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I scored a couple of amps on trades last month so I figured I'd put them here. First I got an old 8 knob Laney 100W AOR Pro Tube. This is the Series 1 head. This is a single channel amp with a footswitchable extra preamp stage. It doesn't go pristine clean to modern metal, but it can do bluesy breakup to 80's hair metal with a push of a button. I had a 50 watt 6 knob AOR and this baby has tons more gain than my old amp. Also in the trade, I got a mint Tom Scholz Power Soak, which works pretty good with the Laney. I haven't tried it with my other heads, but the JVM and VHT Sig:X has a great working Master Volume.
My second score is an Ampeg VL-502 head. The amp is the 50 watt model and it sounds really cool. I remember seeing the ads for this amp back in the day and though of how cool it would be to own. Once again, it's a 2 channel amp with a decent clean and a 80's hair metal gain channel. The only issue that I had was that the amp's weight is definitely not distributed well when using the handle. Also, I get a little 60 hz hum when the amp is on and nothing is plugged in. I'm gonna replace the tubes, but it may need a filter cap job. Anyhow, here's what they look like...
My second score is an Ampeg VL-502 head. The amp is the 50 watt model and it sounds really cool. I remember seeing the ads for this amp back in the day and though of how cool it would be to own. Once again, it's a 2 channel amp with a decent clean and a 80's hair metal gain channel. The only issue that I had was that the amp's weight is definitely not distributed well when using the handle. Also, I get a little 60 hz hum when the amp is on and nothing is plugged in. I'm gonna replace the tubes, but it may need a filter cap job. Anyhow, here's what they look like...
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