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The Prodigy uses NEW GS412PS
Long time LANEY endorsee Rob Holliday will again be playing with the Essex Electro / Punk pioneers in the coming months. He has elected to try the NEW GS412PS ‘premium’ cabs through which to use his raft of TT100Hs. The band will be appearing at Festivals across the world this summer.
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Laney VH100R powers INME guitarist
Essex rockers continue to tour their most recent album ‘Daydream Anonymous’. Guitarist Dave McPherson continues to use Laney VH100Rs, and the band will be supporting SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian on his forthcoming European tour.
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Defenders of the Faith - Laney
The touring metal circus, featuring LANEY artists Opeth and Arch Enemy recently rolled through towns in the UK and Europe. We caught the bands at both the Birmingham and Manchester shows, and got some great shots of both bands. Check back for these soon. Both Opeth and Arch Enemy have now headed to the USA where they will continue to use (between them) 2 x GH100L, 1 x GH100TI, 4 x NEXUS TUBE, 3 x NX810, and VC30-212.
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NEXUS-TUBE / VC30-212 / GH100TI
Laney powers Alabama 3
Alabama 3 - From Brixton, London and there’s eight of them… Underground trip-hop / country (?!!) act The Alabama 3 have recently been touring venues in the UK using a raft of LANEY backline. The tour concluded last week at a sold out Brixton Academy, and across the stage were an L20H + LT212, a NEXUS TUBE, NX810 and a TT100C.
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Laney at LIMS June 12-15th
The LIMS show is the biggest music show ever staged in the UK and will provide great opportunities to check out the latest Laney gear. Make sure you check out the new revamped range of Laney valve amps, Like the awesome LC and VC ranges plus the massively impressive VH100R GH100L & GH50L, all of which were launched at this year NAMM and Frankfurt shows – see Frankfurt show report in the news section for more details.
You can find Laney on stand C12 in the London Guitar Show arena, along with Ibanez Guitars as well.
See you thereLinks:
www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com
Romeo Must Die
Essex hardcore peddlers visited HQ recently to acquire a huge amount of gear which was used in the filming of their latest video. Among the pile included NX810, NX115 and LX412S/A. The video will be aired on Scuzz / Kerrang TV channels in the near future.
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Duffy
Duffy’s guitarist and musical director Tobi Oyerinde visited Laney HQ last week to try a variety of amps and guitars. He settled on the VC30-212 which will be added to his Laney arsenal for the band’s eighteen months plus of shows.
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Portishead Join Laney
We have recently sealed the deal with the bass player from Bristol trip-hop legends ‘Portishead’. Whilst on tour in Germany we had a call to help the band out of a tight spot, and duly sent them over a new Nexus Tube, NX410 and NX115. The band are so pleased with the versatility of the amp, and particularly the ‘enormous, phat bottom end’ they have decided to endorse the product.
Portishead are mid tour for the first time in a decade, and will be hitting arenas and large venues across the UK mid April, alongside television appearance on the UK’s cult TV show ‘Later, with Jools Holland’.
Photogapher: Adam SeamanLinks:
NEXUS-TUBE / NX410 / NX115
PICKUP reviews LC30-112
Make sure you check out the April edition of PICKUP magazine (UK), containing the ace REVIEW of the new Laney LC30-112. Here are some snippets from the review.
“This is the Laney we know and love, but it’s shiny and new, too”
“I love this amp, and so will you, and I’ll leave your jaw to drop when you see the price – they could have charged a lot more for this and it would have be a justified price.”
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LC15-110 / LC30-112 / LC50-112
NEW 2008 VALVE RANGE
The 2008 Frankfurt Music show kicked off on the 12th March and from the outset was a great show for Laney….
Frankfurt Music Messe saw the European launch of the new revamped Laney valve range.
“Since the launch of Lionheart the previous year we’d wanted to try and bring a unified look to the Laney valve range”
Simon Fraser-Clark – Laney’s Marketing Manager. “ I think we’ve achieved that”.
“We’ve taken some of the visual indent’s from the Lionheart range and applied them to the new range of amplifiers – new front fret material which is far more tactile and textured than before, a new die-cast metal badge, piping and joined up design concepts such as on the VC range making the fixings for the leather handle an integral part of the cooling grill structure”
LC new 2008 LC30-112 & LC50-112 have undergone a little pre amp revision and have had a gain control added to the clean channel – making it now possible to add a little drive the clean channel to give it some valve warmth or if you want drive the clean channel into a fair degree of pleasing distortion for a classic vintage rhythm sound.
The LC’s have also feature the addition of an over all TONE control which gives the player a quick and effective way of getting some great tonal variations in their sounds.
The New GH and VH range – Same amazing tone – but even more beautiful, well we think so!
To compliment the new look VH & GH ranges two new cabinets have been designed. The new PRO range of angled and straight fronted 4 x 12 cabinets have been designed to handle the huge variety of tones you can get from a VH or a GH and are built to an almost indestructible level, large dimensions for even more low end, new handles – rugged castors. All designed to take life on the road. In addition to Pro range there is the new compact GS212IE – a 2 x 12 extension cabinet which makes an ideal partner for a GH50L for a small but amazing tuneful valve rig, or when you need a little more presence team it up with as 4 x 12 - stunning.Links:
MORGLBL – LIVE ON THE AGORA STAGE FRANKFURT 2008
There is no getting away from it – guitar amps and bass amps need to be played LOUD!
Unfortunately the show has an 80dB max level restriction but luckily the Agora stage does not.
