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I think this little amp rocks. I have this little puppy and it pumps out some warm tones, very cool for rock/blues and does metal convincingly as well. The amp takes pedals really well too, plus it has an effects loop. I don't think you can really go wrong with this one.
Your playing is impeccable, so whatever you touch will be golden. Add to that the fact that Laney makes badass amps ensures truly great sounds. Thank you for providing your reviews and your music.
Last week I got the Laney. Version 1 Watt or 15 Watt input happy happy Thank you for the greetings to Jeff. My favorite tune. May he being rocking in heaven.
Been looking for a small practice amp and this is on my short list. For the price, this has moved to the top. I like how it took the gain pedals. Thanks for the Jeff Beck. One of the first tunes I learned as a youngin.
We got a great selection of sub 450 Euro amps today. Just a few that are good value for money imho. Marshall DSL-1 (all tube, 2 channel with reverb 8"), Vox VT40x (built in fx and tuner, 10"), Fender Pro Jr. IV SE (all tube 10" no nonsense amp), Roland JC-22 (clean Police sound, stereo). The Vox does about 240 Euro, the Roland is 450-ish, the other amps are inbetween.
Amen bro should have some verb for the money. Awesome to hear some fat riffs early in the morning. I also feel like that when you switched to the Ibanez, it took like a duck to water. Maybe perfect for a new player.
Av respekt för potentiella köpare får dagens kommentar ske på engelska: The thing about Laney is their products still match the "poor man's Marshall"-description. Having been an avid user of all things Laney since '05 I will state that the biggest problem was and still is the lack of balance between treble and bass. This is actually not a problem as long as you're playing single coils or humbuckers exclusively. But as soon as you want to have both pickup-alternatives at your disposal, you will have to re-ascess the time at your disposal. Laney's are a bit too sensitive to pickups and you need to be attentive to that. This goes for the stacked humbuckers aswell as they tend to react as single coils in these matters. I play both active humbuckers, stacked humbuckers and single coils and often need to conduct severe setting-changes when switching guitars on my main setup at home; Laney IR60 through an Ibanez 4*12. Bara några tankar sådär 😊. Men fin recension. Blev lite sugen på att skaffa en sån där liten Laney 🤗.
I want to get one, but I still have my 22 year old Laney LC15 (no reverb) with an upgraded greenback 10” plus upgraded TAD tubes (their cryogenic top of the line). It sounds SO good, every time someone comes over and plays thru it, their jaw drops. It sounds better than my LC50 II. I think it’s the 10” speaker. It just breaks up so nice, how can I replace it with something that’s basically the same amp, but with a 12” speaker? I don’t need two. I WANT two, I just don’t NEED two.
What do you mean the overdrive isnt nice ?? It is actually with a boost one of the warmest sounding fat tube sounds amongs any amps !!! Not everyone is a metal head ! ( no disrespect) but is a mega amp for blues or clean tones imho ,,,, Good rewiew tho !
I think the Tube 15 doesn't have an analogous 'boost' right? You'll probably get less distortion from it. Is the HB 15 reverb as good as the Laney one? I personally think the Laney's tone is more balanced, Tube5 and 15 sound very 'trebly'.
Nice! Not bad at all. This sounds awesome actually, very nice tones! I STILL have Laney LX20 - my first amp ever. You can get ANY sound out of it, it is a weird and a good amp, with even weirder distorsion. + It is still sold as a practise home amp (LX 20 watts - around 100 euro in Croatia, new), but is really is not. Until i got myself a Blackstar and all other, i was playing live with big boys with not even 1 problem. I could follow. It was all almost on max but i survived numerous live shows with LX20 LoL + RG Superstrat 🤦♂️🤣🤷♂️🤷♂️ It is a VERY VERY VERY loud amp! You are right man, you can get sound out of anything, you just have to know stuff... You need to know quite a bit actually for that... awesome vid, thanks mate! Sry 4 my grammar... faq it i did my best 🤟🤟👋👋👋
Maybe bigger speaker would sound better than in this one. But still cleans and preamp breakup sounds nice. Your strymon done some great job :) hb15 stillbetter choice it seems
In Canada it is 580$ and ETAs show mid-August 2021 for availability. I would say the Fender Bassbreaker 007s at the same price or thereabouts is missing the FX loop, which is what I think this Laney was trying to compete on. I also wonder if this will get cloned (re-badged?) by Monoprice/Thomann in a short while, given how the Tube 5/15's were Laney designs. Edit : Cheaper to order and ship from Thomann via UPS ... LOL
Just had mine. I like how long this stays clean as I'm studying jazz. Dirt players be warned, I don't really hear that much dirt until 6 gain. I actually downgraded to this from a Blackstar 15W tube because it's too fucking loud.
