Any Landry love here?

War_in_D

War_in_D

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I finally got around to putting some new power tubes into my Landry LS100G3 yesterday. Got it biased up, and was messing around with it today and I forgot how good this amp is. Well, at least I think it's good. When I bought the LS100G3, I had gotten a print out of the chassis and V (tube) positions so I was curious to see "what" was "where" in there. I found that there was a 12ay7 in the reverb driver, which I thought was odd. I sent an email to Bill Landry to ask what tube should be in that spot, and he said it should be a 12at7, so I put an old NOS RCA in there.

Since I was at it.. I pulled down my Lexi, to go through the tubes and run them through the Orange MK II to get a feel for what was in the amp. I went to the Landry website to see if there was anything there that would tell me what the tube positions were on the Lexi and noticed that the Lexi is no longer listed. I didn't find what I was looking for, so I shot Bill another email to get the info I needed. As usual, Bill responded quickly (great customer service). I asked about the Lexi, and he said he's no longer making them. I guess the demand wasn't there, and he said that his chassis supplier basically doubled the price on the Lexi chassis that it wasn't worth it to keep making the Lexi. I'm glad I had the opportunity to grab one while he was making them.
 
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Obeid Khan's Rules of Engineering :

Rule # 1 : If it aint broke don't F with it.
Rule # 2 : Don't forget Rule # 1.

Speaking from experience.
 
Yep they're fine amps - versatile and nicely built.

I know some players balk at the idea, but the onboard digital reverb actually sounds great for general duties. It's a nice addition and when implemented well it doesn't mess with your core tone.
 
I have an LS100 G3. It is an incredible amp. One of my all time favorites. I have sold numerous other high end amps and kept this every time. Shame to hear about the Lexi. I know he was super excited about that. I should’ve snagged one when I had the chance.
 
ZEN Amps said:
Yep they're fine amps - versatile and nicely built.

I know some players balk at the idea, but the onboard digital reverb actually sounds great for general duties. It's a nice addition and when implemented well it doesn't mess with your core tone.
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Agreed, the digital reverb on these are a nice feature, especially on a "plexi" style amp like the Lexi. The LS I have was originally a LS100 that has an actual reverb tank (not digital). Bill said it was the 4th amp he ever built and confirmed that it had been sent back to him and upgraded to G3 specs at some point. It's still got the old XLR style footswitch plug in the back that locks (kind of like the Bogner XTC), but it's since been converted to the 1/4" plug like the newer ones.
 
Well I didn't know he had axed the Lexi. I guess I was lucky to have bought one last year (used of course) when I did.
 


Bill ran a local CL ad offering mods for amps, this was many moons ago before he or Friedman had their own.
I ask if he had "references" instead he offered me to come to his house in Ferguson MO where the riots were.
I declined and later sent my amp to Tone Merchants [the old one].
I could have had a Landry modded JMP.
Bill is a great guy / great player.
 
Im not against his builds at all. They sound great but they also sound really, really bright. I wish there were comparisons of them through various speaker options and playing riffs in something other than E or Eb.
 
glpg80 said:
Im not against his builds at all. They sound great but they also sound really, really bright. I wish there were comparisons of them through various speaker options and playing riffs in something other than E or Eb.
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I don't remember the Landry LS100 I tried sounding unusually bright. I actually needed to have it set pretty bright to get it where I wanted it. If anything your Laney and most stock JCM800's IME should be even brighter (in a good way imo). Maybe it's something about the way those clips were recorded. Some guys like Reza also always make amps sound brighter in their clips than they really are in-person without even dialing them in super bright. In either case, I felt it was a good amp for the price, but imho not in the same league as what I'd consider top tier amps, but just my opinion, which as always involved AB comparisons with other amps as reference points
 
Ironically I had to load my Laney with dumb bright preamp tubes and also crank on the presence to get it to liven up. The perceived gain is higher of course but it’s a challenge to balance cut your head off on solos to rhythm actually sounding balanced.
 
The Lexi was the amp he was doing that I wanted, but he discontinued it before I got around to order one.

Got to love the guy trying to sell one on Reverb for $3430... they were $2750 AFTER Landry raised the price on them lol
 
technomancer said:
The Lexi was the amp he was doing that I wanted, but he discontinued it before I got around to order one.

Got to love the guy trying to sell one on Reverb for $3430... they were $2750 AFTER Landry raised the price on them lol
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Yeah, I saw that one.. Maybe the seller thinks that since it's discontinued, they can charge a premium.

There is a G3 listed on GC used right now. They had two, but I guess one of them sold.
 
I don't perceive the Lexi as overly bright. I think it depends on the cab and speakers. The Lexi (same settings) through my '83 JCM800 4x12 with original G12-65s is definitely brighter than my EVH 4x12 with EVH Heritage Greenbacks. What sat in the middle, was a Jubilee RI 4x12 with G12- Vintage speakers.
 
I don't think they're overly bright, but they are on the lean side down low. Quite a tight kind of gain for a Marshall type amp, so presumably there's quite a bit of LF filtering in the preamp and the idea is to make it up with the deep circuit.
 
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