Laney LC50

Very easy to dial in..
2 very usable channel with great tone..

Some things boggle the mind.
For one, no other combo 1x12 amp under $1000 sounds nearly
as good as this amp does.
The clean channel is Blackface Fender to die for tone.
The drive channel is capable of just a bit of dirt or over the top gain.
The stock speaker is not stellar, but still sounds has a Vintage 30 quality to it. Playing it through a 2x12 cabinet is golden.
I'm not going to bash other amps in the LC50's price range they all have their good & bad issues. This amp has only the good..
It is a great sounding amp clean or w/gain.

It has the stock 6L6's in it from the 90's..

In the USA, Laney has nothing.

I can't say enough good things about the quality of the tone.
It's my "go to" combo amp when I'm too lazy to haul my
Bassman or Dr.Z around. I will eventually change out the speaker, but even it sounds good.
I guess there's enough combo amp options in the USA.
But, when you can pick up one of these up for under $475
it is truly a steal..

Features are well documented but I've had some modifications made:

1. Replaced the stock speaker with a Celestion G12 80 Classic Lead, with spectacular results, and
2. Had the LOOP modified so that it is in series rather than in parallel.

The standard features are OK, the amp sounded great on it's own but I found the parallel LOOP to be very annoying, useless even. I could barely hear the FX at all and what I could hear was out of phase with the main signal. So I had it modified so that the LOOP is now in series. Essentially the Effects control now operates as a master volume for power amp.

I call my amp Elsie (as in L C). She's a beaut.

I thought the amp sounded good until I changed the stock speaker! Then it came alive!! Now it sounds awesome. The pre-amp however is fine. Both channels work well. The clean channel is very clean, although it could do with a bit of compression to smoothen out the freqs. The overdrive channel provides a satisfactory crunchy sound as you'd expect but it's hard to really appreciate this amp 'cause it's so loud!! My band mates are always begging me to turn it down from 2 to 1 !! No spinal tap moment for me! If this amp had an 11, I would be deaf!

I would give the stock speaker 6/10 but the modded version 9/10.

It's a very heavy amp, rock solid. Never had any problems with it. I need a roadie !!

I wrote Laney an email once looking for an original 'manual'. They wrote back to say they didn't have one :-( They were prompt though!

I love this amp. I bought it 2nd-hand in 2000 for approx ???370 ($575). It has served me well. I play a Fender strat (USA) thru a Boss GT-5 (sometimes a Line 6 Pod XT directly into the poweramp), and it sounds awesome - now.

I would strongly recommend replacing the stock speaker to a Celestion G12 80 or a vintage 30 (which sounds v similar to the G1280 I believe). The sound is so rich now. The low end is really tight. No flabby low-freq noise here. I didn't believe changing the speaker would make a big difference but it has.

I also had the LOOP modified so that I could bring my post pre-amp FX in-line rather than in parallel which sucks as a concept IMO. This made a huge difference. My set up is as follows:

Fender Strat -> Boss GT-5 (COMP / WAH / OD) -> input on LC50 (i.e. the pre-amp) -> RETURN on GT-5 (Speaker sim / EQ / Phase / Chorus / Delay / Tremelo / Reverb) -> RETURN on LC50 (i.e. the poweramp).

This allows me to use the pre-amp on the LC50 in the loop of my GT-5 and then send the effected signal (say with delay & reverb) to the LC50 power-amp. Works a treat.

I can also bypass the LC50 pre-amp completely and use a pre-amp sim on the GT-5, so I have a great variety of sounds at my disposal. It's an extremely versatile set-up.

I've had quiet a few people complimenting me on my 'professional' sound after gigs. It's all down to power of the LC50 and the modifications I've made.

I'm very happy with my equipment but if Elsie died, I don't think I'd buy another due to all the plastic surgery required to turn her into something special. I'd buy a Vox AC30 or a Marshall combo.

