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Laney LC15R

« Laney LC15R »
I got the amp used for £150, which might seem alot but it had only been used twice and never gigged . It also had new valves put on it. What is there to not like about this practise amp? It is amazing, it has a sweet tone , looks good and it is VERY loud. Probably loud enough for gigging but I haven't tried it yet. The sounds that you get are warm sweet and of a quality that makes you look twice at the price tag. I use it with a Zoom 505 multi-effects unit and some of the sounds I get are absolutely amazing. I have already mentioned that the looks are very tasteful and I would say it is one of the best looking budget valve amps available. Excellent!!!! I can't really answer this one! There isn't anything I don't like about this amp. Except the fact that being used to a solid state amp it takes a while to get used to having to let it warm up. I haven't had that long but from what i can see it is of very good quality. The knobs feel sturdy and have a smooth action but I am constantly worrying that I am going to break one of the valves because there is nothing to stop them being hit . So as far as I can see it is of a very high standard of buil quality. What can I say? It is absolutely brilliant. I used to get bored playing my guitar through my old amp but now once i start I can't stop until I fall asleep. It has renewed my interest in guitars all over again!!! Buy one now!!!!!!!! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

by MGR/Dave 1/16/03
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Laney TF320

« Laney TF320 »
I bought this amp from Bruce millers in aberdeen for £400 after my old sessionette was stolen The clean channel sounds great and the mid and bright switches are very handy (especially the bright for playing more jangly funky tunes) . OD1 is also great, It's a fairly basic rhyhtm type drive which is extremely flexible for all types of playing, the enhance knob allows you to change the tone from a sharp cutting tone all the way through to a big and beefy tone. OD2 is my favourite channel of all though. With the bass up to about 6 and mid at around 4 and treble all the way up to 10 it has the perfect tone for those crazy metal solos that I like so much. OD2 is not only good for solos but also for low down on the fret board riffs . nothing really only that I want an extra 2x12" speaker cab for better tonal projection at high volumes. the construction is fairly indestructable I'd say (although the corner protecting things are plastic which makes it look a bit cheap). If you're on a budget and you want a amp that does nearly everything (especially Black Sabbath, This amps does a great Sabbath tone) you could want then this is well worth a second thought This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

by MGR/Big black guy named Ben 5/28/02
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Laney HCM65R

« Laney HCM65R »
I bought this little piece of power at Glory Days Music and I think I bought it for $370 (U.S.). Anyone (yes you you little rocker!) anyone could hook this thing up and make it sound very decent.(When I first got it, I turned the bass all the way up on my Mexican Stratocaster and switched on the Crunch channel and turned the Crunch knob to 10 and the bass knob to 10 and everything else all the way down and it sounded somewhat "tuby") If you wanna be the loudest kid on your block this amp is for you! 65 watts of power should help in some situations where volume is needed and the price wasn't bad either. The Distortion channel lacks something it is very hard to get a good quality punk-rock tone. It has spring Reverb so when you rock it back and forth, it makes that little noise. The Volume is kinda hard to get to where you could play in your room, but there is a headphone jack unlike Fender's 65 watt. Another thing is that if you want to turn the distortion down, the volume goes down too. This Amp has a 10" speaker and spring reverb. I know that the actual casing is very sturdy but the only traveling I've done with it was to my garage and back. It is a solid state amplifier so you don't worry about a tube warming up and wearing in. It has a speaker jack, an effects line in and out, it has a clean channel(Volume, Bass, Mid, and Treble) and a distorted channel(Crunch, master Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble) and a reverb knob. A footswitch jack is also present. And There is a Headphone jack and a CD line in. Um, yeah, a very solid amp but a word of warning: you'll wake the neighbors if you turn it up past 5 Don't listen to me though go look at one today! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

by MGR/Anonymous 5/28/02
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Laney TF300

« Laney TF300 »
I bought this amplifier in Sweden (Kalmar). I paid 500$ for it and I can say I'm not disapointed. I also bought it because a friend had one. This is an extremly good preamp. You get two distortations and one clean sound. The sound you get out of this thingy is amazing I'ts even possible to use it on smaller scene where it still conquers the scenes. You think your old vox amp or crate or marshall preamp can stand up against this monster? Try giving it some volts upp the ass and you'll find that extra sound up your balls. There is not really anything bad with this preamp just maybe that you would consider buying a real amp instead of this small monster. btw it gives up to 120w Its box shaped but a bit smaller up and you also have a nice gripp handle on the top. The buttons are silver colored and the rest is more or less black. Exept for the brand name Laney on the front top left. It rocks, what else could i say, try it! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

by MGR/rymdrattan 2/3/02
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Laney VC30-112

