Laney AOR Pro Tube Lead Head

Single channel amp. Sort of a bummer. You can't effectively load two signals via an A/B box to the high/low impedence to try to sneak a clean/dirty signal that way. I was mucking with it for hours and couldn't strike a good balance of levels or tone that way.

So I switched to using my DS-1 for clean/gain sounds. Works nicely actually although it's a bit of a compromise for how I usually like to sound.

100 watts, switches from almost every power voltage known to man, can send 4/8/16 ohms... very professional features all around.

Whips the crap out of a JCM 800... if you can believe that. The push/pull tone knobs on the front plate are no joke--if you pull the bass one look out! It will crumble the walls.

Gets a great sound almost no matter what. Very british.

Runs pretty warm, not surprising for a tube amp. Haven't had it long enough to adequetely judge however.

If it were dual channel it would be a 10; however, it just sounds too good to be ignored at its price. Classive value amp that, in most ways, outshines the name brands.

I guess from other reviews my head was made in 85-87. The amp does not switch back and forth from clean to dirty smoothly cause you have to mess with the gains to get a truly clean sound but what it does it does very well. I wish the gain and volume knobs were labeled so it showed what they actually did, it took a while to get used to them. I bought this amp used from a friend of mine in 1992 for $300. It has an effects loop which I never use. VERY LOUD 50 watts sounds louder than some 100 watt amps out there.

I have played for 22 years and had this amp for 10 years. I will never get rid of it. I sold it and got it back after a year. I have used this amp with strats, a Gibson explorer, a Jackson randy rhoads V, a Les Paul and a Yamaha Pacifica. It has made every guitar shine. I play all kinds of music but I am a head banger at heart. Very dynamic amp with perfect amount of comression and crunch the distortion is very brutal. killer low end. The el-34's are very sensitive to subtle changes in playing. The amp does need a little boost Like a rat or tube screamer to really fill in the crunch and drive the tubes a little harder. I use a rat barely turned up. I don't like the clean and dirty channel switch cause the volume on the clean is alot louder. this amp would have been better if the extra stage of gain on pre-amp 1 were not switchable and the clean was a totally separate channel. as it is when you switch back to clean you have to back off of the gain or the guitar volume. it takes some getting used to. Other than than that it is a very sweet amp. It is brutal but at the same time musical and more so the louder it gets!

I am very leary. I have seen from other reviews that other people have had no problems. I say to those people get ready and save some money cause you will. The good side of the fact that these amps are getting old is that the componants are aging and smoothing out the tone. The bad side is tube sockets. I've replaced all but one of mine and have had to resolder several cold solders. Areas where the tubes tie into the circuit board are especially bad also the grounds to the huge caps go bad. one of the volume pots was grounding to the chasis about five years ago. The input jackalso needed a resolder. Ive had it in the shop for about six months. It is fixed now but if it goes bad again I will hav it completely overhauled at laney. If they do that sort of thing. I will say that it hasn't given me any problems since ive got it back and it did'nt give me any problems before all the repair work. During all the repair work I went thru about ten amps trying to regain my sound and none did compare. although the Peavey clasic 50 head with a Marshall Jackhammer did sound ok but not enough thump.

There web site suks and there are no local dealers. I wish there web site was as good as Marshalls

This is the only amp for me it is totally unlike anything out there. If it were lost or stolen I would immediately look for another one or another Laney product. I compared all other amps Ive tried in the last year to this one and I just couldn't get my sound. The distortion on this thing is very smooth but very agressive at the same time.

This amp was manufactured in 1987. I bought it on E-bay about a month ago for $212.00 + $50.00 shipping. Man, what a deal! This thing rips!
The distortion on this thing screams! It is a 50 watt head with 4-AX7's in the pre-amp and 2-6L6's in the power amp section. It probably had a footswitch with it when it was new. It has a high gain(Which is what I use) and a low gain input. It has a presence knob, bass, mid, and treble with pull boost knobs, a master volume, a pre-amp-1 and a pre-amp-2 knob with a pre-amp-1 volume knob. You start cranking this thing and it's only a matter of time before the cops show up. If you're home alone they may have to turn their siren up full blast to get your attention because there is no way you're going to hear them. When you finally turn it down and agree not to play it so loud then ask the cops what they thought of your playing and if they like Ozzy they may reply: "I'm not at liberty to comment on that sir." Oh, about the amp...It does have the Ozzy feature combined with the Police Feature. It suits my needs...No reverb but I don't care.

