Captain, the choice to move on from Rob and hire Pete was a great move. It upped your cred and got the attention of incredible players that all know him and love him. Here here to Danish Pete.
Bravo Laney, it was like an entire R&D department paid attention to what consumers want and actually gave it to them. The fact that a home friendly 3 tube watts (with a half wattage mode)with a DI out and headphone jack well being built in the UK (or at least assembled)is pretty awesome. The only thing that is kind of missing is an effects loop which might have been a cost cutting thing or maybe all you need is a tube screamer.
@@glennlilley8608 Mr. Lilley, I can see how being pointless may appeal to you. What I can't imagine is in all your long years no one ever bothered to tell you to think before you speak. You see doing so requires a small degree of introspection you seemingly lack, so instead of asking yourself whether you're helping or hurting' you remain oblivious to your own jackassery.
Effects loops are kind of unnecessary on non master volume amps, unless it’s one of those cool amps that have a parallel effects loop with a blend knob. With non master volume amps, you’re driving the preamp and power amp at the same time, so it’s not like you can put reverb and delay pedals “after” the amp’s distortion circuit.
Sometimes the addition of an FX loop can negatively impact the sound of specific circuits. Perhaps this was the reason for the omission in this design as well.
Checked into ordering one or those epi Iommi Sgs but they are only using standard epi P90s and not the custom wound boutique p90s they used on the Gibson custom shop Version . Those pickups are huge part of the original guitars sound so I ended up Passing on it . Gibson usa also has a more affordable Version of the Monkey SG but it only has the standard gibson P90s . So essentially the epi monkey SG is not any different from a regular epi SG special. I don't get why epi has stopped using higher quality pickups in their signature guitars save for the Bonamassa lazarus les paul even some of the recent Bonamassa epis like the norm burst and the 58 black beauty have had epi pickups. I have the black epi Iommi SG from a few years back and it has the gibson Tony Iommi signature humbuckers and it sounds killer and does the latter 70s never say die era and early 80s heaven and hell/mob rules era tone . The lack of upgraded pickups has caused me to pass on a few epis the last couple of years although I have bought 3 epi 59s and 1 of the 61 les paul/SGs along with the black Iommi SG. I wanted to buy one of the slash Epis and figured it would have the gibson Slash buckers or custom burstbucker Alnico 2s or whatever you want to call them but when I found out they had pro buckers it was a hard pass . I also really wanted the Alex lifeson les paul access epi version but when I found out that it was not going to come with a Gibson 496r neck and 498T bridge like the gibson versions do it was agian a hard pass . The 496r and 498t are not expensive pickups. Gibson used to use Duncan's in al the slash guitars including his signature pickups but now they will not even use the in-house wound gibson Vernon' of the slash pickups . Even though the latest slash epis only have epi pickups they are more expensive then the 59s with gibson burstbuckers which are gibsons most expensive pickups unless you count used custonbuckers . Epis with stock gibson pickups or Duncan's with factory upgraded wiring and pots wil almost always result in a purchase high end epis with upgraded pickups pots and wiring factory installed in my opinion are better quality better spec'd better value for the dollar guitars then any sub 2000 dollar gibson like the les paul studio les paul tribute or les paul faded etc . The high epis have no relief unlike the chambered and ultra modern weight relief of the lower end gibson les Paul's and the high end epis like the 59 are hand wired unlike the cheaper gibsons which have PCB boards and quick connect pots and pickups . Low end gibsons usually have the 490r;490T or 490r/498t set or on rare occasions the Bursrbucker pros The BB1 BB2 BB3 57 classic and 57 classic plus blow away all the 490 series pickups and the BB pros . The upgraded or not upgraded pickups are always the deciding factor for me . Considering the gibson custom shop monkey SG had the hand wound John Birch replica P90s epi should have F least used gibsons standard wound P90s . Stock gibson USA P90s are fantastic sounding P90s .
Absolutely love Laney amps and this is no exception. Looks like a great vintage inspired amp, ideal for home. Another great demo from the Danelander & the Capt.
The first amp I fell in love with was in 1983 / 1984. It was the new 100 watt Laney Pro stack. Incredible metal sound for the time. even over the old Marshalls. Until I managed to get a 68 plexi with the gain mod and all new tubes for a really great price while saving up to get the Laney stack.
Those new IR technologies are great. By the way, you guys should make a video about actual cabs, because they are so overlooked. I didn't really dive into that until I bought the Captor X. I would use combos, or "matching cabs" for heads, and I used to think the whole discussion on speakers and cabs was a thing for geeks and purists. But cabs make a huge difference in the tone and sometimes when you think you want another amp, maybe another cab is just what you need. One thing though: IRs will give you the sound of a recorded amp, not the actual tone of the amp in the room. So even if you use loud studio monitors they will not react the exact same way as the amplifier and cab would, but you'll hear something closer to a recording.
