Laney
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Laney Amplification est une société britannique spécialisé dans la conception et la production de systèmes d'amplification pour guitare et basse.
[modifier] Histoire
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Laney Amplification a officiellement commencé à exister le premier septembre 1967.
C'est en tant que bassiste du groupe qu'il formait avec Robert Plant et John Bonham que Lyndon Laney décida de concevoir des amplificateurs poue des amis dans l'abri de jardin de ses parents. Certains des premiers clients de Lyndonétait des guitaristes de Birmingham tels que Tony Iommi de Black Sabbath qui est toujours resté fidéle à la marque. Quelques uns des premiers empli de Laney sont toujours en bon état de marche et sont toujours utilisé.
The late 1960s/early 1970s range consisted of a small but dedicated amount of amplifiers, with the original LA100BL all-valve model being the choice of many players wanting a more 'heavy metal' guitar sound than other popular manufacturers were offering. KLIPP amps from the 70s are fast becoming sought after by those in the USA vintage market, offering excellent versatility and durability.
In the 1980s Laney was at the forefront of amp design when it came to 'Hot Rodded' valve amplification. A line called "AOR", short for Advanced Overdrive Response, retained a natural valve tone while introducing an extra stage of preamp gain. Where amplifiers from other competitors like Marshall were being modified after purchase, Laney offered this feature from new.
Throughout the 1990s Laney continued to built on its reputation for producing innovations and by the middle of the decade had released products such as the VC30 (a retro-style Class A valve combo reminicent of the famous Vox AC30, but with more features), the VC50/VC100 combos with two channels, each with a separate boost for adding more gain and volume effectively offering a player four different sounds, and the single channel GH50L/GH100L stacks which are among the best-selling models ever made by the company. Also introduced in this period was the Tube Fusion series - combining solid state power amplification with valve pre-amplication and also incorporating DSP elements to add modulation and delay effects in one package. [edit]
[modifier] Utilisateurs
Les utilisateurs les plus connus des produit Laney incluent Paul Gilbert de Racer X et Mr Big ainsi que Tony Iommi de Black Sabbath à l'origine du succès de la marque, Mattias Eklundh de Freak Kitchen, Robert Plant, Randy Rhoads, George Lynch, Ace Frehley, Andy Timmons, Joe Satriani dans les années 1990, et également Christophe Godin.
Le seul artiste à posséder un modèle signature est Tony Iommi.