I play an Ibanez RG-570 with EMG's(81/85) no single coil in the slot.
This amp will literally tear cow hide and break windows. You're talking "Body Buzz" while you're playing. I've played cheap shit guitars on it and it still screams. Don't drink coffee or take amnphetemines while operating this equipment. Don't light a cigarette because it will burn down to the filter because you're so engrossed in playing that you forget you've lit it. You can get any sound you want by tweaking the knobs. If you can't get off on this gain machine you should take up the violin. I can't say enough about this metal monster. It kicks total ass!!!!!!!

Since this amp is 15 yrs. old I'd say it is very well made. I always gig with back-up. I have a Peavey Butcher for that. This amp has a unique sound that leaves the Butcher behind.

Their web site totally sucks and since they're in England I guess I'm on my own. I did e-mail them to tell them their web site sucked.

I play metal and this amp was made for metal. Hey I'm happy!

To the best of my knowledge this amp was made in the mid to late eightes in England. This amp is one of the most versatile amps i have ever played, i play punk rock and other types of rock/blues. The features are as follows: Presence, Treble(push pull boost), Mid( push pull boost), and bass(push pull boost), Master volume, pre-amp volume 1, pre-amp volume 2, and then a second Pre-amp volume 1 (push pull boost.) The amp has two channels a high gain and a low cain(dirty and clean.) The amp which i bought used, came with 2 seimens EL-34 power output tubes and 4 12AX7 pre-amp tubes, three electronics made by GE and one Groove Tube GT 7025. The amp has two different speaker outputs. The only thing that i wish this amp had reverb so when you run the clean channel you would be able to thicken up the tone just a bit. I also which i could find the 100 watt version of this amp. I use this amp mainly in my basement for pratice and will use it when we hit the road too. The amp has 50 watts, which is enough power for smaller venues.

I use two different guitars, A 1999 Gibson SG Standard with a 490 humbucker in the neck position and a 498T in the bridge postition. I also use a PINK ( cuz im so damn manily) Kramer FX-10 with an EMG slanted humbucker in the bridge position. The amp seems to do better with My SG on the bridge pickup, while my kramer is very tinny sounding and very feedback prone. The 498T humbucker in my SG sounds very good with the amp, full tone, good tight bright tones deep clean bass tones and well balanced middle tones. While on the kramer the pickup is much more powerful than the 498T and is much noisier. The amp itself is as i said very versitile, if you pull out the pre-amp 1 knob the distortion screams. when you use the pull out pre-amp 1 switch the other pre-amp 1 knob acts as a second master volume. Then the pre-amp 2 knob acts as a bass gain boost, and the pull out pre-amp 1 knob acts as a treble gain boost, this means that you can easily balance the bass and trebel gain settings, i use this to my advantage and use different steeings for different songs.The clean tones from the amp are pretty much the same clean and bright but when you crank up the volume it becomes slighly distorted. THe clean channel is slightly louder than the distorted channel. The distortion is by far some of the best that i have heard, i dont use any pedals (other than a tuner) so i just have my amp a cord and my guitar. I honestly believe that the tubes have a major role in the distortion of this amp, i have never heard a distortion quite like it. The amp truly has a tone of its own, un like any mesa's, fender's or marshalls, that i have played. if you need a amp with a lot of power and a unique distortion and you have NO money this amp is a great amp. The other guitarist in my band uses a mesa boogie 50 caliber + and a 1980's Marshall JCM 800, and he often compliments me on the unique sound, he just bought a Hughes & Kettner Tube factor pedal to blend better with my amp. Bothe of those amps with the pedal are valued at over $1200 dollars, i payed $150 dollars for my one amp and i truly love it.

The amp is very relaible and i totally trust it, the only problem i have had with it is the tubes, i bought it used and one of the 12AX7's needs to be replaced and one of the EL-34 also needs replacing. Other than the tubes i have never had a problem with it. I have never had it serviced but i am going to soon. For the condition of the amp when i bought it, it has help up great, i have no complains.

