LANEY LX10 Guitar Amplifier

LANEY LX10 Guitar Amplifier Review

                                 

                                                    Hi there folks, if you're reading this then you're probably a beginner or an intermediate guitarist looking for a compact practice amplifier.

The amplifier reads at the back that it is British Engineered and designed by Laney in the UK, and, manufactured in China. There are not many videos about the review of this amplifier on Youtube so it can be a little bit confusing whether to buy the amp or not. Below you can find each and everything about the amplifier. This review is specially written for Beginners in Electric Guitars.

Build Quality/Looks -The amplifier looks sturdy and the build quality is quite good. So this eliminates the chance of breakage or cracks if it falls from a moderate height. It had fallen accidentally while jamming and fortunately it didn't break. It fell once again sometime later and luckily no damage this time too. So, the amp can handle a little bit of carelessness easily. About the handle provided on the top, it looks tough but cannot be pulled up and carried by a hand. One can barely slide 2-3 fingers under the handle. The amplifier is very compact and light as compared to other amps of same price range. 9/10

           
                                                                              

Sound - Okay, about the real thing now. The amplifier has two output channels (Clean and Overdrive). The amp is loud enough for someone jamming in a room alone. The clean channel is pretty good with no buzz or static. It's pretty satisfying for the price. Now over to the distortion. The overdrive channel is kinda average. The sound becomes really loud when Overdrive is switched on. The distortion feels a little bit lazily adjusted. There is a slight buzz and static problem with this channel. The Bass and Treble knobs help when the sound is distorted but to a limited extent. The Headphone In jack gives a pretty good sound with overdrive as compared to the speaker. There is also an Aux In jack so that you can play and jam with the songs at the same time. 6/10

                               

Overall/Comments - The amplifier is kinda satisfying for its price. If you're a beginner guitarist looking forward to buy your first amplifier then I personally recommend you not to buy this one, Why? Because most of the beginner guitarists want to play Metallica/Megadeth/ACDC/Slayer with those distortion effects but keep in mind that the Heavy Metal, and related genre bands generally use Gain distortion and NOT OVERDRIVE(overdrive is also used but not as much). There is a huge difference between Gain and Overdrive. This amplifier is made for clean effects and is RECOMMENDED FOR those who play JAZZ or COUNTRY style music. Beginner guitarists who want to play those Master of Puppets and Creeping Death riffs should go for some other amplifier with controllable gain distortion effect. You can play the same riffs with Overdrive distortion as well but the distorted sound wont be as pleasing as when Gain Distortion is used. Songs like Monster (by Skillet) can be played using this amp. Choose accordingly.

\m/ Rog' \m/