True! Scored a Yamaha cab on sale which had Eminence speakers in it, a Tonker and a Legend series speaker. Plugging into either speaker one at a time was really interesting, changing the characteristics of my Fender and Marshall amps in a really interesting way.
It's definitely niche. I imagine a tube screamer would make it a bit tighter and not quite so fizzy. The Two Notes is interesting to pair with such an old school amp.
Thanks for the demo. Have mine on order from Andertons and hope I get one of the first stock here to the US! I want to try it with UK power with my setup!
A more Captain-friendly volume level too! I remember watching the video for the original 40W reissue in 2018/19 ish and feeling bad for Mr Anderton wincing while sitting right next to the cab 😬
Great sounding amp with just 3 watts!!! And the build in TwoNotes is also a interessting system at an old school soinding amp that is till now just in modern sounding amps. And hands up for the BCC Steelpark! A really great pedal that exists at my pedalboard between the Nagaviper and Fortin 33 & Grind! Good work Laney! And thx for showing this Andertons \m/
I feel like Andertons channel is the perfect place to find the gears you need by hearing these authentic tones and sounds before buying. Thanks to Andertons team, I decided to buy Chapman ML3 Pro guitar. I live in Canada though and especially Purple Metallic finish ML3 is hard to find. I am excited!
in terms of the flubby bottom end thing i think thats from jumping the channels, on those old 4 input amps people like Tony Iommi and Hendrix never used to jump the channels like everyone seems to do in demos these days, they used the treble input and it cut through the band mix nicely.
Usually these low watt tube amps almost always have flubby or weak bass. A product of small output transformers. If you want a tight sound you have to go with the big boys.
On these old amps, the EQ is before where the amp is distorting. So it’s shaping the sound before it gets distorted, so it’s best to set the bass lower, even totally off for higher gain sounds. No different to using a tubescreamer to tighten things up. Problem is, so many guitar players are ridiculously conservative with settings on amps and pedals and don’t realise how interactive the controls can be, so set up a vintage style amp with the EQ all at 12 and don’t touch them for different gain settings and then complain the bass is ‘flubby’ when it’s actually user error.
@@3rdStoreyChemist Indeed you are 100% right. A low cut before your signal hits the amp can go a long way to tighten up your sound. In my experience with these low watt tube amps even if you apply all the 'tricks' you always have kinda weak bass for things like palm muting. Running to a speaker cab you can't get around a weak power section. Even the 15-20w 2x EL84 amps can be a bit weak sauce. It's not like this thing is marketed as a metal amp though. For what it is, I think it's a cool amp other than being (IMO) overpriced.
Excellent demo guys. It sounds much better here than some other I've watched. The tone reminds me of the Bugera Infinium amps. I would like to see this features in a Lionheart L5A which I much prefer the tone.
We always talk about Iommi's use of these amps, but I was shocked to learn that early on Geezer used the same amp. While Tony used the Bass input, Butler would plug into the Treble side. Im sure this was a budget friendly necessity back then, but they have always the heaviest sound around. Love me some Black Sabbath
Great vid. I regret selling my TI15 a couple years ago after i bust my elbow. The versatility of that amp was awesome!! I reckon another LANEY is defo on the shopping list - probably the SuperCub 15. Selling my two high-end guitars so i hope to get one from SANTA!! Cheers from Spain
Yeas, I was thinking about buying one, but a Marshall Origin 20h fell into my lap, at a price I couldn't refuse. Still thinking about the supercub combo though, as I need a small combo with a single 12 inch speaker.
@@castleanthrax1833 nice. I gigged the old Iommi15 down the pub on a saturday night. Full Rock band doing Lizzy & Idol to about 60+ people. Worked great & it wasn´t even FLAT OUT.. I have to get another
3W is a lot, if you know how to use it. I have a 1W DSL tube head and at volume 1 it is too loud for the bedroom. At the .1W mode I cannot turn it up past 2 or 3 because it is still too loud for the bedroom. With the right speakers, you could actually play over a band with a 5W tube amp and a cab.
The sabbara caddabra acts like a laney amp with a booster already. Play it threw a clean amp of any kind and it will sound good. I'd throw a fulltone ranger in front of this laney studio , that will get ya similar tones in sure. :)
I’m not sure how I’m gonna buy this in Singapore but I will seek and venture to get it! It’s just so old school. No effects loop, sounds great, low wattage and looks stunning! I remembered when I started jamming and just starting to play guitar, saw this musician in the room with the pedals he had, just a delay, SD and chorus. And damn, he plays so well! It was YJM and some metal songs from Sabbath. This amp seems to serve my purpose. Just wanna keep things simple and play till I’m done. Age does really make us rethink on redundant things. 😂. Selling all this pedals and amps to get this!
