Laney GH100L

im using a jackson js30 daul humbucker guitar,and these two togetr with my effects pedal sound so amazing provided you run the pedal through the effects loop on the back. otherwise just guitar - pedal - amp setup proved unsuccessful as at high volumes the sound would break up and crackle,but notheing of the sort happens through the effects loop.and wow is this thing loud and cant get its past 5 before every part of my body vibrates and goes numb(ok not really , but its much louder than plenty marshalls ive heard)

as of now (about 6 months) not one problem with it

the best cusstomer support ive ever seen on the website laney.co.uk they actully had schematics for this and many others (not many companys will do that)so it made putting in a new transformer rather easy

in the end i say its great and one of the best sounding amps ive heard. ide suggest this for anyone playing blues-death metal

Bought this amp new around 94-96, with matching Laney 4X12 cabinet. Price was very low for an all tube half-stack, around $1000. As you've read, it's a basic amp head. It has a resonance switch, Presence knob, Bass, Mid, and High Tone knobs, and 2 gain knobs (for overall grittiness and volume). I like this style of setup, but I wish it had a reverb knob. The head is heavy, and awkward, but aren't all guitar amps less than perfect?! I have yet to carry a comfortable amplifier to a gig! There is a nice set of tubes in this head, although some folks tend to switch their out for a custom sound. Don't let the score fool you- I would give a ten because it really is a nice amplifier! Lack of reverb, my own personal disapproval, may not be needed for other people.

I've used this amp with my stock Fender Stratocaster, and it's pretty mean. Single coil pickups, I believe, don't fair well in high gain levels, with noise and such. I was shocked, though, how clear chords could be heard through such gain. Great for distinct rhythm chords! The bass knob on the amp can help bring low-end into the picture, but on some guitars it's not terribly noticable. I've played my friend's Telecaster through this head on clean (operation) and it still has some punch to it! When using effects on the Caster, I found the amp to be very clear. I had a Godin Artisan IV (I believe) some time ago. This was setup with 2 stacked single coil pickups and a humbucker. It sounded really good! Great guitar/amp combo for under $2000! Unfortunately, I traded it for a huge drumset (about to sell half of it). Overall, this amp head is really about hard-hard rock. I'm sure you can get some sweet blues tunes out this, and country pickin', but it really SHREDS, so to speak!!!!

On a way to a gig at a large venue (about 1,500) I drove a pickup truck with the cabinet in the bed. I can't really remember what happened to create this, but the cabinet toppled end over end in the bed of the truck. You know what I mumbled in the truck! Regardless, with very small (very!) cosmetic scratches, it still rocked well! It didn't get phased! The amp head was involved in another bang, and it too was not scarred or broken! I maintain regular maintenance on all my equipment, at different intervals according to the piece.

I haven't dealt with them yet! Got a local authorized dealer!

If it were gone, I'd look around at other tube models, decide what's right for me, look at my bank account, and decide to buy another Laney tube head! Maybe with less power- I've broken things in my house!

no reverb no switch channel but it's a master volume and it's ok for me good rear panel...fx loop with control ecc ecc

using with ibanez s 540 with evolution into bad horsie wah,electro harmonix hot tubes old (not reissue), tube screamer,jackhammer, bossce2 and old me5 boss in the effect loop for reverb and delay.....amazing sound i have tested some head(jcm 800,900,2000...i was a marshall fan since the first jcm 2204)but this one blow away every amp that i have tested....ok i never try peavey 5150 and mesa boogie dual rectifier...now it's the best sound for me .clean ok...distortion...faboulos....

for the price is the best.

One and a half channel amp. Basically one channel but there's switchable drive there. Once you set it up right (gain about 5 or so) you can use it like a slightly restricted 2 channel amp.

I use this for when I need a British sound - like when I'm playing Rush. I have the gain at about 5 and the drive around there too. This allows me a slightly dirty clean without the drive on and a nice crunch when the drive is on. I am picking up a Marshall BB-2 pedal for a lead boost to thicken it up a touch. I play this with a Parker Fly classic through a Marshall 1936 2x12 with no effects and it sounds very good. Very powerful and pure. Like a Marshall but with more balls.

I don't recommend the Laney cabs. If you're on a budget just pick up a Marshall cab and mod it if you have to (new speaker cable, padding inside etc.) but the Laney ones (with the HH speakers) blow. The newer TT series cabs are a lot better (due to V30's) but they didn't do a stereo 2x12 so I went for the Marshall.

Seems solidly built to me. Had it for a good 4 or 5 years and it's been fine.

At first I had some problems with it and Laney actually just sent me a brand new one.

However, I needed to contact them about their cabs but could not find any contact details from the site or anything. I had to ask on the Internet and someone who had a catalogue managed to give me a phone number. I think that is shocking.

