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Dimebag, what randall amps did he really use?

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 12:03 pm
by DevilsEve666
Just found this picture online @ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ ... imerig.gif

Someone said this was from damageplan, but i doubt it he still using washburn in the pic, but in his rack in this photo he has several randall heads, and they aren't warheads, and they're not the old rg-100's, they look newer though, anyone know which amp these are???

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 12:32 pm
by 7Dime7MetalMassacre
Probablly the fucking G2. Pretty fucking killer head

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 12:40 pm
by Wrona
He used many different models thru out his career.

Re: Dimebag, what randall amps did he really use?

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:03 pm
by Aeon
DevilsEve666 wrote:Just found this picture online @ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ ... imerig.gif

Someone said this was from damageplan, but i doubt it he still using washburn in the pic, but in his rack in this photo he has several randall heads, and they aren't warheads, and they're not the old rg-100's, they look newer though, anyone know which amp these are???
You didn't become a fan until after he died, right?

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:43 pm
by DevilsEve666
What are you trying to imply by that statement exactly.....and by the way Aeon, I have been a fan since I got FBD, and i have seen them live 4 times fuckface, (lemme guess you've been a fan since power metal....oops you got me beat, you must be the bigger fan...damn) i just don't live on the internet like you do, but i have been coming to this site for years for info, i just don't post....you probably think he actually used krank amps too don't you?

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:56 pm
by Dimejandro
haha this guy gets offended wayyy too easily

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:09 pm
by Aeon
:lll:

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:55 pm
by Dirty Sanchez
DevilsEve666 wrote:What are you trying to imply by that statement exactly.....and by the way Aeon, I have been a fan since I got FBD, and i have seen them live 4 times fuckface, (lemme guess you've been a fan since power metal....oops you got me beat, you must be the bigger fan...damn) i just don't live on the internet like you do, but i have been coming to this site for years for info, i just don't post....you probably think he actually used krank amps too don't you?
:lol: :lol:

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:06 am
by Wrona
Dime did use krank amps. When he was using the revolutions i thought his tone was complete shit. The modified ones and the frankenstien ones he was using sounded pretty good.

Kranks need a good overdrive to push the distortion to the max.

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:02 pm
by jimmysux
TK wrote:Dime did use krank amps. When he was using the revolutions i thought his tone was complete shit. The modified ones and the frankenstien ones he was using sounded pretty good.

Kranks need a good overdrive to push the distortion to the max.
Hah yeah, I laughed at that too. He did use krank amps. Way overpriced those amps. Anyway, Early he used randalls gutted with marshall JCM 800's in there. Randall found out about it and finally changed their amps for him. So on to the Randall's he used. I have no fucking clue. Then he had the warhead from randall, then after that, krank's I believe. I don't know fucking model or tube numbers though. :killjew:

Re: Dimebag, what randall amps did he really use?

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:58 pm
by warhead dime
DevilsEve666 wrote:Just found this picture online @ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ ... imerig.gif

Someone said this was from damageplan, but i doubt it he still using washburn in the pic, but in his rack in this photo he has several randall heads, and they aren't warheads, and they're not the old rg-100's, they look newer though, anyone know which amp these are???
He used Washburn for a while in Damageplan and then switched to Dean's like midway through.

Re: Dimebag, what randall amps did he really use?

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:59 pm
by Aeon
warhead dime wrote:
DevilsEve666 wrote:Just found this picture online @ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/ ... imerig.gif

Someone said this was from damageplan, but i doubt it he still using washburn in the pic, but in his rack in this photo he has several randall heads, and they aren't warheads, and they're not the old rg-100's, they look newer though, anyone know which amp these are???
He used Washburn for a while in Damageplan and then switched to Dean's like midway through.
*switched to Deans 1 1/2 months before he died.

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:07 pm
by Cornholious Boonester
Dirty Sanchez wrote:
DevilsEve666 wrote:What are you trying to imply by that statement exactly.....and by the way Aeon, I have been a fan since I got FBD, and i have seen them live 4 times fuckface, (lemme guess you've been a fan since power metal....oops you got me beat, you must be the bigger fan...damn) i just don't live on the internet like you do, but i have been coming to this site for years for info, i just don't post....you probably think he actually used krank amps too don't you?
:lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:28 am
by PABassPlayer
it is a Damage Plan pic, you can see *****E Plan on the side of the road case.

