What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Testing Shit-
Shit I need to stand here
What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Testing Shit.
Today I'm trying out the 'Randjall'-
Randjall...
Hello 'Randjall'
How are you doing? I'm fine, thank you.
I'm trying out the Randall RGT100 Tube stack, f***
If you've been following my channel, you know that...
You know, I'm a sucker for Dimebag gear, right?
And one of the amplifiers that Dimebag used in his... during the 90s
was the RG100 ES
He also used the Century
He used a RG100 on Cowboys From Hell
And then for Vulgar and Far Beyond they used the Century 200
And then he went back to an RG100
And if you follow my channel, you know that I have an RG100 and a Century 200
But this right one right here, this RGT100
What does the 'T' stand for?
Well, it stands for 'Tube'
So what does that mean?
Well, it's basically the RG100 ES
But with a tube power amplifier section
It's a solid-state amplifier, like the preamplifier is solid-state
But with a tube power amp section, how about that?
And I purchased this rig from Germany
I've been trying to purchase this rig for a good while
But the store that had it...
They didn't know how to send a stack
And I don't blame them, it's uh...
How do you send f***ing... 2 4x12's? Well, you need a pallet, obviously.
But thanks to Fred Fleckenstein, a friend of mine
He kinda gathered all that together, so I was able to finally purchase this rig
Because I mean, this is a very custom-looking rig right here, look at this tolex, man, it's...
I don't know if it's like pixel... it's like pixelated gray
From some angles it looks absolutely f***ing brutal
And from some other angles it looks a little cheap, let's just say that
It's the first time I've ever seen a configuration like this
With the 4x12's and the amplifier head
And I've never tried the RGT tube amplifier, they're very rare
The RG100 and the Century are very uncommon in Europe
I mean, back during the 90s they were basically impossible to find in Europe
At least in Sweden they were impossible
And now they kinda pop up and prices are going up, and it sucks
But I was able to score this full stack
I'm obviously very excited about the Randall RGT 100 tube
But what has me a little bit more excited is that...
These cabinets that came with the amplifier are stocked with Jaguar speakers
Which was something that Dimebag was using in the early days
And I've never seen Jaguar speakers in Sweden before
So that's a first one for me, I'm extremely excited about that
And I think this whole rig was made in '88 or '89
And it still has all the inspection flaps and all that going, and yeah man...
Usually when you find this type of amplifiers now, you know, they're usually for 110 volts
Someone, you know, who brought from the US a 110 volt version over to Europe
This one is wired from factory to 220 volts, so that's something
It's gonna be exciting
To capture this marvelous rig I'm using an SM57 and a Neumann TLM102 microphone
I'm also using a stereo microphone over there
And I'm using this
The Cross, the Washburn Cross
This is not the Southern Cross US made, this is an Indonesian...
No sorry, Korean made version of the Southern Cross called 'The Cross'
It has the same specs as the Southern Cross, it's just that it's made in Korea and not in the US
I also have a couple of pedals
An Horizon Devices Apex Preamp
And an Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer, this is one of my favorite overdrives right here
Just to help it out a little bit
But we're gonna start without using an overdrive or anything like that
Just the amplifier sound, ok?
So here we go, are you ready?
It's pretty chunky, man
Oh shit, it has reverb too
Ok
Presence
Really adds a lot of sizzle to the tone
Which I like, it's placed fairly high up in the EQ spectrum and I like that
Bass
Treble, I currently have Treble on pulled mode, which adds a little bright
So, let's push it in, this is the regular mode right here
But I like to have it in Bright
Master 2, Master 1
So I'm on channel 2 right now, I have this beautiful footswitch
And let me see if I can switch the channels
Channel 1 doesn't have as much gain, but that's ok
If you pull the Master you get a mid boost
So you have 2 channels
But there's also another feature where you can use both channels at the same time, so I'm trying that
Alright, back to channel 2
If I pull the channel 2 Master...
You get into a Sustain mode, which I guess is just another gain stage
It significantly drops the volume though
So I don't know if there's something wrong with that, I mean, these are old amplifiers
Usually there's something wrong
Something, you know... that just might not work
But I must say, just plugging it in like this...
It's extremely quiet for a rig like this
The other RG100 I have is a little bit noisy, the same with the Century
But this one is perfectly fine man, it sounds pretty good
Hello?
Don't tell me that it f***ing broke
I'll just switch the guitar, f*** man
I hope it's not the amplifier
Just saying
Alright, so I was getting a little bit worried there, because...
Something happened
And I thought it was the amplifier that kinda died on me
But it seems like there was something in the guitar actually, so...
Let's put the other guitar there, so it looks beautiful and all
But there's probably something wrong with the wiring, I have to get it to a tech
And that's what happens, man
That happens
This is real life, this happens even in videos, ok?
Dude, it's still very chuggy and...
You know, I haven't even engaged any of the overdrives yet, so...
Extremely chuggy
Ok, let's engage my favorite overdrive, the TS-9 Tube Screamer from Ibanez
What?
Isn't that nice?
Let's... pull down the gain a little bit
That is truly truly chugging right there
Ok, let's try the Apex preamp with this
Which is actually a distortion pedal, you have Bass, Middle, and Treble
But if you turn down the gain...
And just let it help a little bit, look at this, the gain is almost at like 8 o'clock
And volume... so it's basically working as a boost, you know?
Also, the Apex preamp has a built-in gate as well, so...
Which is a nice little extra feature
It feels a little wrong playing a guitar that's not a Dimebag guitar at this moment
So I'm gonna go and unpack a Dimebag guitar, that's ok, ok?
I don't know, it just feels like you're cheating
When you're playing a Dimebag rig and you're not playing a Dimebag guitar
Alright, so I brought out my real Southern Cross, the US made one
Because apparently The Cross...
...needs a little check-up, let's just say that, but here we go
Let's try that again
Great
Oh yeah, just because I can I'm gonna engage both overdrives at the same time and see what happens
So, the Jaguar speakers are actually very pleasant to listen to
However, when I stand and play here
It seems that the speakers are not in-phase in the cabinet, so I have to take a look at that
Otherwise I think it sounds absolutely incredible
So there you go
That's the Randall RGT 100 for you right there
I had to switch guitars, I'm sorry for that
But basically these 2 guitars are the same specs-wise
It has the Seymour Duncan Dimebucker
Dimebucker, and a 59 in the bridge
It's just that that one needs a fix of the wiring
And maybe a bit of soldering
Other than that... f*** man, I'm incredibly happy about this setup, it sounds kickass
And it's just nice to play through a Randall, old solid-state amplifier from the 80s
That doesn't have any noise in it
Because all of my other ones have noise in 'em
But this one sounds incredibly clean
I don't know what it is, but I think with the tubes it sounds like...
It's a little bit more controlled, the sound or the tone
Compared to with the regular solid-state power amplifier
It seems... you know, there's some tube compression going on
That's like real- it just...
Makes everything...
What am I doing with my hands? This.
It's more like this, it's more of a package in your face
With the other solid-state ones, it's more... all over the place a little bit
Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it's just that...
It feels a little bit more controlled with the tube power amplifier, in my opinion
So there you go, that's my little Ola Testing Shit for you
Hope you enjoyed it
Oh shit, I just knocked the Southern Cross in the wall
For the second f***ing time... Great
Guys, thank you so much for being patient with me
I was struggling a little bit in this video
Hope you still enjoyed the video, ok?
Thank you so much for watching, guys, see you next time, bye.