Aging "rocker" here, new to the board and also new to the Randall MTS. I am hoping some here can offer suggestion to help reduce the gain of my new RM20 Combo.
I bought this amp last weekend when I demo'd it in the local store. I got it with the blackface and JTM modules. I absolutely love the sound of the amp, but found that when I got it home into my small "man-room" (office/bedroom/guitar boutique) I have problems with the amplifier being too loud! With the blackface module, I can put the level control at about 10:00 and the gain at around 7:00 or 8:00 at the most...then the volume starts getting to be too much for my room. It is even worse with the JTM I can put the gain at around 10:00 but I can barely crack the level up to where I start getting some volume, 7:30-ish and I already have so much volume that I can't really get much variance in the sounds. With the blackface module, at the settings above, the tone is great and the volume is loud, but still not so loud that it creates problems throughout the remainder of the house. With the JTM module, the volume gets out of hand very quickly and the settings I described above do not really produce very good sound.
I thought this would be a better solution for me to get some great, varied sounds at low volume levels...better than my 60 watt Peavey Ultra 112. There is no doubt that the sound of the RM20 is better than the Peavey, but it seems that the RM20 needs to be turned up quite a bit to achieve those great tones.
So, my question is do any of you have suggestions as to what I can do to reduce the overall gain of the RM20? Can I switch tubes to ones that have less gain? Should I consider having my shop install a power soak (attenuator)? Can the modules be modified to produce less volume? Would I have been better off with the RM50, which has the master volume control? Even though the RM50 has more power, would the master volume help me to reduce the final amount of gain? (There was not an RM50 in the store, and I am not sure I want to spend the extra $$$).
I play several guitars through this amp...single coil Strat, PRS, Hagstrom Viking and a Gibson Zoot Suit (which has high output pickups, making the situation worse!)
I realize that most of you probably play at higher volumes than I, but what I was hoping to achieve with this purchase was a good tone amplifier that would give me a variety of sounds at low volume levels. I know that the RM20 makes some nice sounds. I'd just like them to be produced at a lower volume!
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I bought this amp last weekend when I demo'd it in the local store. I got it with the blackface and JTM modules. I absolutely love the sound of the amp, but found that when I got it home into my small "man-room" (office/bedroom/guitar boutique) I have problems with the amplifier being too loud! With the blackface module, I can put the level control at about 10:00 and the gain at around 7:00 or 8:00 at the most...then the volume starts getting to be too much for my room. It is even worse with the JTM I can put the gain at around 10:00 but I can barely crack the level up to where I start getting some volume, 7:30-ish and I already have so much volume that I can't really get much variance in the sounds. With the blackface module, at the settings above, the tone is great and the volume is loud, but still not so loud that it creates problems throughout the remainder of the house. With the JTM module, the volume gets out of hand very quickly and the settings I described above do not really produce very good sound.
I thought this would be a better solution for me to get some great, varied sounds at low volume levels...better than my 60 watt Peavey Ultra 112. There is no doubt that the sound of the RM20 is better than the Peavey, but it seems that the RM20 needs to be turned up quite a bit to achieve those great tones.
So, my question is do any of you have suggestions as to what I can do to reduce the overall gain of the RM20? Can I switch tubes to ones that have less gain? Should I consider having my shop install a power soak (attenuator)? Can the modules be modified to produce less volume? Would I have been better off with the RM50, which has the master volume control? Even though the RM50 has more power, would the master volume help me to reduce the final amount of gain? (There was not an RM50 in the store, and I am not sure I want to spend the extra $$$).
I play several guitars through this amp...single coil Strat, PRS, Hagstrom Viking and a Gibson Zoot Suit (which has high output pickups, making the situation worse!)
I realize that most of you probably play at higher volumes than I, but what I was hoping to achieve with this purchase was a good tone amplifier that would give me a variety of sounds at low volume levels. I know that the RM20 makes some nice sounds. I'd just like them to be produced at a lower volume!
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
