LaneyAcoustic Guitar Amplifier, Brown (A-Duo)

I have a quiet voice so this is twice the output if my smaller Lainy.easy to transport, plug in and go.

At this price point you expect entry-level kit. This is a quality amplifier that is smart-looking and fairly easy to carry. It's even made to be sat on.There is plenty of tone shaping and the FX are the ones you might use, reverb & chorus. The reverb is fine, although the chorus is nothing special.There are also features such as pre/post switch for DI out. This adds flexibility for recording or for hooking up to a PA system.There are differing accounts of the wattage. Watts can be very misleading. What we need is decibels, clarity & headroom. In our duo, in a room of 30 people the A-Duos are way below halfway on the volume settings but the sound is big, rich and very solid.In a room they do the business. Were we to play a medium sized hall or larger we could simply feed them into powered PA speakers.I also own a Marshall AS50D. That has a lovely chorus, but in every other sonic respect the Laney is in a different class. Both guitar and vocals are clearer.I have returned to this review to deduct a star. The controls are terribly fiddly. I thought I would get used to them but they get on my nerves. Without good lighting they are unusable. I never understood why a guitar amplifier that is intended for performance has its controls on the front anyway, but down the side they are very awkward.That aside, it's a fine amp for the money. I bought two because it's especially good for my duo partner's electro-harp.