Nashville Amp Show: Landry Amps

One of the main amps I wanted to check out at the show was the Landry LS100. A couple of friends on the forums who I feel know a good amp when they hear it were talking about these amps, so it was one that was definitely on the radar.

We made our way to Landry’s room where I met Bill who was a very gracious host from the very beginning. He gave us a quick run down of the features then began to give us a sonic demo. First let me say Bill can really play but I was really impressed with the tone coming from the amp. The clean channel was nice and full but had good top end sparkle. When you turned on the gain for this channel you were met with a nice classic crunch. On the gain channel it took over from where the clean left off. I’d say here it’s more Marshall in flavor with a touch of Hiwatt. Overall the amp is a really cool mix of classic and modern. The amp really responded like a classic amp to pick dynamics and the volume knob. Even with the gain up there it still cleaned up really well with the volume knob and when picking the notes a bit harder there was a nice snap. The two gain knobs also gave you the ability to not only change the gain levels but allowed you to change the feel of the amp a bit as well as the tone. The EQ had a very nice usable range and with a depth knob on the back you can dial in some extra low end if you feel you need it. Bill is a big fan of Warehouse speakers as am I and he had three cabs there where on was loaded with “Veteran 30’s”, one with “Green Beret’s”, and a 2×12 with “ET 65’s”. For me I liked the Green Beret cabinet. After the demo we sat with Bill a bit to talk and when I asked about how he got into building amps I learned that it came from the desire to find the right gear but having a hard time finding exactly what he was looking for, so he decided to build gear to fit what him. That began with his guitars which he built from the ground up and now his amps. Bill is definitely passionate about the gear he builds and that shines through when you look at the build quality and hear the tone.

If you need and amp that will cover a pretty wide range from clean to scream then the Landry is worth checking out.

Go to Landry’s site for more detailed info: Landry Amps . . . Handcrafted All Tube Guitar Amplifiers