And yes he was still using Washburns at the beginning of DP, and was closing the deal with Dean during the tour. Same with Randall, then switching to Krank.

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:23 am
by Jefferino
the one on the bottom left looks like an Warhead X2...doesnt look like the silver faced one's they released, maybe a prototype..who knows.

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:48 pm
by masterdebradwick
I heard he used a bunch of different heads also. I'd imagine he did because I played every version of the warhead amps and I guess he needed other shit to get the "damage" tone. I heard in an interview somewhere that he tried different amps and guitars and shit, but he had to go back to randall, so I guess he just used what sounded right. Sounded right to me that's for sure!

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:50 pm
by masterdebradwick
I heard he used a bunch of different heads also. I'd imagine he did because I played every version of the warhead amps and I guess he needed other shit to get the "damage" tone. I heard in an interview somewhere that he tried different amps and guitars and shit, but he had to go back to randall, so I guess he just used what sounded right. Sounded right to me that's for sure!

Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:03 pm
by Chaosphere
The old carpeted RG100's for CFH and TGSTK
Century 200's for VDOP and FBD
Warheads for RTS

More:
http://membres.lycos.fr/cedpant/guitar.html

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:25 pm
by Jefferino
I'll tell you one thing about Randall....THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE FUCKING SUCKS! I got 2 RH250G2's straight out of the box that didnt work. The replacement head had power problems, sent it in for repair, they didn't fix it. Their guitar techs are a bunch of fuckin braindead morons. So they sent me a RH300G3, which seems alright, but when they designed it I think they forgot what treble was. Oh anyway, what are we talking about?

Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:58 pm
by Dimejandro
dimebag used engl's... duuuh.

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:12 am
by Wrona
Jefferino wrote:I'll tell you one thing about Randall....THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE FUCKING SUCKS! I got 2 RH250G2's straight out of the box that didnt work. The replacement head had power problems, sent it in for repair, they didn't fix it. Their guitar techs are a bunch of fuckin braindead morons.
Que to Carlos Mencia- DE DE DEE!

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:15 am
by Fantomas
DevilsEve666 wrote:What are you trying to imply by that statement exactly.....and by the way Aeon, I have been a fan since I got FBD, and i have seen them live 4 times fuckface, (lemme guess you've been a fan since power metal....oops you got me beat, you must be the bigger fan...damn) i just don't live on the internet like you do, but i have been coming to this site for years for info, i just don't post....you probably think he actually used krank amps too don't you?
homosexual

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:55 pm
by Jefferino
TK wrote:
Jefferino wrote:I'll tell you one thing about Randall....THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE FUCKING SUCKS! I got 2 RH250G2's straight out of the box that didnt work. The replacement head had power problems, sent it in for repair, they didn't fix it. Their guitar techs are a bunch of fuckin braindead morons.
Que to Carlos Mencia- DE DE DEE!
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:32 pm
by Sir Dan
TK wrote:Dime did use krank amps. When he was using the revolutions i thought his tone was complete shit. The modified ones and the frankenstien ones he was using sounded pretty good.

Kranks need a good overdrive to push the distortion to the max.
The Krankenstein? I have a vid of the dime signature model...it's yeah...

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:46 pm
by anty
Jefferino wrote:
TK wrote:
Jefferino wrote:I'll tell you one thing about Randall....THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE FUCKING SUCKS! I got 2 RH250G2's straight out of the box that didnt work. The replacement head had power problems, sent it in for repair, they didn't fix it. Their guitar techs are a bunch of fuckin braindead morons.
Que to Carlos Mencia- DE DE DEE!
Image
SILVER SPOONS

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:59 am
by Balls On Parade
Chaosphere wrote:The old carpeted RG100's for CFH and TGSTK
Century 200's for VDOP and FBD
Warheads for RTS
this is correct

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:58 am
by dead forever
I bet he never used the Warheads.

