Laney VH100r vs DSL 50

[AmpliFIRE]

I'm really torn between these 2 amps. I like the DSL, but the VH100r seems like a great amp for the $$$. Has anyone here compared the two of these amps? I'm not too concerned with the clean...just the gain

 

[mrp5150]

I honestly think the rhythm tone on the VH100R is one of the worst I've ever heard. The lead tones are pretty nice and the cleans are great, but I hated the rhythm tones. Sounded really muffled and needed a boost to get a good crunchy tone. The DSL blows it away IMO.

 

[yngzaklynch]

The DSL blows it away IMO.

I'm not sure I agree. I like both amps. I think the Laney, with good tubes and a good cab sounds really great! The DSLs can sound really fizzy.

 

[mrp5150]

The DSL blows it away IMO.

I'm not sure I agree. I like both amps. I think the Laney, with good tubes and a good cab sounds really great! The DSLs can sound really fizzy.

I was using the VH100R with a Bogner cab.

 

[yngzaklynch]

The DSL blows it away IMO.

I'm not sure I agree. I like both amps. I think the Laney, with good tubes and a good cab sounds really great! The DSLs can sound really fizzy.

I was using the VH100R with a Bogner cab.

Me to. I also had mine modded by Trace. But I played a stock VH100R with matching cab and a VC50 2X12(the 50 watt combo version). I think if I had to choose I might go with the Laney but it's one of those things where I could flip a coin as they're both close IMO.

 

[Digital Jams]

Laney with a good bias job and a visit to doug's tubes.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

ahhh fuck it....I just a Rivera TBR SL1 instead

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=018


These are killer amps IMO!!!

 

[ke2]

I had a GH50L, not exactly the same amp, but similar tones right? I think so... It had TONS of distortion and sounded good. Very '80sish modded high gain tones. It reminded me of a 5150, but I didn't have them to compare side-by-side. Great sounding amp if you ask me.

Yep, the GH`s sounds great. If they`d had a footswitchable clean channel in addition to the od channel...

the DSL is great, though.

But since Paige went with Rivera, I guess he got a better one than either

 

[offa]

Laney's are great value for the money. here's a quick clip of a gh50l if you like, that I made while trying to figure out how to work the mbox.. its just a short rhythm but gives an indication to the tone.

http://www.mp3lizard.com/download.cfm?id=25950

 

[JLeurck]

I think the VH/VC-series is an excellent amp (at least for what I do). Here's one that's a couple years old that was entirely VC50 (little brother of the VH100r) except the bass and an acoustic tapped directly from its' crappy piezo-electric pickup. One caveat, I used a Palmer speaker sim instead of mic'ing (had no choice - I recorded this right below my oldest daughter's bedroom).

I had an old JCM800 channel-switcher that I sold some years ago but kept the Laney VC50. I really think this is a great amp, but I did swap out one of the stock H&H speakers for a Celection G12H30. I'm with the above poster - these are great and hugely underrated amps. I've had mine for 12 years and an not interested in parting with it yet.

 

[Gitfiddler]

check out this jerry p modded dsl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUKoKi_VjfI