tonymckenziecom | 1 year ago
This Laney LA-Studio is a fully designed and made tube amp right here in the United Kingdom. Is it rally any use at 3 watts?
0:00 Start
0:22 Intro & preamble
2:34 Inside the amplifier
2:50 Chassis assembly
3:27 Preamp tubes
4:39 Power tube
5:28 Made by Dave
5:57 PCB assembly
8:48 A closer look inside
12:01 History & design
15:43 Two Notes board
16:16 Rear I/O
22:07 Front controls
24:30 Input jumping
25:23 Cabinet quality
26:05 Other general info
26:58 Amp pricing
27:31 Comparing digital gear
28:37 Effects loop
29:33 A REAL plugin
30:35 Two Notes use
31:30 USB for DAW
31:59 Two Notes software
39:38 IR thoughts in use
40:19 Vintage power tube
44:30 Important note
46:07 Incredible MIDI features
48:16 Mains Voltage Mods?
49:34 Weight!
50:09 Warranty
53:33 Summing up & likes
58:40 Dislikes
1:00:53 Review Score
1:02:31 Audio with speakers
1:11:06 Audio with IR's
1:21:24 Final thoughts
Links:
Laney LA-Studio: https://www.laney.co.uk/amps/guitar/supergroup/la-studio
Laney TI100 Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQhlYWCX_QQ
Looking at this Laney LA-STUDIO tube amp that has only 3 watts output or in it's low output mode just 0.1 watt will lead you to think that maybe this amp is not for you. Should you consider a digital solution instead? To be perfectly honest, that is probably the worst thing you can do, and would certainly be doing yourself a disservice if you did.
But then you might consider this tube amp and the history that comes with it. This amp has the DNA of an early Laney amp that was never released back in the 60's (I think it was) when 'real men' bought real tube amps. And large and heavy they were - expect a typical 100 watts out in to a 4x12 speaker cab and of course that overall weight that many complain about today (are they wimps?). And you know what an 8kg 3 watt tube amp might have a place especially if you play in studios or play at home a lot. But that does not mean that this amp could not gig... watch the video for that.
The truth is, that this tiny amp is bigger than the parts it's created from. And speaking of parts, this amp has an embedded Two Notes system that can emulate or simulate speakers, a room and of course much more... so you really don't even need a speaker cab if you don't want one.
Historically I looked at a Suhr Pete Thorn with similar internal ability (but that had a higher output) that cost about £2400 here in the UK, and also I looked at a Friedman JJ Jnr (20 watts) that to be honest was twice the price+ than this little Laney LA-STUDIO and 1/4 as good - in fact that was returned by me for a full refund. So choices as you see could be very expensive but were they better? I don't think so.
So on to this tiny Laney Studio amp and how its made internally, the features that it offers, including incredible MIDI that can change almost any control in real time, the included Two Notes that makes this amp in to basically a REAL Tube plugin! and of course the fantastic warranty that this amp comes with - currently FIVE YEARS.
I really liked the Laney LA-Studio and gave it an excellent score for this review. It deserves it!
I have reviewed very many amps and simulators over the years and I go back to as far as 2011 - but this amp, as Laney attest themselves is a really well made and capable tube amp that includes that often digital missing feature of tube amp 'feel'. Its all here...
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Lastly, I example and play through the Studio amp both with real speakers and with the Two Notes equivalent directly to the desk. See which tones you like best and post that in the text!
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