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:56 am
by Jefferino
dead forever wrote:I bet he never used the Warheads.
A lot of people seem to think so, but I guess I just dont see the logic in Randall & Dimebag sitting down to design an AMP....and Dimebag basically saying "fuck this amp"...A lot of people also seem to think they are shitty amps, but if you play it through its designed cabinet setup (4x12's / 2x15's) it will peel your eyelids back. And thats just the stock amp, no pre/post loop EQ's or effects.

He definately used the X2's
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:16 pm
by dead forever
The X2's are infinitely better though, Dime designed a distortion pedal, but he never used that. He also continued to record albums with his Deans when he was being handed 100 of Washburns, so that argument is kind of dumb.

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:11 pm
by Jefferino
dead forever wrote:The X2's are infinitely better though, Dime designed a distortion pedal, but he never used that. He also continued to record albums with his Deans when he was being handed 100 of Washburns, so that argument is kind of dumb.
Its not too dumb if you think about it. Dime gave the image that he didnt just 'put his name on anything' and when you see a wall of Warhead stacks on the RTS Tour, it just boils him down to being a endorsement whore. Not too mention my previous argument that the amps kick ass, have you ever played through one?

edit- Just another thought, if you had a chance to work with an amp company to design an amp to your specifications...why wouldn't you use it?

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:05 am
by dead forever
Jefferino wrote:
dead forever wrote:The X2's are infinitely better though, Dime designed a distortion pedal, but he never used that. He also continued to record albums with his Deans when he was being handed 100 of Washburns, so that argument is kind of dumb.
Its not too dumb if you think about it. Dime gave the image that he didnt just 'put his name on anything' and when you see a wall of Warhead stacks on the RTS Tour, it just boils him down to being a endorsement whore. Not too mention my previous argument that the amps kick ass, have you ever played through one?

edit- Just another thought, if you had a chance to work with an amp company to design an amp to your specifications...why wouldn't you use it?

I have played the original warhead and the X2. The original sucks dick, the X2 is an excellent amp. The wall of Amps is well known to be a dummy rig, so whats your point? Darrell has also said in interviews he was embarassed by the product Washburn was putting out with his name on it,that may have been the case with his Randalls too. Think about it, why would he shift to some unknown company (Krank) from a well established one, unless the amps fucking sucked.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:49 am
by Jefferino
Think about it, why would he shift to some unknown company (Krank) from a well established one, unless the amps fucking sucked.
Well my speculation on that has a lot to do with the Pantera split. I think he was under endorsement contracts with Randall and Washburn, and the Pantera name, attatched to Dime's likeness and music is what was being 'endorsed'. Im not saying they dropped him but I just find it a bit ironic that he switched right around the birth of Damageplan. He used Randall amps for almost 20 years...if they sucked so bad he would've switched much sooner.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on the Warhead thing..if you have an interview I'd love to read it..because we'll obviously never see eye to eye on that...Since my opinion doesnt matter too much, ill just throw this out there....Ive seen the original Warhead stack, (4x12's- 2x15's) squash: Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Crate, and late model Randall amps (250G2 and 300G3). What makes it good, IMO is the power, the master volume can be on 2, equalized correctly and it makes your face melt. Clean tones are iffy but...whatever I guess...agree to disagree. I had this debate here months ago, and everyone seems to agree it sucks, but I dont. :tup:

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:41 pm
by LEATHERFACE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOLC61D ... 0interview




i have not got time to re-watch but i think this was the one when he said why he switched

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:11 pm
by Jefferino
LEATHERFACE wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOLC61D ... 0interview




i have not got time to re-watch but i think this was the one when he said why he switched
Cool interview...but didn't explain anything.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:31 pm
by LEATHERFACE
sometime on something he said it was that he never played tubes and he wanted to i think that was the correct way around

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:39 pm
by Jefferino
LEATHERFACE wrote:sometime on something he said it was that he never played tubes and he wanted to i think that was the correct way around
STFU

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:18 pm
by LEATHERFACE
what did i do ?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:40 pm
by Firestorm
everything

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:59 pm
by LEATHERFACE
o..k

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:30 am
by Jefferino
LEATHERFACE wrote:what did i do ?
You tryed way too hard to formulate a thought that went absolutely nowhere.