I don't know if anyone has said this yet, but iommi was known to play the bass channel, but crank the treble and mids as well as scopping out the bass. This explains why also people played treble boosters. I mean treble boosters with most of the modern amps seem like they are too much but with amps like this where they are tend to be alot darker treble boosters make alot of sense.
Real glad for the Tony Iomi shout-out, but pretty clear DanishPete ain't from the black country. Yeah, at 11 minutes it did sound RIGHT! Dime'd out is what it's ALL about.
The 100watt Laney "Supergroup" amp was the original I think that was built for Tony Iommi. Correct me if I'm wrong. They actually pushed 130+watts like some of the similar Marshalls before Marshall went bonkers with the Marshall "Major" 200watters.
If it's good enough for the Riff master then it's good enough for me , period! PS you should of had Jamie Slays on for this episode , to really give this amp a workout!✌️🤘
Would be cool if you guys open a store somewhere in EU. I love your videos and always like them, unfortunately i can´t buy anything from UK without paying a shitload of taxes to Finland, so i end up always buying on Thomann :(
I have a orange rocker 15 and regularly get asked by venues to turn it down and have switched to half power and then “bedroom” setting which is 3-4w and it is plenty loud enough for pubs.
I don't understand why more people aren't using Laney amps. I had a 50 watt AOR that was a great Amp and only sold it because I was going thru Amps looking for the best in my price range. I paid under $250 for the AOR I paid $300 for my Laney VC50 212 Combo. I got my GH50L in a trade because it needed a new Transformer, which was under $150 for the fix Laney's got Fender Cleans to vicious Gain which can be controlled with the pedal At 70, I'm looking to get back on the stage and destroy ears with my Laney GH50l and Marshall JCM 900 2500
If they had added a post power-amp line output without cab-sim, this could have been used with a separate power amp, and it would be useable at any gig. I guess they missed a trick there, focussing too much on the home player. Apart from that one niggle, and speaking as a home player, I like it a lot! ;)
Guys like Clapton Beck Page Richard's Bloomfeild Kossof Blackmore had no problem getting crystal clear and cutting neck pickup tones from their British amps whether they be Marshall Laney orange sound city or Hiwatt and o think that is probably down to vintage neck pickups vs modern neck pickups. Vintage bridge pickup tone is not hard to achieve with modern pickups and modern clones of vintage pickups but recreating the vintage neck pickup tones with modern pickups is alot more difficult. Many vintage neck humbuckers had a clarity that I'd hard go recreate and many of them sounded like slightly fatter bridge pickups.
I am old school and started gigging when there were no pedals. Cable straight in was the way we rolled. We made great music without stomp boxes. Though I like pedals now, things were so different. I wonder how many could continue a long night if their pedalboard completely died? Some would be just fine others dead in the water.
Some younger players have built their sound and repertoire around guitar effects, so thankfully things did move on. The seemingly never-ending loop of 60s/70s nostalgia is stale and mouldy, however the constant marketing for thousands of products that happens now is tedious as well.
@@deaddoll1361 The only problem with that is I am not preaching. I am telling you what I did before pedals. You are right about younger players built their sound and depend on the pedals now. Which is fine. Just saying when I was a teen ager gigiging in the local high school proms it was straigh into the amp. No harm no foul I think Danish Pete may be old enough to know what I am talking about, maybe not.
I'm torn between this and the LA30BL. I am moving to a new country in a couple of weeks, which means that I am leaving most of my guitars and amps back home, at least until I get fully settled in. I have wanted the LA30BL since it was announced a few years ago, but they aren't available in my country, so I haven't pulled the trigger on getting one and paying for the whole international shipping and customs thing. Now that I'm moving, I would be able to get one. But at least for the first 3 - 6 months, I will most likely be living in a hotel or a small apartment, or wherever my company places me. So it's really not a smart move to buy a 30W head and a big speaker cab to go with it. But the LAStudio is a better choice for those circumstances. I could use it with headphones for the first few months, and then pair it with my cabs once I do the full moving procedure. However, I still really want the LA30BL, and I already own a Two Notes Torpedo Reload that I can use to play silently too. It really doesn't make sense to buy an amp to do the functionality of a piece of gear that I already have. But both of these are so expensive that I really can't get them both. Whichever I choose will have to be usable in a hotel with headphones, and with a cab later on. I really can't decide. Really what I should do is just get the Waza Katana headphones and be done with it.
You can always get a multi fx unit like a NuX mg300, which works really well with headphones. Really affordable too, and NuX also has a new mg400 just out, but I haven't tried that. Either way you'll have something you can use, when you get your amps back with you as well.
@@castleanthrax1833 Yeah, that's an option too. I am leaning towards the Katana Air. It's small, it's designed for that specific usecase, and when I get to do a full move, I can use it as a quick practice amp and bluetooth speaker. It might be an option
I think Danish Pete was right when he said it was loud enough to use as a monitor for your playing, but it would need to be sent to the house for sure... 3 watts can be really loud.. Or should I say.. It is really loud.. Just not Ryman loud.. That is pretty tame compared to a stadium gig.
