LOVE Laney amps. I have an old VC30 that rules, but this might make for another little cool amp to have around. Great first impressions my friend, hope you’re doing well!!!
I'm impressed that this amp is so compact, looks great and has an effects loop .. and reverb .. and a 12 inch speaker. The amp sounds amazing too and has plenty of gain for what I do. I'll assume it's a tube amp? if not, I'm even more in awe.
Would be interested when you do the full vid if you could compare it to a Marshall equivalent as a comparison, also would be good to hear what that 1w input sounded like for practicing. Would also be great to this this amp with the monolith you reviewed a while back and see how they sound together.
Sounds great. I had my tv speakers cranked, and the strings on my Les Paul started sympathetically vibrating along. I think my guitar wants me to buy this amp...
The clean sounds are very subpar, but the overdrive tones are really something. Incredible Marshall vibes from such a small amp. I was impressed, it seems like a great recording amp.
i got such a cool,/hot amp for little, money, the version with just 2 plugin, 1 watt or 15 Watts no gain control.I compared with my blues junior. 20 watts the laney. Seems to have more Brit Grit. Easyer to carryAthome 1watt heavy sound without drive the neightbours completly mad.
I love the cleans on my Supercub 12. It gives heavenly clear and crispy tones paired with a Reverend Airsonic. But I can't deny my Blackstar ht-5 mkII has definitely more bass, even at low levels... maybe I should try to link them with a Y-cable into the amp to get both amps together... What do you think?
You could try using both together…you may need some kind of a splitter pedal though as you can get phasing issues when using two amps …but you can definitely give it a try!!
Well considerin' Laney were the company that created the amp with the tone that pretty much invented or paved the way for Heavy Metal, whadd'ya expect.
Have to say shocked by this. I had an 80 watt Laney a couple of decades ago was alway very loud but never got a decent sounding dirty tone from it and always found it very tinny without much base this little 15w sounds totally different
I have had my eye on a Vox AC10C1 for a while but I think these might be better. It has an effects loop for one thing, and they sound good in the demos.
Laney says it’s a 12 inch 50 watt but it’s a 65 watt I swapped mine in the 2-12 for Celestion g12 t 75 much better more clean with my boss katana 100 head
Cool little amp... Gain sounds seemed very good, unsure about the cleans from this first time impressions vid. Seems fairly priced and I think the 1w is a good option, so no attenuator required, unlike let's say a Marshal sv20 or the like at 5w which definitely needs an attenuator to get desirable amp tones without relying solely on pedals to push the amp. 😎
Which most better if compare with vox Ac15 and Fender blues junior tweed /IV? Of course the budget and sound quality take the most consider. I love play clean with some crunch
Two very different amps! This one is probably more versatile but the Marshall has that vintage Marshall tone…tough question…I’d probably go for the Marshall if I wanted to use drive pedals and this one if I wanted to use the drive on the amp!
It all depends on your drummer…if you have a loud drummer and you want pristine cleans then it’ll get close! If you want a more driven sound then it should be ok! If your drummer isn’t super loud then you shouldn’t have a problem
This is almost certainly the most affordable way to get a JCM 800 preamp and usable volume levels for those who do not already own a Synergy preamp module chassis.
For the price blues junior is asking, it doesn't even have effects loop. Effects loop and an eq pedal can change your sound completely, making your purchase more worth it.
'Boutique amp' vs 'budget amp'. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a tweaked Monoprice/Harley Benton Tube15, same circuit and components (except for the speaker), but at double the price. The back panel connections are identical too. This doesn't even have a spring reverb, it has a digital one. They changed the 1-15 Watt attenuator, split it into 2 inputs instead of a switch, and the 'boost' function? You can buy one hell of a boost pedal for half of the money that this amp costs. LOL.