I play progressive rock and progressive metal. When I need Dream Theater / Metallica tones I use my Mesa Quad and Mesa 20/20 but when I need a Rush tone I use this amp.

Very good value for it's price (in England especially).

I think this was made in '94. It's loud but not exactly versatile. I play mostly hard rock/metal and this amp suits me just fine. It' sa single channel amp with passive EQ and effects loop, tons of ohms selections, slave outs for other heads FX bypass levels, bias switch (6l6/el34), 100watts of pure british tone! I give it a 9 because although I knew I was going for a single channel amp, at least make the pre-gain stage a bit cleaner?

My current setup: JACKSON RR5 WITH EMG60/81, GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD WITH DUNCAN JAZZ/JB. Like I stated earlier, I play mostly hard rock and metal this amp suits me fine. It's noisy, but all 100 watt tube amps are! My main settings i use are resonance off, presence 0, bass10, mid8, treble7 gain6, drive 7. I've discovered that this amp is pretty "trebly" to my ears so that's why the presence and resonance are disabled. For clean I use a different amp but for fun I sometimes turn off the drive and lower the volume on my neck pup and play some nice clean. The clean's really nice btw. If I were to play a full clean song or part i would probably turn the gain and drive all the way to 0 and just use the master volume. Now to the DISTORTION!
This is what made the amp so famous. I've been told it's like a souped up JCM800, however I don't believe it to be. It has somewhat of it's own different british tone, it's punchy and has nice bottom end (probably cuz of my genz benz gflex 2x12 cab i'm using it with). With this combination it's amazing. If you were to mic it up, it would have the british tone and have the bass end of a dual recto, I'm not shitting you people. THe tone is good, however it's only one tone, it's not versatile at all. if you're buying this amp you better be prepared for only one specific british tone and not versatility. I'm going to give it a 10 because so far it's been the closest to the tone that I've been longing for.

I always gig without a backup (because i don't have extra amp) and so far it hasn't let me down. Although I did blow a fuse once, and I'm not sure how that might have happened. But other than that it's fine.

This is the worst part, their site has no connection to THEM and if it did they probably wouldn't respond. I can't even find a damn manual for my model! Crappiest customer support EVER!

I've had this for about 6 months now and I think it's safe to say it's a good amp. Better than most tube amps you'd expect. I don't use it for clean, i use a roland jc-120 for that. If this ever got stolen I would buy it again (if i could find another deal). I really like it, it suits my needs. It's good a good amp for the money.

Cool Amp, single Channel with Footswitchable Gainboost. More Power than I need, fuckin' loud.

This Amp has the greatest Sounds an Amp can have and it's really fuckin' loud! I can not turn up the Volume over 2 or 3, because otherwise it would blow my ears ;-).
Great Distortion, great Clean Sound, great Crunch, what do you want more? Only bad point is that you can't switch from Clean to HiGain because there's just a Gainboost and no separate Channel. But with a Boss SD-1 it doesn't matter *g*.

Looks very solid. No Problems until now.

Never dealt with them, it's also out of warranty so...

I've been playing for two years now and it's my fist Valve Amp.
And I don't regret spending my money on this Amp.
If it was stolen I'll beat up the bastard and buy a new one,
but maybe only the GH50L, because 100W is too much for me.

2002 Laney 100 watt all tube amp head. I bought it used from a dealership that took it in on trade. It appears to have had very little playing time on it before it arrived on my doorstep. Footswitchable channels (2 - Clean & Drive). Master volume (JCM 800 style) head with tons of gain. Also includes a Resonance switch that gives the upper mids a boost & a Presence control for the upper highs. Bias is switchable for either 5881/6L6 tubes or EL34 tubes in the power section. See www.laney.co.uk for more info on its features.

When UPS got done beating it up, it arrived on my doorstep with a broken 6L6 power tube. I happened to have a matched quad of EL34s at home, so I hit the switch, plugged them in and rocked. This thing has a true british sound. I'm using a strat equipped with dual EMG 81s & it really responds to it well. Just fooling around with it for an hour or so, I got everything from great clean sounds to Zakk Wylde style high-gain heaven. If you're looking at getting a great head for metal and alternative, take a look at this amp! It's got the best price/performance ratio I've encountered yet.

I've only had it a short time, so I don't know really what to expect in the future. I can tell you that the jacks are plastic, so I don't think they'll hold up very long. They should be really easy to fix though when I break them, as I'm good with a soldering iron. The head itself is built well, pretty much the same cabinet configuration of the modern Marshall with chrome'd plates. I'm really happy with the bias switch though, as I'm still waiting for the replacement 6L6s from the dealership I bought it from.

Haven't needed to contact them, nor do I think I ever will. I've rebuilt and modified older Fender heads, so I'm confident that I can deal with any problems I might encounter..