Very cool, but personally I don't need all the torpedo stuff (already have load boxes and interfaces). If they cut all that and added a loop instead I would have bought it yesterday.
Tony [Iommi] wasn’t happy with some of the stuff he was trying to make him play. He was making Tony get 1968 amps - as if that’s gonna make it sound like back in 1968. It’s mad.
You can always put an eq pedal in front and use the "volume slider" on that. Leave the other sliders at zero, if you don't want it to colour your signal.
Would say it's very amp-dependent. If you have a JCM 800 or Dual Rectifier...that is why you bought those amps. You can goose them with a pedal but the majority of gain for most will be coming from the amp and not the pedal...At least most situations
I used to have a Laney combo amp, I wonder if someone can help me find info on. It was taller than it was wide. It predated the AOR series (probably Seventies vintage. The big thing: IT HAD A WHITE (color) 12" SPEAKER. It was kind of ugly, but it sounded fantastic. I've never seen another one, even in my research. Can anybody help me find anything on this amp?
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You mean the 3 guitars I won this week aren't real? 😅
@@BeyondTigerMilk Exactly
Captain, the choice to move on from Rob and hire Pete was a great move. It upped your cred and got the attention of incredible players that all know him and love him. Here here to Danish Pete.
Wait so your telling me I never got picked for the £5000 and a night out with the captain down the local boozers?
Bravo Laney, it was like an entire R&D department paid attention to what consumers want and actually gave it to them. The fact that a home friendly 3 tube watts (with a half wattage mode)with a DI out and headphone jack well being built in the UK (or at least assembled)is pretty awesome. The only thing that is kind of missing is an effects loop which might have been a cost cutting thing or maybe all you need is a tube screamer.
@@glennlilley8608 Mr. Lilley, I can see how being pointless may appeal to you. What I can't imagine is in all your long years no one ever bothered to tell you to think before you speak. You see doing so requires a small degree of introspection you seemingly lack, so instead of asking yourself whether you're helping or hurting' you remain oblivious to your own jackassery.
@@glennlilley8608 You been sampling your product mate?
Effects loops are kind of unnecessary on non master volume amps, unless it’s one of those cool amps that have a parallel effects loop with a blend knob.
With non master volume amps, you’re driving the preamp and power amp at the same time, so it’s not like you can put reverb and delay pedals “after” the amp’s distortion circuit.
The Torpedo adjustment dials in the rear of the amp, are actually very badly designed and/or built.
Sometimes the addition of an FX loop can negatively impact the sound of specific circuits. Perhaps this was the reason for the omission in this design as well.
I love how these guys give you a little background history of the products they review. Priceless!
Full marks to whoever designed the look of this amp, a thing of beauty!
Classic British Styling at it's best!
Laney did a small Supergroup and Epiphone released Tony Iommi SG Special at the same time. My wallet is crying
All you need now is an R2R Electric pedal to go with it!
So is mine , I missed out on the SG and now I'm tapped out anyway!😑
Checked into ordering one or those epi Iommi Sgs but they are only using standard epi P90s and not the custom wound boutique p90s they used on the Gibson custom shop Version . Those pickups are huge part of the original guitars sound so I ended up Passing on it . Gibson usa also has a more affordable Version of the Monkey SG but it only has the standard gibson P90s . So essentially the epi monkey SG is not any different from a regular epi SG special. I don't get why epi has stopped using higher quality pickups in their signature guitars save for the Bonamassa lazarus les paul even some of the recent Bonamassa epis like the norm burst and the 58 black beauty have had epi pickups. I have the black epi Iommi SG from a few years back and it has the gibson Tony Iommi signature humbuckers and it sounds killer and does the latter 70s never say die era and early 80s heaven and hell/mob rules era tone . The lack of upgraded pickups has caused me to pass on a few epis the last couple of years although I have bought 3 epi 59s and 1 of the 61 les paul/SGs along with the black Iommi SG. I wanted to buy one of the slash Epis and figured it would have the gibson Slash buckers or custom burstbucker Alnico 2s or whatever you want to call them but when I found out they had pro buckers it was a hard pass . I also really wanted the Alex lifeson les paul access epi version but when I found out that it was not going to come with a Gibson 496r neck and 498T bridge like the gibson versions do it was agian a hard pass . The 496r and 498t are not expensive pickups. Gibson used to use Duncan's in al the slash guitars including his signature pickups but now they will not even use the in-house wound gibson Vernon' of the slash pickups . Even though the latest slash epis only have epi pickups they are more expensive then the 59s with gibson burstbuckers which are gibsons most expensive pickups unless you count used custonbuckers . Epis with stock gibson pickups or Duncan's with factory upgraded wiring and pots wil almost always result in a purchase high end epis with upgraded pickups pots and wiring factory installed in my opinion are better quality better spec'd better value for the dollar guitars then any sub 2000 dollar gibson like the les paul studio les paul tribute or les paul faded etc . The high epis have no relief unlike the chambered and ultra modern weight relief of the lower end gibson les Paul's and the high end epis like the 59 are hand wired unlike the cheaper gibsons which have PCB boards and quick connect pots and pickups . Low end gibsons usually have the 490r;490T or 490r/498t set or on rare occasions the Bursrbucker pros The BB1 BB2 BB3 57 classic and 57 classic plus blow away all the 490 series pickups and the BB pros . The upgraded or not upgraded pickups are always the deciding factor for me . Considering the gibson custom shop monkey SG had the hand wound John Birch replica P90s epi should have F least used gibsons standard wound P90s . Stock gibson USA P90s are fantastic sounding P90s .
I have both run through a 12" vintage 30. Plus a pakrat pedal . AWESOME
So glad I stuck around to hear The Captain's non-de-monitized version of AFTER FOREVER. Made my day. Cheers
Good lord that amp sounds incredible!😳
Absolutely love Laney amps and this is no exception. Looks like a great vintage inspired amp, ideal for home. Another great demo from the Danelander & the Capt.
My very first guitar amp was the 2x12" 50w combo version of that amp in 1971. Incredibly loud and heavy .. fantastic amp.
The first amp I fell in love with was in 1983 / 1984. It was the new 100 watt Laney Pro stack. Incredible metal sound for the time. even over the old Marshalls. Until I managed to get a 68 plexi with the gain mod and all new tubes for a really great price while saving up to get the Laney stack.
Those new IR technologies are great. By the way, you guys should make a video about actual cabs, because they are so overlooked. I didn't really dive into that until I bought the Captor X. I would use combos, or "matching cabs" for heads, and I used to think the whole discussion on speakers and cabs was a thing for geeks and purists. But cabs make a huge difference in the tone and sometimes when you think you want another amp, maybe another cab is just what you need.
One thing though: IRs will give you the sound of a recorded amp, not the actual tone of the amp in the room. So even if you use loud studio monitors they will not react the exact same way as the amplifier and cab would, but you'll hear something closer to a recording.
True! Scored a Yamaha cab on sale which had Eminence speakers in it, a Tonker and a Legend series speaker. Plugging into either speaker one at a time was really interesting, changing the characteristics of my Fender and Marshall amps in a really interesting way.
I think it's an excellent bargain for what looks to be a powerful and flexible home recording too. Great demo, thanks!
Great move by Laney. This is where the future is, me thinks. Medium selectable wattage TUBE amps, with embedded DI & IR's.
Agreed! Revv have the small heads with built-in loadbox, which I'm also very interested in!
The future isnt fake digital amps or IR’s
@@Ottophil lmao keep on telling yourself that, dude. it's not the future, it's already the present.
If I’m buying something with di /IRs I’d rather just go digital tbh.
@@mrcoatsworth429 future was 7 years ago when Kemper destroyed the Victory in the blind test, I just wasn’t ready to accept it :,)
It's definitely niche. I imagine a tube screamer would make it a bit tighter and not quite so fizzy. The Two Notes is interesting to pair with such an old school amp.
Thanks for the demo. Have mine on order from Andertons and hope I get one of the first stock here to the US! I want to try it with UK power with my setup!
Jesus, this sounds old school great!
You guys are AWESOME!
A more Captain-friendly volume level too! I remember watching the video for the original 40W reissue in 2018/19 ish and feeling bad for Mr Anderton wincing while sitting right next to the cab 😬
I love it tbh! It’d be good to see a comparison with the studio 5 as well
yes I agree, Im in love with the Lionheart5
Great sounding amp with just 3 watts!!!
And the build in TwoNotes is also a interessting system at an old school soinding amp that is till now just in modern sounding amps.
And hands up for the BCC Steelpark! A really great pedal that exists at my pedalboard between the Nagaviper and Fortin 33 & Grind!
Good work Laney!
And thx for showing this Andertons \m/
10:05 THERES the Black Sabbath sound!!!
I feel like Andertons channel is the perfect place to find the gears you need by hearing these authentic tones and sounds before buying. Thanks to Andertons team, I decided to buy Chapman ML3 Pro guitar. I live in Canada though and especially Purple Metallic finish ML3 is hard to find. I am excited!
absolutely a classic tone.
3W all tube high gain. Loved it
Captain laying down the heavy rock riff!👊🏻
in terms of the flubby bottom end thing i think thats from jumping the channels, on those old 4 input amps people like Tony Iommi and Hendrix never used to jump the channels like everyone seems to do in demos these days, they used the treble input and it cut through the band mix nicely.
