The Lionheart series has a somewhat specific position within the Laney range - the manufacturer itself claims it is the culmination of what it has learned over 40 years of tube amplifier manufacturing. And indeed - the LHs really do contain that essential essence of tube tone that nothing can replace. In order to achieve the best tone, the highest quality components and the latest technology are used to produce these machines. If you're looking for the right valve tonearm, you can't go wrong here.
This particular model is a 20 Watt all-tube combo fitted with a pair of very high quality Celestion G12H 70th Anniversary 12 inch speakers and a Celestion Vintage 30. By offering two different speakers, the combo also offers two slightly different sounds, which really comes through when captured with a microphone. In its preamp you will find three ECC83 tubes, in the final amp there are four EL84s, and this amp runs in class A. The preamp is built so that the LH offers 2 channels.
On its control panel you will find clearly arranged potentiometers, which are preceded by Lo and Hi inputs. The first control is the volume potentiometer for the first channel, followed by the Bright switch and the Drive and Drive Volume controls for the second channel - the latter is switched by the adjacent Drive switch. Both channels share a 3-band EQ and Tone and Reverb potentiometers that adjust the level of the built-in digital reverb.
The Lionheart also features an effects loop and a connector for the Laney FS2 footswitch that comes with the unit. There are two connectors for connecting speakers, so you can also connect an external speaker box. The total impedance must then be 16, 8 or 4 Ohms.
The Laney Lionheart are simple, but all the more impressive instruments, from which the tube tone simply overflows. You really can't go wrong with LH...
Specifications
- Guitar all-amp combo
- Bright switch
- Footswitch input (included, Laney FS2)
Specifications
- Power Output: 20 W
- Speaker: 2x 12 "
- Number of Channels: 2
- Number of Input Ports: 2
- Controls: 2x Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble, Drive, Reverb, Tone
- Speaker type: Celestion G12H 70th Anniversary, Celestion Vintage 30
- Type of Preamp Tubes: 3x 12AX7
- Type of Power Amp Tubes: 4x EL84
- Reverb: Yes
- External Speaker Cabinet Output Port: No
- Effects Loop: Yes
- Headphone Output Port: No
- MIDI: No
- USB: No
- Footswitch Input Port: Yes
- Footswitch Included: Yes
- Dimensions: 543 x 685 x 293 mm
- Weight: 33.5 kg
- Country of Production: United Kingdom