Laney MINISTACK Series User manual

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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to your MINISTACK amplier.
Great tone should be available anywhere.....now it is!
Battery powered and designed to give you great tone wherever you want it, the
MINISTACK is as happy on your desk as it is in your bedroom or backstage.
Along with great sounding guitar tones, the MINISTACK represents an
exciting development in the Laney guitar amp range, it features the
ground breaking Laney Smart Interface.
The Laney Smart Interface – LSI – is a unique feature that allows you
to access the digital world of online apps with nothing more than your smart device and
the LSI cable, which is supplied with your amp.
Recommended for use with the Ultimate Guitar “TONEBRIDGE” app
the MINISTACK gives you great guitar tone, great eects, whenever and
wherever you want it!
The MINISTACK amps are available in 2 iconic design styles inspired by
Laney’s 50+years strong back catalogue of amp building.
MINISTACK & MINISTACK-B-LIONHEART
MINISTACK & MINISTACK-B-IRONHEART
Both models feature the same control layout, with the addition of a BLUETOOTH option on
the MINISTACK-B model. This manual explains each ampliers feature set and how to get
the best out of your MINISTACK & MINISTACK-B amp.

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1 - INPUT: Mono jack socket – connect your guitar here. Please use a good
quality guitar cable.
2 - GAIN: Control the level of gain in the signal. For clean sounds dial in less
gain, for more distorted sounds dial in more gain
3 - DRIVE BUTTON: This button engages the drive circuitry in the amplier for
increased gain sounds.
4 - LEVEL: Determines the overall level of the guitar input.
5 - TONE: Sets the overall EQ of the guitar signal.
6 - DELAY LEVEL: Determines the overall volume of the delayed signal. The higher
the level the more noticeable the delay repeats.
7 - DELAY: Sets the delay time applied to the guitar signal. Delays range from
short delays, around 100 ms to longer delays of around 400ms and every
thing in between.
8 - AUX IN: A 3.5mm stereo line input for connection of an external sound
source such as an MP3 or CD player. This can be used to play a backing
track. Volume of this input is controlled by the volume on your MP3/CD
player and the master volume (10)
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9 - LSI: Laney Smart Interface socket. This totally unique feature allows you to
connect your amp to your smart device, using the Laney LSI cable supplied to
access the world of DIGITAL GUITAR. No other amp on the market oers you
this facility.
With nothing more than your amp, your smart device and an LSI
cable, you have access to thousands of digital guitar tones at
your ngertips.
The MINISTACK is brought to you in conjunction with
ultimate-guitar.com and their “TONEBRIDGE” app.
We thoroughly recommend you get this app and
experience just how amazing your MINISTACK and
“TONEBRIDGE” sound together. Check out the on-
line video. Search Laney Mini “How To Connect it”
10 - VOLUME: Controls the overall volume of anything connected to
the amplier.
11 - HEADPHONE: 3.5mm Mini Jack Socket provided for connecting a good pair
of headphones for silent playing.
“TONEBRIDGE”APP
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“TONEBRIDGE”APP
1 - INPUT: Mono jack socket – connect your guitar here. Please use a good
quality guitar cable.
2 - BLUETOOTH PAIR BUTTON – to listen to music over your Bluetooth wireless
connection you need to pair your device with your MINISTACK-B. Make sure
the device you wish to connect has BLUETOOTH capability. Power up your
MINISTACK-B. Press and hold the BLUETOOTH button on your MINISTACK-B
to enter pairing mode. Follow the instructions on your device to pair the
unit.
Press play on your device and use the controls on the paired device to adjust
the desired volume.
Once you have successfully paired your device, you typically will not need to
repeat the pairing process . If for some reason your MINISTACK-B fails to
pair repeat the above process after removing the MINISTACK-B from your
device BLUETOOTH DEVICES list before trying again.
3 - GAIN: Control the level of gain in the signal. For clean sounds dial in less
gain, for more distorted sounds dial in more gain
4 - DRIVE BUTTON: This button engages the drive circuitry in the amplier for
increased gain sounds.
5 - LEVEL: Determines the overall level of the guitar input.
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6 - TONE: Sets the overall EQ of the guitar signal.
7- DELAY LEVEL: Determines the overall volume of the delayed signal. The higher
the level the more noticeable the delay repeats.
8 - DELAY: Sets the delay time applied to the guitar signal. Delays range from
short delays, around 100 ms to longer delays of around 400ms
and everything inbetween.
9 - AUX IN: A 3.5mm stereo line input for connection of an
external sound source such as an MP3 or CD player. This
can be used to play a backing track. Volume of this input
is controlled by the volume on your MP3/CD player and
the master volume (11)
10 - LSI: Laney Smart Interface socket. This totally
unique feature allows you to connect your amp to your
smart device, using the Laney LSI cable supplied to
access the world of DIGITAL GUITAR. No other amp on the
market oers you this facility.
With nothing more than your amp, your smart device and an LSI cable, you
have access to thousands of digital guitar tones at your ngertips.
The MINISTACK-B is brought to you in conjunction with ultimateguitar.com and
their “TONEBRIDGE” app.
We thoroughly recommend you get this app and experience just how
amazing your MINISTACK-B and “TONEBRIDGE” sound together.
11 - VOLUME: Controls the overall volume of anything connected to the
amplier.
12 - HEADPHONE: Socket provided for connecting a good pair of headphones
for silent playing.
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SETTING UP TO USE TONEBRIDGE
Download the correct version of the TONEBRIDGE APP for your device from your
preferred APP provider such as the Google Play Store and the Apple App store.
When you rst open “TONEBRIDGE” the APP checks your
device for compatibility and gives it a compatibility rating*
along with some useful information about using the APP on
your device.
Once this is complete you can make your guitar sound like
any of 10,000 songs of your choice!
Let’s start by setting your MINISTACK & MINISTACK-B up ready
to use “TONEBRIDGE”.
With your guitar connected to the MINISTACK-B do the
following: -
1 - Turn the GAIN control to minimum
2 - Turn the LEVEL CONTROL to halfway
3 - Turn VOLUME to halfway
Connect one end of your LSI Cable to the LSI socket on the
amp.
Connect the other end of the LSI cable to the headphone socket or
headphone socket adaptor on your smart device.
Fire up the “TONEBRIDGE” app.
Turn the volume on your device up to halfway.
Search for and select a song you are familiar with. Now you need to balance the
level of your smart device with your guitar signal. Use the “Preview Sound”
facility on “TONEBRIDGE” to indicate the level of the app volume and use the
Level control to balance the guitar level in relation to the app.
Note in “TONEBRIDGE” – no guitar level will be heard when you preview a
sound – so toggle the preview sound function on and o to check your guita-
level.
*This is only required
for Android devices.
iOS devices give
optimum performance
and are advised to give
the best experience
when using TONE-
BRIDGE APP.

