Product: Lab Series L5
Price Paid: US $400
Submitted
12/18/1997
at
11:06am
by
Anonymous
Features
:
7
This is a 100w 2 channel, 2-12" transistor amp from way back when people cared more about whether their equipment would keep working than the intricacies of capacitor incept dates. The cool thing about this amp is it's adjustability. It has parametric adjustment for midrange, and built in compression. This was the amp that gave Ty Tabor of KingsX his secret killer tone. Get any of the older KingsX albums to hear this amp. Also, it has good sounding spring reverb. There's also an ... can't remember what they call it ... adjustment for what is pretty much presence.
Sound Quality
:
8
This amp is clean, and loud. With the parametric eq and whatever outboard effects you are using, you can get just about any sound you want. The onboard distortion is typical transitor fair, which is wonderful, or awful depending on whatever guitar planet you're on. The onboard compression gives some pretty cool effects if you play with it. I got the amp because of it's versatitliy in regards to price.
Reliability
:
10
I'd sake my entire soul on this amp running during a nuclear explosion.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Hm... I wonder if there is still support for this amp.
Overall Rating
:
8
This amp is a well-rounded user friendly amp. With today's effects you can make this amp sound like anything you want. It's inexpensive, very clean sounding, has some fun 70's sounding things about it, and it's reliable. I mean what more could someone WANT? I know what I want, I want another one so I can run stereo, sound like a mountain, and go deaf at approximately twice my usual rate.
