Randall Guitar Cabinets

The Randall R212 CB was designed by the company for optimal use with the Randall Modular Tube Series line of amplifiers. However, at its core it is basically a fairly standard 212 cabinet. It seems very similar to a Mesa Rectififer 212 as far as the construction, features and overall tonal characteristics. It has onboard XLR outs for going direct and also has onboard casters that easily pop out when needed. It's fairly heavy for a 212 and definitely the weight and dense construction play a part in the tone. It is loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers, long regarded for their excellent midrange heavy voicing that works so well in the context of rock music. I personally have owned this cab and used it with various American and British voiced amplifier heads and always gotten the killer crunch and low end that I like in my tones. I particularly like the way this cab reacts with high gain US type amps for modern rock tones. Compared to my previous cab the Randall is thicker and has a much beefier sound due to its robust and solid design. All in all I think the Randall R212 is a great alternative to a Mesa or other modern design 212 cabinet. They were about $600 new but can be had for a lot less if you are vigilant. It has many cool features and most importantly sounds quite good. Definitely worth a look!

This is a great looking very solidly built cabinet, built with tough stainless steel cosmetics, a metal grill, sturdy handles on each side and solid jacks (not flimsy like some other cabs) - very rugged and very gig worthy. This is a heavy oversized cabinet that was designed to handle 280 watts at 4 ohms stereo or 8 ohms mono, and comes equipped with casters and metal corner protectors. This cabinet continues Randall's legacy and reputation of building high quality guitar cabinet. I'm not sure what speakers came with my particular one. I am pretty sure it was Randall Jaguar speakers but almost everyone else who has one seems to think they came stock with Celestion V-30's. I also don't recall the standard price I paid for it many years ago. It was worth the price. I bought this with the accompanying Randall Warhead and it was my first half stack. The cab actually made the head sound good. It had a nice full sound across the frequency spectrum. I can only imagine that it would preform and do an excellent job with better higher quality tube and solid state heads. I did do some novice type recording with this cabinet, and with bad mic placement and lack of knowledge, it recorded very well and pretty easily. It had a nice thick sound, perfect for metal of all types. I ended up selling them as a pair because the head just didn't work for me and the buyer wanted them both. Otherwise, I would have kept the cab and used it with all of the other amp heads I ended up buying through the years. It is a shame I wasn't able to try it with other amps to see what it could really do. Knowing what I know now I would have bought it again. Overall, this is a good quality oversized cab that helped make a crappy solid state head sound useable.