Aims VTG-120 Personalized Guitar Sound System

My name is Doug,
I bought this model Aims Amp new in early 1973.I believe around $650.00
Very crisp,Clean sound for country as well as jazz and old rock and roll.The only effects were reverb,so I had to use peddles.
It has 2 chanels and outlet for external speakers which I used.
I used it from 1973 to 1978 in a road band then stored it in a closet till 1995. I now play the odd gig and use it for recording.

I am using a 1972 Telecaster Delux I bought new with the Aims Amp.
I had to take out the rear humbucking pickup and replace it with a strat singlewound pickup to get the versitility I wanted such as Country,blues,and old rock and roll.
This amp has tremendous punch and sometimes to clear so I turned it towards the wall to get some distortion.In big open gigs we would
mike it but was plenty loud for your averaga club.

The only maintenance this amp has had is the odd tube,one resistor,
and I just put one new 10 in. speaker in it,the other 3 are oridginal.
This amp has never let me down so I never had the heart to sell it
when I was bringing up 4 kids.Probably could of used the money at times but I still have it and use it.LOVE THIS AMP.

This amp had a life time waranty.
To bad they closed down shortly after I bought it.
As someone-else put it, these amps are built like tanks.
If this company was around today I would recomend them on there quality.
Easy to get repaired.

I 've played this amp since 1973.
I love the clear sound even at high volume.
I used to use a 1970 Super-reverb amp.Only other amp I liked.
Marshal amps just aren't clear enough for the music I play however they are the best in my oppinun for heavier rock.

AIMS amps were made by Randall in the mid 1970's. On the front it says "Personalized Guitar Sound System" and on the back the model number is VTG-120... not to be confused with the VTB-120 which is the "Personalized Bass Sound System" which I think might be the same thing as the "Personalized Producer". It's basically the same as an old Fender Bassman head... 2 channels, each having 2 inputs. One channel is best for guitar and the other is best for bass. Each channel has a volume knob and 3 knobs for the eq. There's a "bright" switch on it and a couple other switches (forget what they do). Also has a master volume that affects both channels. On the back are two speaker output jacks and a preamp out jack. So as you can see, it has all the features of an old Fender Bassman... PLUS... it has a reverb, tremolo and a jack for a footswitch! I also think this thing is a bit better laid out than the bassman because the power, ground and stand-by switches are mounted on the front.

SUPERB! I plugged my bass into one of the channels and thought it sounded kinda thin. Then I plugged the bass into the other channel and discovered this thing has balls... even kept up with my Peavey 210TX! Plugged my guitar in and the sound very much reminded me of my Sovtek Mig-60. Great sound and a great EQ. Reverb is not bad and unfortunately my tremolo was broken when I got it, so I can't comment on it. For the price, I'd say the sound is a 10, but in comparison to other equipment I'll say 9 to be fair. You won't be disappointed with this thing. Judging by the way this thing sounds with a bass, I suspect that they first made the "Personalized Producer" and found that they were good for guitar as well as bass... so they decided to do away with the "Producer" and created two amps, keeping the bass version pretty much the same, but on the guitar version added reverb and trem.

Made by Randall which were pretty good back then. This thing is built like a tank and is bigger than most heads.

I've been playing for 12 years and owned a lot of amps including a 1965 Fender Bassman, a Sovtek Mig-60, a smaller Garnet tube amp, and several solid state amps. I've only been playing the bass for about 5 years but really only gotten serious about it in the last 6 months. A great alternative to a Fender Bassman. This is a great bang-for-your-buck amp. Only thing I could ask for is some sort of overdrive on it.