Is this amp a FORTIN high gain tube design that everyone can afford?

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[@honeybadger1810]

One thing I like about it is the note definition. Nothing gets lost.

[@JasonCGuitarOfficial]

This and the 45 are AMAZING amps for the price! Mike did an incredible work on these.

[@daysthrumycam]

100%. I have the RD45H and the RD40C combo. Had the RD100H as well, sold it cause I just play at home.

[@AkiraSpectrum]

agreed these are killer amps

[@BB-ft6nd]

I'm getting a Fortin Sigil. It's small, the tone is frickin amazing and it's all the power I'll ever need.

[@azatfattah6428]

I have this one. The best way to get polished modern high gain and fast-responsive tone without hiss is to switch to the red channel through an overdrive pedal such as OD808, and you need to add more treble and presense so that it will sound more juicy and biting. It is a quite versatile amp for modern subgenres of rock and metal.

[@ZachComa]

I have an older and not-so-common Randall RT100, which was released right before Fortin came to Randall. I wish it had a presence and resonance, otherwise I love it death. With a boost/OD in front and an EQ in the loop, it can do anything and sounds amazing.

[@lieutenantdan2217]

Boost+eq is crucial for any randall setup

[@doknox]

On this side pretty much every tone you tried sounded good. I feel like they all would've sat in a mix pretty well.

[@arthurreid6108]

I've had one since 2019, I love mine. A good TS and get your high end from the treble instead of the presence will get you more of the sizzle. The presence gives it an unpleasant high end. Also, the boost just activates an extra preamp gain stage.

[@tristankrager9789]

Ugh, this is like...my favorite amp you've demoed 🤣

[@AkiraSpectrum]

just got an rd20h with the matching 1x12 cab (v30) and its awesome! The 20H doesn't have the Gain 2 channel but honestly you don't need it as Gain 1 channel + built in boost is killer.

[@Ledmetacdc]

Hey @kylebull thanks for making this video! I own an RD20 that I haven't been able to use for almost a year because I was living in an apartment and almost got evicted for playing. Now that I'm in my first house I've been playing, but actually forgot how to dial in a good tone setting on this amp. Your video reminded me that being generous with presence and bass on this amp is a good thing. Thanks for that, I dialed it in with my EMG 85 loaded guitar and a Boss SD-1 and now it sounds awesome. I was thinking I might ditch it for a different amp before your video today! Thanks for saving me some cash!

[@scottarle]

Thanks for running through this amp. I had my eye on one of these amps for a new amp but I’m glad I went with the EVH 5150 EL34.

[@RyvenProductions]

Recently picked up the 45 at a pawnshop at a very good price. I enjoy the hell out of it. Glad to have it in my arsenal.

[@HLBmusix]

That fishman fluency pickup really made it to me. Awesome tone right there. Also in the low gain channel

[@ajundly]

i watched his earlier demo of the rd45h and i couldn't help to think that it seemed liked i was watching someone that didn't believe a word that THEY THEMSELVES were saying - LOL - the rd45h and the rd100h sound incredible - and he KNOWS it.. his riffs were flowing off of his guitar with effortlessness, the tone sounded perfect for so many reasons and his eyes were admitting it.. LOL - this amp sounds AMAZING and that is the truth - no matter who makes it or where it was made or how much it costs... I love Kyle's channel and he totally kills on guitar - the only thing i can maybe think of is of remembering about his review of the Splawn Amps where Kyle makes a point of how the Splawns "challenge the guitar player" because Splawn will highlight every lazy mistake you make while playing them and that maybe the Randall was just way TOO easy to sound absolutely f**king amazing...???? - LOL - ROCK ON !!!!

[@Timconnorsis]

Bought mine the month it came out. Back when it was $899 new on sweetwater. Then it went to like $2,699 and now down to like $1,700. It’s sick. Dark sounding but it’s a killer amp. I recommend finding a used one

[@tarnstean]

thats fucking ridiculous how they can just manipulate their prices like that

[@silverburst3112]

I’ve got the 20w version and such a monster. Love I can plug 2 cabs into at once

[@ironblast5]

Man, I'm really digging this thing I always was curious how it sounded

[@markolivares6943]

I have the 20 watt version and it kicks ass.

[@jonnyf9049]

had the 20 watt version. Was a great amp

[@ordohereticus3427]

Damn. Sounded awesome! But yeah, it’s got that Fortin metallic clank going and I get that you’re not a great fan of such. Regardless, it’ll kill in a mix on either of the gain gain channels with the rest being about taste. The boost button affects all channels, I believe, but somewhat differently. \m/

[@oliviahighsmith7549]

I bought a used one today. I loved how it sounded at the store. Got it home and then wasn't as much in love with it.

[@Irishtwinbeads282]

I had the 45 and sold. Regret it highly. Might be the best amp I’ve ever had.