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Once you are happy with the mix you can choose whatever song you want and
immediately have the authentic tone at your ngertips!
The amps controls can be used to further enhance the characteristics of the tone
depending on what guitar you choose to use.
Should you experience any feedback when using “TONEBRIDGE” you need to
adjust the noise gate within “TONEBRIDGE” which can be found in the
additional setting tab for the tone that you have loaded.
Whilst we recommend TONEBRIDGE you can connect your MINISTACK &
MINISTACK-B to any number of your favourite APPS, Audio devices and DAW’s
making your Laney MINISTACK-B a truly versatile go anywhere amp.
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INSTALLING BATTERIES
MINISTACK & MINISTACK-B can be battery powered should this be desired
and require 6xAA Batteries. Batteries, If used incorrectly may leak or
explode and cause damage or injury, please take the following precautions.
1) Carefully follow the
installation instructions
pictured opposite for
tting new batteries,
especially the polarity
2) Avoid mixing new batteries
with old or part used
batteries
3) Avoid mixing battery types
4) Do not try to recharge or
take apart alkaline batteries
5) Remove the batteries from
the unit if it is not going to
be used for a long time.
6) If batteries have leaked in
the battery tray, remove
the batteries and all traces
of the discharge in the tray.
Use caution so that none
of the discharge gets near
the skin or the eyes. Any
aected area should be
immediately rinsed with cold
running water, seek medical
advice.
7) Do not dispose of used batteries in re or water systems. Batteries
must not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunlight, re or the
like. Used batteries should always be disposed of in compliance
with the current regulations applicable to the country/region
where you live.
Fitting batteries

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USING A PSU
Your MINISTACK & MINISTACK-B can be powered using the optional extra 12V
0.75A PSU (MINI-LANEY-PSU)
This is easily tted between the mains outlet and the amp. When using the amp
with the power supply a few precautions should be followed:
Only use the DC power supply that is recommended. The use of other DC power
supplies may cause damage or other problems, and void your warranty.
Turn the power switch to OFF and disconnect any other attached devices before
plugging in and turning ON the DC Power Supply.
When the DC plug is connected to the socket, the battery compartment is isolated
from the unit. Both the DC power supply and the battery tray are independent of
each other.