Laney TF200 112 Combo

Enough goodies.....(but no tone)

Used with strats and humbucker guitars, enough volume but lousy tone. Harsh and unmusical distortion clean sounds are equally awful. Achange of preamp tube didn't change anything.

Never broke (for a year.....)

Could be used for scooped heavy metal sounds maybe, otherwise terrible.....

Well, to start off: I play some kind of experimental rock music and This amp gives me the tone and distortion I need. It's a great amp with enough features to make me happy.

The guitar I'm using is an Epiphone Les Paul 100 with 2 humbuckers.
And again, this amp suits me fine, but I might replace it with maybe a sunn amp when I need more power. This amp is very quiet, even with the distortion at 10 and the volume around 7. One problem is that when I'm playing clean parts the sound gets distorted, even at low volumes, It's really annoying and I would like to know what the problem is cuz I can't use the Clean channel with my Epiphone. When I use guitars equipped with Single coils, It ok, but it seems like the amp (or just my) can't handle Humbuckers. That's why I'm giving it a 7. But the distortion channels are both 10's though.
And the distortion channels leak into the clean channel, but I still love this amp.

I can totally rely on this amp and I would never use a backup, but I wouldn't use it on a gig, because I Think it's too small for that.
This amp is great for small gigs, but for the arenas: use something bigger.
My amp has never broken down, but there is this annoying distortion on the clean channel, but that's all.

I've been playing for a couple of years.
if it was stolen, I would buy a bigger amp, but I'd probably miss it.

This amp has 3 footswitchable channels which is cool, 1 clean, 2 rhythm tones and 3 lead tones. 2 and 3 are both distorted channels and are great for switching during playing even if its just for a volume boost. Quite a few features, clean channel has a bright switch to lighten the treble in the tone, 3rd channel has a enhance button sucks out all the mids for metal and thrash, and a vibe switch for 2 and 3 which gives a very fuzzy high distorted sound - almost like an onboard effect. NICE!

I'm usin a BC Rich Warlock and lemme tell ya, the distortion channels are fantastic - sustain is forever, it aint noisy I can get a real good crunch on chan 2 and on 3 I can get a very smooth dark tone that's great for Slayer, Korn and all your moshpit gubbins. Clean channel sounds very lush even though it aint tubed (the distortion channels are tubed). One problem, distortion did sound a bit tinny playing live, but maybe thats cos someone put my treble on full - bastards.

I would use this, and have used this in a gig without a backup. The only problem I have had with this amp is an annoying buzzing when you play a bass note or while palm muted, I think this is a design thing, speakers can be built with the chassis too close to the coil which causes vibration. Man, it's annoying, but hey, when the volumes cranked you forget bout it

Looked on website, yeah.

I've been playing for a year and a bit, I had a Marshall G15RCD before, and I use a BC Rich Warlock, I at first, got a Marshall VS230, but I took that back cos it made weird noises, then I saw this baby and thought Marshall had been outdone - ha! Take my word for it, this amp rocks. Just a shame bout the buzz, just replace the speaker.

3 channels, clean,OD1, and OD2. the clean channel has a bright switch, OD2 has an enhance feature. There is also a Vibe switch which gives you that big stadium sound. All channels are foot switchable and the amp has it's own reverb and effects loop. no footswitch

I use an Ibanez JS 100 with an Alesis Midiverb through the back, I play mainly heavey rock and a bit of blues, I find I always have the vibe switch on, it just sounds more natural. I usually have the gain on both channels all the way up, with bass on around 4-5 mid on 9 and treble an 7-8, this gives me a real gutsy crunch. One of the things that sold it to me was the sustain, you can go and have a bite and come back and you would still be hearing that one.

The only problem I have had (and this may be down to the footswitch) is with changing channels. Sometimes when I'm using the clean channel the OD2 channel will keep cutting in. I don't gig so i don't need a backup.

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I've been playing for around 10 years, other amps I own are 2 mini marshall stacks, the ones that you can clip on your belt!! If it were lost or stolen I would probably not get another, I'm getting a little bored with it now but I've had lots of fun with it, and it's a great amp

It has got 3 channels, and it's quite versatile. I play everything from jazz, blues, to pretty heavy stuff. Effects loop, headphone jack, channel switchin, Vibe-switch,tube pre-amp is some other features.
My band is loud as few but its power is enough.

I use an Epi with Humbucker, and it suits my stile very good.
The distortion rocks! The clean is OK.

No problems so far, I trust it.

Never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for 3 years, and I use like I said earlier an Epi guitar. If it was stolen I'd MAYBE buy a new TF-200. I really like the two dist-channels. I'd like a foot switch for the vibe-function...maybe there are some...I don't know...A PRETTY GOOD AMP THOUGH!!!!!