[@jacobbockover1628]

Okay spill it. How do you pay off your neighbors. I gotta know cause i have new ones and a new landlord

[@SAIBOT64]

If you own a house and don’t have a home owners association. You only have to follow city ordinance…… I play crazy loud when my kids aren’t home. Nobody does anything

[@doknox]

​@@SAIBOT64same. We have rehearsals at my house. As long as its daylight neighbors cant do anything but listen. I noticed neighbors dont usually get mad unless you suck and play loud or they are old. Lol.

[@mophead7759]

@@SAIBOT64when i lived with my parents i would play pretty loud (especially when no one was home) hoa never cared at all, especially bc ppl would always be doing yard work, car maintenance, ect so the least of their concerns were a kid playing guitar lmao

[@8Seven65]

Play mid day, not first thing in the morning or late at night, and most people don't care.

[@mrtn2842]

Use headphones 🎧

[@davidupton9492]

I believe the price of the head , should have been mentioned in the video. Would have been very helpful for people that can’t spend 3k for a head. This u can pick up new for around 1000$ & used for way less. Love your channel man. Ty

[@mikepadgett8522]

FWIW It sounded great on this end.

[@xiwiwix]

Great video, Kyle!!! \m/ I'm not a fan of this Randall, but you got the best tones I've ever heard out of one of these! The tone is in the fingers (when you turn the knobs)

[@ajundly]

this is literally one of the best sounding amps he's ever demo-ed - who is he kidding ?? LOL

[@gaberox1]

I got the RD1H and it's pretty dope for a little guy. 1 watt can rip in my apartment.

[@Mike_HuntizWet]

Did you happen to get that amp through Musician’s Freind Deal of the Day a couple years ago??

[@brycep8571]

I got mine thru musicians friend on the deal of the day

[@Mike_HuntizWet]

@@brycep8571 Me too. $150 bucks 👍

[@PerimeterAudioStudios]

Respect for the All out war riff on the 7string, you don't hear people playing or listening to that a lot anymore. Kudos (y)

[@johnthefisherman69]

I bought my RD45H from GC about six months ago. It was a steal compared to some of the other listings. It was right around $550 after tax. $580 total I believe. I came from a 6505 MH (good riddance) to the diavlo. This amp is so much better imo, I guess going from el84’s to full size 6l6’s can do that. But admittedly it does need taming. I run a peppers dirty tree sometimes alone and sometimes into an additional OD depending on the guitar. Paired with an EQ in the loop I find I’m getting pretty good modern metal sounds out of it. Its not the 5150 I’ve always wanted but I like its sound. Ohh and the clean channel is pretty good IMO.

[@ann1hel]

I used the rd45h for about 10 months, It did its job but it was just such a dark amp. The blackwinter pickups I always use definitely helped it out. I still much prefer it to a 5150 though

[@gentlewolf1279]

Eq pedal solves the darkness

[@killthekaiju9219]

This RD100H was only half the price of the EVH 5150 III when it came out

[@OfficialSNMvids]

Quite impressed with tones in this monster! I own too many amps at this moment, but will keep an ear out for one if a good deal comes up ;)

[@martinhensley2377]

It's great you have a open mind, and allway's remember you can never have enough gain little brother.

[@vincentrandles8105]

The red channel is for those step-dad tones! 😁 What's the damage for one of those heads? (Like I need another..got four of those already, two of which are older Marshall's!) The TS9 always seems to have just what amps need too push em into Belligerent territory! I've got one of the originals from Japan...

[@ianfisherguitar]

I know not everyone can afford a Mesa JP2C but I'm sure some people here want to see you review one 😉 😂

[@clydeburdick9540]

I am now the proud owner of that exact amp! Thanks again Kyle for everything. I run it through a mesa cab with V30 and T75 with a khdk ghoul jr overdrive. It's a monster to say the least

[@craigharrison5406]

I like it, it's very smooth and punchy. A BBE sonic maximizer pedal in the loop would fix the lack of presence and get rid of the blanket on the speaker thing. The built in boost is a really nice feature. I can't figure out why more high gain amps don't add a built in boost.

[@JDStone20]

That amp sounds amazing

[@DeadShred9]

I heard a few Tones that were really tight with perfect Chug . Lets here some shred from this thing ??

[@ericsmith6633]

I think with a 7 string or something tuned lower this amp would shine. Try it with ur 7 string

[@edwinwise6751]

Randall is the sleeper of rock guitar amps .. would like to hear it through a 1960 cab

[@Jason31256]

wow it sounds nice!

[@watcherzero000]

Ola's Randall Satan and the Randall Thrasher are their best tube amp's. But I really dig Randall's old solid state amps like the RG80. This RD amp would be good for someone if they played sludge metal.

