Laney Cub 8

[KightTemplar]

Hi folks,

I may purchase the Laney Cub 8 to get valve tones in a small aprtment.

 

What kind of tone should I expect from it? Close to Fender? Vox? Marshall?

 

Good for both single-coil and 'buckers?

 

Also, how does it compared to Fender Champ600, Marshall Class 5, and Vox AC4TV, quality wise?

 

 

Thanks.

[sxyryan]

This depends on how your planning on running it.

 

If your looking to crank the volume for distortion, 5 watts is pretty loud for an apartment. If you use pedals for your OD then you should good with it.

 

Sorry I can't give a better description, but I've had a few low watt tube amps, and they are louder than you think.

[KightTemplar]

Ok, for better description, my main source for overdrive/distortion is the ProCo RAT.

So I mainly use the clean channel. Been using Roland Cube all the time.

Yea so if I get a 5-watt valve amp I won't crank the it beyond 12:00 often. Will stay clean most of the time.

 

But just for curiosity, which amp I mentioned above has better overdriven tone, and which has more drive?

[67mike]

Hi folks, I may purchase the Laney Cub 8 to get valve tones in a small aprtment. What kind of tone should I expect from it? Close to Fender? Vox? Marshall? Good for both single-coil and 'buckers? Also, how does it compared to Fender Champ600, Marshall Class 5, and Vox AC4TV, quality wise? Thanks.

 

Probably wet duck fart sounds.

 

Get a Bugera V5........

[sxyryan]

I haven't played the Laney. But I've played the rest on the list. I found the Marshall the best by far.

 

I think the weakness for any of them is the size of the cab. The Marshall has a relatively large cab, so it helps it alot. They all sound much better through larger cabs.

 

Out of my experience, for a great practice/ low volume jam amp, I would rate the ones I have experience with like this:

 

Marshall Class 5

Epi VJ Cab

Epi VJ Combo

Fender Champ

Vox 10 inch

Vox 8 inch

Bugera V5

 

I don't know what styles you play, but these worked best for me for my clean, blues, rock, heavy rock and metal wankery styles.

[Phrophus]

Blackstar HT-5's are pretty damned rockin. I havne't played any of the others listed, though. I did also hear something about a Blackstar HT-1, but haven't done any research on it.

[sxyryan]

^^ Totally forgot about those.

 

I've played the full stack but not the combo. Pretty awesome.

[Promit]

Get a Bugera V5........

 

Ugh. The wonderful Bugera V5, with all of the drawbacks of tubes and none of the advantages. That thing is awful.

[KightTemplar]

 

I haven't played the Laney. But I've played the rest on the list. I found the Marshall the best by far. I think the weakness for any of them is the size of the cab. The Marshall has a relatively large cab, so it helps it alot. They all sound much better through larger cabs. Out of my experience, for a great practice/ low volume jam amp, I would rate the ones I have experience with like this: Marshall Class 5 Epi VJ Cab Epi VJ Combo Fender Champ Vox 10 inch Vox 8 inch Bugera V5 I don't know what styles you play, but these worked best for me for my clean, blues, rock, heavy rock and metal wankery styles.

 

 

I play classic rock, some metal, and some more mellow instrumentals like Eric Johnson and Jeff Beck, and Neil Zaza.

 

Guess the cab size wont bother me since I wont go beyond 5 often. Reason for Laney 8 is the tone knob and the price, which is relatively cheap where I live.

Fender 600 sounds cool but lack of tone knob is an issue and since the speaker is 6" I guess it will rattle quite a bit.

[sxyryan]

Sounds like good logic. I would love to try one of those Laneys, I had a friend with a Laney combo (maybe 50 watt?) that sounded great. And I'm always in the market for adorable little tube combos and heads

[Misha]

I have the Cub 10: IMO, if you can, get it instead of the Cub 8. It sounds much better!

 

Great cleans at bedroom volume and takes pedals very well!