Not iommi, he used the bass channel
@@MarioHernandez-zc7dv and a treble boost.
Usually these low watt tube amps almost always have flubby or weak bass. A product of small output transformers. If you want a tight sound you have to go with the big boys.
On these old amps, the EQ is before where the amp is distorting. So it’s shaping the sound before it gets distorted, so it’s best to set the bass lower, even totally off for higher gain sounds. No different to using a tubescreamer to tighten things up.
Problem is, so many guitar players are ridiculously conservative with settings on amps and pedals and don’t realise how interactive the controls can be, so set up a vintage style amp with the EQ all at 12 and don’t touch them for different gain settings and then complain the bass is ‘flubby’ when it’s actually user error.
@@3rdStoreyChemist Indeed you are 100% right. A low cut before your signal hits the amp can go a long way to tighten up your sound.
In my experience with these low watt tube amps even if you apply all the 'tricks' you always have kinda weak bass for things like palm muting. Running to a speaker cab you can't get around a weak power section. Even the 15-20w 2x EL84 amps can be a bit weak sauce.
It's not like this thing is marketed as a metal amp though. For what it is, I think it's a cool amp other than being (IMO) overpriced.
The New PRS compressor would sound great with this head .Laney has always had the sound Marshalls are trying to get.
Excellent demo guys. It sounds much better here than some other I've watched.
The tone reminds me of the Bugera Infinium amps.
I would like to see this features in a Lionheart L5A which I much prefer the tone.
We always talk about Iommi's use of these amps, but I was shocked to learn that early on Geezer used the same amp. While Tony used the Bass input, Butler would plug into the Treble side. Im sure this was a budget friendly necessity back then, but they have always the heaviest sound around. Love me some Black Sabbath
Great vid. I regret selling my TI15 a couple years ago after i bust my elbow. The versatility of that amp was awesome!! I reckon another LANEY is defo on the shopping list - probably the SuperCub 15. Selling my two high-end guitars so i hope to get one from SANTA!! Cheers from Spain
Yeas, I was thinking about buying one, but a Marshall Origin 20h fell into my lap, at a price I couldn't refuse. Still thinking about the supercub combo though, as I need a small combo with a single 12 inch speaker.
@@castleanthrax1833 nice. I gigged the old Iommi15 down the pub on a saturday night. Full Rock band doing Lizzy & Idol to about 60+ people. Worked great & it wasn´t even FLAT OUT.. I have to get another
3W is a lot, if you know how to use it. I have a 1W DSL tube head and at volume 1 it is too loud for the bedroom. At the .1W mode I cannot turn it up past 2 or 3 because it is still too loud for the bedroom. With the right speakers, you could actually play over a band with a 5W tube amp and a cab.
Love the Aesthetic of this amp, sounds pretty awesome aswell 👌🏼👌🏼 well done the lads
Treble boost is definitely needed with this. Catalinbread Sabbra Caddabra or an AnalogMan Beano Boost should make this sound really great.
H.B.E Germania it's good as well
Guitarsystems trebletool for me.
The sabbara caddabra acts like a laney amp with a booster already. Play it threw a clean amp of any kind and it will sound good. I'd throw a fulltone ranger in front of this laney studio , that will get ya similar tones in sure. :)
The Laney IRONHEART is a beast of an amp.
I’m not sure how I’m gonna buy this in Singapore but I will seek and venture to get it! It’s just so old school. No effects loop, sounds great, low wattage and looks stunning! I remembered when I started jamming and just starting to play guitar, saw this musician in the room with the pedals he had, just a delay, SD and chorus. And damn, he plays so well! It was YJM and some metal songs from Sabbath. This amp seems to serve my purpose. Just wanna keep things simple and play till I’m done. Age does really make us rethink on redundant things. 😂. Selling all this pedals and amps to get this!
That’s a great sounding and looking amp.
I don't know if anyone has said this yet, but iommi was known to play the bass channel, but crank the treble and mids as well as scopping out the bass. This explains why also people played treble boosters. I mean treble boosters with most of the modern amps seem like they are too much but with amps like this where they are tend to be alot darker treble boosters make alot of sense.
It was the day to try the SG iommi epiphone at the same time. And why not if it’s possible a comparison of the 30 and this one…
Real glad for the Tony Iomi shout-out, but pretty clear DanishPete ain't from the black country. Yeah, at 11 minutes it did sound RIGHT! Dime'd out is what it's ALL about.
Iommi isn’t from the Black Country either! Birmingham isn’t in the Black Country.
Andetons: *demos a Laney Amp*
Also Andetons: *doesn't use a P-90 SG*
I love Laney guitar and bass amps 🤘🏻
The 100watt Laney "Supergroup" amp was the original I think that was built for Tony Iommi. Correct me if I'm wrong. They actually pushed 130+watts like some of the similar Marshalls before Marshall went bonkers with the Marshall "Major" 200watters.
is it possible to use this LA Studio Two Note Torpedo Cab output only without hooking it to a cab , does it gonna ruin the amp?
