Laney GH100L

Pretty versatile amp. For being a one channel amp it's very versatile. You can't expect to get the best cleans out of a amp like this but you really get good cleans by turning up the Master Volume and have the Gain down, better than I expected. It doesn't matter for me since I bought this amp for it's distortion not for it's "cleans". Only thing I miss is reverb, that would be good to have for some variation in the sound, get rid of the edginess, sure I like it but not all the time.

I use this amp mostly home but in a smaller "club" sometimes it has more power than I need. Master volume at 2 is enough in a very big livingroom. 3-4 is enough in a club (very large room). I see some people here claims that it doesn't increase volume anymore after 5 and I seriously do believe that claim I have played it on 4.5 and it was incredibly LOUD!!! Thats was when I had my earmuffs on!!! I "only" have an 2x12 cabinet at 60 + 60 watts.

The amp as I said earlier is fairly versatile. It really do make a huge difference when you turn the knobs, they are there for a reason and they work by any inch. The distortion is one of the best I've heard it's really incredible, very tight an punchy, tight low end and you can get ALOT of distortion and it's still tight.

It suites my style perfectly I play rock, metal and instrumental music (shred type stuff). I use a Ibanez RG2570 with Dimarzio Pickups, Super Distortion, Air Norton and Tone Zone S. You can go into total scream-mode with the Super Distortion, just put the drive at max and add a overdrive pedal if you like and you're in shred heaven hehe. You get really great tones only from the amp but with right pickups and with a OD pedal you will sound much better.

This amp is very noisy unfortunately but it's quite understandable since it's a hi gain amp, you'll definitely need a noise supressor. I use the BOSS NS-2. It works great but at really high volume it's still a bit noisy.

I wouldn't use any tube amp without a backup amp.

It haven't broken down on me yet so I have no complaints.

I've e-mailed Laney and they replied within 20 minutes.

I've played for 8 years mostly on very poor stuff since I don't have much money. This is possibly the most worth of money amplifier you can find in the world, I'm absolutely not kidding it's ridiculous price for a great amp, it could cost the double or the Marshalls could cost half their price.

I've played alot of amplifiers, like Marshall, Peavey, ENGL and this amp is up there with them but it's not up there with them in price... Thats a good thing for sure.

As I said earlier the only thing I miss is a built in reverb but thats nothing you can't solve with a pedal.

I would like to add that I'm extremely hard on the rating, it's almost impossible, as close as you can get to impossible to get a 10 from me.

man there are some retards... its a single channel with a boost, use it as two channels? lol no
single channle with gain boost
resonance
bass mid treb EQ
presence
6 - but its all i need it for so for me its a 10. you just cant compare this to a diezel or a road king in this criteria

AWESOME
cleans are sparkling, glassy, warm, anyhting u want seriously! could do with a nice spring reverb like the little LC15Rs have.

dirty - this just shines. i use it for metal/tech metal/prog that kinda thing. I can do some basic shred stuff but when i let the lead guy in m band use this it sounds amazing. this thing has all the gain you could ever need and more. i use about 3 on the gain dial and about 8 on the extra drive, and this gets me to about where i need. If u want real tone, u gotta use a good hard pick and hammer the notes out, im not tlaking hitting ur gutiar hard as u can, but playing with some conviction in the notes u play!

also, it is LOUD AS F"CK. u just dont get it until u turn this thing up to recording volume (way past what i use live like seriously 3-4 times as loud) at this point u wind off the gain as the power tube gain is really present. at this point the bass rattles everything in the room - i mean seriosly, any objects on the side rattle about haha.
ive used this with 6l6s and el34s both have there charms, but for live i use the el34s everytime, as they cut great for the riffs we use.

the crunch is great for some held chords kinda stuff, i love winding off the vol and letting some stuff ring out, sounds great.


overall its pretty versatile! a great amp, but use this thing for rock and metal like it should be :)

built solid, taken a ding and its made of some cheapish wood but meh, it feels so solid and it has taken a lil bashing

amazing amp for rock and metal, and the cleans are sparkling and great too, oo to hear a clip of it recorded check out myspace.com/darkertheday
first song gothernburg (DL it if u want) was recoreded with this by the lead guitarist in my band. its a friends band playing though. this was the first project he undertook and was a demo recorded with basic equipment. compared to my mesa single rectifier (which i sold to purchase this) and an ashdown fallen angel 60 this kills them all

This head may be a single channel but it can pull off anything, even mimic other amps fine , I would give it a ten if it's control scheme made it easier to dial in sounds, just look at a knob funny and your tone changes dramaticaly . It's a good thing you can get such a wide variety of tone , just maybe too sensitive. This amp is LOUD. Smashes anything I ran it against. probably the toroidal transformer that gives it the kick. I do wish it had another preamp tube for reasons I feel too superficial to account for.

