Wanted- Old Randall front amp knob & FS5 footswitch

[Mikey]

Looking for a front knob(s) for an old Randall RG80 112SC- (need the all black ones with the ‘R’ on the front). My amp is only missing one of its knobs, so would def like to find at least one for it,, but will buy a few to have as spares if anyone has some laying around

Also trying to find the FS5 channel select footswitch/pedal for it.. it’s the one with the 6 pronged connector.
I dont really have a huge need for the pedal right now, but would eventually like to find one at some point

These old Randall amps paired up with a good Kramer makes for an absolutely killer sound!

Thanks in advance

[Kramers]

Curious, do you know what year it is?

I have an '88 RG100es in faux snakeskin that is missing the cap to one of the knobs, but they don't have R's on them, just a regular line marker. You haven't seen any of those around in your search have you?

Killer amps though!! I don't play mine enough. The sweet spot is a bit loud for my everyday playing, but they're still awesome and built like tanks.

[Mikey]

I think mine is a 1982/or 83, but I’m not entirely sure- still trying to figure out how to accurately date these early Randalls

Actually I did find a guy who had an older head with the line marker knobs- Hang on, I’ll see if I can find the pic he sent,, in the meantime here’s my RG80 and a closeup of the knob I need lol

[Mikey]

Here…. is the kind you need for your 88’ ?

[Kramers]

That's really cool! I never really paid attention to those before.

Mine are like this, but the dark grey caps for the pre-amp and black for the master/gains. Seems like they're always missing at least one cap. I don't really care that much though.

https://reverb.com/item/73950861-randal ... N9dT5VufZc

I'll keep an eye out for those R knobs.

Holy crow, these have gone up in value. Hope you got a deal! Looks clean!

[leftykramerguy]

[Mikey]

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I'll keep an eye out for those R knobs.

Holy crow, these have gone up in value. Hope you got a deal! Looks clean!
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Thanks man, and I’ll keep an eye out for these kind you need- there’s gotta be someone out there somewhere with a junk drawer full of parts for these lol

I had one of these RG80s back in the 90’s and stupidly sold it- But last weekend, I drove past some weird little sidewalk market going on and seen it sitting up front so pulled a quick U-eee to go check it out.. the guy was asking just $100 for it/but took 75! . Kinda felt a smidge guilty leaving with it at that price cuz I’ve seen the typical asking price for these, but I know someone else woulda been close behind me scooping it up just to flip a profit,, so my guilty conscience cleared up pretty quickly lol
The only things really wrong with it were the missing knob and some idiot spray painted his name across the top with stencils.. I got all the paint off/and the tolex cleaned up really nice. Today’s plan is to pull all the hardware/get the chrome polished up/and then figure out how to clean the minor stain on the front screen, but other than that the thing sounds like a dream lol

I read somewhere a bunch of bands used this model to record a lot of their big records with, which makes sense bc this thing truly does sound great! It has huge reverb and the treble knob is also a pull switch that acts like a compressor and ‘infinite sustain’ feature… Super cool amp, and it really lights up good when I flick the blower switch on my PCI

[Mikey]

NICE! Do you know approx what year yours is/or how to date them?

[leftykramerguy]

Hello Mikey,

I will look at the serial number later today. I bought that used in 1985-86 and was my sole amp for 2 decades.

[Mikey]

Hello Mikey,

I will look at the serial number later today. I bought that used in 1985-86 and was my sole amp for 2 decades.

That’s awesome, These things truly sound great man! Can you date it by the serial# ? Or do you need to pull the chassis out to see what year it was manufactured?

I haven’t had the need to use headphones with it yet, but I’m sure I’ll need to at some point- would you plug your phones into one of the two speaker jacks or into the main output Jack?
With its configuration on back, my first guess might be to unplug the speaker and then run the main output into a small mixer/plug the headphones into the mixer?