Two independent foot switchable channels, HI & LO inputs, effects loop, reverb. I can go from finger picking clean tones, from light to raunchy single-coil blues tones, and even up to metal chugging (more on that below). With it being 50watts, it can be difficult to push it hard enough to get proper tube saturation, but it still sounds amazing at lower levels.

My main guitar is a Schecter C1 Blackjack that has a '59/JB Seymour Duncan setup in it with a 5 position switch that allows for single coil settings. I like to noodle around in a lot of different styles on my guitar. The clean channel on this amp is great. It has a really good clean tone coming out of it. It does get a little distorted at higher volumes, but it's expected from a 50w tube combo due to the lack of headroom for LOUD clean settings.

On the overdrive channel you can go from a dirty clean sound up into metal territory with all the light to mild overdriven tones in between. I love the OD channel on this. The problem is that the amp doesn't shine until you ditch the H&H speaker or whatever cheap Celestion might be in it. I put in a WGS Veteran 30 12" speaker (Celestion Vintage 30 clone). I also play through a 2x12 cabinet with real Vintage 30's in it. The difference is huge. With the stock speaker dialing in solid metal tones were difficult, but the Veteran 30 does it no problem and the cab does it in a bigger way. The clean and lighter OD tones benefited huge from the speaker upgrade as well.

My now neglected amp is a Peavey XXX head through the aforementioned 2x12 cabinet. I'm not stupid, it's no XXX in the gain department. The metal tones are of a more vintage, lower gain type, but it sounds great. I haven't played on the XXX since I got this, and I play a lot of metal. Some will want an OD pedal to thicken up the gain some, but I'm very happy with all the tones I can coax out of this amp.

I know I always wonder this, so here are my settings on the LC50 for metal with EL34 tubes (varies depending on volume level, and playing)-

Drive/Gain - ~7-8.5
Bass - ~6-7.5
Mids - ~4.5-7
Treble - ~5-7
Reverb - .5-1 (or just off sometimes)
Volume - ~2-5+ (This gets loud in a hurry)
HI input (some don't like this..but I use it for about all playing, and pretty much essential to give it enough bite for metal)

In case you haven't caught on yet..this isn't 'high' gain. Don't get lulled into a blind buy without testing it for yourself as with any amp. I love it right now. I am going to dump my XXX setup for this versatile, very mobile combo amp that is just as capable of gigs or full practice as the XXX was. It can be difficult though to be sure when trying one out..I didn't LOVE it until I put in some JJ pre's and the Vintage 30 clone. I only expect better results all around with a full JJ retube.

Laney does seem to have some reliability issues from what I've read. This is more of a 'honeymoon' review so I can't say how reliable my amp is. The power led light doesn't work (bought it like that), but everything else functions normally.

No opinion here again. I bought the amp used. Although considering the lack of Laney distribution in the US one might have trouble getting an amp repaired at an authorized dealer.

I'd probably try to get this amp again if it were stolen, but they aren't very common at all in the US so I probably wouldn't find another anyways.

I hated how much of a pooch the stock H&H speaker was. It really doesn't show off the tones of the amp. This would benefit greatly from a master volume and a presence knob too. Overall though this is a solid amp that can pull off a lot of different tones.

This is the mark I, 1998 version of the LC50. It is hella versatile, thankyouverymuch. I tend to play a pistache of everything, mostly hard rock with dashes of funk, punk, jazz, prog, soul, ambient soundscaping etc. Seems solid and remarkable for all of those. Two channels, FLAWLESS NOISELESS INSTANT switching unlike those damn Marshalls where you have a drop out. Slightly above average quality spring verb, I wish it could be a little wetter but it has nice long trails all the same. H????H Vintage 60 12" speaker which is too bright for this style of amp. All valve signal path. Series effects loop as far as I can tell; I don't use them anyway.

All the features are straightforward and work well. Some have moaned about the lack of a presence control but to be honest this is not something I really miss as the EQ voicings are very responsive anyway.

