Question:
Just a big thanks for all the advice, the original post is at the bottom of this text. I never tried the Fender blues junior or the laney LC15R it was difficult to find a music shop with one in stock, however I did try the laney LC30 II and was blown away with it. I can understand why a lot of you prefer tubes to SS – or perhaps it was me comparing it to the valvetronix AD15VT either way I thought it was the bees knees even at low volumes. I asked the assistant to set it up for me and he showed me the system with no special effects or boxes attached, followed by an effects box attached (not sure of model), again it was really nice. I was within a cats whisker of buying the lot, the heart was saying of course it’ll fit in the bedroom and the brain was saying it’s a bit big. So the brain won (for now) I’ll just have to revise the budget. Thanks John (original post 17/1/05) Hi all, I’m looking to buy an amp for home use (I can never see me using it anywhere else) and after being totally confused by the myriad of brands and what they do hope someone can give me a few pointers. The guitar is American series strat. I like all types of music Rock/blues/ some metal/folk but not jazz. I thought about the valvetronix AD15VT. Would this be suitable. Willing to extend budget for the 30 model but not sure why I should. Any help appreciated. John
Response:
Nice one. I loved the LC15R I had (once I’d switched the speaker). It always sounded great through a 2×12 so I imagine the LC30 sounds pretty cool. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Just a big thanks for all the advice, the original post >is at the bottom of this text. >I never tried the Fender blues junior or the laney LC15R >it was difficult to find a music shop with one in stock, however >I did try the laney LC30 II and was blown away with it. I can >understand why a lot of you prefer tubes to SS – or perhaps >it was me comparing it to the valvetronix AD15VT either way >I thought it was the bees knees even at low volumes. I asked >the assistant to set it up for me and he showed me the system >with no special effects or boxes attached, followed by an effects >box attached (not sure of model), again it was really nice. >I was within a cats whisker of buying the lot, the heart was saying >of course it’ll fit in the bedroom and the brain was saying it’s a bit big. >So the brain won (for now) I’ll just have to revise the budget. >Thanks John >(original post 17/1/05) >Hi all, I’m looking to buy an amp for home use >(I can never see me using it anywhere else) and >after being totally confused by the myriad >of brands and what they do hope someone can >give me a few pointers. The guitar is American >series strat. I like all types of music Rock/blues/ >some metal/folk but not jazz. >I thought about the valvetronix AD15VT. Would >this be suitable. Willing to extend budget for the >30 model but not sure why I should. >Any help appreciated. >John
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