I play power/melodic/tech/death metal and it does great. different guitars from C standard to E standard.Most with emg's in it some h4's some 60a's/81's. It does well with them all, but it's kinda noisy with passive pickups .It does have variety 'O plenty. This amp really lets the player express and thats a great thing, very dynamic tone and with a re-tube will hang with anything for brutal.It's more agressive than stock Marshalls, and with some tweaking hangs with the baddest of the big boys. People always say this amp sounds bright. I disagree however it can be glassy sometimes . The biggest problem is even though it sounds good at <2 on the master volume it's only >2 that it starts to have some real bad boy bite. Thats REALLY #$@#ing loud with the gain & drive dialed up some. Absolutely insane at 3 and above.

Hasn't died yet and I have had it for a while. I switched tubes a few times cause I wanted to try out tones but nothing burned out. The wooden chassis is some cheap ply wood but it's sorta sturdy, a bigger and less obnoxious looking vent on the top of the head would be nice. I like that it will handle any ohms from 4-16 so it's easy to gig with. I won't gig without a backup if I can help it but I think it'd be ok if you left your other amp home one day.

You got to be kidding,10 EASY! All my questions sent to Laney have been answerd quickly and I had a few. I even got help Biasing my AMP. Especially since there are a few new forums for Laney amps theres alot of support and growing.

I been playing 15 years, a good chunk of my 25 years of life. I love my amp I just wish people could try 'em.I wansn't happy taking the risk of it sounding bad but thats why I love these reviews . Pretty accurate I would say.It's a huge problem in this country because of the lack of Laney dealers. This is the only reason I didn't give it a really high score the lack of a trial ability is completly crappy.However I would like to get another one. It can compare to amps priced simularly and up to $1800 or so. It's not without it's charm and can drown out ANYTHING!Your bandmates will hate the way this sucker cuts threw.

This amp was believed to have been made after 2005. So its pretty brand new. Though i'm its second owner. Bought it at True Tone in Santa Monica CA in Sept.
It has ONE channel. People get confused because it has an overdrive switch, but its all one channel. I play anything from blues to hard rock and this thing has everything I need. I like fact that it doesn't have a reverb switch because I feel reverb on an amp hides it's tone potential. I've gigged in NYC and LA with this, and have brought into Studio's to rehearse with.

I play out of Gibson Custom Nighthawk and a Fender Telecaster with a nice Seymor Duncan hotrail in the back. They both kick ass out of the amp.
The TONE IS NUTS. It's a simple design for the player who wants to rock their socks off. You cant beat the distortion. Sorry Marshall fans. This thing's distortion is bulletproof.
Anyway, back to the tone - great variety - the presence switch enables another tube for some great tight, crispyness if thats what your in the mood for. Also, you can adjust the crispyness with a knob. Or just turn it off if your feeling for a deeper sound.
Again, just one channel, so if you dont mind going back to the amp once youve hit the foot pedal to adjust the tones for clean or distortion your all good. I certainly dont mind. The tiny walk to the amp is well worth the quality you get out of it. But if you like a ton of bells and whistles on your machine then maybe up grade to something different.
The overdrive switch is a little buzzy but no big deal. Nothing to get your panties in a bunch about.

I've heard these heads can be a little on the fragile side, but I've never experienced a problem.

Again, I've heard customer support is tough to find in the states, but I've never had to. Knock on wood.

Ive heard if you plug the head into a different cabinet (Mesa or Diezel or anything) the sound change is remarkable. Also a nice perk.
If this were lost or stolen I'd have to get another just the same. The only amp I'd want besides this a Dual Rectifier I think.
When I bought it, I did lots of research and shopped around. For the price, its unbeatable. To get something equel to or better you'd have to spend at least twice as much. AT LEAST. For a one channel half stack (thats not discontinued), it might be the best hidden secret out there.