[@rugbyguitargod]

I had no issues playing modern Death Metal with my old RD100 when I owned it.

[@AD1978leo]

Been watching from way back but, you'll be relieved to know my memory sucks 😁

[@RokDAWG1]

I’m all over the place about this amp. I like it but I don’t but then I do. I love the idea of having something right between vintage and modern sounds from an amp.

[@bobrutledge54]

Long time randall fan. I've found its necessary for overdrive out front and eq and noise gate in the loop (thanks captain obvious lol). I have gigged with a RH200 sc with a randall 412. My midsized rig is a rd45h with an orange ppc212. Practice at home is with an RG80 combo. Love em all.

[@ShredFlintsTone-lc9tn]

You're good dude at dialin in tones now this is awesm RnR

[@WastelandWarrior1979]

I personally think that the Peavey 5150 & 6505 have too much fizzy high end & I love Peavey. No matter how much I dial down the treble there was still fizziness & obviously there’s this muffled wooomp from an unbalanced frequency fight where the treble is around two on the dial & the bass knob is at six. But if you turn the bass down then the upper treble frequency starts to ice pick my ears again. As I said I love Peavey & I really haven’t tried much of any other brand so what I figured out was that if I stay dedicated to finding a killer tone with Peavey I would literally try anything & everything I could think of. So I threw an EQ pedal & a secret little weapon that Ibanez makes called the B9 Bottom booster in my pedal chain. I must say between adding enough of the treble to where it’s not fizzy but not losing bottom end either, to me it was the best combination. A well balanced configuration 😉

[@mikekashouty516]

I miss mine a lot.

[@huntergalloway3944]

I completely agree, I kinda hate this thing too. Maybe a speaker like a K100/K85 or DV77 would help tame some of the harshness. Does it sound really dry in the room too? It does seem to handle lower tunings better than standard, but it still lacks personality.

[@skourthsgiaoyrths9610]

ive had the rd 40 it was my first tube amp, it was fun, but totally not the sound i want out of an amp, im sticking to a boosted jcm 800 type of sound

[@Krankaos1986]

Loved the demo, I dig the amp but holy crap if you’re going to boost the amp …… I know for a fact you have a noise gate. Switch that thing on!

[@Rforce78]

I would like to see you demo the Randall warhead dimebag Darrell signature with the 2x15 sand 4x12 cabinet

[@johnnauman5194]

Awesome opening riffage, kyle!

[@jacef5739]

The RD5 was a great little amp.

[@caseybaldwin4282]

Have this animal and active PU s are the best for this amp.

[@belligerentamateur]

Purely subjective

[@soad11dude]

This is certainly one of the amps of all time.... being a 6505 person myself, it doesn't have the sizzle and bite I like. With all that low end, it would be decent for a single guitar player band doing slower/heavier stuff, I did like it in Drop C... but the gain doesn't seem to work well for quick single note separation.

[@joeylizotte7537]

FYI.. If you put a Pepers Dirty Tree in front, it'll sound very close to a Satan. It's the perfect boost pedal for that amp.

[@kevinanthony3144]

My rd45 i had crapped out in a few days of owning it just stopped working completely out of no where so i had to return it. I really liked it tho. I had both the rd212 it goes with and an evh with those anniversary speakers and i feel the randall sounds better with the evh cab! You should try the evh cab with this.

[@christiantempleton2565]

Thank You for playing smash your enemies

[@mediocremetalguy]

To bad Randall does’nt exist in Europe! I’ve been trying to get my hands on a head for 2 years, and it’s just impossibke! Same with Mesa in Europe! Could you maybe please help me getting a 6L6 head Diavlo? 220/230v

[@e-henne]

I had a smaller combo Diavlo, never could get it to sound decent even through other cabs. I always wanted to try the larger version

[@nolanbourgouin9500]

Owned the 20 watt version. Hated it. sooo flat sounding even with boots and eq

[@gagecee5129]

Killertone Jason Frankhouser did an awesome demo of this amp.

[@belligerentamateur]

For sure! His demo was what originally made me excited for this amp! I just couldn't quite get the same tones out of it that he did

[@martinhensley2377]

It's a great sounding amp.

[@marthajam]

it would be interesting if you swapped to different cabs to see how that would change the recorded tone of the amp.

[@kyledadams]

The Sd-1 tones you got were absolutely sick lol kinda makes me wonder if the tones I’m getting at home are actually trash to tone aficionados lol

[@Rustinpeace117]

I tried really hard to like the RD45, twice, but it was just too dry. I've heard nothing but good things about the 100 though, seems like a different amp almost. Hard to find them up here in Canada though.

[@jd5393]

Randall tried to take the natas and run with it. Damn I wish those things were still around.

[@EndlngAnthem]

Hey Kyle you should check out BRBS' amp line and their pedals (nightrain pedal).