Actually, Monoprice/HB tube amps are a 1:1 copy of the 1st generation Laney CUB 12R circuit, which itself is a modified Marshall JCM800 preamp paired with Laney's take on the Marshall 18W poweramp. This is the 2nd gen of that amp with new overdrive and reverb circuits. While the reverb is digital, it's essentially a built-in Laney Black Country Custom Secret Path circuit, a 200$ high end pedal. The boost is a built in Black Country Custom Steelpark, also a great pedal. You get what you paid for in integrated pedals alone. The speaker is a modified Vintage 30 style one, made by the company of same guy who designed the original for Celestion. The build quality and parts are flawless and very sturdy. If you want to settle with cheap knockoffs for your bedroom, sure, go ahead, it will sound similar enough. This thing on the other hand can actually handle live gigs without rattling apart. And it has no right sounding as good as it does, it wipes the floor with anything by Orange or Marshall in the wider price range. I have one since it came out and it's a little monster.
@@Pizvo Didn't know the HB was a copy of an earlier Laney, thanks for the info... I don't gig anymore so a 'bedroom amp' or rather livingroom amp will do just fine, the downside of these cheap brands is reliability. I've had the Tube15 returned to store for repair 3 times now, they gave me a replacement amp twice, the 3rd time they actually fixed the issue, turned out all 5 tubes kicked the bucket at the same time, but since this was a 4 months old replacement they fitted new tubes for free out of leniency, checked the components and sent it back. I'm now looking for a more reliable amp that doesn't break the bank but 600-700 euros doesn't justify the goal, and 15 watts is way too loud for my apartment, so I'm looking at 1W to 5W alternatives, the Marshall DSL1 head in particular. It's still made in Asia but it should be more reliable than a Harley Benton and 1 watt of tube power in here is more than loud enough. I'll hook it up to two 2x12 cabs, 1 fitted with Celestion V30 and 1 with creambacks. I've always been a Marshall guy, since the 70s, except for the 90s when I had the very first Peavey 5150 combo, I think it was 60 watts. With the volume halfway up and gain at 3 o clock the ladies in the front of the audience didn't need a hair blower 🤣😅🤣
I got one of these recently and I love it. Pairs so nicely with my Tele and makes me want to play. Can recommend
Where is the amp made?
Lots of drive for a little amp. I love that it maintains detail even with lots of gain. Some small amps get very muddy at high gain.
No, it's the clean tones that matter with small amps and Headroom, distortion is easy
I've got a Laney VC15 which is a great little valve amp. This new one sounds good too.
LOVE Laney amps. I have an old VC30 that rules, but this might make for another little cool amp to have around. Great first impressions my friend, hope you’re doing well!!!
I'm impressed that this amp is so compact, looks great and has an effects loop .. and reverb .. and a 12 inch speaker. The amp sounds amazing too and has plenty of gain for what I do. I'll assume it's a tube amp? if not, I'm even more in awe.
Yep all tube…two EL84!
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@@davidwoods358me too
Sounds really good!
Would be interested when you do the full vid if you could compare it to a Marshall equivalent as a comparison, also would be good to hear what that 1w input sounded like for practicing. Would also be great to this this amp with the monolith you reviewed a while back and see how they sound together.
Sounds great. I had my tv speakers cranked, and the strings on my Les Paul started sympathetically vibrating along. I think my guitar wants me to buy this amp...
Haha…it’s a sign
thanks for a great demo
appreciate the range of tones, especially clean amd reverb. most times it isnt covered
Thank you very much!!
That arpeggio you're playing when you first started demoing the Laney sounds like "I Saw Nick Drake" by Robyn Hitchcock
The clean sounds are very subpar, but the overdrive tones are really something. Incredible Marshall vibes from such a small amp. I was impressed, it seems like a great recording amp.
I think it would make a great little recording amp!
@@TSFAHTPS Great demo, keep the good work! Greetings from Portugal!
@@MrTelecosta thank you Joao
I have this amp and the cleans are very good. I’d say it’s the humbuckers pushing the pre amp too hard.
That's always the case, it's clean tones that make an amp not distortion, small amps lose headroom, great amp
I have this amp and love it. Out the door price was $600 US.
Another great amp from the great people at Laney!