« pretty clean amp »
The Laney VC30 112. The amp uses 3 12AX7s and 4 EL84 tubes and delivers 30 watts of power through 12 inch speaker. The 16 ohm speaker is connected internally and there is an option for another 16 ohm external speaker to be connected that together tap the transformer at 8 ohms. There are series effects loop jacks and a jack for an external foot switch that switches channels and turns the reverb off and on. The amp has two channels, clean and dirty that share E.Q. and reverb. The tone controls are treble,middle,and bass. There is also a boost button which oddly enough cannot be controlled via footswitch. This amp has a lot of features but I actually prefer a very simple amp so I will rate it lower for features even though it has them. UTILIZATION The controls sit on top of the amp vintage style which I don't like because I think they are harder to get to then when the controls are on the front. The speaker box is somewhat boxy and makes the amp smaller but also boxes in the sound compared to say the cabinet on a Fender Deluxe Reverb. The tube sockets are cheap and the tubes rattle audibly through the speaker. SOUNDS This amp is most suitable for old time rock and roll, blues, funk and grunge with any guitar. With the tubes replaced and a better speaker this amp improves. When you first play this amp (even in stock form) you instantly like it because it sustains and compresses well clean and is also really fun to play blues in the dirty channel because the preamp gain sounds really good. If you play it side by side with a blackface Fender Reissue you realize though that the overall quality of the sound just isn't nearly as solid, clear, beautiful, strong and professional. OVERALL OPINION Overall, I cant complain with this amp. Very clean and basic design, along with a clean sound. The price is pretty good as well.

by yoTrakkz 2/23/12
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Laney LC30-112

« Good little combo »
This little combo by Laney amplification is a good little multiple channel amplifier for someone who needs a small little combo that doesn't have a whole lot of wattage. This is a 30 W all tube amplifier that has a clean in overdrive channel. These amplifiers are made in the United Kingdom and have that typical British tone in the distortion channel. It's a very easy amplifier to dial in if you've ever had any experience with any type of British amplifier. UTILIZATION The look of this amplifier is not very intimidating at all. It only has a few controls that allow you to dial in a decent clean and decent overdrive tone. You get a clean channel and an overdrive channel ans that is pretty much about it. There isn't that much to get in the way of your tone with added effects or modeling of any kind. SOUNDS If you're into classic rock sound this this is going to be a good amplifier for you. If you are determined to get that British tone that you would get out of the Marshall or a Orange amp then this will be right up there with those tones. It's nothing to be ultra high gain and it's certainly not a fender clean amplifier. The clean is pretty decent and it sounds more like a Vox clean or a plexi clean. The distortion channel is a mild break up very similar to eight Marshall at JCM 800 type tone. It's so it's going to get a little bit of dirt but not a very highly saturated tone. OVERALL OPINION Is it fun little combo is if you can find him in the used market and they don't cost a whole lot. This is not the kind of amplifier that you really going to spend a lot of time trying to find because there's not really anything at this amplifier does a lot of other Marshall or Orange amplifier's can't do and do it a lot better. If you're struggling to find a simple amp then I suggest just don't waste anymore time and buy a nice little orange combo which has a much better distortion my opinion or a Marshall combo from the 80s. The new marshall combos aren't very good anymore so I suggest getting one from the 80s or just biting the bullet and getting an orange amplifier combo. Those orange amplifiers are very will built and have a solid tone all the way through each channel.

by iamqman 9/29/11
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Laney LC15-110

« Nice little combo »
Laney is a British company that has been making fantastic sounding amplifiers for about 35+ years. They started back in the late 60's and have been a high quality company since it's birth. This amp is a one channel amp with one 10 inch speaker from Celestion. You get a great sounding clean tone and a mild overdrive tone. This amp is not high gain at all and will sound closer to a mild Marshall plexi drive. You have a boost or bright switch and that is about it for this amp. No frills just pure tone and simplicity. UTILIZATION * Power RMS: 15 Watts * Inputs: Hi & Lo Jacks * Channels: 1 * Equalisation: Bass, Middle, Treble * Bright Switch: Yes * Preamp Valves: Premium ECC83 * Output Valves: Premium EL84 * Class: Class A / B * Drivers: 1x 10" Celestion Tube 10 * Weight: 11.5 Kg * Dimensions (mm): 385 x 382 x 250 SOUNDS This amp is about average for me. There isn't anything here tone wise that makes me want this amp. It is an all tube amp and that is a great thing for the price but the tone of this amp isn't too inspiring. The amp sounds best for blues rock in my opinion. You get a good usable bluesy tone and a mild overdrive for country or pop music. The tone is great but it seems a little limited in versatility. This is a simple tone amp and not a tone of features to get in the way of tone. This amp sound god with any decent guitar you have. It takes pedals real well and can get real tight in the low end due to the 10 inch speakers. The Lc15 is a low watt amp so you can crank it a little more and get those power tubes to overdrive for you without blowing through the walls. OVERALL OPINION At new these amps come in at around $450, which isn't bad for a tube amp. I wish it has one more channel and it would be much better. That i where the LC30 comes in though. This amp can get you a good tone for light jamming or practicing at home. It is a fairly inexpensive amp and will serve its user well.

