Randall RG100SCG2 212 Combo

This is a solid state amp with two 12" speakers. There must be different versions of this model because some people are saying they only have 2 buttons on the footswitch. There are 5 on mine - Channel, Gain, Clean Boost, Reverb, and Chorus. It also has an effects loop on the back of the unit and headphone jack. There are so many things you can do with this amp, you could be occupied for weeks without turning to guitar pedals. I use this amp at home for recording so I don't have a good idea how it does in a live setting.

The clean tone is great for a solid state amp. Especially when you kick on the Clean Boost and/or the Reverb. My main amp was a Fender Twin Reverb (1970s) and the clean tone on that is brighter. But it's probably not fair to compare it to a Fender, the king of clean. The distortion on the Randall rivals that of many pedals. There are two distortion types and each can be tweaked. It really is superb. I never use the chorus, but from what little I know about chorus sounds, that's probably the Randall's weakest feature and the reason I'm not giving the amp a 10 here.

I've had no problems - e.g. breaking, weird noises, etc. But I haven't gigged with it so I can't give it a 10 quite yet.

I've been playing guitar for 7 years and other instruments for 25 years. My rig is usually Fender Strat --> Maxon Distortion Master --> Boss DD-5 --> Randall amp. If it were stolen, I'd probably look at other amps because I love checking out new gear, but not because I don't love the Randall. It gives me so much flexibility when I need different sounds for recording. And I know it will work every time I turn it on. I said before that I have a Fender Twin Reverb - it used to be my main amp, my pride and joy, but no longer. While I still love it, it does suffer from some noise issues these days. Because I usually don't want to deal with all that when I'm writing songs, the Randall is my new "Go-to" amp.

3 channels plus a lead Boost

Score 10- The clean channel gets a 10 when used for modelling. I use the PODXTL and it just rocks. No fizzy high gain sounds.

Score 6 - The clean channel when used direct (with no Effects pedal) is very clean but the Chorus clips like crazy. Nothing to write home about

Score 10 - The Classic Gain overdrive Channel gets a 10. I can easily dial in a fairly authentic VOXAC30 sparkle or dirty Fender Tweed sound or even a Marshall Plexy ACDC style. It even has a tubey type of response and lots of bottom end.

Score 6 - The Overdrive Channel is great for loud leads but it is totally fizzy. Although it is totally adjustable and can come close to a Marshall jcm800 or Rectifier sound it just has some fizz that you can't dial out.

Totally versatile amp.

built like a tank

LOOK AT THE LAST SUBMISSION BEFORE THIS ONE

LOOK AT THE LAST SUBMISSION BEFORE THIS ONE

The same exact squelching problem was present on the new one I received. This can be solved by playing with levels, and master, and backing off the treble. However, the feedback and noise is so annoying I simply can't deal with it. As far as I'm concerned, Randall let me down twice and I'm done with them. I'm probably going to go with a 5150 combo. I really don't need the power, but I'm sick of having to just settle.

This was terrible. No response, nothing. This company has no customer service.

If you plan to play at levels just above hearing your strings, this amp just might be useful.

This amp has 2 Celestion 70-80s, 2 channels with 2 different gains on the overdrive, independent reverbs for each channel, stereo chorus. Absolutely badass footswitch made of high test steel. The 5 toggles are gain, channel, chorus, reverb, and clean boost. It should really have a solo button for the distortion instead of a clean boost, but you cant have it all.

I was very apprehensious about this amp, but when they say metal in the advertisement, they were right.

The Clean is acutally pretty good. When you through some reverb and chorus on it, it hides the solid state flatness. Much better than solid state peavey cleans, overall not too shabby. Gain one is more of a british low gain sound, but it can be cranked up with gain for an vintage 80s sound. The second gain is a shredding channel. It's got incredible palm muting chunk response but very smooth. However, I find it to be somewhat fuzzy, mainly on single notes. This can be relieved with the cut of treble and some gain, but only so much before you start to lose the balls of the overdrive. Very boss metalzone sounding, however, the great thing about this amp is that you plug in and play, no pedals.

Amp is rather noisy and hissy even at low levels on gain 2. Gain 1 and clean are relatively silent. Overall the amp isn't terribly loud. Gain 2 does loose some definition at higher volume. My Marshall was much louder, but paled in comparison to the overdrive on the Randall. The clean does seem to hold its own at high volume, provided mids and bass are backed off.

