Laney Amplification Appreciation Thread

[MadAsAHatter]

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

 

[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.

 

[maguchi]

What's your favorite Laney Amp?
How did you first learn of Laney Amplification?

My favorite right now is the Laney Cub.

I first heard about Laney back in the late '80s when I first started playing out. In those days, for the most part, everybody I knew on the club circuit wanted Marshalls, but we were poor young musicians in our 20s and couln't afford them. Back then I would see lots of guys playing and sounding good on Laney stacks, half stacks and combos. So I traded my loud and gnarly Peavey Triumph 60 combo and some money to Nadine's music in Reseda, CA for a 50 watt Laney half stack and gigged with that for quite awhile until I could afford a real Marshall. It was a very good sounding, durable and reliable amp for the few years I had it.

 

[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?

 

[Shredder777]

I have owned two IRT60h and still have one. I don't love it. I'm not sure I even like it.

It has about JCM800 level of gain, maybe a touch more. But it has a modern eq. When you hit it with a boost it can sound quite modern. The built in boost overloads the inbuilt gain circuitry and sounds terrible before it will saturate, so its really just for changing gain levels between channels. Its just a very fiddly amp that is a pita to get set up. And it needs a TS style boost to do what most people would consider metal these days.

The GH50 I used to own was like jcm800 style gain, maybe less and was freaking loud. I don't remember its tone because I sent it back after I breathed on the volume control too hard.

 

[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.