Laney A1 Combo

Made in China acoustic Amp, very versatile enough for several styles.
He is a acoustic amp, but electric guitar sounded awesome too.
He has 2 cannnels with mute switch and wonderful effect loops.
He working with a extern speaker stereo.

His sound is incredible, wery clean and lovely, the effects are perfect, he has multitap-echo, was very rare is by acoustic amps.

No problems, working perfect.

By new unit give it 2 jears warranty, Laney Company is everytime helpfull and friendly.

I`m playing guitar since 35 jears, i use this amp for a Fender Stratocaster, because he sounded very good with solibody guitar too.

Bought in April 2005.
65w is ideal for small folk/blues venues.
1 instrument channel, 1 mic/instrument channel + extra channel with phono inputs for mini-disc, cd etc. Headphone jack is useful for setting up in a small venue without disturbing punters coming in - they expect a featured artist to 'get on with it' while they have a natter.
Plenty of effects for an acoustic player - if you want more, go electric. I will probably never use 60% but somebody will.
I play country & folk solo fingerstyle/singer & find that this amp gives the right sound for me with either of my Takamine guitars.

Only complaint - post buying I discovered there is no facility for a footswitch for effects - they are either on or off during your performance unless you have a capable 'roady'.

At high volume with a Takamine EAN10CX there was no distortion - never taken it to full volume, never needed it.
Small & discreet it suits my 'casual' style very well.
Versatile between the 2 guitars & with a couple of quick tweaks either guitar sounds great.
No noticeable background hum.

Too new to comment.

Not needed & hope it never will.

35 yrs but mainly using others amps.
Have owned Selmers & Fenders in the past, all systems with 12" speakers (4 to a cabinet) which meant lots of muscle/time to move around.
Small size makes it unobtrusive & portable.
Looked at Marshall acoustic + Laney LA 50 (& Fender but couldn't afford).
Chose A1 for slightly more power, better design cabinet even though higher price.
As above, a foot pedal facility would be good.

This is a brand new dedicated acoustic amp from Laney. It's small, and light weight. It has three channels. One well suited for saddle type pickups and another for instrument mic or vox. It also has a cd input. Might come in handy I guess. It features compression, which is handy and piles of gain available for low output pups. Nice parametric mid control and sweepable notch for eliminating feedback.

My only complaint is the lack of phantom power for the mic channel. I'm going to ding laney for that slip. Also I can't think of why an acoustic amp needs a headphone jack?

I'm using this amp for a variety of instruments. Mostly I'm playing finger style on nylon and steel string guitars. I'm using the K&K Pure Classic for the nylon strings and the Fishman Rare Earth humbucker on the steel strings. After trying a lot of acoustic amps I decided on this one as it just sounds great. It has the eq potential to take the quack out of the peizo. That's very important to me. It sounds lovely with my nylon string guitar. You'd swear you were hearing a mic.
The Fx are passable. Nice reverbs are in here with a bit of tweeking.

I find it loud enough for me. Stays very clean.

It does seem fairly well built but time will tell. No opinion here

No need for contact with company.

I've been playing 30+ years pro. Mostly electric but lately I enjoy the freedom of acoustic playing. Single/duo/group

This amp is good. There are probably better, but I like the price vs the sound/features. I would recommend it over everything in it's price point.

I do wish it had phantom power. I will have to cart around a power supply for my mic and an extra cable. Just more stuff to lose, break, forget...

I have had little contact with Laney products, but what I have heard and seen is good. Nice toneful amplifiers for the money. As to whether I'd buy it again, I'll have to see how it stands up to a few years of work and living in a truck.