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Laney valve amp for harp - opinions please
Laney valve amp for harp - opinions please
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harmonicanick
1212 posts
Jun 08, 2011
11:18 AM
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I have been offered a smallish Laney and have been told it's got plenty of 'crunch'
Any opinions?
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5F6H
714 posts
Jun 08, 2011
11:39 AM
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If it's the LC15 or LC15R, they're both cool little amps for harp, with a surprisingly big punch. I would still have one now if someone hadn't borrowed it, pulled out the speaker & found it didn't work last time we turned it on! :-(
Can be a bit picky as to how you balance the "Gain" & "Volume" knobs, there can be a bit of a trick to it. Can benefit from a little retubing in the preamp if using a typical hi-z harp mic.
Last Edited by on Jun 08, 2011 11:39 AM
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RelaX
4 posts
Jun 11, 2011
7:32 AM
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http://forum.harmonica.ru/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=131028
My review and samples of Laney Cub 8
Last Edited by on Jun 11, 2011 7:39 AM
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harmonicanick
1213 posts
Jun 11, 2011
10:53 AM
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Hey Relax thanks but I can not read that language, how do |I get it in English?
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RelaX
5 posts
Jun 11, 2011
11:48 AM
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My English is bad, but google helps me:)
Brief info: 5 Watts, 1h12AX7 in pre-Ampere, 1h6V6GT in pouer-Ampere, 2 inputs (Lo / Hi), Tone knob, and Volume, Speaker Celestion Super 8, body of chipboard, weight 6 kg, price 200 greens (photo not do - to their fullest in the internet)
Note: at this time replaced the Chinese RUBY 12AX7 AC5 HG on 12AT7WC of Electro-harmonix. This gave an average reduction in volume of 2-3 division (which is a plus for the house) and to some extent eliminated verhastost Laney CUB 8.
I must say, I bought this combo not only for the harmonics, but also for its jazz banks Cort Yorktown. It goes directly into it pretty good, but really well it starts to sound when the heats combo with valvkastera from George. He seems to be framed signal eliminates muddy bottom and droning bass (especially when playing on the thick strings, gauge 13) and so tasty loads CUB 8 and gives a warm and dynamic, sucking, poperdyvayusche Pyka-jazz-blues zvuchok. Depending on the desired tone can be stuck into the Lo input or the Hi input. The first - a cleaner and more balanced over the frequency range of sounds, the second - a dingy, loud, and with marked highs and mid.
It's great that there are 2 inputs. For a harmonic sounds preferable Lo input, since there is less top. Nevertheless, directly from the SM57 and faerbollom sound lacks softness. TONE knob must be put on the bare minimum. Overload even with dense kappinge as such, no. It would seem that there reload this vosmerochku? - ... but no combo practically does not boot. To Chicago and modernity have warm!
The pedals I have two: Valvkaster (lamp 12AU7) and Yerasov GT2. If the warming valvkasterom, already have the opportunity to adjust the top knob on the pedal TONE + more is in store TONE knob on the amplifier. This virtually eliminates the problem verhastosti. But that's interesting, it is all tube combos so it is necessary to mess with the upper frequencies, or only mine? ... As a result valvkaster catching up to the level of overloading a weak Chicago, quite a sound, a moderately fruity and kindly.
For more aggressive modernism proved itself well Yerasov GT2. I'm even a little surprised (sound) and very sorry that this pedal can turn off spikersim. With the GT2 managed to get different shades of overdrive, but best of all - the channel Mesa (due to his deep voice - right under Jason can Narula something similar) and channel Fender.
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boris_plotnikov
560 posts
Jun 11, 2011
11:56 AM
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I've tried LC15 once or twice, it was a nice amp!
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