Randall Cyclone Head

Extremely versatile, I'm in a metal band, play stuff like Fear Factory, Slayer, Pantera, Metallica. I also love classic rock, Hendrix, the doors, Zeppelin, and others, and if you know how to use the 9-band eq you can get all these tones and more. 2 channels, effect loop, line out. Its everything I wanted the amp to be. Also some kick ass reverb, sounds like the line6's pod reverb. Solid-state, 300w, no annoyin tubes to replace

What makes it even better, I have pretty damn shitty pickups, I don't even know what they are. I play a gibson sg standard '71 issue, but my dad changed the stock pickups a long time ago. I only play thru the bridge pickup, cuz the neck makes it sound really muddy in distortion channel. In clean channel I just leave it cuz the amp makes up for the neck pickup. I play metal like I said b4, and i can play anything from the crushing sound of fear factory, edgecrusher, to metallica, nothing else matters, even to hendrix, little wing. Also absolutely no distortion wit clean channel had high channels, but if you know what your doing.

Pretty reliable so far, I've only had it a month tho. And right now I don't have a backup so I'm gonna just hafta deal. I think this can handle any amount of gigs you give it if you treat it right.

Never dealt with them, but readin the other reviews i guess they aren't very good.

I've been playin for 3 years now, I know its not much, but I believe I was born to play guitar. I own a fender and a marshall but they both suck. I researched mesaboogie, marshall, fender, roland, soldano, peavey, so many amps for several months b4 I bought this one. Of course the mesa was really the only contender, I don't think a mesa would satisfy me enough to pay $700 more. This thing is amazingly good for the price.

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I use an EMG 81 and an EMG 60. I don't know what the hell that one guy was talking about that if you use special pickups than an amp isn't worth a shit. That's a bunch of bullshit man. I guess every amp in the world is crappy because everybody in the pros uses special pickups.This amp is the heaviest amp ever considering you dial in a perfect tone with an EQ that goes down 63 hz.If you want heavy you gotta get the Cyclone. Ignore all these idiots who couldn't EQ an amp with a 3 band EQ (let alone an amp like the Cyclone with a 4 band EQ plus a 9 band EQ).A truly great amp.

Seems to be working great.

Never dealt with them.

I am only 17 years old and I EQ'ed this amp like a champ by myself!A bad ass amp if you know what your doing unlike these posers who like to talk shit about an amp they couldn't run if their life depended on it.

300 Watt C.C solid state, clean and distortion, nine band EQ, reverb, line out.

I have a Les Paul with Gibson 500T pickups. This amp is basicly just for metal. Even if you back the gain off it still sounds heavy, so if you play any other style, you don't want this amp. The clean channels not bad, it stays clean at high volumes. The distortion does have that Metallica to NU Metal feel to it. You can get some heavy palm mutes. It takes a while to perfect your sound with the EQ, but once you tweek for a few days, you'll get it. I never liked any Randall amp untill I played this one.

It hasn't broke yet, and it seems to be built well.

They don't return Emails thats for sure.

Its a great amp for Metal, but thats it. It has plenty 0f power to hang with a band. It does what I want it to.

300 watts solidstate, clean and distortion channel, nine band EQ, reverb, line out.

This is the best amp for Death metal. Its super loud, with plenty of head room, and tons of distortion. The amp is super quiet, and the sound is tight. at high levels, there is no distortion at all in the clean channel, it stays clean and crystal clear. The distortion is as heavy as a Dual Rectifier, but it sounds clear with good definition at high volumes, unlike a Rectifier that sounds muddy and useless. Add an EQ to it, and you can get any sound out of it.

We'll see.

Five year Warranty.

Best solidstate amp on the Market for metal. It even bests a lot of tube amps. Buy one, and you won't be sorry.

I think this has been covered.

What can I say, this amp is what the Warhead should have been. Nice clean channel, heavy distortion, and the footswitch works. The Warheads clean was horrible, and it sounded like it didn't have that much distortion. The Cyclones clean channel is crystal clean, and the distortion is super heavy.

We'll see.

Five year warrenty.

This amp is great. Great clean, and distortion. Now this is not a tube amp, and it doesn't sound like a tube amp. So If anybody tries to compare it to something like a Mesaboogie Dual Recto, then their a slack jawed yokel, thats probably 12, sitting around kissing their Fred Durst posters. But for the rest of you guys, if you hated the Warhead like me, then give the Cyclone a try.

300 watts, solidstate, clean and distortion, reverb, 9 band EQ. Its an amp.

Ok lets clear up some things. One guy said the sound was dry. Turn up the reverb. Somebody also said it didn't get treble heavy like a Boss metalzone. The amp is really made for heavy NU metal, not 80's scream. But if you take the time to use the EQ, and add a Boss 7 band EQ, then you can make the treble scream all you want. Both the clean and distortion doesn't wimp out at high volumes. The clean is nice and clear, and the distortion is heavy with good crunch. I think the more you turn the head up, the better the distortion. Very unlike solidstate. I use a Dimarzio Super distortion in my guitar, and it makes the amp scream by itself. Its a treble monster. For solidstate, it rocks. It also has great definition, with no noise. So if your a sloppy player that need to hide behind noice like a Boss metalzone, then this amps not for you.

