Randall, Peavey, and many others have made some fine SS amps.

What does / did BB King use... he seemed to get good tone and was known to use some solid state amps.

Sorry, Twelvebar, I forgot about Peavey. I've never heard of Randalls are they a small company?

The Randall Amplifer Company was founded in 1970 by Don Randall, a life long radio and audio amplifier enthusiast. Randall began working as a salesman for a radio supply shop after graduating from community college in Santa Ana, CA. It was there that he began a business relationship with Leo Fender, who at the time was operating a nearby radio repair shop. Randall then went on to serve in the Army Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps, and Army Air Forces during World War II. Once he returned home, he took a job as general manager of Radio & Television Equipment, a wholesale distributor of electronic components. There he discovered that Fender had begun making a few lap steel guitars and small amplifiers in his shop on what is now Harbor Boulevard in Fullerton, CA.

Fender was anxious to expand his business, and was receptive when in 1946 Randall suggested that that Radio & Television Equipment distribute his guitars and amps. In February 1953 Fender Sales Corporation and Fender Electric Instrument Company were established. Randall, in charge of sales and distribution, was responsible for naming most of the classic Fender products which included the Broadcaster (which later became the Telecaster) and the Stratocaster. Randall subsequently became vice president and general manager of the Fender Musical Instrument and Fender Sales divisions of CBS. In 1969 Randall left to found Randall Amplifiers. Randall Amplifiers was founded in 1970 in Irvine, CA. Randall then sold the company in 1987. In the mid 1990's it was purchased by U.S. Music Corp.

What does / did BB King use... he seemed to get good tone and was known to use some solid state amps.