2001. Tube preamp, solidstate poweramp. 65 Watts out of one 12" HH Invader speaker. Clean channel with a bright-switch and two overdrive channels. Enhance button (shapes the sound of the mids) for the overdrives. Two separate reverbs. Footswitchable reverb / channels. (footswitch not included)

I use it for a variety of styles: jazz through an Ibanez AF120 hollowbody, blues/country through a Yamaha Pacifica 604W and rock-metal through an Ibanez S540FM.

The clean channel is solidstate, but it sounds very lush nonetheless. The cleans are very "hi-fi" and sound excellent for jazz and clean parts in rocksongs. Just add a touch of reverb and chorus and you're wailing.

The two overdrive channels are driven by a preamp tube. There's a vibe switch which supposedly gives you a "big" sound at low volume levels... Never switch this off! Never. The amp sounds a lot more natural with the vibe switch on.

Overdrive 1 is basically your rhythm channel and overdrive 2 your lead (solo) channel. Both channels are capable of excellent sounds. For blues (clean-but-with-a-slight-grind) or country try OD1 with the gain on 3-4. Then for solos in that style, switch to OD2 with the gain on 6-7. OD1 will sound quite spanky and fresh in this setting, whereas OD2 will give you a fuzzy Hendrix-type sound.
For rock keep the gain for both channels on 10. OD2 on full gain is perfect for searing rocksolos. The sustain is nothing short of brilliant! Play around with the enhance feature to shape your desired mids. From fat (enhance all the way down) to scooped (all the way up).

The only thing that's not really within range here is heavy metal sounds (I'm talking serious distortion a la Pantera/Slayer, etc.). But you just add a MetalZone to the clean channel and that's solved.

Other than that, very versatile and with convincing tube sounds.

Only had it for a few months, but it looks to be very solid.

Never dealt with them personally, so I won't comment, but they should update their website. The links to the user manuals are dead.

Really fantastic value. Here in Belgium it's about 100$ cheaper than a Yamaha DG60 and about 200$ cheaper than a Marshall AVT50.

It does many things well (jazz, blues, rock, country, alternative,...). The sounds are plenty and convincingly tube-like.

So whether you're looking for an all-round workhorse or a cheap-but-convincing rock-amp, give it a try!

2001 model, same features as the other reviews.

I use a washburn lyon and play mostly punk and grunge stuff, and this amp is really good for that. Drive 1 is great for punk, like ramones and rancid stuff, and you can even get a cool nirvana sound, but for that i use my boss pedal. The drive 2 is good for metal stuff, wich i don't really like, so i don't use it. It has plenty of power, when i practise with my band i set the volume at 6 or 7 and that's enough. I compared it to fender roc pro 700, peavey bandit, some marshall's valvestates and it's better then all of then. The clean chanel stars to distort just a little bit at volumes past 8.

I'd use it without backup.

never dealt

I love this amp and would sure get another one if it were lost. It suits all my musical needs, and that's what really matters.

this is the 2001 model. it has a tube preamp and solidstate poweramp, and a 12 inch speaker. it is extremely versatile, more so i think than a full valve amp, which is why i didnt get one. its also lighter. 3 channels, clean and 2 OD, clean doesnt use the tube in the preamp but still sounds great. one 3 band eq and reverb knob for clean, another for dirty. fx loop, line out, footswitchable channels and reverb.

i use an ibanez RG565 with 2 seymour duncan humbuckers, both can be split and used as single coils. i play a variety of styles, from mellow worship music (hillsongs etc) to christian rock (DC talk, newsboys, delirious) to alternative rock (the feelers, pearl jam) to (real) metal (joe satriani) and this amp is good for all of them. i would love to play U2 but i dont have a delay at the moment and my band isnt really into them, and this amp cant really emulate the edge's tone. i have also been known to thrash out some dead easy dropped-D 'metal' occasionally just for a laugh and it does fine at that too. not too much noise, my pickups make a bit of noise in single coil mode but the amp itself is pretty quiet. as far as tube emulation goes, its not perfect but i reckon this amps about as close as anyones got so far. better than the marshall valvestates.

only had it a week, hasnt broken down yet (as you would expect). it seems pretty solid, i very much doubt it will break down- i tend to treat my gear pretty nicely.

never dealt with laney

ive been playing for about 8 years but this is my first real amp, i previously owned a fender frontman 15w practice combo, which obviously cannot even be compared to this amp. i have a DOD FX65 chorus pedal, which complements the clean channel nicely, and am hoping to get a wah and a delay and maybe a compressor some time soon. it blows away anything peavey ever made and edged out the marshall valvestate of similar specs, which incidentally cost $400 more, although the laney was on special, down from $1200. if it were stolen or lost i would replace it, although id try to get a second hand one (im a poor student). if i had lots of money id keep this for its versatility but id buy a vox AC-30 so i could sound like the edge. as far as i know there is no reasonably cheap amp in existence that actually sounds like an AC-30, and if this one did, it would be absolutely perfect. because it doesnt it only gets a 9, but by my criteria a 10 is impossible. basically this amp is as good as it gets for affordability and versatility, and i highly recommend it.

