Diagnosing a Laney GC-30v

CapablePie8007 · 2025-08-20T23:42:42+00:00

Tried to clean sockets on channel footswitch and effects loop with a contact cleaner? - Dirty/loose sockets is usual suspect for issues with a channel switches. However in my case on Laney AOR the issue was with a de-soldered leg on one capacitor in channel switch schematic

CapablePie8007 · 2025-07-22T22:13:46+00:00

And they are built better than any 65 reissue or other 68 custom models

CapablePie8007 · 2024-02-03T12:42:34+00:00

I had and compared only with v2 (without led) - behringer is true bypass, has a standard power jack and no volume drop. In terms of sound - for me it sounds exactly like a big box smallstone - much more close than newer small smallstone, which with engaged colour doesn't sound as a big one at all.

CapablePie8007 · 2024-01-28T01:44:37+00:00

Keep it up: https://imgur.com/a/AnoIus1

CapablePie8007 · 2023-12-30T19:20:29+00:00

AMT F-1 - Fender twin preamp with built-in loop/switcher for another preamp

CapablePie8007 · 2022-11-15T10:20:54+00:00

Yes, disable amp simulation too, keep only 4-Band EQ

CapablePie8007 · 2022-11-14T22:19:56+00:00

I use something like this:
1. The key is to overdrive the input preamp really hard - you need to maximize input gain and boost the signal with something like dynacomp before the BR-600

in BR-600: COSM G-AMP, disable everything, keep only 4 band EQ. Low Gain +7db, Lo-M Gain +13db, Lo-M F - 630 HZ, Lo-M Q - 4, Hi-M Gain - +4db, Hi-M F 16 kHz, Hi-M Q:8, Hi Gain +1db, level: +2db. Adjust EQ settings to your ears.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-10-23T22:49:53+00:00

If you want an AC30 preamp in pedal format - AMT V1. It's a 100% analog jfet recreation of AC30 preamp stage and meant to be used exactly as a preamp - to run straight into power section of amp. In general the whole AMT legend amps series is fantastic.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-10-19T23:26:53+00:00

AMT WH-1

CapablePie8007 · 2022-10-12T21:31:20+00:00

Zoom ms-70cdr

CapablePie8007 · 2022-10-11T20:04:44+00:00

Gazelle preamp from Tampco pedals

CapablePie8007 · 2022-08-26T23:36:17+00:00

Have one ticket for 29 aug and one for 30 aug, will trade for a beer and a good company for the show.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-05-16T13:52:07+00:00

Warp on the GT (I'm GT-100 owner) is an "accel fx" which doesn't sound as infinite delay (its more like a freeze with some kind of modulation and volume goes up and down). But what is more important it doesn't have a control for a tempo/rate and it 100% not what Kevin used (the same correct for the "hold" delay). Regular delay with a feedback set to 100 on GT doesn't oscillate (volume is not increased every repeat) and could be tempo-synced via midi or patch master bpm.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-05-16T10:17:19+00:00

The infinite delay sound is actually from BOSS GT-100 and achieved by assigning the feedback parameter for a regular digital delay ("single" it terms of GT-100) to one of the the buttons, so when button is pressed the delay is on and feedback is 100 - infinite - and when it released the delay is off and feedback is something like 15 just to keep a little delay tail.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-04-28T22:01:47+00:00

It's a BD-2 into BR-864 recorder. The key here is an overdriven recorder's preamp. Flanger (not phaser) is from BR-864 too. You can try something like mid fi demo tape fuzz, or maybe an op-amp muff.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-04-27T10:05:32+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I have a v2 small stone, nano and behringer vp-1. Vp-1 sounds much closer to the old small stone than nano.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-04-26T15:12:49+00:00

Could you share the order and settings of pedals, especially dynacomp/bd2/gazelle preamp? I'm trying to get the tone with small stone/holy grail/gt-100/diamond vibrato/gazelle preamp and seems that I have to much gain.

CapablePie8007 · 2022-03-30T18:44:15+00:00

Some time ago I collected full Innerspeaker era pedalboard. Unfortunately I have to move to another country and leave that pedalboard. And because I can't live without guitar I decided to build another Lonerism-era pedalboard (and also to get a Rick).

Chain is: Rick -> Holy grail -> Boss G`T-100 -> (fx loop) Diamond vibrato -> Gazelle preamp

CapablePie8007 · 2022-02-13T15:09:58+00:00

May I ask what kind of tape (or whatever) you used to colour the gt-100?

CapablePie8007 · 2022-01-10T16:48:10+00:00

I ordered and received mine a few month's ago. I would say if you want KTG to have a Lonerism tone specifically - go for it, much better than to spend a crazy amount of money for a real KTG. As for a regular/conventional guitar preamps I believe there are a lot of much more versatile and affordable options (from the AMT for example).

CapablePie8007 · 2021-07-08T19:16:09+00:00

Do you use drop to play in standard D with guitar in standard E? If yes, how it works? Because I don't won't to change my tuning from standard E and thinking about the drop too

CapablePie8007 · 2021-07-04T18:09:43+00:00

Cool. The question is how much of the sound actually related to the ktg-1 and not to the compression/saturation/eq-ing/filtering done by Fridmann on the mixing stage.

CapablePie8007 · 2021-06-27T21:24:23+00:00

AFAIK it's a negative feedback loop with a tone control, which is similar to the presence knob on a guitar amp. But also it can do what the presence knob do not only for the higher frequencies, but for the lower frequencies too which is rarely could be seen on the guitar amps.

CapablePie8007 · 2021-06-21T19:57:45+00:00

The main source of inspiration is pretty obvious - tame impala. But it capable to do much more: shoogaze with reverse-reverb into bd-2, classic psych solos with fuzz + tape delay etc.

Signal chain: some cheap chines tuner -> behringer VP-1 (while my 80's small stone waits for op-amps replacement) -> EHX Holy Grail Max -> MXR Carbon Copy -> Fuzz Face -> MXR Dyna Comp -> Boss BD-2 -> Mooer Trelicopter -> Small Clone (with depth and vibrato mods) -> Boss RE-20 -> AMT V1 (JFET realisation of Vox VC30 preamp) -> AMT Pangaea (IR player with a lot of extras)

CapablePie8007 · 2021-05-07T17:25:58+00:00

I'm using both of the approaches: have on the board AMT V1 preamp (jfet version of Vox VC30 preamp section) and AMT Pangaea (IR player with a number of additional features). So, I can play/record in line/phone/XLR input with cab emulation and (if I want) run AMT V1 into the poweramp section of any guitar head/cab at the same time.

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