As for the reverb, it's spring, it's ok sounding but not spectacular. The chorus is very mild and not overprocessed sounding. On distortion it's almost hard to detect that it's on. On the clean, it sounds amazing. If you like crazy chorus, this amp is not for you.

Heres the problem. When I first got the amp, all my gear was at my buddys house, including my cables. I used my dean, which is equipped with a REAL bill lawrence L500XL in the bridge, and connected it with a effect loop cable, about 8 inches long. I played right next to the amp, and was happy with the sound, but it did have some feedback. I was also playing a guitar with an open cavity with a hot rodded pickup 8 inches from 2 12 inch stereo speakers, some feedback was expected. The next day, I brought it to my buddys house to jam, and tried my other guitar, a Dean 88 with emgs. It sounded even more defined, but again, severe feedback, even on a 20 foot cable at medium levels playing in a seperate room. Obivously the term WTF came up a lot. After that, I tried my friends ESP, also with EMG's. Same problem. I am going to try using my other ESP, with a bill lawrence next. If I still have the feedback, it's going back. I tried about 5 different guitars, hot rodded, and not. I also tried this odd grounding switch on the back, once that was engaged, we couldnt even stay in the room the feedback was so terrible. This amp, would be totally ungiggable in its present condition. It gets one more shot before music 123 has to honor their 45 day return policy.

I called Music 123 and asked about it, they of course had no idea. They set up for me to return the amp for a replacement of the exact same model. I emailed Randall, with no response.

If I receive this amp's replacement, and it doesn't feedback, I will be fucking ecstatic. The reason being is that it did have a really nice clean channel, not it's tube, but it does sound ok. And the second gain is definately geared for metal.

I've been playing for about 6 or 7 years. I'm also a gear nut. I've played it all. I've built my own guitars and do my own electronics work. I've played tube amps and considered a 5150 combo, but because that amp has to be cranked to really feel its power, it's not really applicable to me. I need an amp that can be operated at low level and carry that same sound at high level, so I went solid state. I used to run a Digitech Artist Series 2120 (if you dont know what this is, buy one, trust me) into a marshall combo. This was a great setup in that I could create virtually any tone I wanted, but this was a cumbersome process to run a rackmount preamp into a combo. I was seeking portability, and so I went with this Randall.

I play in a metal band. My stylings follow that of Pantera, Down, Corrosion of Conformity meshed with today's Shadows Fall, All that Remains and Trivium. I play fast rhythms and runs constantly. This amp does compliment my style very well, not as well as perhaps a 5150 halfstack, but this amp was way more versatile. I will be so happy if the next one lives up to my expectations. LOOK BACK FOR MY FOLLOW UP WHEN I RECEIVE THE REPLACEMENT.

Not sure when this amp was made but I got it a couple years ago (2003). Two channel all solidstate combo amp with two gain channels within the overdrive channel (Classic British and Randall Modern). EQs on each channel, including Contour control and a button that turns the MID pot into a midsweep on the overdrive channel. A very nice built-in stereo chorus with depth and rate controls. Spring reverb and preamp level controls for each channel. Master Volume for overall loudness. Rear line out with level pot, and series FX loop with send level pot. Left and Right external speaker jacks, two for 4 Ohms (75w each) and two for 8 ohms (50w each). 5 button footswitch to control channel, classic/modern gain, mid boost, chorus on/off, and reverb on/off. Semi-open back cabinet loaded with two Celestion Seventy 80s. All covered in black tolex and black hardware.

The wide variety of controls covers everything I've needed to use this amp for. Makes me wonder why they don't have this much versatility in amps that cost 2 or 3 times as much. The only thing I would have changed is the footswitch cable: a 7 pin DIN switch that costed $40 for me to replace. If the amp was MIDI compatible that would've been absolutely prime.

I play this amp with an Ibanez S and an Epiphone LP bari, heavy rock and metal (what else?) and I can shamelessly say that I have never found a better preamp for heavy-ass distortion than the preamp in this thing. The Modern channel has more bottom end, thicker palm mutes, more crushing distortion than any amp I tried to convince myself was better: Rectifiers, Triple XXX, Laney heads, JCM900, anything Line6, even other Randall amps like the Warhead and X2. The Classic channel is good when the Modern Channel is a little over the top for the style you're playing. The clean channel is not as crisp as a tube preamp's clean, but with that chorus on full depth and the rate at 8, it's more beautiful and rich than any other solid state clean I've heard. The clean channel never overdrives unless the boost is on and your picking really aggressively on the bridge humbucker.