Absolutely
Wonderful loud baby cub!🎸🙂
I was really surprised how loud this thing gets…
that sounds a 1000 times better than the fender tone pro modeller with no speaker at a fraction of the price
Amazing amp for the money! =)
i got such a cool,/hot amp for little, money, the version with just 2 plugin, 1 watt or 15 Watts no gain control.I compared with my blues junior. 20 watts the laney. Seems to have more Brit Grit. Easyer to carryAthome 1watt heavy sound without drive the neightbours completly mad.
I love the cleans on my Supercub 12. It gives heavenly clear and crispy tones paired with a Reverend Airsonic. But I can't deny my Blackstar ht-5 mkII has definitely more bass, even at low levels... maybe I should try to link them with a Y-cable into the amp to get both amps together...
What do you think?
You could try using both together…you may need some kind of a splitter pedal though as you can get phasing issues when using two amps …but you can definitely give it a try!!
Im thinking buy this one or ht5r mkii. What you think have better sound, for play with pedals, pink floyd style!
Sweet amp.
I ordered Cub Super 10. Smaller version with 6 Watts of power.
Laney certainly make some good amps. 👍🏻
Well considerin' Laney were the company that created the amp with the tone that pretty much invented or paved the way for Heavy Metal, whadd'ya expect.
great job!!!
Thank you Délivrance
Have to say shocked by this. I had an 80 watt Laney a couple of decades ago was alway very loud but never got a decent sounding dirty tone from it and always found it very tinny without much base this little 15w sounds totally different
It’s a great sounding little amp and loud as hell …I was very surprised!
Superb tone and guitarist. Reminds me of Anton Newcombe .
Thank you very much Michael!! I gotta check out Anton Newcombe
I have had my eye on a Vox AC10C1 for a while but I think these might be better. It has an effects loop for one thing, and they sound good in the demos.
I was really surprised how good these sounded! The full demo video should be out any day now too!!
I'm getting a used one in a couple of days based on two of your videos.
I'm more of a less-than-one watt kind-a-guy. In more ways than one.
Hope you will like it!! Let us know what you think
I want them to reissue the KLIPP. 🙏
They were great…I really like the look of the Laney logo on them as well
👍👍👍
Laney says it’s a 12 inch 50 watt but it’s a 65 watt I swapped mine in the 2-12 for Celestion g12 t 75 much better more clean with my boss katana 100 head
This amp definitely competes with the fender blues jr
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Cool little amp... Gain sounds seemed very good, unsure about the cleans from this first time impressions vid.
Seems fairly priced and I think the 1w is a good option, so no attenuator required, unlike let's say a Marshal sv20 or the like at 5w which definitely needs an attenuator to get desirable amp tones without relying solely on pedals to push the amp.
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Well even this amp needs an attenuator on the 1w channel cause it is F---IN' LOUD, but yes you can get great distorted sounds with the master volume.
Which most better if compare with vox Ac15 and Fender blues junior tweed /IV? Of course the budget and sound quality take the most consider. I love play clean with some crunch
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Between the this Laney or the Marshall Origin 20. Which one to choose?
Two very different amps! This one is probably more versatile but the Marshall has that vintage Marshall tone…tough question…I’d probably go for the Marshall if I wanted to use drive pedals and this one if I wanted to use the drive on the amp!
I wonder how this amp would sound compared to the fender amp family playing a Tele slightly overdriven country style?
I didn't know Jurgen Klopp can play guitar as well. 🤣
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In your opinion, is this amp loud enough to gig with a band, without the need to mic it up ?
It all depends on your drummer…if you have a loud drummer and you want pristine cleans then it’ll get close! If you want a more driven sound then it should be ok! If your drummer isn’t super loud then you shouldn’t have a problem
@@TSFAHTPS OK, thank you so much for your answer, greetings from Italy 👍✋
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Love it! Gonna buy. Question, is there a pedal effect that makes harmonics ring more noticeably with higher gain?
A compressor pedal would probably help to achieve this.