SINGLE CHANNEL AMP, WITH FOOTSWITCHABLE GAIN. PRETTY SIMPLE STUFF HERE...I THINK ITS ONE OF THE OLDER MODELS BECAUSE IT WAS STOCKED WITH THE 6L6 TUBES

LOOOOOUD AMP...REALLY LOUD...OVERPOWERS MY MARSHALL DSL100...IT KINDA LOSES TONE VARIETY THE LOUDER YOU GET...BUT REGARDLESS, I USED AS A BACKUP FOR MY MARSHALL..AND IT WAS BULLETPROOF...WORTH THE MONEY

NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER...built like a tank

FOR A BACKUP AMP....AWESOME! DEFINITLY RECOMENDED

Fairly versatile. Nice power to it. It's a duel channel amp, but the footswitch isn't included. The clean channel has a gain pot, so if you are playing rock, you could set up a nice dirty rhythm and a overdriven lead sound. There is a switch on the head for each channel. However, you can't really get the full metal sound in one channel, and clean in another.

The amp is fairly quiet (although, I didn't get a chance to fire it up in a live situation). It doesn't have a reverb setting. It just doesn't quite cut it for real heavy metal in my opinion. A good all rounder for rock, I guess.

Seemed okay, although I only had it on loan from a guitar store.

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For the price, it seemed like it'd be a decent amp, however for the extra money, I think you're better off getting the VH100R.

I own two GH100L's, the date on one of them is " Tested 8/6/94" (in the U.K. that means June 8th '94), the other has no date on it but they both have Black faces, the same tolex and large, black plastic corners and sound nearly identical so I imagine that #2 is from the mid '90's as well. These heads are WAY more versatile than you might think and you can get a Laney footswitch now that will dis/engage the drive channel for $30 if you REALLY NEED a clean tone beyong just potting down the Vol. on your guitar while playing at Volume, which works beautifully. But you don't buy a Laney GH100L to play Clean, do you.

I do not use effects in my main band but when I've employed the Loop it worked Very Well. The efx loop volume pot really lets you dial in your levels perfectly. The Slave / Side Chain jacks are a great feature (if you own 2 or more of these heads). This is actually the first model of the "Iommi" head. Check out this Great interview from May of 1994, He talks about gear toward the end and mentions his working with Laney on "me new heads". This is from '94.....years before the new model GH100TI amps - http://www.black-sabbath.com/interviews/tonygeez_0594.html

Yeah. reverb and tremolo would be nice for some but personally I'd use it so little that it's totally unimportant. Espescially in an amp like this, after all it's not a Twin Reverb, is it? No, it's a 100 watt British Valve Amplifier and it's finest feature is it's ability to punish.

These heads crunch like mad and are very loud. I plug my Gibson SG (Celebrity Series - '91) with standard Gibson pick-up's directly into the Hi input. I have two matched A and B Laney cabs loaded with H/H Invaders. I play in a very slow, downtuned (b,e,a,d,f#,b w/ Gibson 12 through 56 Nickel Wound strings), heavy-handed, chord by chord riff Doom band. I get a clean tone by simply potting down my guitar volume and at Volume my tone knob is very sensitve and gives me some dynamics in tone. My amp settings are Prescence - 8, Bass - 9, Middle - just above 2, Treble - just above 3, Master Vol. - never above 4, Gain and Drive - 7 and the Resonance and Drive switches On. I get amazing sustain which soars into beautiful, contollable feedback. You can also turn the Drive Off, crank the Master and Gain to 10 and you've got an Extremely LOUD classic British Valve Amp tone. WARNING! : If you try this, Stand Back! You WILL Damage your hearing! The tone will be a bit harsher and the feedback a bit less controllable so you have to stand back and use a bit more technique to get your feedback right. In Drive mode there is a bit of noise but it is acceptable and you can easily mush your tone out if you use too much Gain and/or Drive. I used to have a Marshall JCM800 full stack and as I began to ditch my effects one by one, I became less and less impressed with it, especially when it got down to just the guitar and the amp alone. From the moment I played my 1st GH100L I could hear that the frequencies it produced were exactly what I was looking for.

I bought my first one used for $400.00 in '96. It was my only amp at that time and it worked perfectly for years amidst a steady schedule of rehearsals, recordings, gigs and tours (some up to 8 weeks long) before ever giving me any grief. It was re-tubed and serviced duing that time. It currently has an intermittant problem where it will power up, come on and then fade out. For a while I'd hit it with my fist on the top of the chassis and it would come back on and work fine 'till the next time I'd plug it in. Then I saw an identical head on ebay and got it for $350.00!!! It too worked perfectly (and still does). I have to say that I'm pretty damn impressed with the reliability of my heads. This rating applies Only to My gear.