Okay generally this gets used with a modified Fender Jag (Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder set, buzz stop and mustang saddles). Tried it with a PRS McCarty and a Kramer shredmachine and also got favourable results. It's very forgiving on different types of pickups. The reverb is above average... not as sweet as the Twin's one but certainly slays most others. I either have it full on or off. It's nice for ambient textures and such.

CLEAN: The cleans are very pristine without sounding too cold. Very spongey at times. Somewhere between Mesa and Fender, while sounding better than either to my ears. Can be funky and thin, mellow jazz or inbetween very easily. Has a LOT of bass response, more than the dirty channel when using pedals. On that subject it takes to pedals like a duck to water... better than a Fender Twin actually, I was surprised how little tweaking I had to do to my standard setup to get it to give the tone I needed. Probably breaks up at around seven like the other two Laneys I have extensive experience with (GH100L and VC50). Massive amounts of headroom.

DIRTY: The only problem I have with this channel is that you can't get as much headroom as on the clean... the idea of a 'solo boost' is redundant as it's fairly compressed even on lower gain settings. Not so much a problem though, when you consider how much power this channel has. Right through from a darker clean sound to AC/DC light crunch to Van Halen raunch up to early thrash, this channel delivers. Fat, well-defined, complex harmonics. Back off with the guitar volume and it sounds like you've turned the drive down on the amp. This is rare, and means it always sounds smooth. Overall a natural tone that still allows you to hear the differences of various guitars even at higher volumes. Actually not that noisy even with quite a bit of gain and cranked up a lot, at least on this one.

Currently using two Mullard ECC83s for V1 and V2, an Ei ECC83 for V3 and a balanced/matched JJ 12AX7S for the phase inverter. This combination has given the amp better bass response and richer harmonics. The stock Sovtek 5881s in there are actually quite respectible; I have a feeling the original owner had it biased. It really rewards a players touch, and every note sing with the lovely overtones valve amps excel at.

Okay that's the good. The bad is the H????H speaker in there is quite poor. Nothing beats a good Celestion driver, and I've always been a fan of the standard G12T-75 - a nice versatile speaker with a tight bass response. I think once I've put that in there it'll sort out the problems I've had with icepick highs and sometimes loose bass. I know the cabinet of the amp isn't as thick as the newer models but that shouldn't matter much. Ran it through a Celestion-loaded 4x12, comes close to the GH100L tone which I was very happy about.

Had two Laneys at my disposal in the past and gigged them several times. Never any problems with volume drops, they've always fired up first time and sounded killer. This one had a bad LO input when I got it, nothing a little soldering didn't fix. Can't see it being a problem as it looked well-engineered when opened. The valve sockets are mounted to the chassis NOT the PCB which is very smart. The PCB gives a little too, it's not brittle like the Marshall ones therefore less likely to snap.

Don't seem to remember dealing with them. The first line of customer support is to make sturdy, great-sounding amplifiers and they have succeeded there.

I've had ten years of experience recording, gigging and a lot of home practice to keep me sharp. I've been through lots of amps, all more expensive than Laney, only to be disappointed. Laneys are both cheaper and more satisfying to play through than the Vox AC30, two Marshall JMP stacks and Fender Twin I've owned. It's like it combines all the best features of other amps into one great value package, that I honestly feel can rival boutique stuff. I had some extensive time with an EH revalved and biased Orange Rockerverb 100 halfstack and although it was pretty decent, the clean was a joke and the drive channel was too smooth, no bite to it.

I can't see myself losing anything big. I've lost one capo and a handful of leads in my time and thats it. I'd be one pissed off f**cker if someone stole it. I would assume most thieves are more likely to pinch a Marshall or Fender so I don't worry :)

This is my fifth valve amp. It cost me less than all the others and it kicks them into submission. I get sniggers from other players with their boutique rigs. I think the term "Poor Man's Marshall" has come up a few times... then I plug in and blow them away. Only the other day I saw a Laney VC100 combo, something that retailed for around the ??900 mark, go for ??195. Pretty insane. I notice the list of Laney endorsees is getting bigger. I think you should probably get in on the act while they still can be had for very little money.

