Kirk Hammett Practice Amp from Randall

I happened to run into Kirk Hammett in the San Francisco airport a while back.  My wife figured it was just some guy with a passing resemblence to Hammett, since there was no guitar, and no enoutrage, but he was the real deal.  I spoke to him for a minute, no doubt convincing him that there was a need for even greater airport security against rampant stalking bloggers. 

And while he didn't have a guitar amidst his Tummi luggage, he might well have had the nicely portable Randall HK15 practice amp in there.  Not that Hammett needs to practice.  That's not what I meant at all. 

Randall offers a range of Kirk Hammett signature amplifiers ranging from the 15 watt practice amp up to the full sized beasts ready for use on stage. 

The KH15 has a nice Clean channel setting as well as Overdrive and a Boost button that significantly beefs up the distortion.  Once you turn on the Boost and Overdrive it's plenty loud enough to get your neighbor's attention.  You'll swear there's something more than 15 watts pumping through the 6 1/2 " speaker.

The tone and volume controls are dead simple.  There's a headphone jack as well as a CD/MP3 input jack for jamming to your favorite tracks.  Also, it's got cool blue lights. 

For a street price of around $100 it's a pretty decent little amplifier with plenty of power and decent built-in tones.  If you're looking for something stripped down and easy to use, look no further.  The KH15 doesn't have a lot of extra effects or doodads, but it's high quality and covers all the basics at a good value.

The Randall line of Kirk Hammett amplifiers have been designed to help you tap into Hammett's legendary tone with ease.  Playing like Hammett, well, that's another story.  Here's a video courtesy of  WorldMusicSupply putting the KH15 through its paces.

• Randall Amplifiers: Main site, Kirk Hammett series
• Amazon: Randall KH15

Comments

[guitar teacher]

One of our students picked one up and brought it into the studio to show it off.

This is a cool little amp. Tons of balls for its size and price.