I have never dealed with them but their web site seems to be helpful if i were to ever need help.

I have been Playing for almost a year and have never had another amp. It was my first amp and i made do with what i had, and i got really lucky, this amp is just what i was looking for, and at the price of $150 how could you go wrong? If it were stolen (god forbid) i would have to get another, hopefully one with seimens EL-34's. I pretty much love this amp, if only it had reverb. I bought this amp for the sole facts that it was an all tube amp and was only $150. Word to the wise: IF YOU SEE ONE OF THESE AND HAVE THE MONEY BUY IT YOU'LL BE HAPPY, IF NOT SELL IT TO ME

I have no idea what year Im guessing from the style mid to late 80's I play punk rock and it is awesome I have to back way off the gain and I get a real good jcm 800 sound but this amp has the balls to play hard and extremley heavy! This is the 2/12 combo version 100 watt pro tube lead with reverb unlike the head only models did not have reverb other than that it hass all the same push pull features with two channles and two gain stages. It has more power than I could ever use with 4 el34s in the power section and 4 12xa7 in the preamp section. This 2/12 combo is built like a tank and weighs 102lbs. The only bad thing I can say is it is a bit noisy when the gain is turned all the way up and just a little to hissy sometimes but a small price to pay for a great sound and great tone and for $300.00 it was a win win situation. I highly recomend this amp !!! beter than my old peavy 5150 and my marshall jcm 900 dual reverb at a fraction of the price!!!

I use this amp for punk rock and hardcore and it a dream.
I use my start with single coils and my gibson es 335 with humbuckers and it works great with both.
Like I said before it can be noisy at times.
I havent used the clean channel much I dont have much use for a clean channel.
The distoriton on this thing is unreal!!!

I have only had this thing for a few months but as I can see it has been around the block it has no known history of problems and it works great for me

Never dealt with them but there web site sucks!

I have been playing for 13 years and I use it with my fender usa standard stratocaster and my gibson es335
If it was stolen or lost I would defenitley buy another!
I love the tone Hate the noise "but its really not that bad"
It sound like a beefed up hot rodded Marshall jcm 800
I wish I could find a foot switch for it!!! and im missing a knob!
This is a great amp go get one!!!!

This amp was made I think in the mid 80's. I play metal an classic rock. The distortion is awesome one of the best head distortion i've seen. The equalization is great too especially the midrange boost. Presence is on almost all Laney amps i think it's dumb never really use it. I also wish it had reverb but thats nothing to cry about.

Sound on this amp is fucking incredible i have to say this amp sold me on Laney. I play a Gibson SG Gothic and it takes it to another level. It fits my Classic Rock Heavy Metal tastes perfectly. It is great on clean and distortion. It is loud as hell as a matter of fact cracked my window playing the intro to hells bells.

This amp is about 15 years old and no problems that speaks for itself.

never dealt with the cause i never had to

If it were stolen or lost i would not buy another one just because i would probably want to try something different but i think it was probably one of the best purchases i ever made. Soud is awesome dependable as hell could use a bit more features. But all around this is the best amp i ever owned and possibly will ever own.

I think this amp was made in 1987. Basically a hot-rodded Marshall. I play mainly hard rock ala Rush, ACDC, Vinnie Moore, and this amp has all the gain and distortion you will ever need. It comes with two channels, a lo and hi gain input, non-switchable, a minus for me, no reverb, another minus for me, and it does have an effects loop, a plus for me. The panel is very much like a Marshall with a presence control, a bass, middle, and treble tone controls with pull boost on each one. Pull the bass boost and listen to your windows rattle! A master volume and gain control also. I use this amp mainly for playing with my friends in our power trio with a 4x12 slant face bottom and have no trouble keeping up with the drummer. An all tube power amp with two 12AX7 pre-amp tubes per channel and four EL34 power tubes. Nothing like an all tube amp for the best tone and distortion.