I recently sent Laney an email with some questions for the Tech (there's a link to email Tech questions on their website), and I've had no reply. That was about 3 weeks ago. This is my first attempt to contact them so we'll see.......

I'm currently trying to find someone to repair my Head #1. The one guy I took it to recently said "there's nothing wrong with it". Well there is something wrong with it. There are no "Authorized" Laney tech's in the U.S. so I just have to find a qualified Valve Amp guy who can handle it.

I've been playing 100 Watt stacks for about 15 years and I've plugged directly into several different Marshall's, Mesa both double and triple rec's and short of a Marshall "Super Lead" Plexi, I wouldn't have ANY of them. If my GH100L's were lost or stolen I'd just go with the new Laney Iommi gear although I have yet to play the TI amps and cabs. Unlike many people on line, I absolutely LOVE my H/H Invader loaded cabs. In short, there is NOTHING about these heads and cabs that I'd change, they are matched Perfectly. Note: The new model, silver/grey faced GH100L's have some different components in them than the earlier ones and Do Not Sound The Same and the Celestions that they're loading in their new model cabs are GARBAGE (Hot100's) yet the price keeps going up for some reason. Again, this rating applies only to My Gear. Caveat Emptor!

The amp was made in 1994, I bought the amp new the same year. It's your basic 100 watt tube Master Volume-style head, with an added switchable stage of gain. In the front there is: Hi input (for single coil/low power humbuckers), Lo input (for higher power humbuckers), extra switchable drive stage, gain, master volume, treble, middle, bass, presence, resonance switch, and standby and power switches.

The back has a variety of inputs to connect to any speaker cab you might use, a bias switch to choose from 6L6 or EL34 tubes (mine came with 6L6...I think new ones today come with EL34s), an effects loop that I never use, slave in/out jacks which I never use, and a footswitch jack which I also don't use.

For this style of amp it has all the needed features. At times I wish this amp had reverb, but it is what it is. If you want a two or three channel amp with a seperate EQ for each then look at the Laney TT line or VH100.

I usually use my '93 Gibson SG Standard or '96 Ibanez Talman TC620. I have other guitars including a rebuilt early 70s SG Deluxe and a Burns Marquee, but I usually play the '93 SG or Talman.

I got the amp with the matching GS412A cab loaded with 4 HH Invader speakers (remember this was in 1994). The first few years I had the amp I would crank up the master volume, lower the gain and use the amp for a clean sound. I used an Ibanez PUE5 multieffects pedal for distortion and other effects. It was the best setup I had, but I always thought the sound of the amp was only average.

Five or so years ago I got a new Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-o-verb with the matching huge and heavy 4x12 Rectifier cab (size-wise it makes the Laney 4x12 look like toy). One day I decided to experiment and plugged the Laney into the Mesa cab. Wow, what a difference! All those years it wasn't the Laney GH100L that was "average", it was that the Laney cab wasn't doing the amp justice! Just a note: I haven't tried current Laney cabs which I believe now use Celestion speakers.

I now prefer the Laney head over my Trem-o-verb. I use the Mesa cab, not the Laney cab. I also use the amp's gain/drive rather than rely on pedals and now I just roll down the guitar volume knob when a clean sound is needed. The only pedal I use now is a Crybaby wah-wah, which I plug into from the guitar before the amp. No matter what guitar I use I always plug into the Lo input jack (always have for some reason). I have found that I like the amp better with the Resonance switch off.

With my SG I can get a huge metal distorted sound...much more distortion than I'll ever want/need. It really matters on the guitar/pickups. The SG breaks up much earlier than the Talman, but then again the Gibson 498T bridge humbucker is hotter than the Sky H100 pickup in the Talman (Sky made by Kent Armstrong...H100 is basically a stacked P-90 to eliminate the hum of regular P-90s). Those that say this amp isn't capable of huge metal tones don't have the correct pickups for the job. Likewise, those that say this amp has zero headroom are probably using a guitar with higher output pickups. This amp does have some headroom for a clean sound. It's not a Fender Twin clean, but when I used it, it worked fine. Like I said earlier, the first few years I had the amp I only used the clean sound and relied on pedals for everything else.

Noise-wise the amp isn't bad at all. Like all other amps the more the gain is cranked, the more noise, but it's never bad enough to be annoying. Currently there are two different settings I like. One is setting the Gain to 7 with the switchable Drive off. The other is slightly more distorted/fluid with the Gain set at 3 and the switchable Drive also at 3. With the pickup in the SG that's all the drive I need. Anything higher gets too metal sounding. I use the same two settings with the Talman, which results in a slightly cleaner and brighter sound.

