Laney LA30BL

[jojo]

Anyone else interested in these ?! A 30 watt version of the LA100BL which is a recreation of Tony Iommi's old amps. This 30 watt version has 2 EL34's ! I may have to get one, I've been wanting to get another lower wattage amp.

More info here :
http://www.blackcountrycustoms.co.uk/

 

[cherrysunburst00]

I love Iommi's playing.

30 watts is way too much for me

 

[JCarno]

I'd love one of them. Hope some U.S. dealers start carrying them. A quick search didn't show any.

 

[jojo]

I'd love one of them. Hope some U.S. dealers start carrying them. A quick search didn't show any.

On the Laney facebook group it said EMD Music in nashville will carry them. I messaged the guy and he said he would find out what dealer in TX ( where I'm at ) was going to carry them at NAMM and get back to me. I think they will be available in the US

 

[JCarno]

On the Laney facebook group it said EMD Music in nashville will carry them. I messaged the guy and he said he would find out what dealer in TX ( where I'm at ) was going to carry them at NAMM and get back to me. I think they will be available in the US

Keep us updated please!
Not sure why SW isn't a dealer anymore.
ZZ and AMS carry Laney products but no mention of this one yet.

 

[jay1williams]

Freakin' spectacular amp - https://www.andertons.co.uk/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=3074457345616676668&categoryId=3074457345616677443&productId=3074457345617751669&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&top_category=3074457345616677179&parent_category_rn=3074457345616677250&storeId=10151

https://www.andertons.co.uk/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=3074457345616676668&categoryId=3074457345616677443&productId=3074457345617751669&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&top_category=3074457345616677179&parent_category_rn=3074457345616677250&storeId=10151

$1200 USD

 

[rich85]

Man I would love one of these.

I assume a good attenuator would still be needed to get those Sabbath tones at venue friendly volumes though.

 

[jojo]

Man I would love one of these.

I assume a good attenuator would still be needed to get those Sabbath tones at venue friendly volumes though.

I'm curious to know. I have a friend who will be at the NAMM booth playing one so we'll see. They also make a Tony Iommi Boost pedal. It's based on the Dallas Arbiter Range master, which Tony used back in the day. I'll be using a fuzz pedal if I get one. This amp is probably not loud enough for my band, we use 100 + watt amps and are very loud.

 

[JCarno]

I'm curious to know. I have a friend who will be at the NAMM booth playing one so we'll see. They also make a Tony Iommi Boost pedal. It's based on the Dallas Arbiter Range master, which Tony used back in the day. I'll be using a fuzz pedal if I get one. This amp is probably not loud enough for my band, we use 100 + watt amps and are very loud.

I own a Sabbra Cadabra. Funny thing, it only sounds good with my Laney IRT 60H Clean channel.
It sounds way brittle and sterile when I tried it with my Marshalls(clean channels). I'm sure alot eq tweaking could make it work with a Marshall but I don't have to tweak the Laney.

 

[rich85]

The Sabbra Caddbra is weird I was about to buy one until I realised it is a distortion type pedal not overdrive.

My band does lots of Sabbath covers and I find a Tiny Terror with the gain knob high, with a bad monkey set as a boost played through with my Epi Tony Iommi sig model gets pretty damn close.

His sound really is non Marshall but british character, pushing a low/moderate gain amp as hard as possible.

The Laney sig amps dont capture his sound at all in my opinion. They are modern high gain. Which is why he ditched them and used the LA100BL on the last Sabbath tour.

 

[rich85]

We did this between originals so I didnt use the Iommi and turn up the gain like usual but this is what we do

 

[JCarno]

We did this between originals so I didnt use the Iommi and turn up the gain like usual but this is what we do

Dig it!! But playing Sabbath with an LP.....BLASPHEMY!!
J/K Sounded great!!

 

[JCarno]

rich85, what amp/setup did you use for that song?

 

[jojo]

We did this between originals so I didnt use the Iommi and turn up the gain like usual but this is what we do

Nice !!!!

 

[rich85]

rich85, what amp/setup did you use for that song?

Bad monkey set with volume high and gain low, Orange Tiny Terror and V30 cab. Simple stuff!

 

[JCarno]

Bad monkey set with volume high and gain low, Orange Tiny Terror and V30 cab. Simple stuff!

Ok, I was a little confused so I re-read your other post.
I thought you were talking about using an Iommi Amp but looks like you're talking about the Epi Iommi SG.
Makes sense now.

About the Sabbra Caddbra, the Pro Guitar demo guy describes it as a SuperGroup preamp and a Dallas Rangemaster in one. He gets awesome Iommi tones with it.
I do too when I use my SG Classic with P90s tuned down to C# and my Laney on the clean channel.
I know I already said that but I did leave out the P90s and lower tuning before. Maybe that's the secret sauce
Also, I barely crack the gain, presence completely off, get the volume as close to the amp(with pedal off) as possible then play around with the range to taste.
The hard part about trying to emulate Iommi is that, even in the early days, his tone changed with almost every song.
Your BM, TT, LP and V30 got it going on though.
I'm sure you've already seen this but I'm going to post it anyway.

 

[rich85]

Ok, I was a little confused so I re-read your other post.
I thought you were talking about using an Iommi Amp but looks like you're talking about the Epi Iommi SG.
Makes sense now.

About the Sabbra Caddbra, the Pro Guitar demo guy describes it as a SuperGroup preamp and a Dallas Rangemaster in one. He gets awesome Iommi tones with it.
I do too when I use my SG Classic with P90s tuned down to C# and my Laney on the clean channel.
I know I already said that but I did leave out the P90s and lower tuning before. Maybe that's the secret sauce
Also, I barely crack the gain, presence completely off, get the volume as close to the amp(with pedal off) as possible then play around with the range to taste.
The hard part about trying to emulate Iommi is that, even in the early days, his tone changed with almost every song.
Your BM, TT, LP and V30 got it going on though.
I'm sure you've already seen this but I'm going to post it anyway.

That pedal just seems to nail it. Do you get the same sounds from the pedal at higher volumes?

Damn I still want one

 

[JCarno]

That pedal just seems to nail it. Do you get the same sounds from the pedal at higher volumes?

Damn I still want one

Yes, the louder the better it sounds!
There's a part 2 vid of the pedal but when I tried to post it, it coming up as part one. It even had he same url. Weird!

 

[sk8rat]

amps sound pretty good to me

 

[sk8rat]

I have been looking into these and am considering buying one. the great news is that they will not be a limited run.

Smaller than it’s bigger brother however this amplifier is NOT a limited run of production.