Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Stevepage on November 24, 2013, 09:36:30 AM
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So i've scored myself a Laney VC50! I've been trying to sell my rack set up for a little while and last weekend i sold my GSP1101. With the cash I managed to win an ebay auction for the Laney for £175. Awesome price i'd say. It's a bit tatty but it sounds great. Unfortunately, living in a one bed apartment means i can't crank it without pissing people off but even at low volumes it sounds pretty decent.
I've owned a VC50 before but it didn't sound that great even after changing speakers and valves, something just wasn't right with that one but this one is cool.
I forgot how much I missed clean tones from an all valve amp.
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Nice one, congrats! At that price that´s a steal. Clean tones from proper valve amps...there is just something about them, that sparkle or whatever it is. Lovely.
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Nice, it's the combo of the vh100r, isn't it? I've only tried the vh100r (and i have the gh50L which is the Vh100R's dirty channel, I think) but it was pretty sweet. £175 sounds like a pretty good price. :D
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Nice buy. I got my VC30 from Ebay for £165.00 and it has been my gig amp for over 5 years with very few minor problems.
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Congrats. I'd happily add a Laney VC or Lionheart to my amps collection but they are way more expansive this side of the channel - the best offer I've seen so far was 250€ (about 208£) for a very beaten VC15/110 in a dire need of a retube and possibly more :-/
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Having re read my comment ( and I'm not having a good day today clearly). I meant that I have not had many problems and that the ones I have had, were of a minor nature and to be expected-i.e. valve changes.
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Congrats! Those amps offer a lot of bang for the bucks.
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I've had two VC50s. Loved the first one but it was very noisy on the high gain channel. Sold it and got another amp that I didn't gel with so got another VC50. The second one was even better sounding and REALLY quiet even with gain and volume cranked. I eventually let it go when I got my Roadhouse as I decided that 30 watts suits me better than 50 and I also have a VC30. Couldn't justify having three amps and my hall was getting very crowded. Still think about it sometimes.