i picked this screamin amp up at a guitar shop where i live. i paid somewhere in the neghborhood of 230 for it i beleive. ooo it ounds sweet. the overdrive channle on it simply rips.its a loud one no doubt and is very receptive to the volume level of your guitar. the clean channel is soaking and with reverb i even find myself lost in the sound when i slowly methodically move through sales. then you pull the lill over drive nob and crank your guitar up and WHAM your hit with screaming tone and loud tone straight from the guitar gods themselves. the eq on it features both clean and overdrive gain, bass, midd, treble and reverb. theres a seperate clean gain and a master volume. the distortion also features a level nob. it can be intimidating at first but once you got it, you love it. SCREEEEEEEECH.. hehe.. if you got everything at 10 she squels like a stuck pig. its loud enough at 4 and 5 to play bars and small clubs without being drowned out. and if you play it at 6 or 7 youll find yourself saying "huh what was that?" alot. but whats partial loss of hearing compared to monster tone? shes a heavy lill sucker. i think its very well constructed but by any means dont drop it. i think that goes for any peice of musical equipment though. she can take what ya give her and beg for more. over all it is a great amp and will seve you well. ive played it in small bars and ive not had any problems with it. i guess it just depends on your musical stylization though. i myself play alot of blues ie SRV BB King Clapton as well as cassic stuff like hendrix and zeplin., and even some newer stuf like "new" metallica, a prfect circle and sr71. one quick throw of a switch and a turn of a nob and your ready to switch from tone to tone faster than your drummer can get himself another beer. its one screamin amp. thats the bottom line. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The Laney GC50A is a guitar amplifier for both acoustic and electric instruments. It's a unique amp as it actually has two separate channels for acoustic and electric guitar. The amp has a single 12" speaker and I believe it has 50 watts of power. It has two 1/4" inputs for each of the two channels on the front panel, while in the back it has further connections for foot switches, direct input, a headphone jack, and send and return connections for a loop. The amp is a solid state amplifier. UTILIZATION It's not too hard to manipulate the Laney GC50A, although it does have a good amount of controls. The acoustic channel gives you knobs for gain, bass, middle, and treble, and a feedback filter that has parameters for frequency and depth, while there is also a separate control for reverb. The electric channel has parameters for gain, drive, level, bass, middle, treble, and reverb. Both are pretty easy to use but still offer up a nice array of controls. Lastly, there is a button to engage the high frequency driver, and buttons for turning on the reverb and the channels. The manual should be able to answer any and all questions you might have about this amp. SOUNDS The sound of the Laney GC50A is about average. It's nothing that's going to blow you away but will get the job done for both acoustic and electric guitar in smaller settings. It can get loud enough for most applications, but isn't loud enough to full a larger venue at all. It's best for practicing, small venues, and use in the studio. The studio I work at has one of these, but it would definitely be the last amp off the shelf and I've personally never seen it used for a session. Where I've used it has been for a small band's show right inside the studio, where it did a pretty okay job for both acoustic and clean electric guitar. OVERALL OPINION While the Laney GC50A is a viable options for practicing and other small venues, it's not the best overall amplifier in the world. I wouldn't use it much for recording but if you can find one on the cheap, it's definitely good for practicing since it gives you the two separate channels and a good amount of controls. It's only worth it if you can get one on the cheap, but those that are out there are most likely going to be pretty inexpensive...