Sounds frickin' amazing!!
If it's good enough for the Riff master then it's good enough for me , period! PS you should of had Jamie Slays on for this episode , to really give this amp a workout!✌️🤘
So you don't need a speaker load with the 2 notes engaged? Did I understand that correctly? It sounds great!
It looks the nuts! I definitely don't need one but am going to buy one . It sounds fantastic 🙂
Would be cool if you guys open a store somewhere in EU. I love your videos and always like them, unfortunately i can´t buy anything from UK without paying a shitload of taxes to Finland, so i end up always buying on Thomann :(
I have a orange rocker 15 and regularly get asked by venues to turn it down and have switched to half power and then “bedroom” setting which is 3-4w and it is plenty loud enough for pubs.
The Bedroom setting is 0.5-1W. But in its 15W mode, it’s still lacking in headroom for a loud drummer.
I don't understand why more people aren't using Laney amps. I had a 50 watt AOR that was a great Amp and only sold it because I was going thru Amps looking for the best in my price range.
I paid under $250 for the AOR
I paid $300 for my Laney VC50 212 Combo.
I got my GH50L in a trade because it needed a new Transformer, which was under $150 for the fix
Laney's got Fender Cleans to vicious Gain which can be controlled with the pedal
At 70, I'm looking to get back on the stage and destroy ears with my Laney GH50l and Marshall JCM 900 2500
So how can i buy a surf blue hoodie like Pete was wearing ?? as not on the site
Love my VC15. Can’t understand why Laney discontinued it.
Instant tony iommi. Wish they gave an fx loop, for loopers if not anything else.
If they had added a post power-amp line output without cab-sim, this could have been used with a separate power amp, and it would be useable at any gig. I guess they missed a trick there, focussing too much on the home player.
Apart from that one niggle, and speaking as a home player, I like it a lot! ;)
Sounds great! Honestly I’d get this, back to the bare bones and stick things in front and just have fun.
Yes, it can get uncomfortable having things stuck in the back. Hehehe.
Pete’s review: that’s a good sound
Love you guys legends saying hi from Australia 🇦🇺
Ive run a Blackstar Fly 3 into a 4x12. Its surprising how loud it can get!
The DI stuff has been fantastic for years. If you weren’t denying it cuz you’re hung up on tubes you would have noticed
a treble booster would do the trick for neck pickups and or Sabbath kind of sounds.
Sounded a bit to thin and bright for my taste. I guess its partly a question of how you adjust the eq knobs.
Guys like Clapton Beck Page Richard's Bloomfeild Kossof Blackmore had no problem getting crystal clear and cutting neck pickup tones from their British amps whether they be Marshall Laney orange sound city or Hiwatt and o think that is probably down to vintage neck pickups vs modern neck pickups. Vintage bridge pickup tone is not hard to achieve with modern pickups and modern clones of vintage pickups but recreating the vintage neck pickup tones with modern pickups is alot more difficult. Many vintage neck humbuckers had a clarity that I'd hard go recreate and many of them sounded like slightly fatter bridge pickups.
laney are the best bang for the buck amps in the world
Treble booster is the name of the game here.
From Dallas Rangemaster to Beano Boost by Analog Man, that's what you guys are missing in this review.
I love it. I have a Cub Supertop and might think about a change.
A tighter bottom end and it would be a killer amp . It's rock n roll that's for sure and leads just sound killer
I am old school and started gigging when there were no pedals. Cable straight in was the way we rolled. We made great music without stomp boxes. Though I like pedals now, things were so different. I wonder how many could continue a long night if their pedalboard completely died? Some would be just fine others dead in the water.
Some younger players have built their sound and repertoire around guitar effects, so thankfully things did move on. The seemingly never-ending loop of 60s/70s nostalgia is stale and mouldy, however the constant marketing for thousands of products that happens now is tedious as well.
@@deaddoll1361 The only problem with that is I am not preaching. I am telling you what I did before pedals. You are right about younger players built their sound and depend on the pedals now. Which is fine. Just saying when I was a teen ager gigiging in the local high school proms it was straigh into the amp. No harm no foul I think Danish Pete may be old enough to know what I am talking about, maybe not.
Oh and we had to walk 10 miles to school in he snow.. 15 miles back.. Get off of my yard. lol
Amp sounds great when turned up to 10. Can you even imagine how awesome it would sound if it went to 11?
One louder !
Pete + Epi + Laney = 😂🎉🤟 ( just remember to keep that sound-condom dirt pedal turned OFF, thx. )
I realy love it! ...But sadly i couldnt spend the 900€ at this moment. Inflation and natural gas prices hittin hard these days in germany. 😔
I'm torn between this and the LA30BL.
