The classic single-ended circuit design Class-A Laney CUB 8 outputs 5-watts RMS of vintage valve guitar tones into a single Celestion Super 8 8-inch driver.

Small combo amp, big tone from the 5-watt Laney CUB 8 guitar combo amplifier. And easy to operate, 1 knob controls the volume and 1 tone control knob. The great valve tone of the CUB 8 combo comes from a ECC83 valve in the preamp stage and a single 6V6GT valve in the output stage.

The Laney CUB 8 combo amp is perfect for any situation where the sound pressure level has to be low, but the tone perfect, with a ECC83 preamp valve and a 6V6GT output valve operating in single-ended Class A circuitry. Single-ended means the amp's output is not referenced to ground, so you get the amps' full voltage swing into the speaker. A circuit design from the beginning days of radio and subsequntly used in the early classic valve amp designs. Class A means the output valve is always turned on for a valve amp's trademark quick response with loads of harmonics when overdriven.

The Laney CUB 8 valve combo guitar amplifier features 8 -16 ohm external speaker outputs so you can drive any kind of extension speaker, from a single 8-inch extensio cabinet to a 4x12-inch cab.

The Laney Cub 8 combo's cabinet is finished in black leather grain vinyl and features built-in mains lead storage on the rear grille and a comfortable soft grip handle for easy transportation.

Single-ended class-A circuitry, as used in the Laney Cub 8 combo amplifier, means the output valve is connected to one side of the Cub 8 output transformer's primary winding. The other side of the transformer primary is wired to the power supply. While giving less output power than the alternative push-pull circuitry, single-ended class-A produces more even order harmonics when over-driven. A great advantage to guitar players as even order harmonics provide the rich tone associated with classic class-a valve guitar amps.

When an amplifier's output valves are passing current at all times, including when the amplifier is at idle with no music playing, whether the amplifier is single ended or push-pull, the amplifier is said to be biased in Class A. Because the current is flowing at all times, an input signal causes the current to be immediately diverted to the speakers, and therefore, the sound is very fast and responsive. In the case of a push-pull amplifier, there is also less crossover distortion when the signal passes from the positive to the negative or negative to positive voltages, since each side of the push-pull section is already turned on.

LANEY CUB 8 VALVE GUITAR COMBO AMP FEATURES

Class-A valve combo guitar amplifier.
5-Watts RMS output power.
1 x ECC83 preamp valve.
1 x 6V6GT output valve.
Celestion Super 8 8-inch driver.
External 8 - 16 ohm speaker socket.
Extension speaker socket disconnects internal speaker.
Hi and Lo guitar inputs.
Tone Control EQ.
Volume control.
Dimensions: 305 x 301 x 205mm.
Weight: 6 kgs.

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