What would you do? Need buying guidance.

[Animalstack]

So I am trying to pick up playing again after about 7 years of forced retirement. Reviews have lead me to the Randall MTS series. My overall knowledge of amps is rather limited, but I have money to spend on a good one. I do not anticipate that I will be gigging any time soon but I want a sweet sounding amp to relearn on - one that can get rowdy without blowing the windows out of my house. I am opposed to the combo amps because I don't like the speaker options and for that money I would rather buy an Avatar cab with my own speaker selections. So right now these are my choices:

RM20HB $ 679 new without mods
RM50HB (returned/blemished) without mods $799
RM100M2 (used for sale locally) with BF, Plexi and XTC mods $1100

The RM100 with 3 mods sounds like a great deal, but can I get a good, low-volume, practice-quality sound out of it? I am inclined towards the RM50 because for the xtra $120 I get 6L6s and 2 channels, whereas I have not heard many positive things about the EL84s of the RM20.

What would yo do if you were me?

 

[okstrat]

Buy the RM100. These amps are fine at low volumes, and you won't notice a huge difference anyways between the 50 and 100. I like the 20, but for a little more you can get THREE modules and a three channel amp.

It's a no-brainer to me!

Pete

 

[TheAbomb12]

If I were you, for the price-- I would go with that RM100 with the mods.

 

[RD/Rich]

+1 on the RM100. If you are worried about volume you can always remove two tubes to make it 50 watts, although at low volumes it really want make that much of a difference.

 

[Animalstack]

Wow. Great responses. Just what I needed to hear. Thanks.

 

[JKD]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110212669331

I'm jus' saying

(It's not mine by the way)

 

[okstrat]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110212669331

I'm jus' saying

(It's not mine by the way)

That's a sweet deal! I like how the Lynch Box looks, except for the logo...

Pete

 

[Caine]

That's a sweet deal! I like how the Lynch Box looks, except for the logo... Pete

Finally! Somebody who speaks the truth! I brought up the topic of the logo before on another forum and it was like I was speaking blasphemy or something. I have the Lynch box and love the hell out of it--best amp/most favorite amp I have ever had in 30 years of playing. But I think the logo probably looked good on paper, but the way it turned out, it just looks like a blob from any distance. That's way I obtained a solid brass skull and bones to replace the Randall logo.

You can?t go wrong with the RM100 or the Lynch box ? three swappable modules make it very versatile.