XloydtilldeathX666
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hello people. im loyd, from louisville ky. i recently got a randall vmax head. i know that these were very quickly replaced by the v2, and im sure the v2 is better, but i have to say i like the vmax alot. most of the complaints ive heard about it seem to be from people that dont know how to dial in an amp. its pretty easy to make the amp sound like crap, but with a little tweaking you can find a whole palette of awesome usable tones, making the amp very versatile. this may sound like blasphemy to some, but id even compare the tube od channel, and the clean channel to the ampeg vh140c
i had to track down the footswitch, which was problematic. the manual says "5 button 7 pin" and i bought one on ebay from mike of hemlock fame(GREAT GUY!), but it would not do anything for the vmax. he was going to help me track down one, but i found one in a local music go round, so now im in business with that. the funny thing is that customer service tried to tell me it needed a 6 pin, which isnt true.
next on my complaints is that there is no impedence info on the amp at all. i know it will take 4, 8, and 16 ohm loads from the manual, but given its 300 watt power rating, it might be nice to know what wattage it delivers to what load. customer service helped me with this, so unless they were wrong about that too i wont be blowing any speakers anytime soon. haha.
i switched the ruby 12ax7a tubes for a sovtek 12ax7lps in v1, and a shuguang 12ax7b in v2, and it really brought alot more clarity and low end out on that channel.
anyway, i guess im just introducing myself, talking about my randall experience thus far, and asking anyone else familiar with the vmax about their opinions and experience with them. please dont tell me to get a v2. i have many amps, and traded one that was pretty much a redundancy of other gear, and only worth about half what these usually go for for it. im really not interested in dropping big bucks on anything else right now, but if i found a sweet deal on a v2 i think id snatch it up. i just wanna talk about the vmax. there isnt alot out there on it, and from what ive seen its UNDERRATED!!!!
i had to track down the footswitch, which was problematic. the manual says "5 button 7 pin" and i bought one on ebay from mike of hemlock fame(GREAT GUY!), but it would not do anything for the vmax. he was going to help me track down one, but i found one in a local music go round, so now im in business with that. the funny thing is that customer service tried to tell me it needed a 6 pin, which isnt true.
next on my complaints is that there is no impedence info on the amp at all. i know it will take 4, 8, and 16 ohm loads from the manual, but given its 300 watt power rating, it might be nice to know what wattage it delivers to what load. customer service helped me with this, so unless they were wrong about that too i wont be blowing any speakers anytime soon. haha.
i switched the ruby 12ax7a tubes for a sovtek 12ax7lps in v1, and a shuguang 12ax7b in v2, and it really brought alot more clarity and low end out on that channel.
anyway, i guess im just introducing myself, talking about my randall experience thus far, and asking anyone else familiar with the vmax about their opinions and experience with them. please dont tell me to get a v2. i have many amps, and traded one that was pretty much a redundancy of other gear, and only worth about half what these usually go for for it. im really not interested in dropping big bucks on anything else right now, but if i found a sweet deal on a v2 i think id snatch it up. i just wanna talk about the vmax. there isnt alot out there on it, and from what ive seen its UNDERRATED!!!!