NOTE ON MARSHALL: I will point out that it perhaps looks like I really dislike Marshall here. This is not the case. I really enjoy the old Plexis and those Silver Jubilee models, but I don't find much versatility or variety and the new Marshalls really aren't pushing the boundaries at all. You're still getting the same old three/four 12AX7s and two/four EL34s you've always had. I just saw a promo video for the latest Marshall JVM series amps and the tester was using a double humbucking LAG into the four channel, one hundred watt JVM head into two 4x12s. The tone was thin and lacked harmonic content, for the most part. The clean channel was the best part... and it still just sounded like an old plexi! I just don't think Marshall offers the kind of versatility a lot of players demand these days,.[/NOTE]

I've owned several tube guitar amps. I bought this amp back in 1997. At the time, I had cash to burn. I was looking for another amp to use in a rock band that I was in at the time (with an early 70's sound). When I saw this combo, I tried it, and it reminded me of old Black Sabbath, but the amp was originally way too bright, noisy, and raw. I didn't like the stock speaker, but I thought it had potential. I replaced the HH with a 8-ohm coil Celestion G12T-75, for an immediate improvement in heavy guitar sounds. And...The power tranny and output circuits had the integrity for a switch to EL34 output tubes with a little added bias tweak. But...The preamp still needed to be tamed, because they really over did it to the point of annoying, it just wasn't musical enough. Too much nonmusical noise and buzziness, and the propensity to oscillate when wide open ! There were 4 Russian (or more likely maybe Chinese?) 12AX7A's, the 4th one being the phase splitter. After some swapping, I found that a 12AU7A (NOS from Great Britian) in the first position and a 5751 (NOS Philips ECG) in the second did the job superbly for both channels. Now the amp can still be driven from clean to metal, good and loud, and I didn't even try to change the third or fourth tubes, because it's good to go as it is. Useful for a good Celestion/EL34 sound where a trusty old Marshall 50W head/4x12cab is just too much (or another +6 dB spl). The Accutronics reverb is nice, and there's an effects loop on the back, with a level control for it up front. Hi and Lo input jacks, a nice touch, too. It's also nice having bass, mid, and treble on both channels as well. The master and drive controls are contoured nicely (after the mods were complete). There are only two complaints I could make, and you could say this about many amps. 1) I have to take the amp apart to get to the bias control and make measurements. 2) I used a Hughes and Kettner Red Box MkIII between the amp's head output and the Celestion speaker to convert that signal to a balanced, frequency corrected (cabinet emulation) line out, enabling me to direct feed it to the band's PA mixer.

I use a '92 American Standard Strat and an old Gibson SG with this amp. Both guitars sound different obviously, but with the right settings, they both give pleasing results. I sometimes play fingerpicking styles, but with the Strat only. The SG is just a rocker.

This amp is built well considering it's a circuit board housed amp. I think it pisses all over Marshall in this category. Impressive looking transformers. Never had a problem gigging with it or at home. It doesn't rattle, fart, or physically buzz like a lot of combos, and it's got some guts to it. It can get in your face loud ! It's a sturdy little chap !!

Well, I can tell you that I tried to get a schematic off of Laney's web site for this LC50, and they don't have it. They offer up the LC50 II, which I don't think is the same thing. I haven't needed them, but I'm afraid that if I do, I might be in for some difficulty ! Luckily, I could get by with what I've needed to do without a schematic, so I haven't lost precious time on it.

I've been playing music on and off for more years than I care to remember ! I like amps, they're like having more instruments, and the Laney always has company. It would not be practical for me to have more amps, but one can dream. If I didn't have the Laney, I could get by without it, but I would miss it, especially since I have personalized it to my liking. I have not seen any Laney amps since '97 that I would want to own, although I did like one of their heads back then as I recall.