I've been playing for about 10 years now. At first it was just alternative and punk music, but my current project is very influenced by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. I've gone through several amps since I picked up the guitar, including a Black-faced Bassman & a small Gibson combo. I'm really hard on my equipment, so hopefully it will stand the test of time. If it were stolen, I'd probably buy another one (or the Tony Iommi signature head). With the EL34s installed it is very British, which is what I was looking to get. I tried every tube head I could find in town (Marshall, Mesa, Peavey, Fender, etc.), but chose this one for the price/performance ratio. I'd still like a Triple Rectifier and a TSL100, but those cost about 3 times what I paid for this. It's definitely worth every dime I paid for it.

Single Channel, 100 watt, all valve. Very versatile as it is single channel and i play with effects so i get a clean sound. I use this amp for rehearsal and it has PLEANTY of power!!!

I use Ibanez 7 strings and 6 strings and play HEAVY METAL. I can get the most brutal sounds. I dont use any of the amp distortion as i use a Boss GT-3 for my sounds. I can turn it upto close to 8 and still it is crystal clean and doesnt break up or get distorted. It is very quiet. The amp distortion is very good as well.

Havent had any trouble with it at all and ive had it for about a month.

I have ben playing for about 8 years and i also have a Marshall JCM 900. The GH100L kicks the Marshalls arse!! Louder, cleaner and generally better!!
BUY THIS AMP IF U WANT A VERY RELIABLE AND FUCKEN HEAVY SOUNDING AMP!!

one channel. drive switch. no reverb! great distortion! wish it had reverb. sounds too sharp without it. i play this in my room for practice and when i jam with my drummer. its got plenty of power, i just need better cabs. all tube 100 watts. lots of different outputs for different ohm loads, slave in and out. effects loop. tube switching. ect ect

i play a jackson with dimarzios and a jackson with duncans and it sounds great. it really depends on the pickups you've got. my duncan JB sounds alot heavier than my dimarzio super distortion. more gain than a marshall and hundreds less! its pretty noisy on high gains but what are ya gonna do? you can get good clean sounds by lowering the gain and rollni back on your volume. just needs REVERB BADLY! the distorion is BRUTAHL

havent had a problem. gets really hot but stands up to it. ive kept it on alot and never had a problem. yet

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been playin for 4 years i guess and i have delay, wah, marshall and carvin 412s. if it were stolen i would buy it again. i love it. its a great tube amp for low cost! great value. compared to a marshall jcm 2000, its alot better just needs reverb. great amp for the money!

LANEY GH100L Single channel head probably a 99 or 2000 head.I play nothing but original headbanging Christian metal.My style is old school 80's shredding metal,but also touches of progressive metal somewhat like European metal which is what I like most.If the amp lacks really anything,I think I would like at least a two channel amp and this has one.On the other hand,I have a 4 channel ENGL SAVAGE 120 Head(read the review)and a 2 channel Peavey 5150 and an old Ampeg V-4 for the cleanest of sounds.this amp is plenty loud enough being 100 watts with 4 6550's in the power tube section.I think even though it has one channel,this amp stands up pretty good much like the Marshall JCM800's that I used to play out of.This head has more GAIN than the Marshall's as well!!!!

I have about 40 guitars,mostly Jackson's,and BC Rich's,and Dean's,and Ibanez's,a few Esp's,a Gibson Flying V Custom,and many others i cant remember but the Jackson's being my favorites and I have many of those.As far as my music style,this amp can get pretty dirty for lead work and if you want to clean the sound,simply roll the volume down on your guitar and it cleans up really good.I'm not a Laney fan at all.Those old AOR Series sucked and everything else I played of their's sucked but the company has found new direction and their guitar heads are made much better than say 10 years ago or even 5 years ago.Now I wouldn't mind checking out any Laney amp.I give this category another solid 8 easily because this head sounds good and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg!!!

No problems with the head.People have to change the tubes.Don't wait for them to start catching on fire like we did when we were young.Keep spare tubes on hand for shows.It's never broken down because I treat my equipment with great care.

Never dealt or even heard much about this company at all.I think their new amplifier's are sounding better and better though.

I've been playing since 1979 and my first guitar was a Drifter strat copy that sucked BIG TIME!!!!You could hardly even play that thing.I own a big home studio,40 guitars,about 6-7 amp heads,6 4 X 12 cabinets and rack gear like Digitech and Rocktron,Korg and Nady wireless and other endless amounts of processor's ,EQ's,compressors and sooooo much other stuff.If it were stolen,I would get another if the price were right.I love the cool distortion and 5th gain stage switchable by the way,and it sounds really great and it is sooooo straight forward and easy to get a great sound out of it.I compare it to the JCM800 Marshall because I've had about 10 heads in my lifetime.The distortion is better on the Laney but still not real real high gain like the 5150 or my nasty ENGL SAVAGE 120!!!!