With the right guitar/pickups you can get almost any sound you want out of the amp. The only downfall is that if you want a different sound you can't simply switch to a different channel; you have to stop, re-adjust the knobs, and then go. If you need to change sounds quickly and don't want to rely on your guitar volume knob, then look elsewhere.

I fully trust this amp. I have had it since 1994 and have never had a problem. The first few years I was hauling it around to band practices and gigs quite often and I never had a problem with it. These days I don't haul it around as much, but I wouldn't be nervous if I did.

I have only changed the tubes once, and that was only because I wanted to try something slightly different. I put in Groove Tubes 6L6 power tubes and Groove Tubes preamp tubes. It still sounds good and is still going strong.

Laney's website continues to get better and better. They just recently added PDF files of their current manuals for all their products. When submitting a question on the support page I always get a reply within a day from Roger Hickman. Thanks Roger! I never have any tech/service questions about my amp because I've never had a problem with my amp, but I'm looking into getting a Laney combo, so I ask about those. According to Mr. Hickman's email signature he works for Laney tech support and Headstock Distribution, Laney's U.K. distributor.

This brings me to the topic of U.S. distribution. Laney has had trouble with good U.S. distribution in the past. Hohner USA, HSS, recently took over Laney's U.S. distribution. While they are still fairly new to Laney distribution I can only hope it improves because it's currently not up to the level that Laney deserves. I really want a TT100c, and I finally found a Laney dealer that can order it from the distributor. But, once I order it then it's mine no matter what...no returns (OK, so that's the shop's policy...but I can't find any other shops within 300 or so miles of me). I'd at least like to see the amp in real life first, maybe with the bonus of playtesting it, before committing to paying nearly 2 grand for it. But I still haven't found one single dealer that actually stocks the TT100 combo!

Musiciansfriend.com at one time carried Laney, but they no longer do. Music123.com/WWBW.com stock Laney, but now all their Laney products are in the outlet section. I was told via email they won't be carrying the brand in the future.

The other problem Laney is facing in the U.S. is the price increase. In 1994 I got my GH100L new for $540. Now the cheapest I can find a new GH100L for is $944. The only changes to the amp over the years have been different corner protectors (mine has black plastic, new ones have shiny metal) and I believe they now ship with EL34 tubes (mine came with 6L6). I'm told the price increase is due to the dollars to English pounds currency difference. Laney used to be dubbed as the "cheap equivalent to Marshall", but now that the price is climbing I'm afraid buyers will just look towards the more familiar Marshall name and Laney's effort to gain marketplace in the U.S. will die out again.

Laneys are wonderful amps, but they are a pain to find. It's nearly impossible if you actually want to test the amp before handing over the cash. These are the times I wish I was a famous guitar player like Bjorn Agren of Razorlight so I could just call up Laney and try out what I want without going through shops and distributors (even though I'm still willing to pay for the amp).

Anyways, that's the end of my distribution rant. This is supposed to be about customer support. As far as emailing Laney to ask questions and getting replies from Roger Hickman, support is a perfect 10! But working with U.S. dealers and distribution to get a chance to try out an amp before buying (or even have the option of returning it if it's not everything you hoped/thought it would be) is a complete nightmare, which lowers the score.

I've been playing since the early '90s and have a nice collection of gear now. The Laney GH100L is still one of my favorite pieces that I own. If I needed to replace this amp I wouldn't buy another for a few reasons. First, I still have my Mesa Trem-o-verb which is also quite nice (I just happen to prefer the Laney sound). Second, the GH100L price has nearly doubled since I bought mine. Finally, I'm interested in buying a combo now. I'm tired of lugging around big 4x12 cabs and heads everywhere I go.

Laney has made some great amps over the years, but the company isn't really well known in the U.S. The GH100L has proven to be a wonderful amp. It's capable of many sounds, and just the fact that it's been in production since at least 1994 and continues to still be one of Laney's top amps proves that there's some magic in there. If you can find one I suggest giving it a try. But like all equipment I suggest trying it out first, or at least buy with a return policy or something because sometimes that piece of gear that looks great in the catalog or in a review just isn't what you had hoped it'd be.

Features as others have said. Pretty simple stuff. The EQ is great, it is passive but seems a lot more interactive than the ones on Marshalls and Fenders. It has one channel with footswitchable extra drive. This one has been revalved with a full set of the ever-excellent JJ Electronics.

