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Re: Looking for inputs on Laney GH50L

2/5/2004 1:02 PM
Rob Mercure	Re: Looking for inputs on Laney GH50L Sacha, I don't know if Laney improved their construction and materials from the early 90s but the tube sockets are/were of a material with a low melting point and the wires attaching the tube sockets to the rest of the circuitry are only "tacked" to the socket with solder - the stripped wire ends are not looped through the terminals. The result of this is that it is really easy to accidentally unhook a wire if your soldering iron slips. And it is hard to replace that wire if you intend to loop it through the socket terminal 'cuz the material almost melts more quickly than the solder. From a repairman's perspective I'm not a Laney fan. Rob

2/5/2004 1:02 PM

Rob Mercure

Re: Looking for inputs on Laney GH50L

Sacha,

I don't know if Laney improved their construction and materials from the early 90s but the tube sockets are/were of a material with a low melting point and the wires attaching the tube sockets to the rest of the circuitry are only "tacked" to the socket with solder - the stripped wire ends are not looped through the terminals. The result of this is that it is really easy to accidentally unhook a wire if your soldering iron slips. And it is hard to replace that wire if you intend to loop it through the socket terminal 'cuz the material almost melts more quickly than the solder.

From a repairman's perspective I'm not a Laney fan.

Rob

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Sacha Hey thanks for your inputs! I appre... -- 2/5/2004 1:35 PM