2 channel amp with 3 band eq for both channels. Bright swithc for the clean channel. reverb and effects loop. The amp is fitted with 12ax7 pre-amp tubes and 6l6 power tubes. h&h brand speaker.

This amp has a very nice clean tone. The bright switch adds to this tone. The amp is very load for its 50 watt rating and will work for small clubs. The overdrive channel has a lot of gain but gets a little muudy after setting 8. I just had this amp rebiased to use EL34 tubes. This makes all the diferance in the world to this amps distortion sound. The muddy/dull tone with the gain over 8 was gone and the overall tone was much warmer/ brighter.

I have owned this amp for 8 years with no problems. I also have a Laney aor 100 watt amp for 15 years, no problems.

I like this amp a lot. Its tone is very versitle. Great clean tone and distortion. The distortion is not quite as full as my Laney aor 100 watt amp, but very nice for a combo amp. This amp sounds much better with EL34 tubes as compared to the standard 6l6 tubes. I think a speaker upgrade to a celestion may make the sound even better. I bought this amp new and would replace it if it lost or stolen. A great amp for hard rock and metal.

Bought it 1996/97

I play rock, jazz, and blues. It's great for all three. It's a great working musician's amp. The main features for me are two foot switchable channels with independant EQ and volume, 2 5881/6L6, 4 12ax7 Sovtek tubes. The reverb sounds very good. I never use the effects loop.

I've use or have used a PRS standard, Epiphpone Sheraton II with Bill Lawrence pickups, ESP LTD EC-1000 with EMG81's, and Samick Greg Bennett Archtop with a Kent Armstrong vintage hummer at the neck.

I cover a lot a ground with this amp and get all the volume and tone I need.

Here's the kicker folks. I played a society gig at the Marriott Key Center in downtown Cleveland. When I loaded in, I wheeled in the amp on a luggage cart through the front door. I asked the bellhop where the grand ballroom was. He led me to the escalator and gave directions from there. I played the gig, tore it up, no problem. After the gig aroung 12:30 am I packed up my stuff a proceeded back to the escalator. You see where this is going, don't you? The escalator is a beautiful plexglass and tile construction with brass trimming all the way up and down. There's plush carpeting on both floors which it separates, in the middle of a 5 star hotel. As I rolled onto the escalator one of the wheels of the luggage cart got caught between one of the steps and the beautiful brass trim (maybe it was gold plated). Then all of a sudden, I remember like it was yesterday--vivid and in slow motion like "The Shining". The Laney LC50 came off the luggage cart and tumbled down the escalator. It made explosive sounds which I couldn't have imagined with a guitar plugged in it. It gave multiple scratches to the brass trim as well as the plexiglass of the escalator. Thankfully, at 12:30am, no one was on it. I don't how I could have dealt with involuntary manslaughter. Then the damn bellhop came running over and said, "What happened?!?". If I wasn't in shock I would have kicked his ass for not showing me where the freakin' elevator was. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I should have asked.

As I was slowly going down the escalator viewing the remains coming into clearer focus amidst two binders of sheet music splattered around it, I saw that the speaker and the face board were the only things that popped off. A couple screws were stripped also. I threw it all in my trunk and drove home quietly cursing to myself and holding back my tears. At 1:30am, I was in the middle of my living room with a phillips, pliers, sodering gun, and elmer's glue putting humpty back together. I went to my wife who's sleeping in the next room and said, "I have to play for about 30 seconds, don't ask."

I plugged in, turned the beast on, played, checked all the settings and LO AND BEHOLD THE F****R STILL WORKED!! AND I HAVEN'T HAD PROBLEM WITH IT SINCE.

I replace the tubes every couple years and that's it.