Elmo,Please help. What do you thing will be better? Nextone stage or cub-super 12 for an evening home player. Sometimes i would like to use it with me-90 via fxloop. I know you recommend HB 15 but I don’t like the look :( Sorry
Tried this in person today, and I was not impressed. Being Laney, I was expecting more from the overdriven tone. To my ears it lacks character. The Blackstar solid-state Debut series (10e and 15e) that I tried earlier has clear personality and is grittier sounding. Maybe you should try it out, especially the 10e.
I bought this amp 3 days ago, tried it for 20 minutes and sent it back. I do not like the way it distorts and to me my £30 Microcube sounds a lot better. It is however beautiful to look at and works well with pedals.
It would be great if Elmo did some sort of tutorial on how to use pedals with the Microcube (at least for those of us that are not familiar with pedals). Which ones to use and how to combine. But yes... Seems for those of us that just play at home, the Microcube is hard to beat. I was thinking of getting a Tube 15 or a Katana 50 in the future but I wonder if it would be an actual upgrade. Thanks, and sorry about the long msg
@@pablo963 I use a TC Rush booster pedal with the Microcube. This is for higher distortion on the Classic Stack amp. The Cube 80XL may be a good upgrade to the Microcube, I have one arriving tomorrow.
@@AlanWeller if you don't mind letting me know how it goes? I think the Cube 80 would be a bit too big for me (I don't gig at all, only play at home on my own)
Now have the Cube 80XL and its fab. It works really well at bedroom level volumes, although the volume knob is very sensitive. It is not much bigger than the Laney Supercub 10 and smaller than a Katana 50. I prefer it to the Katana. Definitely a worthy upgrade to the Microcube.
I looked at this amp and it does sound nice but opted for a Bugera V5 ( mainly for the option of a headphones) I spent about 100 euros more on a celestial eight 15 and 2 new tubes. I have many pedals so its a great platform.So for my circumstance it was a bit too big.
Yeah, I agree. Not terrible, not fantastic. Could be better, could be worse. I'd buy the HB15 in a New York minute over this one but if that wasn't available I might look seriously at this one. Horses for courses as they say. :-)
Elmo, i did not saw a vid yet where You said what string gauge do You prefer? So, what gauge do You play man :) ? SRV string gauge here, but with Ibanez RG, and a human action...
@@joshmuz9018 Yes i know man... You are right technicaly. His awesome amp settings confused me probably then through the videos.. Sounds very good and strong. It is a lot different when i put headphones...
actually I didn't listen to you and bought a blackstar h1 r mk2 ...the amp is nice but muddy and boomy as hell... I'm EQ ing it in front of it to get around it but should have followed your opinion. I like the amp sound characteristic though...If you have any suggestion to get around the muddiness and dark sounding issue... I'd like to hear. Would love to hear this amp sounding more bright
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I think this little amp rocks. I have this little puppy and it pumps out some warm tones, very cool for rock/blues and does metal convincingly as well. The amp takes pedals really well too, plus it has an effects loop. I don't think you can really go wrong with this one.
Your playing is impeccable, so whatever you touch will be golden. Add to that the fact that Laney makes badass amps ensures truly great sounds. Thank you for providing your reviews and your music.
Last week I got the Laney. Version 1 Watt or 15 Watt input happy happy
Thank you for the greetings to Jeff. My favorite tune. May he being rocking in heaven.
thanksfor some greeetings for our or friend jeff
I had a Laney Cub12r and it is a blues jr killer! Love Laney amps.
Cool!
Man you really found some sick tones!!! super cool amp! I also loved the camera shots, I should use them for my videos, Cheers!
Thank you :)
Been looking for a small practice amp and this is on my short list.