[@RobSchauland]

Everyone agrees. This is one of the better sounding amps you’ve tested in a while.

[@belligerentamateur]

I don't think everyone agrees with that. Lol

[@RobSchauland]

@@belligerentamateur I think it's pretty popular here in the comments. Kyle just has more of an ear for the Hot Rodded Marshall tone, which I totally get. I'm kind of in that space myself but I do like different sometimes. At least on this channel you can actually hear the differences in amps and guitars. "Frickin" guys with studio tricks claim everyting sounds the same.

[@Admiral_Bongo]

RGxx03 amps are Fortin designs, AFAIK, too. So, the only solid state Fortins out there!

[@scottketterer1672]

I had the 45 for a bit - I kind of think I should have kept it.

[@Dann1303]

Hey Kyle, have you ever tried the Quilter overdrive stuff?

[@DonDouglass]

Curious how this amp rocks out with Creambacks or just a Standard Marshall 4x12 cab.

[@Captaintripps1]

Also can you give me an honest review without a pedal of the blackstar ht stage 100 mkii is it tye same as the ht metal just a the second gen or no

[@Captaintripps1]

I buy alot from zzounds and one thing I seen on one of yours vids is that thing fir the tube called Mr ugly or something like that pls help with info

[@kimseniorb]

wow sounds like distorted electric guitar

[@Chad_Fuckhammer]

Riffs sounded like Death Before Dishonor

[@DavidMadeira29]

What about the 3x2 of pickups, Kyle?! Just in theory, because I've got unpaired and unsigned Seymour Duncan, how many EMG have I seen there?! The 3x2 of never buying a single EMG Hum to justify the couple you had out of the Box?! I don't know. Boring routines, I guess. I'm still not the best at packaging, Dude. Namastè.

[@user-xm1fo3eb5m]

I have this same model and mine doesnt have the demon logo 🤷‍♂️

[@KeithMcKissick]

I agree. I didn't like the way it was voiced, either.

[@kaiserwilhelm1938]

I own the RD-45H among a handful of other tube amps. I was never able to get what I considered a good high gain tone out of it. The tone controls were pretty hard to dial in, the 'boost' hardly adds any gain and the overall gain setting was lacking. Even on high volume where many tube amps sound their best, I never noticed a big difference. Unlike most amps where you can find several good tones, I was only ever able to find one that worked for practice. Max gain, treble, mids, 75% bass and play with the presence until you like it. What I have heard is that it is a really good pedal amp due to how strong the mids are. I suppose with enough pedals and post processing, anything can sound good.

[@Straightedge63]

im glad im not the only one that has that same issue with Fortin. i really wanna like their stuff but theres always that high mid thing that is inherent in all fortin products that i just cant get into. tried the Satan, 33, grind, and honestly, the best thing they ever made was the Zuul.

[@jimbobmago]

I love that guitar are they available in the UK?

[@MaximusAdonicus]

Which one?!

[@jesseparrish9198]

Wow a 7 string 🔥

[@windows-jy2vg]

Was that an all out war riff on a 7 string phew

[@jbrewha]

I got one from zounds a couple of years ago and either it was broke or it sucked. I sent it back.

[@williamdesilva67]

I thought it sounded great

[@qwasz123123]

What's up with NOS Randall prices? They are pricing Chinese Randall amps like they are boutique tube amps.

[@belligerentamateur]

No idea what's been going on there, but it's wild

[@ericsmith6633]

So how similar is this to the Randall satan?

[@mmrseed]

I was able to pick up the RD100H for $200 used before the new and used prices of these things shot through the roof for no reason. I agree that your not going to get the best out of this amp through a Mesa cab

[@metalfather8139]

could you try that rd100 against a archon 50 to see who has more desireable frequencies

[@belligerentamateur]

Archon 100 quite easily for me

[@metalfather8139]

@@belligerentamateur thanks man..

[@scottg8660]

Check out BSGW amps. They're out of Ukraine and sound pretty damn good.

[@DavidAllenMD]

I hear a lot of fizz on the high end

[@hebguy420]

I own this amp and found it lacking. Boosted with a deadhorse od and wasn't bad but wasn't my goto amp. Prefer the crate bluevoodoo I own over it.

[@kimseniorb]

sounds good tho

[@johncrace911]

Dude you are not making music. It is just NOISE

[@belligerentamateur]

Thank you!

[@SluggerStark]

Really not a fan of the Fortin "clank" that has kind of turned into a kind of signature. I can see how it will work well for the 8 string djenty stuff, but not my cup of tea at all. I have heard his older stuff from way back when he was modding amps for people (what put him on the map) is absolutely killer.

[@juanvaldez4043]

I dunno, even used ones are a little pricey for what you get.

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

Grown to hate that Fortin clacky high end. Need some fizz to fill out the sound a bit