This is almost certainly the most affordable way to get a JCM 800 preamp and usable volume levels for those who do not already own a Synergy preamp module chassis.
Monoprice / Harley Benton 15w offerings are quite cheap too.
@@montygibbon1905 They are clones of the original Laney CUB series, though I saw a comment which stated that they have some Fender Junior clones now.
Where is it made?
Why is it basically double the price of old cub 12r? Any reasonable explanation?
Perhaps to claw back some of the "paid promotion" overheads?
Gábor, are you Hungarian?
My dad is…I grew up in Austria and now live in Australia
@@TSFAHTPS my father was also Hungarian and his name was Gabor. Viszontlátásra :)
Compared to blues junior, which is better for blues & pop, multifunctional?
For the price blues junior is asking, it doesn't even have effects loop. Effects loop and an eq pedal can change your sound completely, making your purchase more worth it.
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Practice amp?
Sure
Any concerns with not having a stand by switch?
Blisteringly loud! Look forward to the full review.
It was almost painfully loud at one stage - very surprising…I didn’t expect that at all
This amp made in uk?
Made in China.
RRP$1099! Good Luck with that .
Is that in the US? In Australia they are around $799 which would be closer to US$500
Laney amplifiers/logos devalue the product. The logo should change elegantly. Must be stylish like the Marshall logo
'Boutique amp' vs 'budget amp'.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is a tweaked Monoprice/Harley Benton Tube15, same circuit and components (except for the speaker), but at double the price. The back panel connections are identical too. This doesn't even have a spring reverb, it has a digital one. They changed the 1-15 Watt attenuator, split it into 2 inputs instead of a switch, and the 'boost' function? You can buy one hell of a boost pedal for half of the money that this amp costs. LOL.
Actually, Monoprice/HB tube amps are a 1:1 copy of the 1st generation Laney CUB 12R circuit, which itself is a modified Marshall JCM800 preamp paired with Laney's take on the Marshall 18W poweramp.
This is the 2nd gen of that amp with new overdrive and reverb circuits. While the reverb is digital, it's essentially a built-in Laney Black Country Custom Secret Path circuit, a 200$ high end pedal. The boost is a built in Black Country Custom Steelpark, also a great pedal.
You get what you paid for in integrated pedals alone. The speaker is a modified Vintage 30 style one, made by the company of same guy who designed the original for Celestion. The build quality and parts are flawless and very sturdy.
If you want to settle with cheap knockoffs for your bedroom, sure, go ahead, it will sound similar enough. This thing on the other hand can actually handle live gigs without rattling apart. And it has no right sounding as good as it does, it wipes the floor with anything by Orange or Marshall in the wider price range. I have one since it came out and it's a little monster.
@@Pizvo Didn't know the HB was a copy of an earlier Laney, thanks for the info...
I don't gig anymore so a 'bedroom amp' or rather livingroom amp will do just fine, the downside of these cheap brands is reliability. I've had the Tube15 returned to store for repair 3 times now, they gave me a replacement amp twice, the 3rd time they actually fixed the issue, turned out all 5 tubes kicked the bucket at the same time, but since this was a 4 months old replacement they fitted new tubes for free out of leniency, checked the components and sent it back.
I'm now looking for a more reliable amp that doesn't break the bank but 600-700 euros doesn't justify the goal, and 15 watts is way too loud for my apartment, so I'm looking at 1W to 5W alternatives, the Marshall DSL1 head in particular. It's still made in Asia but it should be more reliable than a Harley Benton and 1 watt of tube power in here is more than loud enough. I'll hook it up to two 2x12 cabs, 1 fitted with Celestion V30 and 1 with creambacks.
I've always been a Marshall guy, since the 70s, except for the 90s when I had the very first Peavey 5150 combo, I think it was 60 watts. With the volume halfway up and gain at 3 o clock the ladies in the front of the audience didn't need a hair blower 🤣😅🤣
It'd be interesting to compare the Laney board with the Monoprice/Harley Benton LC-15 variant which is mainly SMD populated.
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