I play mainly Gibson guitars with dual humbuckers. I have a Les Paul Custom Shop that just screams with this amp. I also have two Gibson SGs that seem to be made for this amp. For straight ahead rock n roll this is THE amp. The head is a little noisy on high gain settings, as is the case with most tube amps, but not enough to be annoying. The clean channel sounds great also, but since this is a one channel amp, the tone settings need to be changed quite a bit for the best sound, the only drawback to this amp. But talk about distortion, this amp has it all and then some. Crank it up and hit some power chords and you think you went to guitar heaven. Great sustain on the leads too, each note is clearly defined with no stray harmonics to muck it up.

I have only had this amp for a few months, had an amp tech check it out, and he said everything was fine. Not bad for a 15 year old amp. I played out for a number of years with only one tube amp, so for me that's not a concern. This thing is built like brick s@#thouse though.

I haven't tried to contact Laney so I have no idea. My amp tech friend told me that it is very close to a Marshall. Tubes are easy to get, as is any repair parts needed.

I have been playing for over 20 years and have played many guitars and amps. I also have a Music Man RD100 amp that I have owned for a long time. I also have a Crate GX130-C head that I bought used a couple of years ago, but neither comes close to my Laney for sound. If it were stolen or lost I would sure try to replace it. I tried one out a number of years ago and loved it but never had the cash to buy one new. When this used one came along I had to buy it. I only wish it had reverb, because I don't really like using effects for that, and the channel switching. But for pure tone and distortion, this amp can't be beat.

as others have stated. single channel amp with 2 pre-amp stages (preamp volume 2 is switchable). no reverb or effects loop. bass, middle and treble controls have pull boost functions. 100 watts and freakin' loud. very good bang for the buck.

very Marshall JCM800 but add a bunch more gain. where the marshall is expensive and for rock n' roll, this Laney is affordable and for metal! very good chunky metal tones. the only way to get crunch tones AND somewhat clean is to back off your volume a bunch or mess with the dials while your playing so I'll discount this rating accordingly.

no problems with it. it's a tank.

never used them. their website sucks.

very good amp for the dough. it's a one trick pony but is quite usable for rock and metal. for a fraction of the cost of a marshall.

I think this amp was made in the '85 - '87 timeframe. I bought it in 1997 so it was used when I got it. 2 Channels, I never use the fx loop so I don't know how it works. Borders on too much power even in a punk band.

I use an modified SG with a duncan pickup and a Les Paul Studio through this and it sounds absolutely killer. The crunch is just insane...nothing bad to say here beside the fact that it gets kind of noisy (hiss) when the gain is all the way up and you're not playing.

I've been using this amp for 5 years straight. I fried the master output transformer on it once but that was my fault, playing at the wrong impedance setting. This thing weighs a ton, but its solid.

I've never dealt with Laney. One time I contacted them to see if they had any documentation for the head...but they don't keep doc. on the old models.

I play this through a matching Laney 4x12" cabinet. Lots of low end. Lots of crunch. Hook up a les paul or an sg to the head and you'll be in crunch-heaven. I've tried playing single-coils through it and those sound weird...maybe its just the settings.

This is a tube head built between 85 and 87.Very strong wordhorse of an amp.I,ve been playing 37 years now so theres all kinds of styles played on this amp from Christian,blues,country,rock,jazz backgrounds. When used with a rackmount unit with input,output this amp makes a great studio rig for teaching and recording.

I use Strats for recording cilents.One with singles,one with humbuckers.Tones are only limited to your mind set.She is a little noisey with single coils but nothing that can,t be handled easily. from clean to prue crunch she works and faithfully since 1987.

This amp was on the road for 10 years of her life and other than tubes there have been no troubles.Lets face it some things out after a while but it never let me down.She paid her dues and now rest in a studio inviriment waiting to show teeth from time to time with students.

Once my 50 watt shorted its tubes.This was due to a badly mismatched speaker array,and no fault of the amp itself.But I had the 100 watt standind by and in 4 days was shipped,repaired and returned to service.This was the only time I had any trouble.Not much to complain about right?

I,ve been picking 37 years come this October and if this amp were stolen I would try to replace it if they still make this model.The amp is a players dream as fer as tones go,she is a heavy amp,but as long as I can move it I,ll play it.