I've been playing for over 20 years. I'd get another one if it was lost or stolen. Maybe check out the Laney TT50. I think it's one of the better 1x12 combos. The clean is better than Marshall combos, the drive is better than Fender combos, and it doesn't weigh or cost as much as a Mesa.

With the clean channel I can get a super piercing clean tone with the bright switch on for funk riffin', then kick it off, roll the tone down on my guitar, footwsitch on the reverb and get a fat and warm jazz tone. I can get a great blues drive tone which can easily sail solos over the rhythm section and get that full drive spongy rock tone for power chords. When I need to seek vengeance on someone on stage or in the audience I can get a very nasty lead tone.

It's great at low volume as well as loud. One gig at a blues club in Chicago I was side by side with some dude sitting in using a Marshall halfstack. His ego and amp were bigger than mine but we both had mics going into the PA and had to keep our stage volume in check for those others on stage. I easily edged him as far as tone and versatility. I use the amp pretty much straight up: guitar> stage tuner> volume pedal> wah wah and cover all the ground I need to cover.
It's great in the studio with proper mic placement.

I've had the amp for about 8 years and I'm very satisfied.

Features have been described in other reviews, it's a standard for tube amps, so I rate it 7.I payed 670?, the cheaper prize in Italy for this amp new, but at home I finded cheap Yugoslavian tubes (EI ECC-83) instead of the Sovteks in the pre! Yugo tubes didn't work so bad, but are very cheap anyway, so the dealer (one of the bigger shops in the North of Italy)made a bad trick. Is this the Italian style? Shame! I replaced the whole set of tubes with Groovetubes and it's another sound,although not a miracle.

I play 60% rock, power pop and punk 77 with Strato Japan for thin sounds and Ibanez for fats, usually guit-in-amp without devices - but I'm also sound engineer and the 40% of my time is spent by searchin original tones with pedals and pedal-boards (I depended on boss gt5 for pop-rock, it gives its best in direct-to-mixer recordings)and particular miking on amps).This amp sounds very clear on clean ch, a little bit anonimous but brillant, cristal tones.You can't find the catchy light crunch of the Marshals, but it's very better If you want to add fx or pedals. Distorted ch is noisy but has a large headroom of gain, all the levels from light crunch to full distortion are available, but over 7 of gain it becomes confused, good only for some noise or grungy styles. With the Groovetubes I have less volume (it doesn't matter, this amp is loud enough)but more definition on hi-gain sounds (now I can go to 9/10 gain levels) and a pleasant bottom on bass, which is a must for single coil gtr. A notice:On clean ch You can use the bright switch on turnin the treble to 2/4 levels to have highs on a different frequency cut, due to acheive acoustic-like sounds. At last, it's a honest friend for its prize. I plan to change the speaker for a Celestion.

Too soon to say, but it's built strong and I think it will last many years

No deal yet

I play since 977 and i've got dozens of amps, from Fenders to Roland jazz chorus. Compared to my hot rod de luxe it seems less affordable but I like the raw brit distortion. The thing I hate is that's damn noisy (noise annoys).If stolen, I'll try the lc30 (because it's class A) before looking for more expensive stuff.Who wants to know some engineering tricks can contact me.

This amp's feature have already been listed. I recently put in new tubes (electro harmonix 12ax7 and 5881s) and installed a Celestion Vintage 30. I bought this amp for $300 at a pawn shop and it sat around for 5 years before I decided to service it. I (like many others) would like to have a fender clean and a marshall dirty at my disposal but without carrying around two amps (and a cab).

