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I bought this on the bay for not a lot, and, although it works technically, it also farts/clips at only half volume and a quarter gain. I’m not expecting anything amazing, as it’s just for home practice, but would like it to sound good? You know?


So I took the amp out, cleaned and vacced it out, lubed the pots too. All looks nice in there now. 
 

However it still sounded flappy and not so great. 
 

So

 

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Out came the Celestion BL10-70 and a new (used-eBay) one ordered. There’s probably nothing wrong with it, but I can’t help myself, I do love tinkering.

 

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The tweeter, is an embarrassing little piece of plastic. I understand these Le Son things are also in Markbass amps, which can’t be good, it looks very poor quality. So a Stageline HT-30 has also been ordered.

 

Fun times. I have to confess, I love messing about with fixing stuff, basses and amps and whatever else comes my way.

 

I’ll let you know what happens next.

 

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I’m sure you’re absolutely right. Mrs Rayman rolled her eyes and said…

 

“what are you doing now!?!”

 

I don’t really know what I’m doing tbh, but it’s fun anyway. Of course there may be nothing wrong with the speakers, it could be something electrical, but I’ll have to see what happens once the replacement speakers are in.

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Used to sell these years ago and seem to remember it didn't take much to push them into 'fart / clipping' territory, but the core tone was always decent enough. It's quite possible yours has been driven too hard and will benefit from the refresh though.

 

Will be interesting to hear what you make of the new speaker and tweeter!

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Very pleased indeed with the new (used) 10” speaker. It’s a like for like Celestion BL10 - 70, used but tested by the seller, the only real difference is the yellow painted cone which looks very cool.

 

The horn, a Stageline HT30 is head and shoulders above the previous plastic job in terms of quality, so I’m delighted really. I did however have to rout out the hole with my Dremel in order to get it in. 

 

A great range of tones, plenty of low end for laid back grooves here in the flat. Noticeably the clipping seems to have gone until you push the gain up hard, so no surprise there. Was it just a loose speaker after all that? Vibrating maybe? It’s possible, as I see absolutely nothing wrong with the old speaker. 
 

Either way, I’ve ended up with a great home practice amp.

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12 minutes ago, BassApprentice said:

I have fond memories of my Laney gear when I was younger. Got a combo and a cab for under £200 way back when, sounded great.

 

Do people overlook Laney when looking for amps? Always seems to be Fender, Ashdown or Markbass for this price point.

Yes, Laney are tarred with the ‘budget’ brush I think. Shame really. The Richter amps are really good. One of my favourite guitar amps ever is the Laney linebacker 65, absolutely awesome it was.

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I used to have the R5 kickback combo, I mostly used it up front next to the monitors as I was running a mahoosive trace rig and playing big places back then, but the R5 did have the odd outing as a stand alone. Lovely sounding thing, weighed a ton though! I always liked laney amps. 

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Slightly off topic, but my first half decent bass amp was a Laney Linebacker 50. I was lucky enough to get hold of a Stingray when I was 16 (back in the 90s) due to a friend packing in playing. That amp always sounded great with that bass and I remember it fondly - still have the bass.

 

One other factoid, albeit a second hand one, is a former work colleague of mine hailed from Tipton and had Mr Laney as one of his school teachers (I think science)! Yep, the same Mr Laney whose name appears on the amps. I think around that time he was already involved with doing work on amps for Tony Iommi as they were all local boys.

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