hello all, just thought I'd pick the brains of this fine place.
I have a Laney VC30 210... I've never really used it, it's been in a room in my Mum's for the last 20+ years.
However it's now in my house as she's downsized and refused to keep hold of any more of my junk! - can't blame her.
So I have an amp that I know very little about - my old man owned a music shop and I remember going to Laney to pick it up when I was about 16. Then, like now, I knew nothing about amps.
I only really use a Helix - I'm very much in the digital camp (sorry). But I do like the idea of taking the headphones off now and again and playing an amp.
The one thing I do know is it's loud. It was loud when I was 16 and I thought that was fun... not i'm not 16 I'm less into making my ears bleed.
So my questions:
What's this Laney thing like? Where the rubbish... are the rubbish... (it's the only valve amp I've ever owned - I've played a few in shops but not spent much time with them)
Will it blow up and kill me if I don't fix stuff
Should I spend some money upgrading it?
On upgrading to changing the valves / speakers make a difference?
Would I just be throwing money away?
Should I just leave it as it is?
A quick google tells me it ain't worth much (anything?)
Any thoughts... suggestions... opinions much appreciated.
Cheers
Mark
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Mine has H&H ... I wonder if older or newer ones had Jensons...
@steamabacus it seems the HH speakers didn't get much love... Maybe i should upgrade mine... I see a rabbit hole
They are usable enough - but a speaker upgrade to greenbacks or something would make a big difference.
No idea on reliability though, sorry. It's a cool amp! I always thought they looked fantastic.
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Oh and I'd probably go with G10 greenback - from my experience with the speaker not the amp
Enjoy!
Avoid the G10 Vintage - it is much louder, as well as horribly middy and shouty.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein