anybody has experience with laney amps?

hi guys, i found this 10" amp:
http://www.thomann.de/gb/laney_vc15110_gitarrencombo.htm
i would like to have an amp, that sounds good at home, is very lightweight, and will not take a lot of space in a small bus. still has to have enough volume to play small clubs. and it has to be bombproof, at least. i always liked the small music man amps, and this reminds me of them.
opinions around here? maybe from the british gentlemen?
eddie

I haven't tried the VC15, but have a VC30. It provides a very good clean sound, also at low volume. The overdrive channel, however, needs to be cranked to sound good. The reverb is good, better than e.g. that of the Vox AC15CC.
It seems pretty rugged and has survived tipping over a couple of times in the trunk of my car.
I have taken it to a tech once due to intermittent volume drops. This might have been due to oxidation in combination with the amp running relatively hot.
No problems after that.

Soundwise, it's perfect för the 60s covers and instrumentals I play and I have i.a. managed to get a very "Shadowy" sound in the studio.

I have been contemplating switching to a Vox AC15CC, but am hesitant since it has only one channel and its clean sound isn't as chimey as that of the VC30, at least at low volume.

Klas

If you use it a one channel amp they are nice, I have also seen them go for vey good prices secondhand due to lack of name recognition. I think I may even have seen one on the London Gumtree for around £120 yesterday.

I have an old solid state Laney GC-50A. Its a hybrid half acoustic and half electric thing. Around 15 years ago i was playing a lot of acoustic and it saw a lot of action. I kept it and now my son uses it. I have never had a problem with it. All my tube amps are fender, but if the tube laneys are as good as the ss i would not have a problem buying one.

Laneys from the '60s and early '70s were exquisite, as fine as any amp made. Later examples from the '80s to current from a build quality/component standpoint are seriously compromised in comparison.

I've got a VC30 that's been a regular gigging amp for the last dozen years.
Repairs have consisted of wiggling the tubes in their sockets once when
it had excess noise. Fixed it on the spot. If you're ever in a venue where
you can crank the normal channel it's a beautiful thing. The overdrive
channel, not so much.

Well, don't know that model, but I tried the LC15, and that one was a bit too brash with too little clean headroom for my taste (you might like it for 70s classic rock tones, though).

ALso, do a search - the little Laneys have a bad reputation for blowing trannies from overheating (try Musiker-Board, too, for more info).

I had a VC30 , I really liked the clean channel , but for my needs it was not loud enough, I had to dime the amp to gig, in comparison I had a Peavey Classic 30 that cut through just fine with the vol halfway up.
The channel switching was a bit flakey on my VC30 too, so I got rid of it pretty quick.

I have 3 Laneys. Two are from 1971, a 60w and a 100w heads. Great amps and are bargains in the vintage world. The other is a 10 yr old LC50 combo that has been used a lot in a support role in my rig. Only use it clean at moderate volume but it has been solid.

In the '70s the other guitar in a band I played in used a Laney. very reliable - what I would call a "Vox" type of sound.

Probably a good buy.