For the price, this has moved to the top. I like how it took the gain pedals. Thanks for the Jeff Beck. One of the first tunes I learned as a youngin.
This one is quite good.
We got a great selection of sub 450 Euro amps today.
Just a few that are good value for money imho. Marshall DSL-1 (all tube, 2 channel with reverb 8"), Vox VT40x (built in fx and tuner, 10"), Fender Pro Jr. IV SE (all tube 10" no nonsense amp), Roland JC-22 (clean Police sound, stereo). The Vox does about 240 Euro, the Roland is 450-ish, the other amps are inbetween.
Glad I have the first generation of this amp!
Amen bro should have some verb for the money. Awesome to hear some fat riffs early in the morning. I also feel like that when you switched to the Ibanez, it took like a duck to water. Maybe perfect for a new player.
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The thing about Laney is their products still match the "poor man's Marshall"-description. Having been an avid user of all things Laney since '05 I will state that the biggest problem was and still is the lack of balance between treble and bass. This is actually not a problem as long as you're playing single coils or humbuckers exclusively. But as soon as you want to have both pickup-alternatives at your disposal, you will have to re-ascess the time at your disposal. Laney's are a bit too sensitive to pickups and you need to be attentive to that. This goes for the stacked humbuckers aswell as they tend to react as single coils in these matters. I play both active humbuckers, stacked humbuckers and single coils and often need to conduct severe setting-changes when switching guitars on my main setup at home; Laney IR60 through an Ibanez 4*12.
Bara några tankar sådär 😊. Men fin recension. Blev lite sugen på att skaffa en sån där liten Laney 🤗.
Jag funderar på om jag borde testa den större versionen.
@@MrPolevaulter That's what she said 🙌😁
Very cool little valve amp and an amazing demo from a world-class player! Thanks, I'm getting one...
Thanks!
I want to get one, but I still have my 22 year old Laney LC15 (no reverb) with an upgraded greenback 10” plus upgraded TAD tubes (their cryogenic top of the line). It sounds SO good, every time someone comes over and plays thru it, their jaw drops. It sounds better than my LC50 II. I think it’s the 10” speaker. It just breaks up so nice, how can I replace it with something that’s basically the same amp, but with a 12” speaker? I don’t need two. I WANT two, I just don’t NEED two.
What do you mean the overdrive isnt nice ?? It is actually with a boost one of the warmest sounding fat tube sounds amongs any amps !!! Not everyone is a metal head ! ( no disrespect) but is a mega amp for blues or clean tones imho ,,,,
Good rewiew tho !
Really like these segments. Love the HB15 a tad more than the cub.
Yeah, me too.
Would be nice to see the Super Cub 12/Supertop as well as that has an extra 12ax7 in the preamp and is 15w.
I think the Tube 15 doesn't have an analogous 'boost' right? You'll probably get less distortion from it. Is the HB 15 reverb as good as the Laney one? I personally think the Laney's tone is more balanced, Tube5 and 15 sound very 'trebly'.
Love this little amp
Thanks again, El Karja!
If you get your hand on a Joyo Jta-05 Sweet Baby 5 Watt, your honest review will be welcome!Cheers! (yes, more cats too)
Thanks! I'll have to look into it.
Nice review as always. At least you didn’t use the ever popular up the nose cam. More cats please. The ones where they chase dogs. Rock on 🤘
Cheers :)
Actually from a photography point of view that angle was very interesting ;)
Cool 😊
It will surely keep better value than the HB. But maybe a shootout between the CUB12 and the HB tube 15?
This is the newer version of Cub 12. This is Cub Super 12, it doesn't have a copy yet. Maybe when HB updates, they'll update to this new version.
I thought the overdrive would of sounded better being a Laney. Good review Elmo, always seem to agree with your opinion lol.
Cheers!
Nice! Not bad at all. This sounds awesome actually, very nice tones!
I STILL have Laney LX20 - my first amp ever. You can get ANY sound out of it, it is a weird and a good amp, with even weirder distorsion. + It is still sold as a practise home amp (LX 20 watts - around 100 euro in Croatia, new), but is really is not.
Until i got myself a Blackstar and all other, i was playing live with big boys with not even 1 problem. I could follow.