TF 200 is quite versatile. I has a clean channel, and two overdrive channels, headphone conncetion, effects loop, ECC-83 tube in the preamp, reverb plus bright switch (adds extra brightness in middle and treble strings) and vibe switch (which gives you a station -sound).

I have a two-year-old Charvel LSX III with standard humbuckers - a metal man's choice, I think, though I'm not into metal that much, and I'm thinking of getting a new guitar. With channel 1, with gain set at 5 to 6, you get nice, AC/DC -kinda overdrive, which isn't too muddy but just CHUNKY. If you turn it up to 8 to 10, it takes you closer to Bob Mould's sound when he was still in Husker Du, even with my guitar.

Channel 2 gives you nice lead tone that stays quite tight even with gain set at 10. And with those settings, the rhythm tone is pure metal. I tune my guitar down to E flat, so unless I use the bridge humbucker, the lower strings sound a bit muddy.

Clean channel is really nice and doesn't distort even when turned up to 10 (and it's LOUD).

I think Laney's are wery reliable. I've had this one for less than a week, so I really can't tell. Anyway, it's previous owner told me he'd never had any problems, whatsoever.

Just like I said, I bought this one used, so I really can't tell.

As an overall rating, I'll give it a nine. It's great, but not perfect. Clean channel is really nice and warm, and channel 1 gives you a good, basic overdrive sound. Channel 2 is good for leads, but slightly too metal for my taste plus a bit muddy (although the problem could be with my axe, as well).

I have the updated '99 version of the amp which is as standard but with a 12 inch HH Invader rather then the Vintage speaker. It has a real Tube in the preamp alongside three channels, vibe and bright switches which cut the mid range (vibe) and boost the mids on the clean channel (bright), reverb, seperate EQ for distortion and clean channels with Enhance knob for the gain channel (which scoops the mids out for any metal moments). On the back of the amp their's the standard headphone, lineout and effects loop and space for a reverb switch pedal and a channel changer (which have to be bought seperatly).
I've used this amp at a couple of small gigs and many rehersals and the 65 watts has cut through fine. However, as with all amps the projection is fine far away but up close and personal (i.e standing next to it or just infront of it) tends to give a false impression. This is a fantastic rehersal amp and is fine for small pub size gigs but for anything larger you need an extra cab to make sure your heard.
The good thing about this amp is you get every feature you need without any useless extra ones thrown in. You can use all of them and they all sound good. You can eek out preety much any sound you want.

I use the amp in conjuction with a BOSS ME-30 multi effects and a Tangelwood Rickenbacher styled guitar. Not exactly the axe of choice for an aspiring rock god but it gets the job done. It has a set of three humbuckers with are a little muddy in the bass but very clear with exellant quility sound in the mids and treble. I play a lot of different styles and this amp works for all of them with an exellant clean sound and a nice sweet spot on the overdrive channel for any twangy R&B you might want but one thing I forgot to mention earlier, this amp is dirty. Turn the gain to eight or nine and you get a nice, searing distorted tone but crank above this and the amp reveals it's true purpose. It snarls, it spits and to put it in the most cleched way possible it rocks. My band straddles punk and the hip-hoppy sounds of Nu Metal and it's perfect. Even with the un rocky Tanglewood you get a fantastic lead, rhythm sound and is plenty loud enougth to blow out a window in a confined space.
Even without noise supression the signal stays static free and feedsback better than any amp I've heard yet. The clean channel is VERY loud and dosn't distort and has an exellant tonal range.
For my personal taste the gain channel could have a little bit more variety because it skips from distorted to grrrrrrrrrrrrrr in about half a twist which is tyroublesome for fine tuning and the overdrive channel does need some work to get a really good sound but, once they work, boy do they work.

I would, will, have and wouldn't think twice about using it without a back up. The speaker bounces at high volume and if you sit on it will give you not un-pleasant massage. The cloth at the front flexes with the speaker and pulsates when you drive the volume past seven (which looks great)aND GETS VERY HOT AFTER ABOUT HALF AN HOUR above seven.
It's never (fingers crossed) broken down and after a year and a bit sound better that the day it was bought.

3 year warranty (I think), 90 day tube, 1 year speaker. Tube and speaker easy to find.

Exellant