I tend to use this with a Fender Jaguar, ES-335 clone and Gibson SG. All of them produce excellent and quite different tones. It sounds pretty insane, but I've used this from jazz to hard rock and metal. I must have pissed off a few purists, using a "surf" guitar with a rock amplifier for jazz, but with the neck pickup and the preamp gain set low with the master cranked, this did have a very sweet if not completely conventional jazz tone. Sounded great when comping chords.

It was made for blues and upwards. I usually set this up for a sort of AC/DC crunch, clean when you play soft and a little gainy bite when you dig in or windmill through the chords. Then add effects and other gain to taste. Generally I use a Boss GT-8 for everything; I have found them excellent units whether using them like a huge collection of single stomps or DI'ing through a good PA. Works excellently with this going through the front input.

I don't know what it is, but this is kind of like Marshall meets Fender. Seems to offer the best of both worlds, without ever sounding like either. It has a really natural high gain sound - you can pile it on in heaps and it still retains a sense of dynamic, unlike the DSL/TSL amps where it can sound alright but often comes off as buzzy and over-compressed. And unlike a Marshall, the bass control works all the way up to 10, it doesn't stop at 6 :)

It's about the only amp I've found that adds some balls to the Jaguar when going straight in without loads of EQ too. Very rare as it's notorious for being tinny.

This got lent out and came back with a blown OT - no idea how those idiots did that, must have run it without plugging it into a cab, or mismatching impedance. They were a bunch of novices; if it was my amp I wouldn't have lent it out, but they did pay for the damage.

This used to be incredibly noisy with the motley collection of valves that were in there. A swap with some well matched JJs and the problem disappeared right away. Now it's been bumped up and down London in a van and various taxis and still works flawlessly.

No idea.

I've been playing for ten years. Long enough that I feel I should be a better player than what I am! I've owned loads of gear in my crazy quest for the grail. Fender Twin, Vox AC30, two Marshall JMPs, the following Gibsons: '01 SG Standard, '77 LP Standard, '66 SG Junior '94 LP Special Doublecut (the best!), various solid state amps, popular EHX stuff (Big Muff Pi, Small Stone, Small Clone), loads of Boss stuff (OD-1, OD-2, OD-3, MT-2, DS-1, PH-2, CH-1, ) some Danelectro stuff (Daddy-O, Cool Cat my 2nd favourite chorus after Dimension D, Fish'n'Chips EQ), Digitech PDS20/20 (such an awesome delay), a Watkins Copicat... so much junk some of it good.

This, along with the VC50 combo also by Laney, tops it all for me. Real outstanding amplifiers, I hope one day to get some kind of endorsement from them. I don't think I'll be using any other kinds of amps after this, I've chopped and changed more than enough. Especially combined with the fact they're cheaper than most other valve products. Tony Iommi was on to something alright!

This amp has what you need, two chanel switching and great sound. I use it while touring, for practise, and my band used this the whole time while recording our latest record.

I'm play with a Duesenberg V-caster with p-90 mic, but a Gibson sound great on it too. I play punkrock, indie, hard rock, and some folk. And I think it's great all over.
It's a bit noisy but thats mostly while using extern distortion.
The amp has great cleensound, and Toni lommy used this amp in black sabbath, so it can ROCK.:!

My amp has broken down twice, so I wouldn't dare go on a big tour without a backup. First time the tubes broke wich is fair enough, but for a half year back the transformer that sends the sound to the cab broke. And what a mess that has been. It took for ages to find not out what was wrong, and actually I'm not sure if they have found the source of all the problems yet. I have been waiting for a part that should be sendt from England to Norway for about five months now.

I have sendt mails, I have called the local importer and everything, and noone has been helpfull. It has gone so far that i couldn't wait any longer (over a half year) so i had to buy another amp, so i could play concerts again while i was waithing for my parts.
Whwn it comes to support LANEY SUCKS..!
It's sad that such a nice amp is being managed by these people.

I have been playing guitar for about five years, and has resently bought a "Gallien & Krueger"-transistorhead, too keep me safe when my Laney brakes down the next time.
If it was stolen or lost I don't think i would buy it again, not because of the sound, because it's great, but because I'm afraid it will stop working again. It TOO expencive to fix all the time. I have had the amp for three years and that its stopped working completely twice is not OK..!
I really like that is so easy to use, not 15 knobs that you never use.