by iamqman 7/11/11
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Laney GH50L Discontinued

« Great Rock and Roll Amp »
Laney GH50L Features * Single Channel, 50 Watt, Class A/B Amp Head * Hi and Lo Input Jacks * Footswitchable Gain * Premium ECC83 and EL34 Valves * FX Loop and Slave Jack *Switchable Between EL34 and 6L6/5882 tubes UTILIZATION It's a very straight forward amp. It has a setup very similar to a JCM800 on the front panel (Presence, Treble, Middle, Bass Master Volume. It also has a two position resonance control and a footswitchable drive channel. It also has two gain knobs (drive and gain) for the two different channels, with the drive engaged both "gains" are working and you can mix and match the gains, the "gain' from the clean or first channel is very VERY much like a JCM800 is very bright and defined. The gain from the drive channel is much more thick and punchy, its a cool thing to be able to mix and match. SOUNDS I've owned this amp for about 6 months now (that is good for me). I've gigged it many times and I find it to be a great amp for pretty much anything between country and hard rock (maybe metal with a boost). I play with two main guitars. A Les Paul Copy with Seymour Duncans in it and Fender MIA Prodigy Strat. Les Paul: With my Les Paul the Laney is almost always breaking up, anything over about 9 o'clock has some hair on it, which is cool and does a really good 60s rock and roll sound. I could pull old Led Zep sounds and Clapton sounds very easily out of this channel with the gain low. As you inch the gain up at about noon you start getting into some more rock and roll territory ala 70s bands (think Cornerstone by Stxy). the cool thing about this channel is that the gain is useable through the whole sweep of the pot. After 12 o'clock you just start adding saturation and not really more gain' per se. At about 3 o'clock you are into old metal sounds like Iron Madien, Def Leppard and the like. Switching over to the drive channel you have two different gains to work with and it is kind of weird at first, but once you get used to it it opens up a whole new way to do things. There is no way I could cover it all, but you can use the gains from the two channels to mix and match the sounds you like. a Thicker more "juicy" sound from the drive channel and a clear and more defined sound from the "clean" channel. My settings usually run at about 11 o'clock on the clean channel and noon on the drive channel, its a good mix of clarity and thickness for me and is a great hard rock sound. Strat: The Strat really shines here on the clean channel, think RHCP cleans with that dirty grind, and it sounds great with a fuzz pedal up front. There really isn't much to say with the Strat though because, well, it sounds like a strat and there is no fixing that. on the drive channel especially it sounds much like the les paul with a little less balls (think TOTALLY 80s cock rock sounds) My biggest complaint with this amp is that it really needs a EQ to shine, the drive channel is too muddy and undefined without one in my opinion. its not TERRIBLE but I would highly recommend a EQ for this amp if you plan on using it for the drive settings OVERALL OPINION For what I payed for it this amp is amazing, its very hard to beat. I personally wouldn't ever pay retail for it, even though it is better than most amps for the price. It has a lot going for it with the clean and gain channels, but with the muddiness of the gain channel it really looses points for me. Overall though, I'd recommend this amp to anyone looking for 70s rock or 80s metal sounds, just don't expect to get anything super "heavy" sounding out of it or super "clear" without a boost or EQ.

by PurposeToMelody 3/19/11
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Laney GH100L

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(Originally written by ben_du_02/translated from Audiofanzine FR) 100-watt all-tube amp with high and low gain inputs. The front panel settings are very simple and effective: one resonance switch, one presence control to boost high frequencies, bass, mid and treble controls, switchable gain controls and one master volume. But I must say that one channel is not enough. Perhaps some people would also like to have a reverb??? On the rear panel you'll find an effects loop, a slave input for an external preamp and a slave output to use only the preamp of the unit. You also have plenty of speaker outputs with different impedances. I give it an 8 because it lacks a second channel. UTILIZATION As I already explained, the amp is not complicated at all, it is actually very easy to use. The reduced number of settings (no noise gate or reverb) doesn't mean the amp isn't versatile... On the contrary, its flexibility surprised me. SOUNDS I play all sorts of music styles from Hendrix with my Strat, to fat blues with my Les Paul, to Children of Bodom or Kalmah with my ESP. The amp can handle anything without a sweat... but be careful with the presence knob because it tends to overemphasize the high end. OVERALL OPINION I like the amp because it sounds great (even at low volumes), it's rugged and easy to use. I miss a second channel to be able to toggle between a big distortion sound and a clean sound... That's why I use an A/B box to switch to my old Line 6 amp for clean sounds. I don't like: the price, I guess I won't be the only guitarist around using this amp!

by Audiofanzine FR 11/5/08
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