yeah but which one?

I sold a Randall 100 head out of my pawn shop that had a similar problem. The guy that bought it was a techie and a friend, and in this particular case the problem was a capacitor.

TBH, Twizza, I’m outside my limited zone of knowledge if you decide against sending back. My SS amp exp is very weak. The fan *shouldn’t* be a prob, but may be if badly modded by a numbskull. Try disconnecting it. Also, have you gone to Randall amp’s site and sent them an email?

They look like a decent operation and these types will often reply with some handy suggestions, even if you’ve bought a used example. Good manufs stand by their products (at least as far as a bit of tech support) whatever the purchase history. Worth a try at least.

Sorry, I’ve been off-air a few days. Fleeb or not, if advertized as new by an e-retailer then you have redress. Buying from a private seller (“nearly new”, “hardly used”) then ground is somewhat slippier. You even have to be careful with the “send it back and I’ll send you a refund”, just in case. Most of my fleeb buys have turned out fine no probs, but one or two duff buys got a bum’s rush response.

The -ve f/b isn’t such a big weapon. Few sellers post a +ve before they’ve seen the buyer’s, so you end up getting a neg yourself. Hopefully, your seller’s one of the good ones. If not, check the soldering and wiring from amp to speakers and also see if you can isolate which speaker causes the trouble.

As for the Hondo, I can’t believe how they fetch such relatively high currency. I have one, and they’re utter cack – daren’t even list it.

how recenty did you buy it? if it was recently then contact the seller and let him know your problem, have you left feedback yet? thats always as a good a weapon as ‘Lance on the forward 50’s ‘ nobody likes bad feedback, if it is the speaker then its not the end of the world, you can get some GT-75 celestions for about £40 each, but it think your seller should go half with you, thats assuming it is the speakers of course.
You need to go back to him and let him know whats going on. if you got the amp very recently tell him you want to send it back to him for a full refund.
It could be worse, you could have bought a Hondo 2 guitar, now that is a real ‘pup’ what do you say 1bassleft?

Twizza, it’s not obvious whether you bought the head or the combo. Let us know. If you can rule out a third-party cab as the problem (ie you bought the combo and it farts, or else you bought the head and only this head makes the cab go pffft) then you need to go back to the retailer ASAP.

Time is of the essence. You’ve paid quite a bit and don’t want to be stuck with it. The sooner you tell the retailer (in writing) the better. Legally, your beef is with the retailer so you must tell them you’re not happy straight away. Don’t be fobbed off with “contact the manufacturer” – they all try that. I’m assuming you bought new from a store. If anyhting is otherwise, please post here for more ops.

Crackly and farty? no volume?? could it be that the speaker/s have blown? got it set to the correct impedence? from what ive heard on here the Randall range are solid state amps , im not to familiar with SS amps, but i would check that the amp is good by using the line out socket to a mix desk or similar? or do you have a headphone socket? you need some way of ruling out the speakers, probably a stupid question but plug a guitar in direct to the amp, dont use any effects pedals, and also if you use active pickups do you have a new battery installed?? this is the basic stuff. And yes 200 watts is very loud, if you close all the windows and doors then you should be able to lift the tiles off your roof.