says its in excellent condition....
should i snap it up?
Probably.
I saw a white one for $500 and semi regret not getting it. Sleep tone.
Yeah. 300 snaps for a British 100W tube amp in 2011-12 is a good deal...
Without a doubt man. Make sure it a series 1 though. The series 2 are reportedly not so reliable.
I have owned 3 of those, and for the money they are great, a little harsh in the top mids and highs but with some tweaking it's doom city.
Go for it, you can still get the parts if you need them, I think Hohner is the US distributor.
Do it man. Those things are fucking killer. Plus they're good for bass too cause they have that bass boost push pull thing in the eq. The new bass player from high on fire uses an aor to get his grit and it sounds sweet. I saw the sword in new york and kyle was using one and that thing fucking SLAYED.
yes! i got mine for $350 including shipping
Hell yes you better get it! I had the 50 watter and had it not been for me getting a chance to buy a Sunn Model T at the time, I would of never sold that baby!!!!
Proper made amps, with the pots and tubes and switches mounted on the chassis, not on a PCB ;D
well, the guy is supposed to drop it by my work tomorrow....hopefully he wont flake.
Quote from: kirky on December 29, 2011, 11:39:08 PM
well, the guy is supposed to drop it by my work tomorrow....hopefully he wont flake.
Congrats you're headed to doom city.
Population 120
I had one, buy it!
Oh yeah!!!! It's a series one with 6 knobs....great condition.... The guy told me it was a newer 8 knobs...
He probably thinks that's better....
mines an 8 knobber with the boost on the eq. I've never played on a 6 knob aor but im sure it sounds rad!
Unless there's an in-between model I'm unaware of, both the 6 and 8 knob models have the eq boosts.
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j202/paperboy38375/Laney/front.jpg)
(http://blog-imgs-37.fc2.com/m/y/k/mykeita/laney_aor_pro_tube.jpg)
Less knobs = more tones, haha
Max Tone
(http://dub.greboguru.org/front.jpg)
I am willing to do this mod (on any amp), for anyone who is willing to dare. ;D
If I ever made an amp I'd only have a volume control like my champ. There seems to be something special about the simpler (read: fewer knobs and single channel) amps.
I had a blackface champ....miked thru a p.a. It's still the best sound I've ever heard....
Hemi u mean the push pull boosts?
Quote from: clockwork green on January 01, 2012, 11:53:56 AM
If I ever made an amp I'd only have a volume control like my champ. There seems to be something special about the simpler (read: fewer knobs and single channel) amps.
It wouldn't be too much effort to fit a couple of switches, one to bypass the tone stack, the other to bypass the master volume. It would radically alter the response of the amp, as a tone stack is between about 10 - 20dB of loss, so it would break up faster. Depending on the coupling caps used in the rest of the amp, it might give you more bass, it might not.
Quote from: SpaceTrucker on January 01, 2012, 02:42:08 PM
Hemi u mean the push pull boosts?
No I mean removing all amp controls, either permanently, or by method of adding a bypass switch.
Quote from: bitter on December 31, 2011, 12:17:10 AM
Unless there's an in-between model I'm unaware of, both the 6 and 8 knob models have the eq boosts.
There's a "Laney Pro-Tube" which doesn't say "AOR series" on the bottom corner of the faceplate that doesn't have the boosts. I don't think it's an in-between model though, i think it predates the 6 knob AOR. Or maybe they were issued concurrently, I don't know.
Quote from: mawso on January 06, 2012, 08:55:08 PM
Quote from: bitter on December 31, 2011, 12:17:10 AM
Unless there's an in-between model I'm unaware of, both the 6 and 8 knob models have the eq boosts.
There's a "Laney Pro-Tube" which doesn't say "AOR series" on the bottom corner of the faceplate that doesn't have the boosts. I don't think it's an in-between model though, i think it predates the 6 knob AOR. Or maybe they were issued concurrently, I don't know.
I'm guessing that's probably the original jcm 800 lawsuit clone? They added the boosts and later the series 2 AOR channel to differentiate from Marshall?
Quote from: bitter on January 06, 2012, 09:36:05 PM
Quote from: mawso on January 06, 2012, 08:55:08 PM
Quote from: bitter on December 31, 2011, 12:17:10 AM
Unless there's an in-between model I'm unaware of, both the 6 and 8 knob models have the eq boosts.
There's a "Laney Pro-Tube" which doesn't say "AOR series" on the bottom corner of the faceplate that doesn't have the boosts. I don't think it's an in-between model though, i think it predates the 6 knob AOR. Or maybe they were issued concurrently, I don't know.
I'm guessing that's probably the original jcm 800 lawsuit clone? They added the boosts and later the series 2 AOR channel to differentiate from Marshall?
I have no idea man. I've never played through one - I've only seen them on for sale ads on the internet. I own a 6 knob AOR 100 which I don't intend to sell, ever, and I've played through an AOR 30 combo with a closed back and through a 8 knob series I AOR50, and I really wish I'd bought those as well.
Any body know what the footswitch looked like for these heads( 1 switch, 2 switches?)? Will an after market one do or is it some special design that only works with Laney heads?
2 switch with a stereo jack works on mine:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/LaneyprotubeAOR30w.jpg)
Standard-ish stereo 1/4" jack worked for my AOR, too. I used some old Peavey two-switcher (one for channel-switching and one for reverb on/off)
I had an 8 knob 50 watter and thought it sounded too fizzy.
Quote from: liquidsmoke on March 18, 2012, 03:06:41 AM
I had an 8 knob 50 watter and thought it sounded too fizzy.
I did, too, and I did too. (at bedroom volumes it was fucking badass, the palm-chug-mutey-mute chugbeers were awesome, flick the neck pickup into gear and Hello! "Dopesmoker", but get it in a band room and Hello! Fizzsmoker)
Quote from: Metal and Beer on March 18, 2012, 05:15:53 AM
Quote from: liquidsmoke on March 18, 2012, 03:06:41 AM
I had an 8 knob 50 watter and thought it sounded too fizzy.
I did, too, and I did too. (at bedroom volumes it was fucking badass, the palm-chug-mutey-mute chugbeers were awesome, flick the neck pickup into gear and Hello! "Dopesmoker", but get it in a band room and Hello! Fizzsmoker)
Maybe its just the 50 watters, because my AOR 100 is just crushing. It seriously has made me rethink my sound/tone and opened new doors. I love a good AC/DC rock tone but at the same time what a heavier Sabbath tone at my disposal and this amp does it.
Thanks for the footswitch info. A generic single button switch will do just fine.
I suspect that the 6 knobers sound a lot better but I've never played one.
The GH, now that is one bad motha although it's probably too 5150, etc for a lot of people.
If you didn't wanna switch channels on the fly, you could also just plug (and unplug) a 1/4" adapter into the jack to switch ch's (emergency trick that works)
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh210/tenpoundsledge/ryphone054.jpg)