“With an extensive selection of high-quality tones, going all the way from crystal clear cleans, to face-melting distortion – with a blissfully simple control panel to boot – this is as good a sounding EL34 –equipped rock amp as we can recall”.

In an exclusive first review, the Nuno Bettencourt NBKing 100 signature head from Randall Amplifiers receives the Guitarist Magazine Choice award.  It also receives a Guitarist Magazine rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Designed with Nuno Bettencourt and partner Peter King, the new NBKing 100 is the perfect combination of classic regal looks and modern circuitry to reproduce the legendary percussive tone of Nuno Bettencourt.

A classic 2-channel amp with 3 modes of operation, you can instantly select via the MIDI channel switching, a sparkling Clean channel with the perfect amount of drive, an Overdrive for any vintage to modern high gain rhythm tones and a Solo mode for unparalleled harmonic sustain.

“…It’s a tidily built amplifier, and it looks nothing less than superb”.

“It’s channel two’s overdrive that proves to be the amp’s real high spot, as it provides as wide a choice of crunchy, drivey and all-out metal tones as we can remember from any head”.  “Considering how dirty this channel can go, it’s notable how musical the whole thing feels under your fingers - it’s very rewarding to play”.

Including the dedicated cabinet – the 4x12 NB412, rated at 100 watts and loaded with four Celestion G12M Greenbacks – the price for an NBKing half-stack is a shade over £1,900, which is competitive for a pro-standard rig that’s not only benefited from the ears of such a great player as Nuno, but is so tonally diverse too”.

“Nuno and Randall should be justifiably pleased with their combined efforts…an impressive and competitively priced all-valve head that sounds just as good as it looks.  Time to get the funk in!”

To read the full review, pick up the February Issue (Issue 325) of Guitarist Magazine on sale now.  The Randall NBKing 100 is available now at £1138 RRP.

For more information go to:

http://www.randallamplifiers.com/Products/Signature-Series-Products/Nuno-Bettencourt.html