ok, I'll tell myself more: mine's the original Laney TF200 that I bought about 10 years ago. On the back it says 'Made in the United Kingdom', and there's a union jack on the back of the celestion speaker.



The newer Laney TF200 II is made in china, and has some extra effects built in.

There's a few buttons that I make sure are always on: on the clean channel, I always keep the 'bright' button in. It just sounds muddy otherwise. That said, lately I've kept the clean channel volume on zero and I switch to that in between sets of songs or during sound check when the keys, bass or vocals are being dialled in at the sound desk.

The other button I always keep on is the 'vibe' button. The manual said something about replicating a big stadium rock show kind of sound, basically it seems to scoop all the mids out. It gives the 2nd drive channel a really nice warm tube sound with the gain on about 3-4. I'd say a lot warmer than a fender sound. With my Sheraton's neck humbucker, it sounds incredibly bluesy, I love it. I use the 1st drive channel with the gain on about 8-9 for a more drivier distortion sound.



That said, last sunday I cracked out my old Boss DS1 and with the gain on that wound right back, on top of the 2nd drive channel, sounds a bit ... 'fresher' ??? More smooth, creamy distortion? Ah, I find it hard to describe sound.

I've been playing with the idea of selling this amp and replacing it with a Fender Super Champ XD, though I think I'm very used to a very scooped mid-section, which the Fender doesn't seem to have, and on the fender's tone controls, there's only bass and treble, no mid! After fathers day, I'll play around a lot, then make up my mind.