Comparing Vintage Laney Amps...

[Tricalibur]

Hi. Alright, so i have enough money now to afford a vintage Laney amplifier. Specificaly either an AOR series 2 Protube 100 or a 100 watt Klipp. I am leaning more towards the Protube since It has more gain on tap from what I know anyways. But Ive read that the Klipp can realy nail that Iommi tone. I want an amp that will let me play heavy, downtuned riffs and then also play real 'shreddy' type solos aswell. My main problem with the Klipp is that it is a VERY vintage amp and was prob made before they introduced any kind of real pre-amp gain and I cant afford to buy an attenuator right now in addition to a new amp. Any ideas?

[FELINEGUITARS]

The AOR series did have a lot of gain on tap so should suit you fora lot of stuff

The older series may be too clean for you but authentic for Old school

[Twinfan]

Well I have a 60w Klipp and a 100w Klipp arriving VERY shortly so I guess I can give you my opinion.  ;)

Klipps were made between 1970 and 1975 so yes, they're old.  The overall tone is best described as a clearer, bassier Marshall Plexi/JMP.  The clean channel is old school - crank it up to get the gain working.  You would need an attenuator or a pedal to get low volume crunch and overdrive.

The Klipp channel is like a built in Fuzz pedal, giving a grainy and loose tone.  It does a great "Iron Man".  However, the Klipp channel tone is an acquired taste and isn't a classic "Thin Lizzy 70s Rock" type tone.

Basically, if you want to use the amp's gain then a Klipp is no good for shredding without additional help via a pedal.  It's a proper "old school" amp.

[JJretroTONEGOD]

You could get an overdrive pedal, and turn the volume knob very low, then turn the amp gain on full, you can then control the level via the pedal. As the guy said before me.