Laney Amplification Appreciation Thread

[Orvillain]

VH100R baby cakes!!

 

[la szum]

had a GH50L once upon a time in college

I had the GH50L for a minute, too. Honestly, can't remember much about it.


I had an LC15 that I used to run as a neat little side-fill on bigger stages. The
one I miss the most was an old, beat up AOR. You used to be able to sneeze
out $250-$300 all day and grab one.

The amp in this picture that wows me is that VHT. Pitbull?

 

[la szum]

Still blows my mind that a tiny ass island(s) chucked out Marshall, Vox, Orange, Laney, and Hi Watt.

Amazing!

 

[spawnofthesith]

I had the GH50L for a minute, too. Honestly, can't remember much about it.


I had an LC15 that I used to run as a neat little side-fill on bigger stages. The
one I miss the most was an old, beat up AOR. You used to be able to sneeze
out $250-$300 all day and grab one.

The amp in this picture that wows me is that VHT. Pitbull?

Yep 50/CL. Miss that amp... probably was the longest tenured amp I've owned. Was one of the last things to go before I stupidly "quit guitar" sold everything and didn't play for a year. Actually I traded it for a sig x first straight across that was also killer

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Still blows my mind that a tiny ass island(s) chucked out Marshall, Vox, Orange, Laney, and Hi Watt.

Amazing!

Only Laney are the original owners. Correct?
Or am I wrong? Meaning same owners all along.

Edit....yes, only continuously owned, by one family...in England.

 

[la szum]

 

[Achilles]

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

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Yeah ... pretty awesome story.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

 

[MadAsAHatter]

I know @MadAsAHatter loves their new Laney Lionheart, and gave a very good review of it.....I want one of those too!

Yup, I've been enjoying the Lionheart since I got it. I'm really liking the way it responds to playing.

This is my first Laney. I wouldn't say I "discovered" Laney. I just kind of knew of them in the background as the brand Iommi used. I didn't think they were 2nd tier or anything like that and viewed them as a different flavor of British besides Marshall, Vox & Orange. Though it wasn't a flavor that was really on my radar until recently.

I was already planning a Supergroup clone build as a future project (likely a Ceriatone Supersound kit) to add the Laney sound to my arsenal. While window shopping I came across a Lionheart L50H and looked more into it. I saw it was a 50 watt single ended class A and this perked my interest. I've been liking the little 5 watt class A I built, but wished it was a little higher power to push more volume. I asked around about the Lionheart and looked up a couple of YT videos. It had that signature Laney sound that reminded me of a Supergroup. So 50 watts, Class A, the Laney sound and one was available for a decent price. Everything just happened to fall into place. So I decided what the hell and snagged the Lionheart. I'm glad I did.

 

[spawnofthesith]

AOR and Pro Tube Lead are the same amp right? Or?

 

[MadAsAHatter]

AOR and Pro Tube Lead are the same amp right? Or?

From what I was able to come across looking into the AOR is the 6 knob and 8 knob Series 1 had the Pro Tube Lead moniker. It appeared they dropped the Pro Tube Lead name on the 8 knob series 2. Not sure how different the Series 1 & 2 are.
Hopefully someone who knows more than I do about it can comment.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

My first "real" amp was a Laney AOR 100w in 1987.
Actually no, it wasn't. I had originally bought a Marshall 2205 (2 channel JCM800 50w) but it was a very early '83 model and it was terrible. Had issues with channel bleed, underpowered etc (they fixed that stuff on later versions).

Anyway, I was so disappointed I took it back to the store and they told me I could trade it for another amp. I plugged into the AOR and traded it on the spot. It was my main amp from '88 to '94, when I traded it for a GH100L and that was my main amp until 2004.

So yeah long history with Laney. I would play them again in a heartbeat.

 

[saarangnarayan]

The Ironheart 120 was my first (and only) tube amp that I got in 2013. I had a love-hate relationship with it, which, now that I think about it, was probably down to the HH speakers in the matching 4x12. The cab was REALLY well built and good looking but the sound didn’t convince me.

I got an Axe Fx II about a year and a half after and played the IRT less and less after that and sold it in 2019. Wish I had kept the cab and put in better speakers in it, tho.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

The Ironheart 120 was my first (and only) tube amp that I got in 2013. I had a love-hate relationship with it, which, now that I think about it, was probably down to the HH speakers in the matching 4x12. The cab was REALLY well built and good looking but the sound didn’t convince me.

I got an Axe Fx II about a year and a half after and played the IRT less and less after that and sold it in 2019. Wish I had kept the cab and put in better speakers in it, tho.
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Yeah, never a fan of those speakers.....but all the other Laney cabs I tried were stellar.

I love my IRT120, but I never had the stock matching cab.....and it seemed to really like cabs more on the shallow side, with very average speakers.

 

[maguchi]

Only been trying recent Laneys from the last 5 years or so. And based on that limited experience the recent Laneys been the real shit! Don't know nothing about no older Laneys though.

 

[Alonious_Monk]

Fed up of IR's, Modellers, Preamps etc failing on me, I scored a decent deal on a Laney Leadtop to match my Harley Benton 1x12 V30 just for local gigging.

Hopefully moving forward with a more straightforward traditional rig, will work out better for me.

First time dipping my toes into the waters of Laney Amps. Hope they stand up better than my previous gear.

 

[The other John Browne]

The other guitarist in my band pulled a dick move and bought a 6505+ after we had both played Valveking VK100s for ages. Suddenly I was outgunned so I started researching and ended up with a Laney Ironheart 60 which I loved.

Years and many more amps later, I found a VH100R in an Italian music store online. 370€ shipped to my door. One of the best amp deals I ever made.
Really helped my youtube channel out when it was even tinier than now because the amp doesn't seem to get a lot of coverage. I think Laney should reissue it or make a VH100R mk II!

 

[Count_Drugula]

I've had an AOR-50, GH30R, and GH50L. All very good amps but I think I liked the AOR the best even though it had a bad transformer hum.

 

[the-trooper]

Ironheart gain 10 boost 10 or GTFO.