loop and was good to go.

**Nimitz** · 01-11-2012, 10:10 PM

I was going to play with my bro (drummer) tonight but we put a new ball joint on the old jeep instead... so I still have yet to play this amp with some drums... I turned it up pretty loud today and you're right the sound does change... as for not having an OD pedal, it just doesn't have that over the top Panterica scream by itself that I want. Without the pedal like RR_YJMFAN said, Boston is about as good as it'll do. Maybe I should have waited and spent a little more on a Randall RG100 ES, but hey for $150 bucks shipped this fucker rocks!!!

I wonder why these old Randall amps don't fetch more? Maybe I'll find out when I finally play with my bro...

**lerxstcat** · 01-11-2012, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Nimitz

Loving this new/old amp

This thing is loud with great sustain on clean or distortion... never owned a Randall but it seems like it was built with some pride.

Where do I look to find out what year it is?

My last RG100ES that I owned, I pulled the chassis out to clean the pots and "1987" was written on the chassis in a spot where you could only see it when it was out of the headshell. Does your amp have the pull-pot compression on the treble pot like the ES heads do? I really like how that makes it sound more tubey. You lose some volume but those heads are loud enough to compensate.