I have not had one problem with it yet.

Their number is toll free, so give them a call if you have a question. I have talked to them, and got through to a real person with no problems. The guy was nice, and the amp has a five year warranty.

Its the best Solidstate amp made. It also has a line out for a PA. The amp is also loud, but I'm also using the Cyclone cab with it. The sound is tight, and it has great lowend. I played all the Solidstate amps out, and when you crank them up, this one is the only one that still sounds good. If you want solidstate with good crunch, then this is the only amp to look at. I think the two guys that gave it a bad review only plugged in for a sec, and didn't really play it.

Solidstate, two channels, nine band EQ, mid, bass, treble, gain, volume, master volume, like a regular amp, except with the nine band EQ.

The sound is tight, and it has a good clean channel. I noticed that at high volumes, theirs no noise, and when you stop playing, the amp stops. But the distortion is kinda dry sounding. You can't get it treble heavy like a Boss metalzone, or a Danelectro fabtone. Their is also no warmness to the amp at all. And yes I ran a guitar with an EMG pickup through it. But, if you need special pickups to make an amp sound good, that tells you something right there. It really doesn't have that heavy of distortion.

Don't know.

I've never talked to them.

Buy a tube amp, or digital modeling. This amp is over priced. A marshall AVT 150 was beating it at heavy distortion, and it was kinda crappy.

It has the same as the warhead, except with a line out, and no effects.

It sounds like the Warhead, except a better clean sound. I was hopeing for different or heavier distortion.

If its like the Warhead, it will be breakdown city.

They don't answer Emails, but the will talk to you if you call.

For the Price, you might as well get a Line6 head, and a 4x12 cabinet. That would only be about $200 more, and it sounds tens better, and has built in effects.

I have never been so charged and excited about a purchase of a new piece of gear than I am about my Cyclone. I had it for 2 weeks now and since getting it dialed in and cranked out, all my other amps have become secondary. I own a Mesa Dual Recto, a Tube Works 100 watt 2x12 combo and a 5150 combo. The Cyclone has a little bit of everything from each of these amps.....It has the tight/ripping chunk of my Boogie, it has the clarity (clean channel) of my tube works and it has the power/feel of my 5150. The Cyclone has 300 rib rattling watts (solid state), 2 channels with a mid sweep on the dirty, a 9 band graphic EO, and a reverb that just smokes! Its actually one of the things I just can't get over.....most amps have great tone, nice EQ and then the reverb is just a selling point. Not here folks. It sounds like something out of the Lexicion PCM90. There are 2 speaker outs, and then an effects loop that make it easy for me to hook in my POD pro.

I play an ESP Stephen Carpenter model and a PRS McCarty. I have EMG's in my ESP and the stock pickups in my PRS. Both guitars sound excellent when plugged in. Of course, the ESP with the EMG's really brings out some sick gain and gives the the "ripping" feel I get from my Mesa 2-Recto. The most amazing thing to me is the noise level on this thing. Unlike a Boogie, you crank it up to where its howling, and stop and palm mute..............silence. I have to run a boss noise gate in front of my Dual because of how it will just take off on you when at high volume.

The cool thing about this amp is that its not just limited to the metal/Boogie/Korn/Limpbiscuit/Godsmack crowd. When you get it chilled out and backed off, it has some really nice clean sounds. When I play through my neck pickup on my Mccarty and get a bit of gain with the reverb cranked, it has this real creamy blues tone to it. I love it....totally psyched. As odd as it sounds, I play in 2 bands. I metal/Godsmack band and a blues jam band. Both bands get gigs 3 times a month, and I will be bringing this to each one. The only grip I have is that I wish the clean channel had the mid sweep too....but then again, my POD pro takes care of that.

Like I said before, I have only had it for 2 weeks. Let me just say that it has been on every chance I've had during those 2 weeks. No problems at all so far. I will try to repost a later report to tell you more on this. If my guess is right and Randall is finally getting back into the groove as far as making kick a$$ amps like they did 15 years ago, there will be no problem. I was a big fan of Randall for a while and then they changed hands so many times, the tone was lost.........NOT ANYMORE!!!!!!

I haven't had to deal with any C.S. yet on this. Randall includes a little tone cheat sheet with the head and it gave me all the answers I needed, to get started with dialing in awesome tone. I have dealt with them in the past and I had no problems.

I have been playing for 18 years now. I can honestly say that in my 18 years, the set up I have now is the best sounding rig I have yet to own. Everyting seems to work perfect together....

ESP/PRS into a POD pro, into my cyclone out to my 2 cabs-(1 Mesa, 1 Randall). I would highly recommend this amp to anyone looking for some killer tone at a sweet pricepoint. I had it A-B'ed with a Mesa dual (2 channel) at the dealer and the tone I got out of the Randall for $600 bucks less than a Mesa was a no brainer. Not to mention, no tubes to replace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!