I use a Les Paul (.13 set) with 490 pups and a tele deluxe (.12 set) with texas specials. I use rock, blues, country and jazz type tones to play my original music. My ideal tones are fender twin for clean, Marshall plexi for crunch and Soldano SLO for high gain type sounds. Before re-tube/ new speaker it sounded dull, the gain was rough and not at all dynamic. After service it became my new favorite. The clean sounds great, the reverb is 'fendery' and the gain is smooth and tight. Now the amp is very dynamic and cleans up great when I roll back the volume. Head room is HUGE where before it was really limited to below 4. Ive spent $550 on the amp and it smokes most $1000+ amps. It might not be as tight as a soldano or have as clear distortion but it can compete with a marshall plexi RI anyday and in some ways has a nicer, more defined upper mid range (it also cleans up more at low volume). As people said before: this thing is loud! I need a load dump for it.

I would put the clean tone more on the Fender side but it has some AC30 type natural compression that makes it a little more brit than a true fender. As far as the other channel it sound 'old school' british, not jcm 900 but plexi (although it has more gain than a plexi). Before service it sounded like old black sabbath but now is much more "tasty" and complex.

I've STOPED CHECKING EBAY's amp pages for the first time in years.

No probs so far

Been playing since '90. If it were lost or stolen I would shop around but seriously consider another. I've owned a Fender Deluxe RI, a Marshall JCM 800, Marshall 1987slp RI and have owned numerous effects (now just a tonebone classic, delay, comp and volume pedal) I would choose this amp over others due to versatility and its compact size (although heavier than most 1x12 combos).

everyone else allready listed the features. some complained that it didnt come with a footswitch. mine came wiht a footswitch.

This was my first guitar amp, when i got it. For what i needed at the time it served my purposes well. i played a Fender Mexican stratocaster out of it at the time.

since then i have gotten a original 1979 fender supertwin reverb, which is just the best thing ever. the laney now serves it's purpose very well as a backup amp,

Lately we've been useing it at band practice as a Vocal amp, and it sounds better and louder than most PA systems do. so if you ever get a new amp, dont get rid of the laney. you can use it for all kids of versitile things.

The amp has plenty of power for small to medium sized halls. anything bigger than that would probably get the amps micked anyway. if you buy this amp, dont worry abotu it not being powerfull enough.

I never once used the bright switch. the amp is bright enough allready.

for features i give it a 9. everything you need to be there, is there.

when i played this amp i played with a Fender mexican stratocaster with 3 single coil pickups.

It worked okay but i couldnt really get the amp to give me the best distortion sound ever. I found a 1,200 dollar vintage fender super twin for liek 600 bucks one day in like perfect condition and now i play through that. needed to say, it beats out the laney.

the clean channle is pretty rocking. i wasnt too happy with the distortion though... it was okay, but just not 100% what i was looking for, but im picky. i just couldnt really find the right sound that i needed for it. I like a warmer tone. This amps distortion is more of a classic drive sound.

I dont think the clean channle ever ONCE sounded chrunchy. it had a fantastic clean channle. Like i said, lately at bacd practice we have been useing it for vocals ont he clean channle. it's so loud. never has to go up past like 5 or 6. We brought it to a show that didnt have a PA a week ago. had it on like 7.5 or so... No chruncy sounds or anything and it fileld the room like no ones business. Not a single person had problems hearing the vocals at that show.

for some reason britsh tubes amps are just the loudst thigns ever. I think it's something they put in the tea over there. I jammed with a freind of mine once, playing out of a SUNN 400 watt solid state head, and a half stack, and my 50 watt Laney like blew it out of the water. Llet's hear it for tubes!

I give it a 7. 10 for the clean channle and like a 5 for the distortion.

never had a problem with the amp as far as relyability. had it 2 years now... and i got it used too (with a fresh set of tubes though).

no repairs have been needed. I've never talked to the fine people at laney, but im sure they're freat young chaps.

LOUD..... AS..... SHIT.

great clean channel, makes a fantastic backup amp, and can double well as a practice amp in your room, or at least a good cheap backup amp.

Also great for vocals.

i give it an 8 cause sounds is the only thing that matters, and the clean is great, btu the distortion is just not the best. the clean channles and the power, as well as it being cheap as hell, definitly makes up for alot of it's downfalls though.