It was all almost on max but i survived numerous live shows with LX20 LoL + RG Superstrat 🤦♂️🤣🤷♂️🤷♂️ It is a VERY VERY VERY loud amp!
You are right man, you can get sound out of anything, you just have to know stuff... You need to know quite a bit actually for that... awesome vid, thanks mate! Sry 4 my grammar... faq it i did my best 🤟🤟👋👋👋
Thank you very much. And don't worry about your grammar :)
@@MrPolevaulter 👍😊👋👋
I much preferred the earlier Laney Cub 10 with 2x6V6 power tubes rather than 1xEL84.
Great video as usual, but could we please get more cats?
Haha :D
@@MrPolevaulter you have any pets, Elmo?
@@vividvulpe9842 Two cats.
@@MrPolevaulter fosho, i have one cat, and my family has one cat and two chihuahua mixes
Maybe bigger speaker would sound better than in this one. But still cleans and preamp breakup sounds nice. Your strymon done some great job :) hb15 stillbetter choice it seems
Think so too.
Cool Video Elmo! 👍🏻👍🏻😎☮️🤟🏻🎸🎶
Thanks!
Wanted to hear the max clean volume/tone
In Canada it is 580$ and ETAs show mid-August 2021 for availability. I would say the Fender Bassbreaker 007s at the same price or thereabouts is missing the FX loop, which is what I think this Laney was trying to compete on.
I also wonder if this will get cloned (re-badged?) by Monoprice/Thomann in a short while, given how the Tube 5/15's were Laney designs.
Edit : Cheaper to order and ship from Thomann via UPS ... LOL
Yeah, I'm thinking they might make a Monoprice/Thomann version.
Just had mine. I like how long this stays clean as I'm studying jazz. Dirt players be warned, I don't really hear that much dirt until 6 gain. I actually downgraded to this from a Blackstar 15W tube because it's too fucking loud.
Elmo,Please help. What do you thing will be better? Nextone stage or cub-super 12 for an evening home player.
Sometimes i would like to use it with me-90 via fxloop.
I know you recommend HB 15 but I don’t like the look :(
Sorry
...Greetings,my Brother,from Southern Illinois!!!...I hope all is well!!!...I "like" the "10",but I "prefer" the "Laney" 15...Peace...
Cheers!
Its a small amp , from my humble perspective it doesn't project , or maybe it's my i phone ? Great Demonstration
Cheers!
Sustainer, cool. I have a Fernandes Revolver Pro. So many amps to choose from these days. The Laney sounds a bit muffled.
A bit yeah.
Tried this in person today, and I was not impressed. Being Laney, I was expecting more from the overdriven tone. To my ears it lacks character. The Blackstar solid-state Debut series (10e and 15e) that I tried earlier has clear personality and is grittier sounding. Maybe you should try it out, especially the 10e.
Been thinking about it.
This amp sounds ok with treble booster.
I have laney cub 8 and I can say that he is cute and cool😊
I bought this amp 3 days ago, tried it for 20 minutes and sent it back. I do not like the way it distorts and to me my £30 Microcube sounds a lot better. It is however beautiful to look at and works well with pedals.
It would be great if Elmo did some sort of tutorial on how to use pedals with the Microcube (at least for those of us that are not familiar with pedals). Which ones to use and how to combine.
But yes... Seems for those of us that just play at home, the Microcube is hard to beat.
I was thinking of getting a Tube 15 or a Katana 50 in the future but I wonder if it would be an actual upgrade. Thanks, and sorry about the long msg
@@pablo963 I use a TC Rush booster pedal with the Microcube. This is for higher distortion on the Classic Stack amp. The Cube 80XL may be a good upgrade to the Microcube, I have one arriving tomorrow.
@@AlanWeller if you don't mind letting me know how it goes? I think the Cube 80 would be a bit too big for me (I don't gig at all, only play at home on my own)
@@pablo963 Will do. I do not gig either.
Now have the Cube 80XL and its fab. It works really well at bedroom level volumes, although the volume knob is very sensitive. It is not much bigger than the Laney Supercub 10 and smaller than a Katana 50. I prefer it to the Katana. Definitely a worthy upgrade to the Microcube.
Hola gran video !!! Sonido limpio tipo fender ?? O rompe siempre ?