The downside is the amp can get very, very noisy; especially on the Modern highgain channel cranked to half max. Half max, by the way, is about as high as you'll want to crank the Master if you don't want the solidstate poweramp distortion to make your guitar sound raspy and harsh. But this can all be expected when buying an amp such as this.

Randall doesn't make crap man; I would always gig with this without a backup. It's always worked as good as when I got it.

I'd like to say Randall's customer service is prompt and helpful, as in most cases customer service for companies like Carvin respond within minutes, but I'm afraid Randall hasn't replied to a single email I've sent them in over a year. The emails, however, were not regarding any trouble with this amp.

Let amp makers like Marshall and Mesa sit in the satisfaction that they've made highgain history and continue to overprice their products, their steadily aging rectifiers and superleads rotating slowly on brightly lit pedestals. Companies like Randall know what's up. Their amps, even their bottom-of-the-line stuff like this one, always show that they make amps for the musician who wants to make music, not for the rich man who wants to show off a fancy big name amp. And instead of lingering forever in the limelight drawn by their flagship amps, they continue to R&D to get more reliable and versatile stuff in the studios and onstage. Hats off to you Randall Amps, you kick ass!

Bought new, I think it was made in 2005, for I bought it in September not long after tge G2 series came out.
I play mixture of punk/metal - fast, loud, high distortion.
Two channels, clean and overdrive (2 types of gain there), serial effect loop, stereo chorus, reverb, 5 channel foot-switch (gaint type, channel, reverb, chorus, clean boost). 2x12 Celestion Seventy 80 speakers.
For me it has all I need.
I play during rehearsals with a second gitar and drums, sometimes bass.
The amp is full solid state.

I use a Mayones guitar ( a polish manufacturer) with passive Schaller pickups.
Ok, the clean channel sounds nice, though I don't really use it, so can't say much here, except for the chorus - does wonders. You can really get a beautifull clean sound from this amp.
The distortion is excelent. Gain 1 provides classic brit gain, quite strong though.
Gain 2 is a monster. It's a wonderful modern gain, that let's you get any kind of heavy sound you desire, in general it's brutal. EQ works nicely and the contour knob let's you change the whole thing diametraly (punk, heavy, death - it's all there). Lots of bottom, enormous volume - it's really loud, excelent punch on palm-muted chords. The speakers seem to be perfectly matched to the amp.
The amp is not noisy. Of course there's hum present, but it's hardly present.

What I don't like is the reverb. It's basicaly crappy. Instead of making the sound soapy, soft and full it just appears somwhere next to the string sound and creates really undesirable effect. So -1 for this one. On the other hand, I have no reason to use it.

One thing. This amp can't stand on the ground, it has to be slightly bent or put on a snad or a chair. When on the ground it resonates terribly, the bass becomes a little to much and solos sound thin. But well, putting it on top of something does not cost much, does it.

Max here. It's a solid state. I opened it out of curiousity to see how it's made. There's nothing that can break. The way it's constructed hardly allows anything to happen to this thing. It's pretty heavy and very sturdy. I have to transport is every time we rehearse, and hothing can touch this tank. It's reliable, no question about it.

Never had to deal with them. I doubt if I ever will.

I've been playing it for two or three months. Used it for direct recording (through and DI box) and playing rehearsals.
If I needed a new one, I would definetely chose for this baby.
What I love - the sound!!!!! It's awesome. Really kicks ass.
Compared it to a Crate solid-state 4x12 set (don't remember the model), sounded crappy, and I have always a Peavey Ultra Tube(50 WATT) to compare, for the second guitarist uses that one. The Randall sounds heavier, has more punch, it's more agressive, even though the second one is a full-tube and sounds also very nice, but is no match when it comes to make it heavy. It's a full time solid-state, but has no problem with coming out in the mix (tried several recordings) and during rehearsals it's heard very well as well.



I wish the reverb has higher value, but since I hardly use it anyway, it doesn't matter.
And I wish it was lighter, makes my back hurt sometimes when I bring it to the rehearsal room.

For the possibilities it offers it's cheap. I'd advise this amp to anyone who wants to have it heavy, not expensive, reliable and easy to manage.