I am moving to a new country in a couple of weeks, which means that I am leaving most of my guitars and amps back home, at least until I get fully settled in.
I have wanted the LA30BL since it was announced a few years ago, but they aren't available in my country, so I haven't pulled the trigger on getting one and paying for the whole international shipping and customs thing.
Now that I'm moving, I would be able to get one. But at least for the first 3 - 6 months, I will most likely be living in a hotel or a small apartment, or wherever my company places me. So it's really not a smart move to buy a 30W head and a big speaker cab to go with it.
But the LAStudio is a better choice for those circumstances. I could use it with headphones for the first few months, and then pair it with my cabs once I do the full moving procedure.
However, I still really want the LA30BL, and I already own a Two Notes Torpedo Reload that I can use to play silently too. It really doesn't make sense to buy an amp to do the functionality of a piece of gear that I already have.
But both of these are so expensive that I really can't get them both. Whichever I choose will have to be usable in a hotel with headphones, and with a cab later on.
I really can't decide. Really what I should do is just get the Waza Katana headphones and be done with it.
You can always get a multi fx unit like a NuX mg300, which works really well with headphones. Really affordable too, and NuX also has a new mg400 just out, but I haven't tried that. Either way you'll have something you can use, when you get your amps back with you as well.
@@castleanthrax1833 Yeah, that's an option too. I am leaning towards the Katana Air. It's small, it's designed for that specific usecase, and when I get to do a full move, I can use it as a quick practice amp and bluetooth speaker. It might be an option
Get a Positive Grid Spark Mini!
want to hear the amp ( fully cranked ) with treble booster like ti boost
I have a 1\2 watt tube amp and it plenty loud enough for bedroom or at 12 o'clock it's at singing volume
This and the new Epiphone Iommi would make a good sounds like video.
@16:14 I sense a little tension? 🤣 Is Pete ok? 🤔
I'd like to see a vid on the 30 watt too!
I think Danish Pete was right when he said it was loud enough to use as a monitor for your playing, but it would need to be sent to the house for sure... 3 watts can be really loud.. Or should I say.. It is really loud.. Just not Ryman loud.. That is pretty tame compared to a stadium gig.
Very cool, but personally I don't need all the torpedo stuff (already have load boxes and interfaces). If they cut all that and added a loop instead I would have bought it yesterday.
About half way in the demo now. Hope you guys played it with a treble booster. That's how Tony cut the flub you guys are hearing.
They haven't even played with the EQ knobs lol.
Tony [Iommi] wasn’t happy with some of the stuff he was trying to make him play. He was making Tony get 1968 amps - as if that’s gonna make it sound like back in 1968. It’s mad.
That IS THE SOUND KINGX To BLACK SABBATH
All amps should have a master volume
That's a great sounding amp
It runs into a DOH! Sounds promising :D :D
Iomi used a Treblebooster, that was his "more" ;)
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For a home amp, I want a master volume control.
You can always put an eq pedal in front and use the "volume slider" on that. Leave the other sliders at zero, if you don't want it to colour your signal.
13:20 Pete is having cab-clone flashbacks 😅.
What speakers are in the cab?
Those cabs remind me of the Fender Bassbreaker tones.
You cannot run a cabinet and the two notes at same time?
Yes you can
A few days ago I was thinking, Why don't these big named tube amp companies install a version of the two notes in their amps. Shazam! 😁
Right!?😂🎉 this thing is really poking me the right way! 🤤
@@fatsuperfly Hmmmm, I don't think I would describe that way, lol but yeah. haha
Doesn't some Revv amps have them?
@@castleanthrax1833 I didn't check. I was just thinking of Fender and Marshall tube amps.
@@johnsmith-ug5tp I was genuinely asking too. I'm not sure if Revv has the two notes tech, but it sounds familiar.
When will it be available in the U.S.?
Legit question, how many people actually use the distortion generated from their amp instead of just leaving the volume low and using a pedal?
Would say it's very amp-dependent.
If you have a JCM 800 or Dual Rectifier...that is why you bought those amps. You can goose them with a pedal but the majority of gain for most will be coming from the amp and not the pedal...At least most situations
Danish Pete: I’m bored already! 😂
I prefer booster pedals to the ones you took Lee.
I used to have a Laney combo amp, I wonder if someone can help me find info on. It was taller than it was wide. It predated the AOR series (probably Seventies vintage. The big thing: IT HAD A WHITE (color) 12" SPEAKER. It was kind of ugly, but it sounded fantastic. I've never seen another one, even in my research. Can anybody help me find anything on this amp?
Loud superb!
With the Les Paul, Pete was definitely getting into Jimmy Page tone territory.
Wait a minute is there no effects loop on this thing? If not I give it the finger.