Tell me about Laney VH100R's

[murraymurray]

I've played them before but only for sorta rocky hardcore stuff and it was choice. never tried to get an 80s thrash metal tone out if it though, can they do them good?
I Have the possibility of picking a new one up for cheap so was wondering if i should go for it, its not local though so no try before i buy as always round here.

I know some 80s metal guys use them like Paul Gilbert and Dragonforce, but thats not really the tone im after, i mostly concentrate on rhythm stuff with a little bit of flair here and there.

[HTH AMPS]

Only ever played the GH50L, but that was a crackin amp.  if the GH100L is just the 100w version, then I'd say to go for it - will defo do the tones you mentioned.  I'll eventually pick up a GH50L one day when I see one cheap, they're just great for balls out rock/metal.

[murraymurray]

yeah ive always been a laney fan, used to have an aor protube 100 which was pretty mean, sold it off a while ago when i went back to just having one amp for a while.
now the 1 amp ive got has cr*pped out, not sure whats wrong with it yet, but may pay to get a 2nd amp as a back up. and its interst free HP for a year, so works out being about 12quid a week when converting it to your money.

[_tom_]

Never played a GH100 but I have a GH50L and its great. Here are 2 clips of mine sounding quite similar to the actual tone I think.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=870027&songID=7466463
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=870027&songID=6965156

[murraymurray]

I missed out on the GH100L but have seen an even cheaper VH100R stack in australia, where i am heading in a couple of weeks for a holiday.
The VH is basically a GH100 with extra stuff i dont need right, like clean channel, reverb and heaps of loops and an extra few kilos
I think i remember hearing that all the VH's extra bells and whistles make it sound not as awesome as the straight to the point GH. my question is do they still sound awesome enough?

edit: updated the title

[Oli]

I used to have a VH100R... it was a solid amp, but I never really gelled with it, so I ended up selling it. Having separate loops for each channel was great, as was having reverb for each. I prefered the clean (with effects and reverb), to the dirty channel i think. Weighed a ton though!

[Stevepage]

I had the VH100R and I loved it. I traded it for the VC50 because I needed something more portable (didn't drive back then) really wish I'd kept it.  It could do pretty much anything you wanted it to do provided there was a boost in front for the more modern metal stuff.

Have been considering getting another one soon, but I love the Randall (got it because I wanted something different) I've got right now so I'm not in a hurry.