This year it was Laney pleasure to unleash Morglbl onto the unsuspecting German public. Both Christophe and Ivan had been amazing the crowds on the Laney booth during the show. But that was nothing compared to the reaction of the Frankfurt show to Morglbl live and loud!
Christophe Godin with his VH100R and Ivan Rougny with Nexus Tube Rig and NX810 cabinets - seriously loud bass tones!Links:
VH100R / NEXUS-TUBE / NX810
MATTIAS IA EKLUNDH – LIVE ON THE AGORA STAGE FRANKFURT 2008
To describe the music of Mattias “IA” Eklundh as unusual and eclectic is selling his music a little short. The Music of “IA” is totally out there!
This year “IA” did not disappoint the Agora crowd one bit. He combined his amazing guitar playing with two musical companions of great renowned – on bass Jonas Hellborg and Selvaganesh on Kanijira (south Indian frame drum) to produce complex south Indian rhythmic structures with frantic, groovey bass combined with freaky, beefy guitar riffs and amazing vivid leads.
Add to this musical mixing pot the fact that none of them had got together before the show to talk about what they were going to play – pure musical improvisation left the Agora spell bound!Links:
ARCH ENEMY ENDORSE NEXUS
We are proud to announce that the Swedish melodic death metal outfit ‘Arch Enemy’ are now endorsing the NEXUS TUBE bass amplifier. Bassist Sharlee D’Angelo used the NEXUS TUBE head and NX810 cab on the bands recent ‘Black Crusade’ tour throughout Europe, and was so impressed with the versatility and pure aggression of the all-tube head, he has now joined the ever developing roster of Laney artists. The band have recently returned from a weeks tour of Japan, and are soon set to hit the road in Europe again, this time co-headling the ‘Defenders Of the Faith’ tour with long time Laney endorsees Opeth. Please see click on the link below for further details. Album ‘Rise Of the Tyrant’ is now available on century media.
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DUFFY TAKES LANEY TO NUMBER ONE
Soul sensation Duffy has stormed the UK charts, simultaneously occupying number one in both the single and album charts. The guitarist in Duffy’s band ‘Tobi Oyerinde’ is a staunch Laney user, and has been using both the LC30-112 and TT100C on her live performances. Duffy is now touring the USA where Duffy’s brand of ‘New Soul’ is making big waves already. Duffy’s album ‘Rockferry’ is available now on A & M recordings.
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NEXUS and OPETH: DEFENDING THE FAITH
Swedish prog-metal outfit and long time Laney users Opeth head out on the road for the “DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH’ tour, with bass player Martin Mendez now endorsing the NEXUS TUBE. Following the success of 2005’s album ‘Ghost Reveries’, the band have recently released their new album ‘Watershed’ on Roadrunner records. Guitarist and songwriter Mikael Akerfeldt recently took delivery of the L20H which was used in the recording of the new album which also featured new guitarist and TT100H endorsee Frederik Akesson.
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TT100H / NEXUS-TUBE / L20H
Gallows – BACK TO PUNKS ROOTS
To wrap up their recent headline tour of the UK, British punks Gallows retraced the roots of punk and played a sweaty 4 night residency at the 100 Club, Oxford St, London. The venue became legendary as the home of punk as ‘The Marquee Club’ and played host to shows from The Sex Pistols and The Clash in the 1970s earning it a reputation as the home of punk. Laney headed down to the club and caught up with the guys backstage before the show. Guitarist Laurant ‘Laggs’ Barnard and bass player Stu Gili-Ross endorse the VH100R and NEXUS TUBE respectively. Gallows ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’ is out now on Black Envelope records...
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PAULO NUTINI’S NEW RECORD
Paisley singer / songwriter Paulo Nutini has headed to the studio to work on a new album. The band including Laney endorsees Michael McDaid, and Donny Little has been holed up in a remote studio working on the as yet untitled new album, taking with them a pile of Laney gear! Donny Little is currently using both the L20H and the VC30-212, and Mike is using the NEXUS FET with NX115 and NX410 cabs. Expect a new album from the chart-topping Scot later this year.
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OCEANSIZE SUPPORT PUMPKINS
UK cult ‘progressive death indie’ band Oceansize were recently chosen as main support for alt rock heroes ‘The Smashing Pumpkins’ on their UK arena tour. Mike Vennart and his crew of religious Laney users (all three of Oceansize’s guitarists now use Laney GH100Ls and VH100Rs) played five dates in arenas aound the UK including London’s O2 arena. The band are also set to head out on the road with alt-prog giants ‘Coheed and Cambria’ on their forthcoming European tour.
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GALLOWS ENDORSE NEXUS
Continuing Britain’s legacy as its birthplace, Gallows have brought their own brand of visceral, energised punk back to public attention. The pummelling grooves of the Watford five piece (laid down by bassist Stu Gili-Ross) are now dealt out through a NEXUS TUBE and NX810. On trying out the NEXUS stack, Stu remarked that the system ‘sounds like the Devil’... Some praise indeed, proving that NEXUS menacing look is complemented by its sound.
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Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin drops into Laney
Not too many people know that Lyndon Laney and Robert Plant are ex band members. Lyndon was the original bass player in The Band Of Joy, the band which later turned into Led Zeppelin.
Whilst Robert went on to front arguably one of the biggest bands of all time, Lyndon decided that his skills lay in designing and building amplifiers for his friends such as Robert and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath.
Robert and Lyndon are still firm friends and Robert is a frequent visitor to the Laney HQ.
In fact Robert recently dropped in to present Lyndon and James with a commemorative Led Zeppelin plaque in recognition of the support that Lyndon and the Company have shown Robert since those early years.
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www.robertplant.com / www.ledzeppelin.com
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Robert Plant