Love that lick @ 4:03 ;-)
We need more cats! Great video, was curious, was looking at the 15 watt head. So this vid was timely. Only joking about the cats, I'm a dog person...
Haha :D I'm a cat person :D
I had the head for awhile and sold it. It was a great head...i just have a problem buying too much gear...haha
Haha :D Been there, done that :D
@@MrPolevaulter Chasing that tone...haha
Still going down that rabbit hole.
Still want a set of those YJM furies.
Great playing...and awesome channel.
@@thorpenator9148 Thanks :)
I looked at this amp and it does sound nice but opted for a Bugera V5 ( mainly for the option of a headphones) I spent about 100 euros more on a celestial eight 15 and 2 new tubes. I have many pedals so its a great platform.So for my circumstance it was a bit too big.
Also I picked up an Orange Micro Dark the other day which I´ve seen reviewed and its a beast and gives me that extra beef, when I´m in the mood.
Thanks for sharing!
Well Elmo, looks like a review of the Harley Benton tube 15 is needed or maybe a comparison between these two?
He slapped a new speaker but he doesn't want to show us 😒
I didn't put a new speaker in it. It's no longer mine. I do have access to it though, so I might do a follow up.
@@MrPolevaulter ah! I understood you put a new speaker, and still kept it. If you had the time, it would be an interesting vid 👍
Yeah, I agree. Not terrible, not fantastic. Could be better, could be worse. I'd buy the HB15 in a New York minute over this one but if that wasn't available I might look seriously at this one. Horses for courses as they say. :-)
Totally agree.
How would you compare this to the blues junior? Which one is better in your opinion?
Not sure, but this is cheaper.
cool amp but with the treble booster , yngwie overdrive or mxr distortion plus are more better
Fair enough.
I am commenting this one just to add a bit more engagement and support for the channel. 👍👌 Ignore.....
Thanks for that!
@@MrPolevaulter Np bro 👍
Hi Elmo,whati' s the name of' the cat?
Ole.
It's better than the Cub Laney 10?
Dunno.
great review. it's 6 watts btw not 10. :D
My bad :D
why does it cost 579 usd if it's only 300 euros?
Elmo, i did not saw a vid yet where You said what string gauge do You prefer? So, what gauge do You play man :) ? SRV string gauge here, but with Ibanez RG, and a human action...
It's an old video: czcams.com/video/UNE9DYjcGLw/video.html
But to answer the question: 9-46. Been planning on making a new video on the topic.
@@MrPolevaulter Thanks man. I really taught that you play 10s or 11s bc of the thicker sound.. Oh well, 9s it is :)
@@MrPolevaulter
I have time now, Im gonna watch this "old" vid. Thanks
@@hetjamesfield4473 thick sound? It sounds like 8-40 gauge it's so thin. Like he is in E flat. Clean tones the strings have no body at all
@@joshmuz9018 Yes i know man... You are right technicaly. His awesome amp settings confused me probably then through the videos.. Sounds very good and strong. It is a lot different when i put headphones...
can I close with this amp to the Tony Iommi tone from black sabbath?
Not sure.
Jeff Beck!!!!!
Will it get lowd
Fairly loud I seem to remember.
Thanks man
the Laney amp is more responsive when you turn on fender yngwie overdrive
Ok.
Everything is more resposive with a YJM OD.
problem with good guitar players is that they make anything sound good 🙂😌
:D
actually I didn't listen to you and bought a blackstar h1 r mk2 ...the amp is nice but muddy and boomy as hell... I'm EQ ing it in front of it to get around it but should have followed your opinion. I like the amp sound characteristic though...If you have any suggestion to get around the muddiness and dark sounding issue... I'd like to hear. Would love to hear this amp sounding more bright
honestly dont like it., sounds muddy., i ofdly like the little lionheart stack things., pretty useful :)
Fair enough!
Have you been listening to brad paisley again bro? Hahaha! great stuff!
Haha :D Thanks!
It's 6 W actually, not 10 W :).
El84?
Can't remember.
Sound better with humbucker 👍
Fair enough.
Sounds like a pretty crap little amp. you could practice on it I guess. The other cheap amps where better
Fair enough.
Sounds cool to me actually.