Laney Amplification Appreciation Thread

[paisleywookiee]

Best "FRFR" I've played:

 

[RaceU4her]

Johan Segeborn posted a video a few days ago of a Laney Klipp.

damn that strat kills with that amp. i have a strat i rarely play, gonna put playing it through my laney on the things to do list

 

[Alonious_Monk]

A noise gate in the loop and this sounds mean as hell.

Going into my HB V30 1x12 it definitely has a lot of chunky to it for Industrial/Post-Punk goodness.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

I'm hoping one the the Laney aficionados here can help clue me in on the whole GH line. I see there's the GH-S, GH-TI, GH-L, GH-R plus the VH-R & Ironheart. I see they all have different slightly controls. My understanding on the VH-R is it's a 2 channel GH. And the Ironheart is like the spiritual successor to the GH line.

So are all of these the evolution of the line adding extra features, the -S & -TI are signature/Tony Iommi edition and they all sound the same? Or are they different amps that sound different, but lumped into a generic GH series?

 

[JiveTurkey]

I'm hoping one the the Laney aficionados here can help clue me in on the whole GH line. I see there's the GH-S, GH-TI, GH-L, GH-R plus the VH-R & Ironheart. I see they all have different slightly controls. My understanding on the VH-R is it's a 2 channel GH. And the Ironheart is like the spiritual successor to the GH line.

So are all of these the evolution of the line adding extra features, the -S & -TI are signature/Tony Iommi edition and they all sound the same? Or are they different amps that sound different, but lumped into a generic GH series?

@GuitarBilly74 ?

 

[GuitarBilly74]

I'm hoping one the the Laney aficionados here can help clue me in on the whole GH line. I see there's the GH-S, GH-TI, GH-L, GH-R plus the VH-R & Ironheart. I see they all have different slightly controls. My understanding on the VH-R is it's a 2 channel GH. And the Ironheart is like the spiritual successor to the GH line.

So are all of these the evolution of the line adding extra features, the -S & -TI are signature/Tony Iommi edition and they all sound the same? Or are they different amps that sound different, but lumped into a generic GH series?

OK here we go:

The GH-S and the GH-TI are the exact same amp. The GH-S was released first, Iommi started using it and they rebranded it as his signature amp. (TI are his initials).

The GH-L is also pretty much the same amp with a few minor tweaks:

• The GH-S/TI has 5 gain stages that are always on. It also has bass and treble boost switches
  
  
• On the GH-L, 4 gain stages are always on and the 5th is footswitchable. On the other hand, the bass and treble boost are hardwired inside the amp and always on.

But they're the same pre and power amp, with just different switching options.

The VH-R is the GH-L with an added clean channel and spring reverb.

The newer GH-R are completely different amps than the original GH series. They're based on the Ironheart and have a completely different gain structure, tone stack, etc.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Great rundown. I really think I'll have to add one of these to my wishlist.